| Name: | Description: | Size: | Format: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 MB | Adobe PDF |
Authors
Advisor(s)
Abstract(s)
Involving the community (volunteers) in citizen science
projects is a good way to address and prevent a lot of societal concerns.
The participation of volunteers has been quit frequent in citizen
science projects; making them a fundamental key for the success of these
projects. Volunteers participate in citizen science projects by collecting
and processing data that can be used for various purposes such as educational,
scientific, preservation of biodiversity, decision-making, etc. In
forest fire prevention, participation of citizens in collecting and processing
data could help significantly in decision-making related to forest fire
prevention and mitigation. Mobile phones can be the tool of choice for
collecting data due to not only to its wide availability and powerful communication
features but also to its embedded sensing capabilities such
as GPS location, camera and microphone.
This study is concerning to the development of a mobile-based citizen
science project that allows volunteers to report fire-prone area, the
occurrence of fire, and area where fire has occurred; then these information
are used by firefighters and specialists for decision-making. In
a scenario of fire occurrence, volunteers can take a picture of the place
where the fire is occurring, upload to the mobile application, and send
GPS location of the place; then the application notifies the firefighters
and helps them allocate the needed resources to combat the fire based
on the information sent by the volunteers.
Description
Keywords
Citizen science Forest fire Prevention Mobile application