#CampFiremissing: An analysis of tweets about missing and found people from California wildfires

Humaira Waqas, Muhammad Imran

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Abstract

Several research studies have shown the importance of social media data for humanitarian aid. Among others, the issue of missing and lost people during disasters and emergencies is crucial for disaster managers. This work analyzes Twitter data from a recent wildfire event to determine its usefulness for the mitigation of the missing and found people issue. Data analysis performed using various filtering techniques, and trend analysis revealed that Twitter contains important information potentially useful for emergency managers and volunteers to tackle this issue. Many tweets were found containing full names, partial names, location information, and other vital clues which could be useful for finding missing people.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISCRAM 2019 - Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
EditorsZeno Franco, Jose J. Gonzalez, Jose H. Canos
PublisherInformation Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
Pages848-856
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9788409104987
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2019 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 19 May 201922 May 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International ISCRAM Conference
Volume2019-May
ISSN (Electronic)2411-3387

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period19/05/1922/05/19

Keywords

  • California wildfires
  • Disaster response
  • Missing and found people
  • Social media
  • Twitter

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