2008 Volume 10 Pages 409-415
This study aims to propose an effective evacuation method against spreading fire after an earthquake in an area densely crowded with wooden houses. Firstly, detailed fire risk of the research area is shown using Monte Carlo method. Secondly, multi-agent model is applied for the simulation of evacuation from the fire spreading. And then a case study comparing two evacuation routes is carried out. The case study showed that the evacuation on the eastern route, which is avoiding high-fire risk area, is better than the western route, which is recommended as a main route by the local government, although it includes high-fire risk area. It is concluded that the evacuation planning using practical simulation like this study looks very important and effective.
