Tabuk City, Kalinga - Seeking assistance during critical situations shall become faster and more efficient in Tabuk City with the new emergency response application developed by IT students of Kalinga State University.
In partnership with the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO-Tabuk), the app was developed by Charlou Ybarley, Yvonne Gaddao, and Gildy France Villanueva, under the guidance of Ms. Annie Durian.
In an interview with GURU Press Cordillera, Dr. Ronald U. Wacas, the Dean of the KSU-BSIT Department, said that the researchers chose to focus on accident and crime prevention as their project, which centered on improving emergency response.
The app is part of the students’ capstone project, where they were required to identify a real-world issue and provide an innovative solution.
“We heard about the program (project) of the city government, the Smart City Project. We gave students who are enrolled in this subject the choices: for instance, the Smart Agriculture, Smart Crime Prevention, and Public Safety Systems,” Wacas added.
The smart app focuses on integrating emergency services, centralizing police, fire, and medical responses, with real-time tracking of responders and proximity-based automated dispatch. Reporters may attach photos of the actual scene as well.
When asked about the app’s feature that makes it unique from other emergency apps, Wacas explained that it was specifically designed for Tabuk City. However, it can be adjusted to cover the entire province of Kalinga with the help and assistance of CDRRMO.
“Siguro yung unique dun is site-specific, meaning the locale of the study is Tabuk City, currently. But the system can be reprogrammed in such a way that it can be used province-wide,” he said.
Currently, the app is still under development and is not yet available for download. The team plans to continue working with the CDRRMO to improve the app further.
“For the current project, we will keep in touch with CDRRM for its improvement,” Wacas relayed.
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