The “Panic Button” was activated on the AUTh campus for women at risk

The service was launched Panic Button to report emergencies within it campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). With its activation, more than 500 AUTh students have already installed the application on their mobile phones AUTh Campus Safetywhich is available through the digital application distribution platform GooglePlay.

Members of the university community through the app and with a tap on Panic Button have the opportunity to notify in real time to the competent bodies of the University the location where an emergency occurs, which concerns a security threat, illegal activity and disasters, or health risk, so that the security service of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is immediately mobilized and launched without delay the necessary actions.

“With this innovative service, any member of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki can easily and quickly declare an emergency in order to take the necessary actions immediately. In this way, we want to establish in the members of the Aristotle family the feeling of security, for which we work systematically “, it is mentioned in the message of the rector of AUTh to the university community.

The application is based on Geographic Information Systems infrastructures using the positioning capabilities GPS of mobile devices (tablets or mobile phones) outdoors and technology Wi-Fi fingerprinting to determine the location of the incident indoors.

To access the emergency reporting service, the smart mobile application requires the user to be authenticated through their institutional account. The use of the service is optional, while the University collects only the data that are absolutely necessary to serve the purpose of the service.

The basic functionality of the system includes the “Panic Button” with location of campus, location with map indication, support for Android devices, central cartographic event management platform, while support for iOS devices is already planned and further expanded its capabilities application such as locating the interior with great precision, guiding response teams, sending push notifications to users.

The service is implemented with his care EGovernment Center of AUThin collaboration with an external contractor with research experience in geospatial data and utilizing the existing geospatial infrastructure of AUTh (GIS system of AUTh).

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