A Mobile Application of a Geo-map Informatics Blast for Emergency Response.

The rise of social networks and mobile technologies today plays a key role in various sector of the society. One critical core of the society is dedicated on the value of human lives or public safety. Since public safety is important to every community, this study focused on developing an emergency response application using mobile technology and crowdsourcing. The research utilized a GPS technology to map emergency incidents and crowdsource to gather relevant information. The research made use of descriptive-developmental method to develop the system. It used a five point Lickert Scale statistical method to measuring the performance of the system. Moreover, the developed system was rated with an overall mean score of 4.49 which reveals that the respondents were satisfied with its functionality and performance. It was then concluded that the system was helpful to the citizens of Barangay San Antonio of Biñan City, Laguna as well as to its Barangay Officials and organized Emergency Response Teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]