System Engineering and Productivity

System Engineering and Productivity

Evacuation Planning with Optimal Location of Shelters During an Accident by Prioritizing Affected People Based on Physical Condition: A Case Study in District 6 of Tehran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Samaneh Gheysarieh 1
Jafar Bagherinejad 2
Mahnaz Shoeib 1
1 M.Sc., Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 Corresponding author: Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/msb.2024.2027320.1209
Abstract
Natural disasters and crises have always existed in human history and humans have always been affected by them. Given that most financial and human losses are irreparable, planning should be done before the event on how to evacuate people and allocate them to shelters and hospitals. In most studies, the type of injured people has not been considered in the evacuation operation. In this study, by considering the priority of the physical condition of the injured, a nonlinear planning model for earthquake crisis management in the preparedness and response phase is presented. In this model, the injured people are divided into three groups in terms of physical condition. Also, two types of vehicles are considered for the transportation of the first and second groups, which have suffered severe injuries and ambulatory injuries, respectively. Validation was performed using the sensitivity analysis method. The non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm was used in this study to solve the proposed problem. This model was implemented using the proposed algorithm in a real study in District Six of Tehran. The results show that hospitals and shelters were allocated to areas with the least cost.

Highlights

  • A model for earthquake crisis management is presented.
  • The evacuation planning for injured individuals during an incident is carried out by prioritizing their medical condition.
  • The case study on the evacuation planning of affected individuals in Tehran has been conducted.

Keywords
Evacuation planning
Temporary shelter
Location-allocation model
Crisis management
Shelter location
Subjects

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System Engineering and Productivity
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 11
Serial No. 11, Summer Quarterly
Summer 2024
Pages 1-15

  • Receive Date 20 August 2023
  • Revise Date 05 March 2024
  • Accept Date 01 July 2024
  • First Publish Date 21 September 2024
  • Publish Date 21 September 2024