In this category of Emergency data support, you will find the products created specifically for Disaster Response. We create these products both as part of the SIMS network and in response to smaller scale disasters that are not coordinated through SIMS. With the following products below we respond to the communities affected.
SIMS: SURGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
WHAT IS IT Surge information management SUPPORT (SIMS) provides either remote or field-based support to operations, according to disaster scale, complexity and impact of the event. In addition to direct operational support, SIMS also serves as a network for information management coordination and capacity building, helping improve information management standards, tools, and expertise across response…
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TOOL
WHAT IS IT? A deep learning model that allows the 510 team to quickly identify the physical damage post disaster. WHY IT IS NEEDED? When a disaster occurs it is important to know as soon as possible how many people are affected, where their houses are, and how much damage there is. The Red Cross…
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–BSP: BILATERAL SUPPORT PRODUCTS (More info to come)
–PMT: POPULATION MOVEMENT TOOLS (More info to come)
Below is a collection of posts on Disaster Response and the activities pertaining to it.
510 DATASETS ON HDX
WHAT IS HDX The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open data sharing platform managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) through their Centre for Humanitarian Data. Launched in 2014, HDX now hosts more than 11,000 datasets shared by over 250 humanitarian organisations. 510 is both using and sharing datasets on…
CHALLENGING AI WITH AERIAL & SATELLITE IMAGERY
1: IDENTIFYING AND CLASSIFYING DAMAGE ON AERIAL IMAGERY. 2: DEVELOPING AN ALGORITHM TO FIX ALIGNMENT BETWEEN BUILDING LOCATIONS IN OPEN STREET MAP & BING SATELLITE IMAGERY. As part of the Netherlands Red Cross, 510 provided the two challenges above for the Hackathon for Peace, Justice, and Security. Multiple international actors provided challenges for the over…
IMPORTING LARGE DATA ONTO OSM
Written by Jurg Wilbrink GIS. On the 12th of June 2018 510 uploaded 13.367 roof materials and shapes to Open Street Map. The import is a result of all the activities the data team of the Netherlands Red Cross (510) conducted in preparation and response to the hurricane ‘Irma’ that hit land on the island…
510 TEAMTERVIEW DANIEL KERSBERGEN
DANIËL KERSBERGEN was a master thesis Student at 510 and has just graduated from MSc Geomatics for the Built Environment at TUDelft. You can read his thesis here 1: How did you end up doing your master thesis with 510? During my master Geomatics for the Built Environment, I was inspired by one of the associate…
KENYA: DAM BURST MAY 2018
In Kenya on May 9th a Dam Burst in Solai & Nakuru. Below is an overview of the Disaster Specific Products created by 510 & partners using the Data Driven Decision process. Disaster assistance anno 2018 May 10, 2018. A dam burst in Kenya causes a flash flood. After the water is gone, the…
MAKING DAMAGE PROVISIONS MORE EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE
For the commemoration of the 1953 floods in the Netherlands the Watersnoodmuseum asked 510’s TU Delft Master Student Daniël Kersbergen to share his story when working as Information Manager on St Maarten post Irma. 65 years ago they used helicopters and now we also use drones to gather visual data to help the most vulnerable.…
SIMS: SURGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
WHAT IS IT Surge information management SUPPORT (SIMS) provides either remote or field-based support to operations, according to disaster scale, complexity and impact of the event. In addition to direct operational support, SIMS also serves as a network for information management coordination and capacity building, helping improve information management standards, tools, and expertise across response…
VISUAL GUIDANCE ROOF DAMAGE
HURRICANE IRMA With the landfall of Hurricane Irma on the 6th of September 2017, large parts of St. Maarten were damaged. Initial estimates of damage range from 70 -90% of buildings affected by the tropical storm. For the further humanitarian aid provided by the Red Cross, a more accurate assessment of the damage on the…
ST.MAARTEN
510 CO-DESIGN SESSIONS IMPORTING LARGE DATA ONTO OSM ST.MAARTEN OUTPUTS 510 TEAMTERVIEW DANIEL KERSBERGEN MAKING DAMAGE PROVISIONS MORE EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE 510 RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IRMA ST.MAARTEN
NOS: RED CROSS CALLS FOR HELP TO MAP FLOODED AREAS IN ASIA
Translated from NOS article: Image from: AFP Due to heavy floods in Asia, the Red Cross is making a special global call. The non-governmental organization is not asking for money or supplies but is looking for people to identify disaster areas using the internet. In Nepal, Bangladesh, and India more than 16 million people are affected…
THE PHILIPPINES
AUTOMATED IMPACT MAP SENT 120HRS BEFORE TYPHOON KAMMURI ARRIVES FAIR IMPACT-BASED FORECASTING: THESIS IRENE BENITO LAZARO DATA TEAM LEADS TRAINING 510 TEAMTERVIEW CARLA MEIJERINK CRA: COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT FASTER RESPONSE: WITH CAPACITY BUILDING PHILIPPINES PART 2 FASTER RESPONSE: WITH CAPACITY BUILDING PHILIPPINES PART 1 EFFICIENT AID: THROUGH ACCURATE PRIORITY INDEX PART 1 THE PHILIPPINES