TY - GEN
T1 - Planning for Post-Earthquake Fires Considering Performance of Transportation and Water Networks
AU - Sarreshtehdari, Amir
AU - Coar, Max
AU - Elhami Khorasani, Negar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Lifelines 2022: 1971 San Fernando Earthquake and Lifeline Infrastructure - Selected Papers from the Lifelines 2022 Conference. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Fire following earthquake as a cascading event can cause major losses in a community. This study quantifies induced earthquake damages to water and transportation networks and the building inventory to model fire following earthquake losses considering the response time of fire department, suppression actions, and fire spread inside and between the buildings. The fire engine assignments are completed by incorporating a decision-making algorithm to minimize losses. The model assigns fire engines dynamically over time, and incorporates the post-disaster changes in response time and water network serviceability level as a result of the earthquake. The framework is applied to a case study to investigate potential regions with vulnerability, which in-Turn can be used for preparedness and mitigation as part of resilience planning. The efficiency and adequacy of fire department emergency response are shown to be dependent on the locations of ignition and building layout in the community.
AB - Fire following earthquake as a cascading event can cause major losses in a community. This study quantifies induced earthquake damages to water and transportation networks and the building inventory to model fire following earthquake losses considering the response time of fire department, suppression actions, and fire spread inside and between the buildings. The fire engine assignments are completed by incorporating a decision-making algorithm to minimize losses. The model assigns fire engines dynamically over time, and incorporates the post-disaster changes in response time and water network serviceability level as a result of the earthquake. The framework is applied to a case study to investigate potential regions with vulnerability, which in-Turn can be used for preparedness and mitigation as part of resilience planning. The efficiency and adequacy of fire department emergency response are shown to be dependent on the locations of ignition and building layout in the community.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85144287632
U2 - 10.1061/9780784484449.040
DO - 10.1061/9780784484449.040
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85144287632
T3 - Lifelines 2022: 1971 San Fernando Earthquake and Lifeline Infrastructure - Selected Papers from the Lifelines 2022 Conference
SP - 453
EP - 463
BT - Advancing Lifeline Engineering for Community Resilience
A2 - Davis, Craig A.
A2 - Yu, Kent
A2 - Taciroglu, Ertugrul
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Lifelines 2022 Conference: 1971 San Fernando Earthquake and Lifeline Infrastructure
Y2 - 31 January 2022 through 11 February 2022
ER -