Incident victim identification system for Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) Sablayan
Keywords:
victim identification, fingerprint biometrics, biometric identification, scanningAbstract
The Incident Victim Identification System (IVIS) for the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) Sablayan is a developmental capstone study designed to enhance victim identification efficiency during emergencies. It addresses shortcomings of manual and visual methods, which are error-prone in mass casualty scenarios where victims might be unconscious. IVIS provides a secure, technology-driven platform for precise, rapid, and coordinated disaster response using biometric fingerprint identification. This web-based system features secure user management, role-based access, biometric enrollment and comparison, SMS alert integration, and a centralized dashboard for real-time incident tracking. Authorized users—encoders, responders, and administrators—can enroll residents, compare fingerprints against encrypted templates, and generate official incident reports. It also automates alerts to emergency contacts and produces printable PDF victim summaries. Crucially, IVIS ensures ethical and legal compliance, adhering to the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 by using minutiae-based fingerprint templates instead of raw images. For implementation, IVIS leveraged ASP.NET for the frontend, Laravel for server-side processing, MySQL Server for the database, and SourceAFIS for fingerprint verification. XML was used for structured data exchange, and an integrated SMS API facilitated alert functions. Performance testing on a Windows 11 device indicated average response times of 0.8 to 2.0 seconds, maintaining steady performance under five simultaneous users. Security and scalability tests confirmed the system's stability and data protection capabilities. Evaluations, based on ISO/IEC 25010 Software Quality Standards, involved 60 respondents from the community, MDRRMO, and IT sectors. The system achieved an excellent overall rating of 4.74, with high scores in technology utilization (4.93) and creativity (4.84). These findings validate IVIS's capacity to facilitate quicker, more secure, and efficient victim identification during emergencies in Sablayan.
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