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BACKGROUND:

3 STEM careers that help in emergencies includes becoming a Meteorologist, Civil engineer and a Data scientist.

Meteorologist:

A Meteorologist plays a role by using scientific techniques to interpret data from weather stations, satellites and radars in order to predict and scan the conditions. This job is not only important to the emergency service teams on the ground – managing strategy and evacuations but also be able to inform the public about the forecast regarding their safety.

Civil Engineer:

A Civil Engineer is a virtal job which consist of tackling global challenges for example population growth and climate. Their role is after a natural disaster they work to re-build public infrastructure to defend from any further disasters in the future.

Data Scientist:

While a Meteorologist predicts the weather collected from data, a Data scientist studies and collects data for climate trends and patterns to predict environment conditions of the day; developing more reliable data.

TECHNOLOGIES:

VR firefighting is a technology that can produce realistic situation, such as render smoke, fire, water etc. This is a helpful technology as it helps firefighters to prepare for dangerous scenarios. Therefore, this software can allow them to experience the failures and learn from them.

The Integrated System for Monitoring Flooding, can be used to provide accurate real time data of the current conditions. This technology enables local and regional statistics to provide warnings to the public in case of an emergency.

Water monitoring network can describe the water quality as well as the quantity; monitoring the surface water levels and flow to maximise the safety of the public. This overall data is then gathered within a central database system.

sources:

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/29/tech/virtual-reality-firefighter-training/index.html

Integrated System for Monitoring Flooding and Traffic Flow

https://www.waternsw.com.au/supply/regional-nsw/water-monitoring