Design a disaster management app for the Olympics.

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Disaster management app will have two goals: how to be aware of potential
solutions before a disaster and how to be an active participant in supporting
post-disaster efforts.

There are three main users of this app:
1. The staff of olympics committee: These people are insiders and are
well-trained through the process of disaster management. They also know
different responsible heads of the committee and can seek their advice for any
situation. They are familiar with the venue and surrounding areas. They can be
our champions during disaster management exercises. They may have complete
access to the venue.
2. The participants of olympics: These people are outsiders and are totally new
to the concept of an Olympics organization. They neither know the organizers nor
the location of their residence. They may also have language barriers. They may
have limited access to the venue
3. The temporary staff of olympics: These people are relatively unaware of the
committee and venue. They may only have limited access to the venue where the
services are required. However, since they may be local people they can come to
rescue if more resources are needed.

Broadly the main pain-points include:
1. Lack of awareness of the venue and the associated emergency exits. 
2. Lack of training on natural or man-made disasters
3. Language barriers
4. Low access to responsible people

To solve these problems, we can create a disaster management app with components
that may provide education and support on these above mentioned painpoints
1. Landing page or homepage. This will have a set of CTA for the other surfaces,
latest weather updates, latest local news widget and announcements sections
2. One surface with a digital maps version of the venue. This surface will have
well-explained iconography to make it easy to adapt
3. One surface with a chat version where one can chat with the olympics
committee heads. This chat would be protected with permissions for privacy
issues.
4. One surface for gamified training modules that all the participants and staff
needs to complete.
5. One surface for account and profile information. The committee can also use
this surface to allocate digital currency so that athletes can operate in a
post-disaster landscape if they lose their money.

Design a disaster management app for the Olympics.

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