Lund University

Published purpose

Existing tools for emergency evacuation modeling and resource planning have weaknesses including: • Current support tools do not meet emergency services’ decision support needs. • Most existing resource optimization tools are single-stage planning only (i.e., they do not address resident relocation and resource deployment), ignoring the multi-stage character of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. • Integrated solutions for evacuation modelling and resource optimization do not exist. The over arching Small teams project will address the aforementioned weaknesses and build an integrated Resident Safety Platform (RSP). The RSP will combine evacuation simulation and resource optimization in a way that the former will predict parameters used by the latter. The integrated platform can be used by stakeholders to determine wildfire evacuation and resource allocation policies in an evidence-based manner. This part of the project, in collaboration with Lund University, addresses the modelling of the evacuation of residents from communities threatened by WUI (Wildfire Urban Interface) fires.