Disaster Management and Evacuation Planning

ARA works with organizations to develop comprehensive disaster management master plans that cover preparedness, response, and recovery (both short-term and long-term). ARA provides plans for Emergency Operations Centers to plan emergency communications and determine resources needed for specific emergency scenarios. Plans are provided for events including explosions, fires, weather related emergencies, civil disturbances, communications or power failures, and chemical, biological, or radiological hazards.

ARA develops evacuation plans for complex and large physical facilities. We develop and apply software tools that can handle multiple scenarios, determine optimum paths, and devise large-scale evacuation plans. Our tools use detailed 2D and 3D models of multistory facilities, including modeling of occupants as individual agents to simulate occupant egress/ingress considering occupant mobility, reaction times, occupant behavior, and damage to evacuation routes.

Showcase Projects

• Smithsonian Unit Disaster Management