ERDB allows users to store and query information for the resources/skills/needs of members of a ward or branch which may be useful to know in the case of an emergency. It also:
Features:
- Stores Names, addresses, and phone numbers are imported from MLS.
- Exports a very basic summary to Excel.
- Creates reports listing the skills, resources, and needs for each individual family;
- facilitates grouping the ward into geographic zones. In the case of an emergency, zones would need to be self sufficient and could help each other out.
- Members of a zone should probably be geographically close together.
- Zones should have approximately an equal number of resources and skills as well.
- Allows the user to to run queries. (For instance find all families which have someone who has CPR training.)
- Shows the users summaries of the resources available. (For instance how many 4X4 trucks are in the ward or in each zone?)
- llows the user to see their ward on a map. However, you must have internet access to get the latitude and longitude for each family so they can be shown on a map. Be aware that the mapping information is not always perfect.
- For those not using the map version or who don't have internet access, you may use grids for a pseudo-map. Most paper maps have grids on them with A through some letter on the top and One through some number going down the left side. For each family, the user can enter a grid such as A10, and the software can show how many families are in each grid.
You can download ERDB or see screenshots at http://jay.askren.net/emergency
