EARTHQUAKE AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT USING RF COMMUNICATION AND VANET

Abstract

The world is now facing consequent hazards; thus, the entire world is waiting for a faster
and reliable method to track them. This paper describes a prototype for an Emergency Communication
Network for Disaster Response (ECN-DR). During a disaster one of the major problems faced is the
failure of traditional communication channels. This paper proposes a method to communicate during
a disaster without these traditional channels. This is achieved by Radio Frequency communication and
Vehicular Ad-Hoc networking along with Internet of Things. The project is divided into two hardware
modules. First module consists of a disaster sensing unit which senses disasters like Earthquake and
Flood occurrence possibilities and sends it to the control station using Radio Frequency
communication and internet. The earthquake is sensed using a vibration sensor and the water level in
a dam is measured using an Infra-Red Level sensor. The second unit is placed near the disaster
occurring area for rescue purposes. It gathers all the information about the occurrence of disasters
using Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networking (VANET). Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networking is a term used for a
form of communication wherein there is no infrastructure used. The communication happens through
a series of VANET Receivers passing data through multi-hopping technique. The rescue station
gathers data using VANET and displays it in an On-Board computer. This data can be used by the
rescue team for efficiently. The data is also sent through the internet for a accessing it from places that
have an internet connection and are not affected by the disaster.Keywords: Vehicular Ad-Hoc
Networking (VANET), Radio Frequency (RF), Emergency Communication Network for Disaster
Response (ECN-DR), Earthquake, Flood