CAIT
Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
PROJECT OVERVIEW REPORT
1. Center Identifying Number
EVAC RU4474
2. Project Title
Technological Advances in Evacuation Planning and Emergency Management:
Current State of the Art
3. Principal Investigator
Dr. Mohsen Jafari
Center for Advanced Infrastructure &Transportation
Industrial Engineering
Rutgers University
96 Frelinghuysen Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
jafari@rci.rutgers.edu
4. External Contact
Douglas Campbell
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
5. Project Objective
The complexity of human built buildings and infrastructures are growing, as well
as a population density. This increases the dangers imposed by any hazard,
occurring in densely populated areas, and imposes higher requirements on
evacuation and emergency management. In this work we attempt to present a
survey of various approaches and technologies, being developed and being used
for Evacuation Planning and Emergency Management.
6. Project Abstract
There exist numerous developments in the fields of Hazard Safety. They are
introduced as: approach, technology and methodology.
By approach to hazard management problems, all methods may be divided into
two main classes: Evacuation Planning and Emergency Management.
By problem solution methodology hazard safety methods may be divided into
following categories: simulation, training and communication. Having the same
goal of minimizing human casualties, hazard safety methods attempt to achieve
via different routes.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
623 Bowser Rd. Piscataway, NJ 08854-8014
Tel: 732-445-0579 Fax: 732-445-0577
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Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
7. Task Descriptions
Evacuation training
Vulnerability assessment
Analysis
Probability impact assessment
Review of plans, resources, codes and regulations
Identification of internal resources
Identification of external resources
8. Milestones/Dates
Complete Literature Search
2/28/2003
Evacuation training
3/31/2003
Vulnerability assessment
6/30/2003
Analysis
9/30/2003
Probability impact assessment
10/31/2003
Review of plans, resources, codes and regulations
10/31/2003
Identification of internal resources
11/30/2003
Identification of external resources
12/31/2003
9. Yearly and Total Budget
Year One & Total Budget
USDOT Sponsorship
(1/1/2003-12/31/2003) $17,000
10. Student Involvement
One (1) Graduate Student
11. Relationship to Other Research Projects
• 132 RU6993 New Jersey Local Congestion, Safety, Security Initiative
• TBD New Jersey Interagency Emergency Management Plan
12. Technology Transfer Activities
Training methods are used to educate people how to behave in emergency
situations, how to coordinate their actions and evacuate the building in safest
manner. Training methods may range from simple building evacuation drills to
replicas of real-life hazard environment - simulators.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
623 Bowser Rd. Piscataway, NJ 08854-8014
Tel: 732-445-0579 Fax: 732-445-0577
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Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
13. Potential Benefits of the Project
• Develop procedures for safe transfer of people from the affected area into
safe areas.
• Evacuation Planning efforts produce the following response procedures:
• Evacuation routes outside facility
• Shelters for employees
• Care of employees, visitors, guests, contractors
• Organization of self help groups
• Security procedures
• Employee reporting centers
• Inventory of secondary skills
• Shut down procedures
• Data recovery
• Management of response activities
• Fire response procedures
• Plan for protection of vital records and documents
14. TRB Keywords
Evacuation, Emergency, Planning
15. TRB Code Words
Hggv, Hhge, Ep
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
623 Bowser Rd. Piscataway, NJ 08854-8014
Tel: 732-445-0579 Fax: 732-445-0577
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