Signalert Sarl (SIGNALERT)

Mission

SIGNALERT proposes a solution based on smartphone Apps to make every citizen a sensor of the environment.
Using crowd sourcing and social networks, the members of Signalert community provide real time and structured informations about physical effects, damages, impacts of natural phenomenons, form their early weak and local stages to the complete development of the phenomenons;
the Signalert community is a complement to institutionnal monitoring and observing networks based on physical sensors.
Beside this core activity, Signalert proposes services and expertise in engineering, assessment, mapping, early warning for all type of disasters and climate change impacts.

Disaster Reduction Goal

reduce vulnerability
assess human and economical impact of disasters
prepared private sector and industry to cope with disasters of natural origin or NATECH.
Involve citizne in environmental monitoring and crisis preparedness

Policies and Programmes in DRR

The activities of Signalert are fully devoted to DRR and monitoring of natural phenomenons or human activty impacts on our livehood and environment such as contamination, pollutions, industrial accidents, urban dysfunctionning.

Membership in Key Networks

member od scientific council of French Earthquake Engineering association.
Member of social network working group of AFPCN.

Disaster Reduction Focal Point(s)

attached to French focal point for disasters reduction AFPCN

Websites

www.signalert.eu

@signalert on Twitter

Signalert for all on Facebook.

Making disaster risk reduction a policy priority, institutional strengthening (HFA 1)

Provide upstream warning and alerts from the field to institution concerned by DRR and Risks management.

Risk assessment and early warning systems (HFA 2)

Early warning and crisis management for all types of disasters using information technologies, smartphones

Education, information and public awareness (HFA 3)

Education, prevention and awarenss raising through use of daily use of smartphone Apps in relation with disasters monitoring.

Reducing underlying risk factors (HFA 4)

reduction of vulnerabilty of buildings and housing to disasters by improved construction techniques and landuse practice

Preparedness for effective response (HFA 5)

SIgnalert provides in its App, recommendations and advices on good behaviour in case of potential or ongoing disasters.

Other activities

Signalert also provides expertise and engineering for climate change impact assessment and mitigation.