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Author | Toshihiro Osaragi; Noriaki Hirokawa | ||||
Title | Simulation Analysis of Fire Hydrant Usability Levels after Large Earthquake | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2019 | Publication | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2019 |
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Keywords | large earthquake; hydrant; water outage; fire-spread; firefighter | ||||
Abstract | Since large earthquakes can disrupt water supply networks, it is essential to gain an understanding of the expected usability of fire hydrants in post-quake firefighting activities. In this study, data about water supply networks was collected and a water outage simulation model was constructed in order to predict the likelihood that individual fire hydrants would become unusable in the wake of a large earthquake. The water outage simulation model was integrated with a previously developed urban zone damage simulation and a fire department activity simulation in order to carry out a simulation-based analysis of the 23 wards of Tokyo, after which a quantitative analysis of the relation-ship between use of fire hydrants and the number of buildings lost to fire was performed. This analysis revealed the benefits of hardening water lines against earthquakes, fire hydrant usage variations depending on locality, and the benefits of using water pressure sensors to identify usable fire hydrants. |
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Address | Tokyo Institute of Technology | ||||
Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
Publisher | Iscram | Place of Publication | Valencia, Spain | Editor | Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H. |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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Series Volume | Series Issue | Edition | |||
ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-84-09-10498-7 | Medium | |
Track | T1- Analytical Modeling and Simulation | Expedition | Conference | ||
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 1712 | |||
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