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Abstract
Extreme winter storms in the north can cause severe
problems for critical infrastructures. In the worst case
scenario, strong gusts, low temperatures and the
accumulation of snow and ice on power lines can cause
power outages or even the breakdown of the whole
electricity supply network. Alternatively, large power
outage due to technical reasons can take place
simultaneously with the storm. As many heating systems
are dependent on electricity supply, a power outage can
result in the cooling of buildings. At worst, people
could be in danger of frostbites and hypothermia if they
cannot move to warm and safe locations or be evacuated in
time.
In crisis management computer simulations can be used in
many different ways to support preparedness planning as
well as forecasting the course of the events. This
presentation will introduce a computer simulation based
application which is designed to support preparedness
planning for extreme winter conditions. The application
utilizes separate tools to simulate the cooling of
buildings, to evaluate the need of people to be
evacuated, to rank different options to use evacuation
resources, and to evaluate the economic impacts of
simulated scenarios. As a result, the developed
application offers a possibility to create and compare
different scenarios and to test different emergency and
rescue strategies.
The presentation is based on the experiences of the
Nordic pilot case of the research and integration project
CRISMA "Modelling crisis management for improved action
and preparedness" which is funded by European Union's
seventh Research and Innovation funding program. The goal
of the project is to provide a simulation-based decision
support system for modelling crisis management in both
natural and man-made disasters. CRISMA is based on
developed integration framework that enables the
integration of different legacy models as well as
simulation tools developed in the project.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | World Conference on Disaster Management, WCDM 2015 - Toronto , Canada Duration: 8 Jun 2015 → 11 Jun 2015 |
Conference
Conference | World Conference on Disaster Management, WCDM 2015 |
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Abbreviated title | WCDM 2015 |
Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Toronto |
Period | 8/06/15 → 11/06/15 |
Keywords
- crisis management
- simulation
- scenarios
- extreme weather
- power outage
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CRISMA: Modelling Crisis Management for improved action and preparedness
Heikkilä, A., Venho-Ahonen, O., Räikkönen, M., Kunttu, S., Molarius, R., Jähi, M., Rosqvist, T., Peltonen, U., Rouhiainen, V., Yliaho, J., Kojo, H., Kupi, E. & Piira, K.
1/03/12 → 31/08/15
Project: EU project