Deployment: Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Response Association (DERA)
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Details
- http://dera.sahanafoundation.org (Intern
- DERA Contact: Raphael LaRocca <R.LaRocca@disasters.org> DERA Disaster Management Software Program manager
- Technical Contact: Michael Howden <michael@sahanafoundation.org
- Template:
DERA(In https://github.com/michaelhowden/eden/tree/DERA still to be merged to trunk)
Introduction
The Sahana community helped DERA to deploy and configure Sahana software to use initially for incident management.
Current Features
DERA currently use a number of forms to managed incidents which are based on ICS.
Events
Large scale events which are managed by DERA, eg.
- Northern York County Regional Operations
- NEMA Tabletop Exercise
- Farmers Fair
Resource Name: event_event
Incidents / Status Action Board
Smaller incidents which occur during an event, eg:
- Car Accident Baltimore Street and Golf Course Rd
Resource Name: event_incident
Current Form: Status Action Board
Shifts
Recording the allocation of people and reporting an activity log during an event.
Resource Name: hrm_shift
Current Form: Staff Activity Log: ICS 214 which is based on ICSFormsWorkbook:214
Activity Log
Tracked within the event and shifts.
Resource Name: cms_post (project_activity may be a better option long term)
Current Form: Staff Activity Log: ICS 214 which is based on ICSFormsWorkbook:214
SitRep
A daily summary of an event.
Resource Name: doc_sitrep
Current Form: Situation Report: ICS 209 which is based on ICSFormsWorkbook:209 AR / ICS 209
Comfort Stations
Resource Name: cr_shelter
Current Form: NA
Planned Features
Checklists
Pre-defined checklists which can be filled out (single click + timestamp) during events / incidents / shifts.
Current Forms:
A solution still needs to be designed for checklists.
Incident Action Plan (IAP)
Current Form: NEMA Ebola IAP.docx
Record sections within Incident / event. Provide a single form to edit them together.
Sections:
- Objectives - add another table
- Current Situation - aggregate from SitRep?
- Emergency Procedures - add another table
- Staff Assigned - from people assigned
- References - attach docs to event / incident
Provide an option to generate a single IAP document.
CS Data collection
More information needed.
Current Form: Forms for Sahana.xls:CS Data collection
- Name
- Phone
- Address
- Special needs
- Questions
- Reminders
Road closing & Debris
More information needed. Could these be tracked as incidents?
Current Form: Forms for Sahana.xls:Road closing & Debris
- Municipality
- Name
- phone
- Address
- Request
- Assigned to:
- Status
- Time In
- Time Out
Resident call in
More information needed.
Current Form: Forms for Sahana.xls:Resident call in
- Municipality
- Name
- phone
- Address
- Request
- Assigned to:
- Status
- Time In
- Time Out
Tasks for Deployment
Specific tasks to support the DERA Deployement are logged in: Sahana Sunflower Community Support Tool
Volunteers wanting to support the deployment are encouraged to work on these tasks.
Required Resources
- Volunteer Software Developers to support the further customization of DERA's Sahana deployment
References
