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Albores, Pavel and Shaw, Duncan. (2008) Government preparedness : using simulation to prepare for a terrorist attack. Computers & Operations Research, 35 (6). pp. 1924-1943. ISSN 0305-0548
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2006.09.021
Abstract
The heightened threat of terrorism has caused governments worldwide to plan for responding to large-scale catastrophic incidents. In England the New Dimension Programme supplies equipment, procedures and training to the Fire and Rescue Service to ensure the country's preparedness to respond to a range of major critical incidents. The Fire and Rescue Service is involved partly by virtue of being able to very quickly mobilize a large skilled workforce and specialist equipment. This paper discusses the use of discrete event simulation modeling to understand how a fire and rescue service might position its resources before an incident takes place, to best respond to a combination of different incidents at different locations if they happen. Two models are built for this purpose. The first model deals with mass decontamination of a population following a release of a hazardous substance—aiming to study resource requirements (vehicles, equipment and manpower) necessary to meet performance targets. The second model deals with the allocation of resources across regions—aiming to study cover level and response times, analyzing different allocations of resources, both centralized and decentralized. Contributions to theory and practice in other contexts (e.g. the aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes) are outlined.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Computers & Operations Research |
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
| ISSN: | 0305-0548 |
| Date: | June 2008 |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1924-1943 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cor.2006.09.021 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/50079 |
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