THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS RESEARCH CENTER: DISASTER BY DESIGN

Abstract

The Emergency Operations Research Center (EORC) is identified as a civil application of the simulation and system training technologies developed originally by SDC for military use. EORC capabilities permit anticipatory, integrated team training for a city's top management and associated staffs in terms of simulated emergency conditions (e.g., fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, riot, nuclear attack, etc.). This provides, in a laboratory setting, an opportunity for the city's emergency operations team to evaluate and modify its plans, procedures, and performance in preparation for handling real emergencies. A potential application of EORC technology and capabilities to comprehensive urban and regional planning and development is suggested. This application deals with the possibility of testing, in advance, the impact of projected plans for urban services and providing feedback from such simulated experience into the planning process itself.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 1967
Accession Number
AD0651592

Entities

People

  • M. M. Feuers
  • T. P. Haney

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • California
  • Civil Defense
  • Disasters
  • Earthquakes
  • Emergencies
  • Environment
  • Feedback
  • Hurricanes
  • Natural Disasters
  • Operations Research
  • Regional Planning
  • Simulations
  • Training
  • United States
  • Urban Planning

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design