aidstack.disastersIntelligence for impact workers
Help Guide
What Is This Tool?
The Disaster Impact Assessment Tool helps organizations monitor their global facilities and assess potential impacts from current natural disasters. It combines real-time disaster data with your facility locations to identify risks and provide AI-powered recommendations.
Problems This Tool Solves
- Scattered Information: Consolidates disaster data and site locations in one visual interface
- Manual Assessment: Automatically identifies which sites are at risk from active disasters
- Response Planning: Generates AI-powered recommendations specific to each site and disaster type
- Situation Reporting: Creates comprehensive reports for stakeholders with a single click
Key Features
- Interactive Map: Visualize disasters and sites globally
- Site Upload: Import your sites from CSV/Excel files
- Automated Impact Assessment: Identify which sites are affected by disasters
- AI Analysis: Get personalized risk analysis for any site
- Smart Recommendations: Receive specific action items based on disaster type
- Situation Reports: Generate comprehensive reports for stakeholders
- Complete AI Report: Download all AI-generated content in a single Word document
How To Use This Tool
1. Upload Your Sites
Click the Sites button on the right side of the map. Upload a CSV or Excel file with your site locations (must include name, latitude, and longitude columns).
2. View Disaster Data
The map shows active disasters from global sources. Use the Filters button to filter disasters by type and time period.
3. Assess Impact
Once sites are uploaded, the system automatically identifies which are in the impact radius of active disasters.
4. Analyze Sites
Click on a site marker, then select Analyze with AI to get a detailed risk assessment.
5. Get Recommendations
Click View Recommendations to receive specific action items tailored to the site and disasters affecting it.
6. Generate Report
Click the Sitrep button to create a comprehensive situation report for all impacted sites.
7. Operational Outlook
Click the Operational Outlook button to generate a forward-looking humanitarian analysis. The AI analyzes current signals, identifies humanitarian drivers, describes possible developments (most likely, escalation, and stabilization scenarios), and provides operational implications.
Use Cases
- Emergency Response: Quickly identify which sites need immediate assistance during a disaster
- Business Continuity: Prepare specific action plans for sites at risk
- Risk Assessment: Evaluate which sites might be impacted by developing situations
- Executive Briefing: Generate professional reports for leadership teams
- Resource Allocation: Make informed decisions on where to deploy emergency resources
Pro Tips
- Use the time filter to focus on recent disasters or historical events
- High-risk recommendations are automatically highlighted in red
- Download reports in Word format for easy sharing with stakeholders
- Use the "Operational Outlook" button for forward-looking humanitarian analysis that combines predictions, current signals, humanitarian drivers, possible scenarios, and operational implications
- Click the map legend to filter disasters by type