Crisis Scout

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Inspiration

We got inspiration from local police station systems and school administration reporting systems. We wanted a system to help track and report dangers and issues that impact the safety of our community.

What it does

After a client creates and logs into an account, they can report danger into our website, it is treated as a ticket and our software it pins the danger to a map, which other users can see.

How we built it

Resources we used: bootstrap templates, leaflet

Languages we used: Javascript, HTML, ejs, and CSS

Dependencies: bcrypt, nodemon, express

We worked by creating a styled frontend using the resources mentioned above. We then changed our buttons to anchor tags and saved the tickets in index.js.

Challenges we ran into

We had styling issues with CSS, and working collaboratively with Github Desktop was a struggle. We also

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we learned

We learned teamwork, perserverance, and other soft skills. For technical skills, we learned how to work with gitHub, VisualStudio Code, and HTML.

What's next for Crisis Scout

We plan to keep the idea the same but grow the scale. We plan to run the organization and its services on a national scale by the year 2030, ensuring that our service operates in every state in the United States, and not just Washington.