Open AccessWide-Area Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Rescue and Firefighting by Local Residents
Author(s) -
Toshihiro Osaragi,
Takuya Oki
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2017.p0296
Subject(s) - firefighting , damages , emergency rescue , event (particle physics) , computer science , aeronautics , forensic engineering , engineering , geography , medical emergency , cartography , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
This article describes the development of a comprehensive simulation model that integrates property damages (building-collapse, fire-spreading, and street-blockage) and various activities (rescue activity, firefighting activity, and wide-area evacuation activity) by local residents in the event of a large earthquake. Using this model, we analyze the effect and risk of rescue and firefighting activities carried out by local residents under the assumption that a large earthquake directly hits the Tokyo area. Furthermore, we attempt to find new knowledge on the situations where there are many fatal casualties caused by people failing to evacuate, being trapped on streets, and so on.