Wireless Sensor Networks For Disaster Management

Currently, the entire world has been a happening place for catastrophe and disaster

almost every day. These occurrences of mass demolition regardless of man-made disasters

precipitate a huge loss of funds, resources and lives because of poor planning of government

agencies. Wireless Ad hoc sensor networks have an important role in wireless data transmission

and could be effective in these circumstances. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) make use of

the technologies that could initiate a warning for the immediate protection to set off, whenever

this disaster is likely to happen. In recent times, WSNs have become strong enough to surpass

being simple, solidified and constant monitoring programs and developed as one of the

empowering technologies for disaster management systems.

Traffic control is a critical one particularly in the metropolitan cities of India and

Bangalore is not an exception. Increases in middle-class division contribute considerably to the

ever-increasing number of automobiles in the cities. Congestion on roads ultimately creates

slow-moving traffic flow that increase the time of travel, therefore emerges as one of the most

important issues in metropolitan cities. Due to the lack of highly developed medical systems in

an ambulance, there is the chance for patients to lose their lives. Everything related to medical

treatments reaches a breaking point whenever an ambulance seizes up in intersections. It might

take few hours to clear the congestion and meanwhile, the patient's medical condition might

become a life-threatening one. Lack of effective traffic control and management result in loss

of lives due to ambulances getting jammed in traffics. Where the survival of the patients is

dependent on the fast arrival of the ambulances to healthcare centre [2], an alternate solution

to these issues and challenges is considered necessary.

Wireless sensor networks deploy the technologies that could create an alert for the

instant protection operation to deploy, whenever a disaster occurs. These WSN design serves

the victims immensely in predetermining the basis of the natural and man-made disasters and

providing protective measures certain region is affected by these disasters.

Disaster Management is a huge assignment and it could barely impact any specific locality or setting as speedily they emerge.

It is critically important implement proper management to set effectiveness of planning and

respond appropriately. Usage of the WSN for disaster management has been investigated and

it has been concluded that it is absolutely necessary to have it in operation during disaster

circumstances leads to saving of human lives [