Systems and methods for acquiring and providing information associated with a crisis

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:
• determining a geographical area associated with a crisis;
• identifying a first user within the geographical area based on locational data associated with the first user;
• requesting, from the first user, information about a safety status of the first user;
• and
• providing the safety status of the first user to at least a second user associated with the first user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

• determining a geographical area associated with a crisis;
• identifying a first user within the geographical area based on locational data associated with the first user;
• requesting, from the first user, information about a safety status of the first user;
• and
• providing the safety status of the first user to at least a second user associated with the first user.