SIM Salvage - A Mobile Solution for Post-Disaster Recovery

2. Motivation & Purpose Motivation & Purpose Natural & Man Made Disasters are occurring around the globe every now and then. Some of them which created havoc recently are: • Tsunami • Katrina • Rita • Indo-Pak earthquake • French riots Why SIM Salvage? Absence of any applet which can cater to the needs of the victims and facilitates ‘Post Disaster Recovery’. SIM Salvage can exploit the reach of mobile phones in remote areas. Till date there hasn’t been any such application which utilizes the power of mobile communication. SIM Salvage can act as a ‘tool for coordination’ between government, rescue agencies and various NGO’s to synchronize and prioritize Post Disaster Recovery process. SIM Salvage helps in database creation of various entities i.e. victims, donors, service providers etc. which can be queried by various agencies/subscribers for quick information. SIM Salvage routes the requirements of various rescue agencies to concerned authorities effectively.

3. SIM Salvage Benefits SIM Salvage Benefits Operator Govt./Rescue Agencies • Controls application • Collaboration with govt. & agencies • Maintenance of database • Disaster Message Broadcasting • Register Victim/Donor • Search Victim/Donor • Request specific requirements Victims Donors • Disaster Message Pop-ups • Helpline Numbers • Relief Camps • Information Updates • Govt. Schemes • Health Instructions • News • Register Victim • Search Donors • Disaster Message Pop-ups • Donation Information • Register Donor/Victim • Search Victims/Other Donors • Information Updates • Govt. Schemes • News

4. SIM Salvage in Action SIM Salvage in Action SIM Salvage in action in few scenarios: Operator in South West India activated SIM Salvage through OTA and updated the SIM Salvage file system with relevant messages. Tsunami hit the coastal areas causing massive damage to properties. SIM Salvage saved huge loss of life and helped in recovery process. Messages to evacuate coastal areas starts to pop up users mobiles and most of the coastal areas are evacuated. Earthquake occurred in Eastern Indian Ocean creating huge tidal waves. Tsunami expected in various coastal areas. Message Broadcast Message Broadcast Hospital authorities registered his details through SIM Salvage. Victim’s details are stored in operator’s searchable database. Victim of London bomb blast is hospitalized in unconscious state. SIM Salvage is activated by operator. Register/ Search Victims Register/ Search Victims The family members of victim have no clue of his whereabouts. Victim’s family searched through SIM Salvage. The results of search are displayed to the victim’s family. Victim is successfully traced by his family. Earthquake has occurred in Pakistan. There are huge casualties and massive destruction in the area. A NGO requires the complete list of doctors available in the area and nearby, who are ready to donate their services at this time of crisis. NGO searches through SIM Salvage and list of doctors and their details are displayed to them. These doctors are contacted by the NGO and this facilitated the recovery process in a remarkable way. Search Donor Search Donor

5. Market Areas & Appeal Market Areas & Appeal • SIM Salvage can be deployed at: • Areas prone to natural disasters (for e.g.. Indonesia comes under highly active seismic zone). • Probable man made disaster sites (for e.g. Kashmir has high probability of terrorist activity). • Global deployment for precaution, since disasters are unpredictable by nature. • Marketing Appeal • SIM Salvage let’s operators play a vital role during disaster and recovery from the crisis, thereby gains popularity in becoming a kind of ‘National Disaster Operator’. • Operator can join hands with government and various rescue agencies. • Operators can incrementally build a comprehensive database of donors which can be made available to various NGO’s and other operators at nominal charges. With passage of time this database can become a standard for reference during any disaster by any agency. • SMS and Call traffic gets increased after SIM Salvage activation and thus the revenues for operator based on it. • Applet has many strong features but even if it is deployed with minimal features like helpline numbers and relief camp information etc., it can prove to be highly effective. • Last but not the least SIM Salvage helps in increasing customers’ loyalty to it’s operators.

6. Deployment, Originality & Vision Deployment, Originality & Vision Ease of Deployment Sim cards loaded with SIM Salvage in dormant state will be issued to the subscribers. Applet will be activated at the time of disaster through OTA and file system will be populated. Subscribers can customize the applet’s functionalities as per their requirements. Originality & Innovation Aspects • The accessibility of sim cards has not been used till date by any ‘Disaster Management System’. • SIM Salvage can bring revolution in disaster management domain which can cater the needs of victims and facilitates post disaster recovery. • Creating Links between various entities, viz. victims, donors, rescue agencies. • Enables tie-ups of operators with government and other rescue agencies and thus creating a new array of collaborations. • Creation of comprehensive database of victims, donors and service providers which plays a crucial role during and after disaster. • Provides information access through user friendly interfaces. • Simplifies and speeds up the registration victims, donors and service providers information. Vision Our vision is to make SIM Salvage, a de facto standard for all mobile based Disaster Information & Management Systems.