Method and system for using a situational network

A method of accessing roll call related information:

• receiving an indication of an occurrence of a situation;
• identifying a participant device, wherein the participant device is determined to be geographically proximate to the situation;
• providing a roll call query to the participant device, wherein the roll call query solicits a response related to a status;
• generating a message board based on the indication;
• receiving a status response for the roll call query;
• aggregating the status response into a roll call list;
• and
• providing the participant device with access to at least a portion of the roll call list via the message board.

A method of accessing roll-call information, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by a participant device, a location of the participant device, wherein the location is geographically proximate to a location of a situation;
• receiving, by the participant device, a roll call query, wherein the roll call query solicits a response related to a status;
• and
• receiving access to a message board generated based on an indication of an occurrence of the situation, wherein receiving access to the message board comprises:
• receiving at least a portion of a roll-call list that aggregates status responses from responsive participant devices.