Introduction

TerraGuard AI is a disaster risk monitoring platform developed in partnership with the Vodafone Foundation. It enables organizations to track, monitor, and respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crises in real time — covering events such as earthquakes, floods, tropical cyclones, droughts, volcanoes, and wildfires across the globe.

This guide is intended for administrators and end users of the TerraGuard AI platform. It covers all features of the system, from the high-level dashboard to detailed administrative configuration.

Key Capabilities

• Real-time monitoring of disaster events from multiple global data sources (GDACS, USGS, NHC, Google Flood)
• Automated alerting with configurable alert levels (GREEN, ORANGE, RED)
• AI-powered event summaries, RAG chat, and automated report generation
• Interactive global events map with marker clustering
• Knowledge base built from automated web search, crawling, and vector indexing
• Contact directory with AI-extracted contacts from news and situation reports
• Label system for event categorization and workflow tracking
• Flood prediction powered by Google Flood Forecasting API
• Customizable alert groups, message templates, and region matrix templates

System Requirements

TerraGuard AI is a web-based application. No software installation is required. Supported browsers include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari (latest two major versions).

How to Use This Guide

Each chapter covers a distinct section of the platform. Within each chapter you will find: a brief overview of the feature, a screenshot placeholder (to be filled in), and step-by-step instructions where applicable.