Open Source Software/Tool For

Disaster Management System

Group-2
Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Neelima Satyam

Team Leader
Parth Laxmikant Kolekar

Student Mentor:
Akhila Manne
Juhi Tandon
Madhu Kotika

Assistant Team Leader

Nisarg Jhaveri

Problem Statement
In the aftermath of a disaster ,prompt action or response
is required.
Missing and displaced people
Need of collaboration
Need of assets, medical attention

Our Objective
Develop an open source software tool for the
registry of relief organizations, camps, and missing
people.
Also take requests for assets and allow responses
from other organizations or volunteers.

Challenges during Disaster

Victims are displaced or missing
Scarcity of food, water and health care services for the
injured
Communication failure
Catastrophic damage to buildings and settlements

Our Solution
Saathi, the web based application, aims at simplifying
tasks for volunteers.
Consists of a unified database
Role based authentication
Effective flow of information across organizations,
volunteers
Dynamic updates on requests or needs

Why open source?

Easy to maintain
Accountability
Large community (high collaboration)
Speedy bug fixes (thus reliable)
Flexibility and Freedom
Cost effective (Effectively free!)

Implementation
MVC architecture
Models
Views
Controllers

Database software (MySQL)

Software framework (minimal MVC)
Language (php)

The MVC
Models
Database Access
Core logic behind the application

Controllers
Handles input and output from various sub-systems

Views
Displays the application to the User

MVC architecture

Our application: Saathi

Subsystems:
Missing persons registry
Organizations registry
Area-specific camps registry
Assets inventory
Request management

Structured Relational Database Diagram

Organisations
subsystem

Assets
subsystem

Missing Persons
subsystem

Request
Management
subsystem

Camps
subsystem

Development Process
Development life cycle model
Iterative evolutionary model

Rapid Development
Fast Updation
Centralized code control
Highly tested

Missing person module

Developed so far:
Report missing person
Search based on different parameters
Mapping system for last seen location
Update status of missing person

Organizations and Camps module

Developed so far:
Insertion, deletion, and view list of all
registered organizations
Update details of an organization
Mapping system on location of
organization headquarters

Assets and Requests module

Developed so far:
Make new requests
Add or remove assets
Remove request
Supply requested asset

Yet to be done

Authentication Model
Deployment settings
Fine-tuning
Upload photos of missing person

Limitations of Saathi
Google maps
Cannot work in case of connectivity loss
Incompatible with older software / hardware

Live Demo
Saathi is an app that can potentially change the face of
Disaster Management software.
With the usage technology at our hands, the app makes
the manual bookkeeping tasks of volunteers easier.

Live Demo