Operational and Safety Impact Analysis of Implementing Emergency Shoulder Use (ESU) for Hurricane Evacuation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2674 (1) ◽  
pp. 282-293
Author(s):  
Rakesh Sharma ◽  
Md Omar Faruk ◽  
Alan El-Urfali
Keyword(s):  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Left Shoulder ◽  
Hurricane Evacuation ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
The One ◽  
Mass Evacuation ◽  
Crash Types ◽  
Saturated Traffic

The emergency shoulder use (ESU) was implemented in Florida in September 2017 to facilitate mass evacuation before Hurricane Irma made landfall on the shores of Florida. ESU was implemented on the northbound I-75 for about 39 h and eastbound I-4 for about 6 h when the left shoulders were opened for use as travel lanes. This study discusses the operational and safety effects of ESU. The operational effects of ESU were studied and compared with other alternatives including one-way operation (contraflow) and both left and right shoulder use. The findings showed the left shoulder ESU could be an effective alternative to one-way operation. The one-way operation was not a preferred method as it can only be operated during the day time, requires massive resource allocation, and hampers emergency services reaching to different parts of the state. However, ESU on the left shoulder offers minimal disturbance to traffic and is easy to deploy. The safety impact analysis was performed by conducting a descriptive statistical comparison of crash types, severity, and other relevant factors during ESU operations. The crash analysis showed that the observed number of crashes on an urban I-75 segment during ESU operation is commensurate with normal operation with saturated traffic conditions, in contrast a rural segment experienced a higher observed crash rate than the predicted rate with saturated traffic conditions. The predictive analysis of ESU crashes also showed that ESU implementation helped to reduce the expected number of crashes significantly.

scholarly journals Unmanned Aircraft Systems Risk Assessment Based on SORA for First Responders and Disaster Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5364
Author(s):  
Paweł Janik ◽  
Maciej Zawistowski ◽  
Radosław Fellner ◽  
Grzegorz Zawistowski
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Aircraft Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Risk Assessment Methodology ◽  
Assistance Project

Worldwide, there is a significant increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by emergency services. They offer a lot of possibilities during rescue operations. Such a wide application for various purposes and environments causes many threats related to their use. To minimize the risks associated with conducting air operations with UAVs, the application of the SORA (Specific Operations Risk Assessment) methodology will be important. Due to its level of detail, it is a methodology adapted to civilian use. In this article, the authors’ team will try to develop guidelines and directions for adapting SORA to the requirements of the operational work of emergency services. Thus, the following article aims to present the most important risks related to conducting operations with the use of UAVs by first responders (FRs), and to show the sample risk analysis performed for this type of operation on the example of the ASSISTANCE project. The paper describes, on the one hand, possibilities offered by UAVs in crisis or disaster management and step-by-step Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA), and on the other hand, presents possible threats, consequences and methods of their mitigation during FR missions.

Emergency Medical Services for Children: What Is the Pediatric Surgeon's Role?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 576-581
Author(s):  
J. ALEX HALLER
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Care ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Emergency Care System ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Care ◽  
Emergency Systems ◽  
The One

Comprehensive pediatric emergency care should be integrated into an overall emergency care system and organized regionally to address the special needs of children. Some pediatric voices have suggested that emergency care for children be organized separately in a parallel system with adult emergency systems, but this plan would put children in competition with adults for federal and state funding. Equally important is the natural overlap of many emergency services with obstetric, perinatal, adolescent, and young adult programs, all of which will be strengthened by integration, not by separation. The one non-negotiable principle must be that any emergency medical system that includes children must use the best and most experienced pediatric specialists available in the area.

Usability Impact Analysis of Collaborative Environments

2014 ◽  
pp. 1536-1551
Author(s):  
R. Todd Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Software Integration ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Collaborative Environments ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Communication Method ◽  
The One

This chapter will focus on the application of usability principles in a corporate collaborative environment in order to show improvements in utilization. Collaborative applications create a two-way communications structure as opposed to the one way communication method of traditional web environments. Collaboration applications can vary in the complexity from discussion forums to complex social software integration. Usability principles have been applied to web sites, but very little research has been done on the implications of usability in collaborative environments. Collaborative environments create a unique set of opportunities that create a different set of user goals. End users want a more collaborative environment that is easy to use and engaging. Organizations need to ensure the business goals stay at the forefront while improving the collaborative nature of the company.

scholarly journals A Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Emergency in Schools of Shanghai

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yin ◽  
Yameng Jing ◽  
Dapeng Yu ◽  
Mingwu Ye ◽  
Yuhan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Services ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Pluvial Flooding ◽  
Urban Pluvial Flooding ◽  
The City

