EWBS Emergency Warning Broadcast System
EarthquakesTsunamis
Know Your RiskPreparednessCommunication with Citizens
Preparedness and Response
The Emergency Warning Broadcast System (EWBS) transmits alerts to TV viewers and radio listeners.
Disaster preparedness refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. That is, to predict and, where possible, prevent disasters, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations and critical ICT infrastructure, and respond to and effectively cope with their consequences. The E-Resilience Toolkit offers insights into a spectrum of available ICT tools and best practices that may benefit policymakers, DRM professionals and vulnerable communities in Asia and the Pacific to enhance e-resilience and disaster risk management in the context of preparedness.
The Emergency Warning Broadcast System (EWBS) transmits alerts to TV viewers and radio listeners.
A pilot flood early warning system in the Terai region in India and Nepal has been initiated.
The UN-APCICT virtual academy offers training modules in ICT for Disaster Risk Management, among others.
Sahana is a free, open-source modular software platform for disaster management and humanitarian assistance.
IDRN is a web-based platform for managing inventories of equipment, human resources and critical supplies for emergency response.
PAGASA provides weather forecasts and risk / flood hazard maps through ICT in the Philippines.
By dialing 10941 in Bangladesh, people can receive emergency alerts related to weather, rainfall, cyclones, floods and landslides.