Adjacent Fields > Tech for public challenges > Disaster response and humanitarian tech - (50)
There's a long tradition of volunteer technologists rallying to aid communities in the aftermath of a disaster or humanitarian crisis. Many of the problems and solutions, such as managing skilled volunteers remotely, apply to other domains in the Civic Tech Field Guide. See also: Participatory Aid.
Help your community recover from disasters. A free, easy-to-use website for organizing disaster relief.
A suite of tools for wildfire response and planning
In the light of Hurricane Sandy displacing the region's businesses, this is a map of area business helping each other out. Here you will find locations to work, recharge, and reconnect.
"A five-member team of Amazon product and program managers connecting with nonprofits worldwide and are ready to respond to requests for resources during a disaster." - GovTech
HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.
CrisisCommons seeks to advance and support the use of open data and volunteer technology communities to catalyze innovation in crisis management and global development. CrisisCommons is a global community of volunteers from technology, crisis response organizations, government agencies, and citizens that are working together to build and use technology tools to help respond to disasters…
HEAVY LIFT AND MICRO UAV / UAS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, INDUSTRIAL, CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION
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Humanity Road is a disaster response 501c3 charity specializing in sourcing critical information and resources when disaster strikes.
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