Davao gov't, IBM push for 'smart city'
The Davao City government signed an agreement last June 26 with IBM to help scale up the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC), according to a report on SunStar.com. By integrating the city public safety operations and adapting key technologies, IBM and the local city government aim to create a “smart city”.
The PSSCC hopes to create a single, centralized operations dashboard where multiple city agencies can integrate and process information in real time to improve response efforts to emergencies and disasters. Using IBM’s Intelligent Operations Center (IOC), this centralized platform is expected to standardize, improve, and enhance the management of the four main pillars of public safety: crime prevention and suppression; emergency response; threat prevention and response; and traffic management.
In addition to creating a centralized platform and developing a standardized operation procedure for public safety response, the IOC will also be integrating advanced technologies that will improve data acquisition, information processing, and communications between concerned local city agencies.
Geographic Information System (GIS), video feeds and GPS-enabled patrolling vehicles will help improve real time situational awareness for those in the field. Video analytics capabilities in the PSSCC will help enhance law enforcement’s the ability to investigate and track down crime and traffic hotspots. An “early warning system” will also be installed that monitors Key Risk Indicators (KRI), allowing different city agencies to anticipate impending city crises and address them in a collaborative manner.
Geographic Information System (GIS), video feeds and GPS-enabled patrolling vehicles will help improve real time situational awareness for those in the field. Video analytics capabilities in the PSSCC will help enhance law enforcement’s the ability to investigate and track down crime and traffic hotspots. An “early warning system” will also be installed that monitors Key Risk Indicators (KRI), allowing different city agencies to anticipate impending city crises and address them in a collaborative manner.
Mayor Inday Sara Duterte said that Davao City is ready and long overdue for this development. “We believe that building a safer city will bring us one step closer to our ultimate goal of becoming a major growth pole in the international market. By integrating information collected from multiple agencies that are dedicated to protecting the welfare of citizens, we are setting the foundation for a more efficient and safer environment that will foster economic growth,” she said.
IBM, on the other hand, welcomes the challenge of creating a unique and trailblazing solution to Davao City’s public safety problems. “IBM supports Davao’s vision to create a smart and safety city by applying advanced technologies to existing infrastructure to improve city management and efficiency. Forward thinking cities like Davao are paving the way for the development of similar smarter cities projects around the globe,” said MarielsAlmedaWinhoffer, president and country general manager, IBM Philippines.
“This solution will enable Davao to more effectively address a wide spectrum of public safety and security related incidences pertaining to healthcare, fire outbreaks, accidents, flooding, crime tracking and the security of important locations -- making Davao a model city in terms of livability and safety,” Winhoffer said.
PSSCC’s and IOC collaboration on creating these public safety solutions would be unique to Davao City but it’s far from experimental. IBM’s IOC has already collaborated with over 2,000 cities all over the world with these Smarter Cities. The flexibility and scalability of the Smart Cities program has enable IBM to easily integrate its hardware, software, services and research divisions to any city and adapt it to a wide range of existing services like transportation and utilities. — TJD, GMA News
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