Abstract
Abstract Golden Hour proposes a minimalist, open, and low-bandwidth emergency signaling architecture that enables any citizen to transmit structured urgency information during the critical first hour (“Golden Hour”) of a disaster. The system combines a single-tap severity code (Red / Yellow / Green), a brief guided question sequence, and resilient transmission paths (including SMS/USSD fallback) to generate a live, color-coded situational heat map for emergency responders.
By treating emergency response as a problem of controlling informational entropy, Golden Hour enables a near-instantaneous reduction in chaos while fostering voluntary human solidarity. It is designed as a supplement to — not a replacement for — existing emergency services and communication infrastructures (Alertswiss, NG112, PSAPs).
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Recommended Citation
Figoni, Jaime Gerardo Him, "Golden Hour Open Conceptual Architecture for Citizen-Initiated Structured Urgency Signaling", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/10294