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We expect first responder organizations—police, fire, water and power agencies, telecom providers, large building operators, school administrators, pipeline operators, public health, Red Cross—to combine our shake maps with internal infrastructure maps in order to make decision about where, when, and how to respond. For example, a subscriber agency might have a database of maximum acceleration forces that each key structure is designed to withstand; this database could be compared against a shake map to determine which structures are most likely to have been damaged and the projected impact.
Our devices are designed to be attached to a floor, wall, or desk, and are connected via a six-foot cable to an existing, internet-connected stationary computer with an unused USB port. A small software application runs on the PC to collect vibration data many times a second, and if strong shaking is detected, an alert is sent over the internet to a remote service that analyses reports from all of the devices to determine that an earthquake has just occurred and produce a shake map. Even with a severe, nearby earthquake, the remote CSN service should receive useful data in the few seconds before internet service fails, construct a shake map, and deliver it to subscribers.