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As natural and human disaster are increasingly affecting people’s lives around the globe in a growing and variegated way, the need to be prepared for a variety of conditions is imperative. Notwithstanding the relevance of ICT in assisting in preparedness and the importance of addressing the diversity of the population have been recognized, there are still gaps in understanding How to properly apply these principles in emergency management. This study explores how indoor navigation technology can contribute to faster, better and safer evacuations by providing useful information to emergency personnel and affected public at the scene of the evacuation. For this purpose, the ongoing INSIDE project aims to take an existing mobile app that provides universally designed indoor-navigation at Oslo Metropolitan University, the OsloMet application, and re-design it to support first responders with situational awareness assistance as well as to assist the public in evacuating efficiently. Contextually, a survey has been conducted among emergency services’ representatives, in order to identify what information and functionality could be valuable for their work during emergency evacuations.
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The research leading to this article was funded by the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (Blindeforbundet). In addition, the authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Keren Sømåen, Jolan Franssen, Małgorzata Orpel, and Nathan Rodier who have contributed to the collection of the data presented in this article.
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Anthony Giannoumis, G., Gjøsæter, T., Paupini, C. (2020). Towards an Indoor Navigation Application for Emergency Evacuations and Persons with Visual Impairments – Experiences from First Responders and End Users. In: Murayama, Y., Velev, D., Zlateva, P. (eds) Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction. ITDRR 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 575. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48939-7_14
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