Prioritized List of expected users

 

Absolutely must include:

• People who live in areas prone to natural disasters (tornados, hurricanes, flooding, fires)

• People whose loved ones live or work in areas prone to natural disasters

• People who want to easily alert their loved ones that they are okay or need help

• People who want to be able to easily alert emergency services of their location and that they need help

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Should include:

• People who bike, walk or jog alone

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Could include

• People who live alone

• People who travel alone

• People who use public transportation

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Exclude

• People wanting to secretly track others without their knowledge

 

 

Prioritized List of Tasks                     

 

Absolutely must include

• “Call 911” button

• “Help Me” button that allows users to broadcast a “help” text message with location information to emergency services and/or specified contact list

• “I am safe” button to send a user defined “I am safe” message to a user-specified contact list

• Send current location to user-specified contact list

• Customizable to specific alerts (tornado versus thunderstorm)

• When an EAS alert is broadcast for the area the application automatically tracks user’s location until the alert is lifted.

• Ability to disable application during an EAS warning or at any other time.

• List of safe locations to go to in the event of an emergency

• Disaster alerts

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Should include

• Current EAS status and weather information including radars.

• Allow specified others to check user’s location

• Allow certain contacts to enter address to see if user is near it (without disclosing users actual location).

• Notify loved ones outside the area that an EAS alert has been signaled where you are at.

• Send GPS location and automatically call certain contacts

• “Follow me” option to turn on tracking even when there is no EAS alert

• Be able to connect and collect data from wearable Bluetooth devices

 

Could include

• Find my phone option.

• A siren if you are trapped or attacked.

• List of resources in the event of an emergency

 

Exclude

• Ability to take photos with phone’s camera during an emergency

• Automatically video record, voice record and/or take photographs in the event of an emergency.

• If device is not used for 24 hours tracking is turned on.