At the onset of an indoor fire emergency, the availability of the information becomes critical
due to the chaotic situation at the emergency site. Moreover, if information is lacking, not …

The management of emergencies affecting interdependent critical infrastructure (CI) systems
is a complex issue of increasing concern. The existence of multiple cascading effects, limited …

When any kind of emergency occurs, Emergency Responders (ERs) from different
emergency organizations (such as police, fire, ambulance and municipality) have to act …

Abstract Information is an essential component for better emergency response. Although a
lot of information being available at various places during any kind of emergency, many …

In order to respond to any kind of building fire emergencies, first-responders have to use lot
of time to get access to the emergency data such as location of the victims who are still …

To perform emergency response activities, complex networks of emergency responders from
different emergency organizations work together to rescue affected people and to mitigate …

In search and rescue (SAR) operation, a lot of information is being shared among different
emergency response groups. However, one of the key challenges experienced by these …

Abstract Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the way we
communicate and work. To study the effects of ICT for Information Distribution (ID) and Task …

This paper proposes a collaborative design (“co-design”) approach to accelerating public
and political acceptance of the cyberspace and information risks, inherent to the …

ISO 37120 defines 100 indicators for measuring city performance. Six of these indicators
focus on Fire and Emergency services. In order to build automated tools to support the …