Development of the Fire Fighting Simulator including Operation of Fire Companies during an Earthquake Disaster

Abstract

When a big earthquake strikes a city, a number of fires probably occurs at the same time. In this case, a lot of fire companies simultaneously make fire fighting all over the city. An estimation of effectiveness of the fire fighting activities is helpful to taking measures to mitigate the forthcoming earthquake disaster. These fire fighting activities are under operation of fire companies, and integrated into a complex system. In this study, we developed the computer system that simulate the dynamic aspects of fire fighting activies including operation of fire companies. This simulator enables us to estimate effectivenss of fire fighting activities during an earthquake disaster along timeaxis, and gives us information about effective way of operation of fire companies.