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US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, responded to the Russian massive missile attack on Ukrainian cities. The diplomat shared a screenshot of Air Alert App notifications on her smartphone.
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Task
Previously we've written the article "Together with Ajax Systems, Stfalcon developed an app "Air Alert". And now you can get to know the whole case study below! Let’s dive in!
This case is unique because many people in war conditions united to create a complex technical solution as an alternative to the outdated street notification system. Such projects have been created for years; we did it in a few days.
Before the war, Stfalcon's mission was: "We develop software that improves people's lives." Now, the mission is: "Developing software that improves and SAVES people's lives."
From the first days of the Russian-Ukrainian war, it became clear that anyone could suffer from airstrikes and missile attacks. From our experience, air alarm signals are almost inaudible in the sleeping areas of large cities. If everyone was on guard during the day, the situation became more complicated at night.
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Solution
Our CEO, Stepan Tanasiychuk, had an idea to create an application that would inform people about danger, even at night, even with the phone in silent mode and Do Not Disturb mode.
The first versions of the applications were created in a few days in cooperation with the Ajax team with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The complete development cycle from understanding the need to the first release took 1 day (the 4th day of the war).
On the 5th day of the war, the application announced the alarm in Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi, which had 40,000 users. On the 6th day, we went into an official release with 140,000 users. In a few days, all regions of Ukraine were connected to the application. The theory of 6 handshakes worked here because it was necessary to reach out to the administrations of all regions of Ukraine through the Ministry of Digital. That is, the difficulty of implementing the application was not so much in development but in management and communication.
After the second release, the Stfalcon team joined the development of mobile applications. In general, the idea arose in Stfalcon, Ajax helped with the technical implementation, and Stfalcon was involved in the launch and implementation of the concept, integration of the application at the state level, testing, and building the support department. The latter was helped by the marketing agency “The Kasta” and the “Fwdays” team, which built a support department from scratch.
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Development
As of July 10, 2023, the application has significantly expanded its functionality compared to the first releases in March 2022.
Mark Hamill (the actor who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars) voiced the English version of the app.
The application contains a map of air alerts throughout Ukraine with the history of the start and end of the alert. Currently, users are notified of the beginning and end of five types of alerts:
- Air alert
- Shelling
- Street fighting
- Chemical threat
- Radiation danger
Responsible operators transmit information about all types of danger in Ukraine's regional administrations. Emergency services coordinate alerts. Unique notifications are created for each type of alert. In addition to sound signals, the app sends text messages with action recommendations depending on the threat.
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Based on numerous requests from citizens of Ukraine, the Stfalcon team implemented the multi-subscription function in the Air Alert application, which allows the user to subscribe and receive notifications from 5 different regions, not only one.
The volume function is now split into Alert Volume, start notification, and Alert Volume, end notification. If you are already safe, this will allow you to not wake up at night from the “air alert is over” signal.
In the "Air Alert" application, a link to the "Shelter!" A Telegram bot created by Stfalcon has been added to the threat notification screen. This bot allows you to quickly find the nearest shelter on the map based on your geolocation.
If you are open to becoming a patron, we extend a warm invitation to explore our Patreon. Your contribution would mean a lot to us, and we sincerely appreciate your support!
Charity
Stfalcon has joined the fundraising campaign organized by Mark Hamill and the UNITED24 Foundation for drones. The development team has placed a fundraising banner in the Air Alert app (10 million UAH has already been collected).
In November 2023, Stfalcon joined the fundraising campaign named the Safe Skies Collection, organized by Timothy Snyder. The history professor is raising funds for a situational alert system for Ukraine’s Air Defence Forces to reach $950,000. You can donate through the Air Alert App or the UNITED24 website.
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Air Alert App Rewards
Stfalcon company is recognized as a critically important company for the Ukrainian economy (as per the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Order No. KB33, dated July 10, 2023). We take pride in this achievement and are motivated to further accelerate Victory.
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The Air Alert App has been recognized with the prestigious Security & Fire Excellence Awards in the Security or Fire ESG Initiative Of The Year category. The annual London event for the global security industry acknowledged the app’s victory in December 2023.
In February 2024, the app added special notifications from the Civil Defense of Ukraine about various types of threats, natural disasters, and instructions on how to act in such situations.
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In March 2024, the Air Alert app added the function of warnings of increased danger in certain cities and communities.
In addition, in version 6.0 of the app, notifications of an approaching missile or drone will be sent in addition to the general alarm with the ability to adjust the volume for the "Increased Danger!" notification. Users will be notified if the "Increased Danger!" notifications stop coming.
In June 2024, the “Psychological self-help first aid kit” appeared in the application. It contains advice for adults, children, and veterans.
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Result
The apps were developed in 2 days and are now installed by more than 26 million. This is a unique case of building a critical infrastructure product that saves people's lives, which has no analogs.
Cast:
- Andrii
Android Developer
- Vitalii
IOS Developer
- Dmytro
IOS Developer
- Iryna
QA
- Anton
QA
- Vadym
Designer
- Viktoriya
Project manager
- Stepan Tanasiychuk
Founder
- Oleksandr
СТО
- Vladyslava
Android Developer
- Volodymyr
Designer
- Yevhen
DevOps Team Lead
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