Schools and students are particularly vulnerable to natural hazards, especially pluvial flooding in cities. This paper presents a scenario-based study that assesses the school vulnerability of emergency services (i.e., Emergency Medical Service and Fire & Rescue Service) to urban pluvial flooding in the city center of Shanghai, China through the combination of flood hazard analysis and GIS-based accessibility mapping. Emergency coverages and response times in various traffic conditions are quantified to generate school vulnerability under normal no-flood and 100-y pluvial flood scenarios. The findings indicate that severe pluvial flooding could lead to proportionate and linear impacts on emergency response provision to schools in the city. Only 11% of all the schools is predicted to be completely unreachable (very high vulnerability) during flood emergency but the majority of the schools would experience significant delay in the travel times of emergency responses. In this case, appropriate adaptations need to be particularly targeted for specific hot-spot areas (e.g., new urbanized zones) and crunch times (e.g., rush hours).

Economic Impact of Investments in Bicycle Facilities

2005 ◽  
Vol 1939 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Paul Meletiou ◽  
Judson J. Lawrie ◽  
Thomas J. Cook ◽  
Sarah W. O'Brien ◽  
John Guenther
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Outer Banks ◽  
North Carolina Department ◽  
Economic Impact Analysis ◽  
The North ◽  
Spending Patterns ◽  
The One

The northern Outer Banks coastal area in North Carolina is well suited to drawing bicycle tourism because of its geography, climate, and attractions. In 2003, the North Carolina Department of Transportation commissioned a study to examine the value of public investment in bicycle facilities that have been constructed in this area over the past 10 years at a cost of approximately $6.7 million. A particular challenge in conducting this study was that tourists visited the Outer Banks for a variety of reasons, not just for cycling. Thus, the collection of information on the amount and nature of bicycling activity and on the spending patterns of bicyclists in the area was critical for the development of an economic impact analysis. Researchers surveyed cyclists using the bicycle facilities (shared-use paths and wide paved shoulders) and obtained data from self-administered surveys of tourists at visitor centers during the primary tourist season. The data collected were then used to determine the economic impact of bicycling visitors to the area. Seventeen percent of tourists to the area reported that they bicycled while there; this translates to 680,000 people annually. The economic impact of bicycling visitors is significant: a conservative annual estimate is $60 million, with 1,407 jobs created or supported per year. This is almost nine times greater than the one-time expenditure required to construct the facilities. Continued investment in bicycle facilities is expected to increase this favorable economic impact and is therefore recommended.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Carbo-Glass Geogrid-Reinforcement on the Fatigue Life of the Asphalt Pavement Structure / Wpływ Zbrojenia Siatka Weglowo–Szklana Na Trwałosc Zmeczeniowa Asfaltowej Nawierzchni Drogowej

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Górszczyk ◽  
S. Gaca
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Traffic Loading ◽  
Geogrid Reinforcement ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Pavement Structure ◽  
Number Of Cycles ◽  
The One ◽  
Stress Fatigue

Abstract This paper describes the analyses of the fatigue life of the asphalt pavement reinforced with geogrid interlayer under traffic loading. Finite Element ANSYS package with using nCode applications, as well as macros specially designed in APDL programming script and VBA were used to model the considered problem. Our analysis included computation of stress, fatigue life, damage matrix and rainflow matrix. The method applied was the one of fatigue calculation: stress - number of cycles in short S-N. On the basis of the performed high cycle fatigue analysis, the influence of the location of the used geogrid and of its bond with asphalt layers on the fatigue life and the work of the asphalt pavement structure were determined. The study was carried out for three temperature seasons i.e. spring and fall (assumed as one season), winter and summer. The variability of the traffic conditions were taken into account by assuming weekly blocks of traffic loading. The calculations were made using the real values of loading measured in field tests on the German highways by means of HS-WIM weighing system. As a result of the performed tests, it was proved that the use of geogrid-reinforcement may prolong the fatigue life of the asphalt pavement. However, it is required that: the geogrid should be located in the tension zone as low as possible in the structure of the asphalt layers. Moreover, it is necessary to provide high stiffness of the bond between the geogrid and the asphalt layers.

Analysis of disasters impacts and the relevant role of critical infrastructures for crisis management improvement

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Laugé ◽  
Josune Hernantes ◽  
Jose Mari Sarriegi
Keyword(s):  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Evaluation Methodologies ◽  
Impact Indicators ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
Crisis Managers

