Modeling/ Information Systems

A focus of the Emergency Management Center (EMC) is the application of computer technology to emergency management from both an analytical and applied perspective. The EMC has developed the Emergency Management Information System (EMIS) which is a state of the art client-server computer system for managing information in an emergency. That system has been modified and deployed by the Army to installations storing hazardous chemical agents. In addition, we have developed PADRE, the Protective Action Dosage Reduction Estimator model to aid planners in developing Protective Action Guides for chemical weapons accidents, and converted the Army's D2PC atmospheric dispersion model into user-friendly Windows and Mac OS applications for analyzing chemical weapons accidents. We have also helped develop OREMS (the Oak Ridge Evacuation Modeling System), a state-of-the-art, quantitative network model for regional evacuation planning studies. We specialize in developing multi-platform applications using object oriented programming.