Agent-based geosimulation for assessment of urban emergency response plans
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Agent-based geosimulation for assessment of urban emergency response plans Mainak Bandyopadhyay 1 & Varun Singh 2 Received: 28 April 2017 / Accepted: 3 April 2018 # Saudi Society for Geosciences 2018
Abstract The operational efficiency of an urban emergency response plan (UERP) is proportional to the magnitude of a rigorous assessment process. The core objective of the assessment process is to identify possible deficiencies, in particular, micro-deficiencies existing within the emergency plans. Most of the existing approaches rely on multi-criteria and emergency state for assessments. However, identification of micro-deficiencies requires developing a comprehensive microscopic model of the entire emergency system and simulating an emergency plan under various scenarios. Here, an assessment framework is proposed based on agentbased modeling and geosimulation and considering the urban features for general and microscopic assessment of urban emergency response plans. To enrich our claim, this framework is applied to assess the futuristic emergency infrastructure plan of upgrading overhead water tanks (OWT) to be used for recharging fire emergency vehicles in case of fire incidents to improve fire suppression time by the Fire Department of Allahabad City, an urban city of India. Keywords Geosimulation . Urban emergency response . Agent-based modeling . GIS
Introduction Nowadays, urban cities of transitional countries meet with various emergency situations related to medical, security, fire emergency, evacuation, etc. The emergencies are handled either by a centralized control and coordination center or a decentralized service for respective emergencies. The response activities for emergency situations are carried out by the departments in compliance with the urban emergency response plans (UERP). The on-field efficiency of the operations depends on the prior assessment of emergency plans. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-018-3523-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Mainak Bandyopadhyay [email protected] Varun Singh [email protected] 1
GIS Cell, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India
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Department of Civil Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India
Assessment of emergency plans helps in identifying deficiencies in existing emergency infrastructure and operating procedures that can be rectified. The emergency response plans for urban cities exclusively include description of various emergency infrastructures including their spatial information. Therefore, consideration of spatial information and topology of geographic features like natural and man-made structures is essential for comprehensive assessment of urban emergency response plans. The existing approaches for assessment vary from conventional approaches viz. checklist and mock drills (Fagel 2011; Training Manual—How to Conduct Emergency M a n a ge m e n t E x e r c i s e ( E
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