Development of Human Machine Interface for Supporting the Disaster Mitigation System in the City using Wireless Sensor Network
Asep Najmurrokhman(a*), Kusnandar(a), Ady Syaripudin(a), Achmad Munir(b)

(a) Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Jl. Terusan Jend. Sudirman PO Box 148 Cimahi 40533, Indonesia
*asep.najmurrokhman[at]lecture.unjani.ac.id
(b) School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia

Abstract

Disasters that include building fires, earthquakes, floods, and so on are the inevitable things in city life. Disaster mitigation should be undertaken to mitigate the adverse impacts of the disaster. Its activities span for an early warning system until the evacuation of the victim to a safer place. With the advancement of information technology, an integrated system can be built to support the disaster mitigation system in the city. This paper describes a development of a prototype of human machine interface for supporting the disaster mitigation system in the city. This prototype comprises sensors, microcontroller, communication module, and information system to capture and display the disaster location. Three parameters including smoke concentration, temperature, and vibration are sent to the monitoring room at any time using the wireless sensor network framework. Disaster indication which can cover in this system includes the building fire and earthquake. The building fire indicators are rendered by raising a smoke concentration and temperature up to the certain level, while earthquake indicators are provided by vibrations sent by vibration sensors. The location of the disaster site is displayed in the monitoring room and delivered to the city authority who handling the disaster via mobile phone.

Keywords: arduino microcontroller; disaster mitigation; human machine interface; wireless sensor network;

Topic: Computer Science