Abstract

Modeling & Simulation Capability for Resource Consumption & Consequence Management
Track: Disaster and Emergency Management
Authors: Vic Baker, Tom Martin

The Modeling & Simulation tool allows emergency planners to design and run dynamic, time aware, "what-if gaming simulations depicting the impacts upon critical infrastructure and resource consumption during a large-scale mass evacuation. Users can set over 30 subject matter expert approved parameters, define geographic areas of interest, and utilize their data sources for a personalized experience enabling them to model an unlimited number of scenarios.

The capability enables users to interactively experiment with their response plans by activating and deactivating shelters, placing barriers, defining quarantined zones, and enforcing fuel rationing.

The tool simulates the impact of evacuees on transportation infrastructure, the consequences of allocating and deploying limited supplies, and the corresponding consumption of critical resources during an emergency.

The capability relies on the ESRI ArcGIS API for Flex coupled with custom geoprocessing services running on an ArcGIS 10 server and is funded by the FEMA Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program.