Urban Apartment Blaze: Mass Evacuation

   Large fire in apartment building in urban area. 200-300 people had to be evacuated. The entire building burned down and cannot be used for residential purposes.
   2022
   Vanløse (Copenhagen)
   
   Crowdsourcing
   City
   After, During
   Real-world
   major firer
   -
   https://www.brs.dk/da/nyheder/2023/sirenen/
   
   twitter
   no
   Ensuring Credible Information, Making Information Accessible, Mobilising Citizens, Targeting Communication
   
   -
   People with physical disabilities
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   -
   
   1 to 3 days
   Twitter
   
   

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Created: 25 April 2023
Last edited: 23 October 2023

Large fire in apartment building in urban area. 200-300 people had to be evacuated. The entire building burned down and cannot be used for residential purposes.

Hazard:

major firer

Year:

2022

Location:

Vanløse (Copenhagen)

Scale:

City

Publishing Organisation

unknown

Category

Real-world

Theme

Crowdsourcing

Thematic

• Ensuring Credible Information
• Making Information Accessible
• Mobilising Citizens
• Targeting Communication

Disaster Management Phase

After, During

Description

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What was the overall goal of the Use Case?

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What worked well and could be recommended to others?

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What limitations were identified?

-

Which social media and crowdsourcing technologies were used?

• twitter

Which social media platforms were used?

• Twitter

Additional Links

• https://www.brs.dk/da/nyheder/2023/sirenen/