1. 1st August 2010
SahanaCamp Exercise
Incident Reporting
Background
Disasters are highly complex events, with many
different things happening at the same time in
different locations. One of the challenges for
Disaster Managers is to gather all of this data
and present the information in a way which can
help make decisions on how best to respond.
Exercise
In this exercise you will design an Incident
Reporting Module within Sahana Eden to help
facilitate this process.
Tasks
In a group you will complete the following tasks it the given timeframes. After each task we will
gather as a group to share our ideas before we move forward with the next task.
1. What data will you need to gather in the Incident Reporting Module?
(5 min)
2. What screens will your Incident Reporting Module consist of?
Consider:
a. Making use of CRUD forms.
b. Workflow
c. How to present information to the user?
(10 min)
3. Develop a detailed data model for the Incident Reporting Module.
(10 min)
Implement this design for the Incident Reporting Module in Sahana Eden.
Consider:
a. Menus
b. Maps
c. Joined Resources / Components
(1 hour 30 min)
4. Present your Incident Reporting Module to the group. You will then vote on the best Incident
Reporting Module to use in the following day’s simulation.
3. 1st August 2010
Notes (not to be distributed to participants)
Data Model
Should include:
• Type of incident (icons?)
• Location
• Reported by
• Verified by
• Date (and time frame)
• Urgency
• Updates/Actions (as a component)
• Photo
Could include:
• Change Log
• Links to other modules (requests)
If there is time then we will give them the opportunity to try and all add additional features to the
winning module, but ONLY if there is time.