InciCap uses the Common Alerting Protocol to disseminate information about Emergencies and Disasters. Users can also report events which turns the app into a community driven emergency reporting platform. All reported emergencies are sent out using the CAP protocol.

We started with the CAP protocol which required us to work in JAVA. Around the protocol development, we put together a team consisting of RoR and iOS developers. Some of the timeline and reporting in the app called for HTML5 and Flex to draw trend analysis graphs and other reporting tools. In response to client requests which were derived from requirements gathered from actual use cases, the app was matured and developed into a sophisticated tool.