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Personas

Works for a UN organization as head of a program targeting disaster risk reduction.
Technologically savvy with significant experience using Word, Excel, PDF’s, and Google Maps, but no experience with GIS and finds “code” intimidating.
Manages on-the-ground teams, directing their movements.

Plan trips to public infrastructure to prepare for and respond to emergencies.
Understand where emergency response resources are located, or need to be located.
Make a compelling case to funders.

Senior public servant working for the FSM’s national Department of Environment, Climate Change & Emergency Management.
Extensive knowledge of communities, localities and assets. Familiarity with GIS.
Access to resources (computers, staff) is limited and may be significantly impacted by a disaster event (no utilities, no power, no computers).

Must be able to communicate needs of department to federal politicians, junior public servants, and community stakeholders.
Access information about Public Infrastructure without reliable internet or energy.
Determine the magnitude of impact on communities if infrastructure is damaged.

Director of WHO office in the FSM, where in country activities are largely focused on WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene).
Limited knowledge of local geography.
Manages the funding facility for training programs that partner with small community organizations.

Identify locations to target for community trainings.
Identify and connect with key stakeholders and contacts within communities.
Determine if communities have access to essential human services related to WASH adequate to offer some redundancy in a disaster event.

US government employee ensuring that emergency management programs operating in the FSM, backed by US federal dollars, are using US tax payers money responsibly.
Extensive knowledge in logistics, and monitoring and evaluation, but limited knowledge of the region.
Prefers to conduct all work “on paper” and believes computers and the internet are too vulnerable to failure in the field.

Quickly assess what localities are most important and most impacted by a proposed activity.
Understand the big picture: where are most resources going and for what reason.

I need to identify the PI that are in a specific community so I can send my team there.

I need to identify the location of different types PI so I can better understand how critical lifelines may be impacted by a disaster.

I need to quickly access contact details for all public PI assets so I know how to find out what’s happening in an urgent situation.

I need to know what resources are available in a specified community, so I can plan for or respond to a disaster.

I need to be able to find a community or island by name so I can see the PI in the area.

I need to be able to quickly find PI by name, so I can see where they are.

I need the web app to work offline, so I can use it when the internet is down.

I need the web app to work offline, so I can use it for remote fieldwork.

I need to be able to print out information I find about the PI, so my team can do tabletop exercises.

I need to be able to print out information I find about the PI, as a contingency for when I’m doing fieldwork.

I need to know the number of PI in an area, so I don’t miss any during fieldwork.

I need to know how to reach a key contact at the PI, so I can coordinate with them.

I need to know where different PI are located, so we can preposition relevant EM response materials in key locations.