Purpose – Disasters are complex phenomena, by diverse nature and whose management is complicated. An efficient analysis of potential impacts that may result as consequence of a disaster has to be conducted to improve the preparation and response in face of future events. Design/methodology/approach – A review of impact evaluation methodologies and real disasters’ impacts has been performed to develop an impact indicators’ framework. Then, a questionnaire has been administered to critical infrastructure (CI) operators to identify CI dependencies and their consequences. Findings – A proper impact analysis improves learning about the consequences of a disaster and the way those impacts should be managed. Moreover, current impact evaluation methodologies do not make special focus on CIs even if their proper functioning is essential for society’s welfare. Crisis managers such as civil protection, emergency services and local authorities among others need to be aware of the importance of critical infrastructure s when managing a disaster. Also crisis managers and managers of CIs need to know how dependencies make impacts spread from one CI to others or to different sectors. Social implications – Through an efficient management, the development of preventive measures and response programs can help to mitigate impacts’ harshness for CIs and for the whole society and may even prevent future disasters. However, if crisis managers and managers of CIs are unaware of disasters consequences, their management will result inefficient. Originality/value – A holistic and dynamic analysis of disaster impacts has been performed. The integration of impact indicators together with their behaviour over time analysis will help improving future crises management.

scholarly journals HealthDesk-A One Stop Health Application Using Machine Learning Techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 03002
Author(s):  
Preet Soni ◽  
Yash Gandhi ◽  
Vruddhi Mehta ◽  
Ramchandra S. Mangrulkar
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Current Location ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Great Trust ◽  
The One ◽  
Patient Emergency

HealthDesk is a mobile solution for all health-related queries. The application is for all the users of the healthcare system. It covers all the major domains in the hierarchy. People have now started digitizing in this domain too. People have shown great trust in this. This helps us to provide the best. Despite this, individuals often face problems ordering their medicines online. There are high chances of people taking medications without a prescription. So, this application recommends top medicines that are similar to the one being ordered to avoid drug-drug interactions. In the scenario of patient emergency many applications for patient health monitoring and appointment scheduling have been developed. However, in the wake of an emergency, people tend to blank out or are unaware of nearby emergency services. So, the application has a feature that enables users to search the most nearby doctor and provide the doctor with the user's current location. The user can be provided with first aid immediately so that he doesn't succumb to death. The healthcare system has frequent updates. The doctors must remain at par with the updates. However, doctors find it strenuous to sit by and search. The app provides them with relevant news according to their preferences. Concluding, this app covers the most important stakeholders of the healthcare system.

scholarly journals Capturing the Impact of Public Narrative: Methodological Challenges Encountered and Opportunities Opened

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110501
Author(s):  
Emilia Aiello ◽  
Teresa Sorde-Marti
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Impact

Public narrative is a leadership practice of translating values into action. It links the three elements of self, us, and now: why I am called, why we are called, and why we are called to act now. Taught and learned for more than 15 years now through various learning environments (in-person or online courses, in-person or online workshops, etc.), the Narratives4Change research project (H2020, Nr. 841355) aimed at studying how public narrative is being used by individuals as a leadership practice within different domains of practice and across diverse cultural and geographical contexts, as well as what are the impacts achieved. An endeavor never carried before, capturing evidence of impact of public narrative going beyond the usage and transference posed several methodological challenges. To overcome them, we engaged in an on-going process of dialogue with researchers experienced in social impact analysis, and practitioners and leaders well experienced in using public narrative. Drawing on the work done in the framework of the Narratives4Change project, this article explains its methodological design, presenting and discussing two of the strategies adopted to capture the impact dimension, and how they were implemented. On the one hand, the communicative orientation of the mixed-methods research design of the project allowed researchers to empirically grasp the manifold agentic orientations that can be triggered by public narrative. On the other hand, how the Social Impact Open Repository criteria for social impact analysis was incorporated at the time of exploring and deepening into the social reality that was being observed sets us off on an “impact-oriented analytical mindset” that facilitated identifying evidence of impacts. Specific examples of how each of these strategies played out during the methodological design and implementation of the research are discussed, drawing lessons that can also inform the design of future research projects.

scholarly journals Impact Analysis on Go-Kart Chassis with Variable Speeds using Ansys 19.0

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2614-2620 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Medium Carbon Steel ◽  
Medium Carbon ◽  
Solid Works ◽  
Aisi 4130 ◽  
The One ◽  
Vehicle Chassis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Given

The main aim of this paper is to model the go kart chassis in solid works and perform the impact analysis of the motor vehicle chassis in Ansys. The purpose of impact analysis is to study the behaviour of the chassis during impact on the go-kart chassis. The National Go Kart Racing is the one of the ways which provide the platform for doing innovations and showing creativity of students. The motor vehicle chassis is completely different from standard automobile chassis. The basic requirements of the chassis will be less weight and more strength. The material that we opted for this chassis is AISI 4130 which is a medium carbon steel having good tensile strength and better machinability and offers good balance to toughness and ductility. Such that by performing impact analysis at different impact speeds we are going to analyses the chassis behaviour for the given conditions. The chassis frame is backbone of vehicle it should be able to with stand different types of loads that are developed during vehicle at rest and in motion. The given chassis is tested under different impact conditions and the results such as deformations, stresses are determined using ANSYS 19.0 software.

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