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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Family or group members are apart during disaster or remote travel and mobile networks are dead or overloaded.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Calls fail, no data, members not at rally point.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Disaster ongoing — earthquake, flood, cyclone.
Scene hazards: False rumours, Unsafe travel for search, Repeated aftershocks or flood
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Text short message: "I am safe at [place]. Go to [meeting point]." — retry hourly.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Listen for official assembly instructions before moving far.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Write note on door or community board if paper and pin available.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Charge phone when power returns — first call to agreed out-of-area contact.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 when any signal returns — even seconds is enough for location SMS.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Out-of-state relative as message hub if local lines down.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Police missing persons report does not require your phone — use centre phone.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Injured or child missing overrides communication problems — report in person at police.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT drive into disaster zone blindly searching.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT trust unverified social media reunification posts alone.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — No phone means no way to reunite
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Physical meeting points, written notes, and official registration work when networks fail.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dangerous solo searches without plan.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Keep calling same number — eventually it rings
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Battery dies. SMS and periodic tries preserve power for when tower recovers.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dead phone when network returns hour later.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Networks fail when towers lose power or overload in disasters.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — SMS and data may work briefly on any available tower — try periodically.