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Smartphones as an alerting, command and control system for the preparedness groups and civilians: Results of preliminary tests with the finnish police
Jaana Kuula
author
Pauli Kettunen
author
Vili Auvinen
author
Santtu Viitanen
author
Olli Kauppinen
author
Tuomo Korhonen
author
2013
Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie
KIT; Baden-Baden
English
Traditional mobile phones have been used for alerting purposes by utilizing their SMS and cell broadcasting features. They do however not suit for demanding alerting and command purposes, for the observation of special forces, rescue officers and civilians, or for the post-evaluation of the operation. Current 3G and 4G/LTE smartphones can do all this, but the empirical evidence is missing. This article reports of the preliminary tests which the University of Jyväskylä has made with the Finnish Police for alerting civilians and for commanding two special groups of the police with smartphones. Smartphones were also used for observing police officers' position and status and for post-evaluating action during and after the operation. The study supports using smartphones for alerting, command and control purposes. Because of external distractions alerts are noticed better at night than in the daytime. In active hours personal alerts should be given not only by a voice alarm but by stimulating 2-3 senses at the same time. Noticing of smartphone alerts might be improved also by using some additional reception device with the handset.
Command and control systems
Information systems
Law enforcement
Alerting systems
Command and control
Finnish
Police officers
Post evaluations
Special forces
Voice alarms
Smartphones
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JaanaKuula_etal2013
ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2013
T. Comes
F
Fiedrich
editor
10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2013
Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie
KIT; Baden-Baden
conference publication
42
51
9783923704804
2411-3387
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