DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE DISASTER REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
Disasters Organizations has an increasing need for an online report management system as the desire for reliable, accessibility of information and generate report easily. Most disasters organization generate report of disasters manually. Report of disaster in Sokoto State fire service are being carried out manually since the beginning of the organization. This method is also dominant in other disasters organization. Therefore, with the growing of modern computer technology, disasters management organizations need to embrace the technology in order to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in carrying out their activities.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Online disaster report and management system is a web based application that enables organization to observe, analyze, and store information of disasters. The system is basically design to benefit modern technology to standardize, organize and manage the data and information about fire disasters. Most of the fire service stations in this century most especially our case study, their current system of storing information is not a computerize system all their works are done manually. In the current work is very difficult, because each and every record is writing into a book, deletion, changes etc. so this research work is carried out in other to realize this, it aims at making it possible to reach the data quickly during and after a disaster. The frequency and therefore the risk of the last decades, parallel to and generated by the development of communities with the advancement of human civilization, fire disaster has been a prime concern. Therefore, with the growing of modern computer technology, fire service stations most especially Sokoto state fire service as (case study) needs to embrace and properly utilize this technology in order to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in their activities.
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
There are excessive amount of problems militating against effective prompt service delivery of fire service and safety management. As it has being observed that the conventional method used in preparing and managing disaster report has resulted to the following problems;
Inability to access disaster report anytime and anywhere
Time consuming and costly to produce reports
Records are usually hard to retrieve and there usually cases where records are lost due to carelessness and misplace of files.
Lack of effectiveness in manual method of record keeping.
1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The aim of the study is to design and implement a web base applicationfor sokoto state fire service. The objectives of this study can be simplified as follows;
To design and implement a web base system to be easy to access at anytime they want any report.
To design and implement a web base system to provide adequate security for their document.
To design and implement a web base system that will totally reduce paper work and produce database to keep their works intact.
Timely and quality report to managers for decisions making.
To monitor and observe the current status of environment through the report generated.
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research work is most significant to Sokoto state fire service agent in helping them to carry out a report of fire disaster cases within the Sokoto state metropolis. It will help them to have access to their report fire service. It will assist the fire service department to be able to monitor and observe the current status of environment through their reports generated. It will also help them to have easy way to access their record anytime and anywhere they want any report. Furthermore, it will help them provide adequate security for their document and to totally reduced paper work and keep their work intact.
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