10. A network device comprising a hardware processor configured to perform a method comprising; collecting geographic location data reported by a mobile communication device associated with a selected member among a plurality of members of a situational awareness system; analyzing the geographic location data to identify a topic of interest for the selected member; prompting the selected member to update profile data associated with the selected member to reflect the topic of interest; receiving an indication that the selected member's profile data has been updated to add the topic of interest; accessing social media data associated with the selected member and assigning a query priority for the selected member relating to the added topic of interest based on the selected member's social media data; receiving a situational awareness request related to the added topic of interest from a requester communication device other than the mobile communication device associated with the selected member, the situational awareness request comprising a geographic area of interest; collecting geographic location data reported by the mobile communication devices associated with the plurality of members; identifying mobile communication devices associated with the members located in the geographic area of interest; obtaining demographic data including at least age and gender and/or subject matter of interest from member profiles for the members associated with the mobile communication devices located in the geographic area of interest; providing situational awareness information including demographic statistics for the members associated with the mobile communication devices located in the geographic area of interest, wherein the demographic statistics reflect the age and gender and/or subject matter of interest for the selected member to the requester communication device; receiving from the requester communication device an online query from a requester relating to the topic of interest and the geographic area of interest; transmitting the online query to the-mobile communication devices associated with the members located in the geographic area of interest in a priority-order reflecting the query priority assigned to the selected member; receiving responses to the online query from responding mobile communication devices located in the geographic area of interest; and transmitting to the requester communication device demographic statistics for the responding mobile communication devices including at least age and gender and/or subject matter of interest for the members associated with the responding mobile communication devices.
10. A network device comprising a hardware processor configured to perform a method comprising; collecting geographic location data reported by a mobile communication device associated with a selected member among a plurality of members of a situational awareness system; analyzing the geographic location data to identify a topic of interest for the selected member; prompting the selected member to update profile data associated with the selected member to reflect the topic of interest; receiving an indication that the selected member's profile data has been updated to add the topic of interest; accessing social media data associated with the selected member and assigning a query priority for the selected member relating to the added topic of interest based on the selected member's social media data; receiving a situational awareness request related to the added topic of interest from a requester communication device other than the mobile communication device associated with the selected member, the situational awareness request comprising a geographic area of interest; collecting geographic location data reported by the mobile communication devices associated with the plurality of members; identifying mobile communication devices associated with the members located in the geographic area of interest; obtaining demographic data including at least age and gender and/or subject matter of interest from member profiles for the members associated with the mobile communication devices located in the geographic area of interest; providing situational awareness information including demographic statistics for the members associated with the mobile communication devices located in the geographic area of interest, wherein the demographic statistics reflect the age and gender and/or subject matter of interest for the selected member to the requester communication device; receiving from the requester communication device an online query from a requester relating to the topic of interest and the geographic area of interest; transmitting the online query to the-mobile communication devices associated with the members located in the geographic area of interest in a priority-order reflecting the query priority assigned to the selected member; receiving responses to the online query from responding mobile communication devices located in the geographic area of interest; and transmitting to the requester communication device demographic statistics for the responding mobile communication devices including at least age and gender and/or subject matter of interest for the members associated with the responding mobile communication devices. 18. The network device of claim 10 , further comprising: receiving from the requester communication device a request for direct contact information associated with responding members; prompting the responding members to authorize delivery of their direct contact information to the requester communication device; receiving authorization from a plurality of authorizing mobile communication devices to deliver the associated members' direct contact information to the requester communication device; and sending to the requester communication device direct contact information for the members associated with the plurality of authorizing mobile communication devices.