Disaster Management Project 2007 (Part 4)
This post is the final chapter of Disaster Management Project 2007 (anyway there are some interesting story behind the project maybe I should also write a post about that). This post will talk about the implementation of project in Padang (capital city of West Sumatera Province - Indonesia), as well as the testing in Padang and Banda Aceh. Learn from the experience in Banda Aceh, I let the interior contractor do the job first. I don’t want to go there just to wait their work to finish. The provincial government of West Sumatera actually don’t have enough budget to make the room as complete as Banda Aceh. So I know from the beginning that there will be some handicap here and there, but it’s OK for me. We sometimes work like MacGayver so we’re not so worry 
. We also already sent all the goods to Padang before hands, and all the stuff already arrive one week before.
I went with Darma to Padang on November 30, 2007, two days earlier before Astrium and Infoterra team. In three days all PC and other peripherals are configure, the only problem is that (again, like in Banda Aceh) we should take an internet connection from another building. We put UTP cable around 70 m to get to the switch. For the server we need aproximately one week to configure, check the connection between Padang and Jakarta, and test the RiskFrame application. This time me and Darma are working fast. Meanwhile Hilarion and Karine from Astrium team go to Banda Aceh to install some modification for recorder server. They’re there 3 days and then join with me and Darma in Padang on December 2, 2007.
For you who don’t know where the Padang is, click here to get some info from wikipedia. Also here is the place in Padang where we put all the equipment from google earth.
Padang is located in the west coast of Sumatera, one of active area of ring of fire. When we get there Padang just severe from 6SR earth quake 1 month before, and while we’re there we also get the opportunity to feel the shake of earth quake. I was configure the server at 2nd floor at that time when a 5 SR earth quake shake the building, we are running out of the building and wait for about 10 minutes outside. We are lucky this earth quake is not long though
The first two days in Padang we are busy unpacking all the PC, server, rack and all the peripherals. We also setup the network, connect the cable to another building to get the internet access. Here are some picture back then,
During this project, it is in Padang where almost all the team member is present. From me and Darma from NSI; Hilarion Raobadia, Patrice Pessah, and Frederick Cathignol and Karine de Ponteves from EADS Astrium; Eric Joe and Marc Boulbess from Infoterra. From Civipol there is B. Neuville who will lead Site Acceptance Test (SAT). Eric Brossouloux from IGN FI will join in Banda Aceh on December 14 - 17, 2007 to follow the final SAT for Banda Aceh site.
There is one change in PABX/Asterisk server - recorder server configuration. In the design we will record all the conversation from Asterisk server to recorder server. We set the time 5 minutes before the recording file will be transfer from PABX server to the recorder. Means that we should wait for 5 minutes before we can playback the conversation from the PC in the center. Civipol ask us to add additional capability to directly access the recording conversation file after the telephone hang up, and they will include it on SAT. Antoher problem we have is the broken of one Digium card. I should ask our office in Jakarta to buy one and send it to Padang immediately. Meanwhile Darma facing no difficulties to configure all the PC, VHF radio, Printer, Satellite Telephone and Satelitte TV.
SAT is running smoothly in Padang. It makes me happy. We’re running out of time because the delay from civil work. In Padang everything is doing in one take, from implementation, testing and site acceptance it takes only 13 days. I’m really proud of it. Here are some pictures of that period (well, you see everybody smile. It is sign of mission accomplished, isn’t it?) 
On December 11, 2007 SAT on Padang is finished. Civipol can accept the site. It’s time to move to Banda Aceh. The French team go first to Banda Aceh, actually several hours before me. I should send some tools back to Jakarta, we don’t need that in Banda Aceh. The schedule in Banda Aceh is only for SAT so I don’t need that. Darma go back to Jakarta. He works so hard in the last two weeks, so I decided to let him take the vacation. Then I go to Banda Aceh.
The flight is delay more than 2 hours. In the ticket it is schedule for 11.00, but actually I take off on 13.30. I should change the plane in Medan. At 17.50 December 11, 2007 I once again arrive in Banda Aceh.
On December 12, 2007, me, Eric Joe and Eric Brossouloux meet with person from Aceh GIS center. One of my friend work there under GTZ, and we need to gather the information whether we can use their map considering it might be more accurate than what RiskFrame has.
Bruno Maestracci from Civipol join with us in Banda Aceh on Friday night. He come with Paul Delavenne and Feni Rani. During that night finally every party accept our result and Civipol sign the Site Acceptance Test. This the end of this project, of course we should do maintenance it in one year.
OK let stop this story. I hope I can tell you other experience in another project.
‘Til then keep safe and stop global warming.
