Mobile Operational System for Emergency Services (MOSES) tablet

The Mobile Operational System for Emergency Services (MOSES) is an eight-inch mobile tablet that will provide data from a Doppler radar sensor on a range of weather variables, including precipitation, direction and speed of wind, and location-specific water levels of rivers. It will also provide hazard maps, images of evacuation sites, and blocked and open roads. The government-funded tablet is reportedly the first initiative of its kind in the world. MOSES was designed and built locally and has an AM radio, camera, SIM card, television, and video functions. The tablet has a hard plastic casing that is waterproof and able to withstand rough handling. It also has a long battery life that can last up to three days.
Climate Adaptation Effectiveness

MOSES is a tablet capable of receiving real-time weather and flood information reports from PAGASA and Project NOAH, which LGUs, down to the barangay level, can access for accurate decision-making to prevent massive destruction and casualties. The MOSES tablet is best used not during a disaster but for advanced planning against the impacts of natural hazards. (Lagmay, 2014)

Climate Hazards

  • Broad Climate Change Impact

Locations

  • Manila, NCR (National Capital Region)

Adaptation Sectors

  • Disaster Risk Reduction

CCET Instuments

  • Action Delivery

Target Group based on Vulnerability

Basic Sectors:
  • Individuals residing in urban areas

Evaluations

Economic / Financial Effectiveness
Low

Each tablet cost around US$350, he says. But they are working to bring down the price before the tablets are actually rolled out although it is too early to tell how much the final price would be.

Technical Feasibility
Mid

Also, local governments will need to invest in internet connections with speeds of 3 Mbps or higher. However, many rural areas especially the most vulnerable ones where the tablet will be most useful do not have access to high-speed Internet. A study by Carillo et al. (2022) on the usability of MOSES revealed that effectiveness is high but ratings for learnability varied with ease of use receiving a low rating.

Social Acceptability
No Evidence

DOST distributed 150 tablets to LGUs in Metro Manila. There is no publicly available information on the receptiveness of the LGUs on the technology. DOST-Project NOAH aims to get all 42,028 barangays in the Philippines to avail of these tablets. (Lagmay, 2014)

Environmental Impact
N/A

Using the MOSES tablet does not have direct environmental impacts.

Mitigation co-benefit

[There is no direct mitigation co-benefit since the climate change solution is the use of a technology to prepare communities from disasters]

Keywords

mobile tablet, weather variables, flood reports, resilience

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