Christchurch NZ Earth Quake 21.02.2011

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On this page is where we will document engagement to support the New Zealand earthquake on February 21, 2011

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Current Effort

adding, verifying & improving reports the eq.org.nz site

Volunteers

If you would like to help with http://eq.org.nz please email eqnzfeb@gmail.com.

On IRC you can join the channel: #eqnz on : irc.freenode.org There is a webclient available here : http://webchat.freenode.net/

Ushahidi

is the software used on http://eq.org.nz/ (was http://christchurch.crowdmap.com/ )

How To Report

You can send a report by:

  • sending a message to 5627
  • sending an email to eqnzfeb@gmail.com
  • sending a tweet with the hashtag/s #christchurch or #eqnz or #ChristchurchQuake
  • filling in the form here

Learning resources

Volunteer tasks

Volunteers are separating text messages into three groups to be dealt with as follows:

1. Requests for help - volunteer can see phone number of handset user. volunteer contacts emergency services by calling 111. volunteer provides emergency services with phone number of handset user and any info. emergency services deals with it from here. phone numbers are not published on the eq.org.nz site. volunteer then deletes message to prevent duplicate reports to 111.

2. Fact with location - volunteer makes a report and publishes it on the eq.org.nz site. volunteers are also working to verify reports by searching news sites for reliable info.

3. Other - volunteer deems information not relevant. volunteer deletes these messages.

Issue Tracker & Feature Requests

If you have an issue or would like to request a feature, please do so at: https://github.com/ccnz/Ushahidi_Web/issues

Websites

New Zealand Earthquake - Situation Reports and Assessment

Magnitude 6.3, Tuesday, February 22 2011 at 12:51 pm (NZDT), 10 km south-east of Christchurch

USGS PAGER Report Aftershock 5.6

NZ GeoNet Shaking Map

  • MM8 Heavily damaging Oxford [1], Richmond [1], Waikari [1]
  • MM7 Damaging Belfast [3], Cashmere [1], Christchurch [1], Harewood [1], Kaiapoi [2], Mead [1], Oxford [1], Papanui [2], Sockburn [1], Spreydon [1], West Melton [1]

Conference call notes

Civil Defence Updates

NZ Civil Defence Status

  • Update #7 18:50
  • Update #5 17:32:58
  • Update #4 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:12:45 +1200
  • Update #3 15:20 NZDT
    • Christchurch hospital is now operational, only one ward was damaged
    • Christchurch airport is closed pending an inspection of the runway
    • MCDEM is standing up all available Urban Search and Rescue teams. An Australian team is on stand-by.
  • eq.org.nz Situation Reports

2010 Quake Info

New Zealand/Quake 2010

News and Information Sources

SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS:


People Finder http://eq.org.nz/finder (was: http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/ )

WIKIS:

MEDIA LINKS WITH FEEDS:

TELCO NETWORK STATUS:

Official Government Sites

  • Christchurch City Council: www.­ccc.­govt.­nz (may be unavailable)

Non Governmental Organisations

Aggregation Pages

Technical volunteers on the ground in New Zealand

  • Ben Healey @BenHealey, skype:speak2ben
  • Tim McNamara @timClicks paperless@timmcnamara.co.nz
  • Rob Coup @amatix, skype:robert.coup, robert@coup.net.nz
  • The New Zealand Network Operators group are compiling a list of Compute/Technical resources here - If you need Servers/Bandwidth on short order , or you can offer these things please add them here : http://www.nznog.org/?page_id=31

Projects Needing Assistance

Relief Oversight Initiative:

  • development in progress - need additional hands
  • a clearinghouse of factual, regular reports detailing the activities of aid/relief organizations’ activities in disaster relief / humanitarian aid scenarios. Increased transparency of what is happening on the ground will improve resource distribution, improve coordination between aid groups, and provide the public with information to see where they can have the greatest impact.

Skills Needed:

  • Both Drupal and HTML/CSS

Contact:

  • Ben (at) disasteraccountability (dot) org @BENatDAP

Mobile Assessment of Damage for the Public

MADpub.org

  • dev has been in process for several months, much is built, needs to be refined and linked to backing database
  • tracks type of damage, degree, insurance, etc for rebuilding
  • See [1] to help out

Skills Needed:

  • Drupal
  • iPhone and Android dev
  • JSON conversion
  • REST with Sahana

Contact

  • willow (dot) bl00 (at) gwob (dot) org @willowbl00

Tweak the Tweet

This project seeks to build a collaboration network to promote Tweet-friendly hashtag-based syntax to help direct Twitter communications for more efficient data extraction for those communicating about the Haiti earthquake disaster. Use only requires modifications of Tweet messages to make information pieces that refer to #location, #status, #needs, #damage and several other elements of emergency communications more machine parsable.

FAQ

Questions that have come up in #eqnz

What is a shortcode?

A sms shortcode is a four digit number that people can use to send texts to instead of a full nobile number, eg 4242. They are much easier to remember than a full number.

What is ushahidi?

Ushahidi is the software used on the site http://eq.org.nz/

What is Tweak the Tweet (TtT)?

Tweak the Tweet is a syntax for tweets that make it easier to extract information from them. It can be used by volunteers to add information when retweeting.See here: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~starbird/TtT_eqnz_map_byEvent.html

What is a hashtag?

Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag.

Hashtags were developed as a means to create "groupings" on Twitter, without having to change the basic service. see also

What is the eq.org.nz shortcode?

5627

What is the eq.org.nz email address?

eqnzfeb@gmail.com

What hashtags should i use when reporting?

  1. christchurch or #eqnz or #ChristchurchQuake

Phone numbers

0800 RED CROSS

A telephone number has been set up as a dedicated number to deal with those people concerned about the whereabouts of friends and family. Callers to the line will be asked to provide details of those missing including the location the person was thought to be at the time of the earthquake. The number to contact is 0800 RED CROSS (0800 733 276)

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