In every major disaster—floods, earthquakes, wildfires, or large-scale accidents—the first thing that fails is often not people, but infrastructure. Power goes down. Mobile networks become congested or unavailable. Internet connectivity becomes unreliable or disappears entirely.
Yet many so-called “smart” emergency systems are designed with an assumption that connectivity will always be available.
This assumption is wrong.
Emergency systems must be designed offline first. Not as an optional feature. As a fundamental requirement.
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