Abstract
The purpose of this study is to prioritize activities of a fire department for minimizing damage during the initial stage of an earthquake disaster. The Fire and Rescue Activity Management System (FRAMS) was utilized for this study. FRAMS is a computer based management system for fire-fighting and rescue activity.
The result indicates that giving more resources to fire activity than rescue activity lessen both human damage and fire spread. This activity direction is effective under any condition. Therefore we suggest that fire activity should be given the priority over rescue activity during an earthquake disaster.
