A Grid-Aware Emergency Response Model (G-AERM) for Disaster Management

Limitations Of The Current Ict In Use In Emergency Response Management

The area of emergency response is characterized by distributed operations that are of a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature. Emergency management authorities are required to cooperate in order to plan, control, coordinate, take appropriate decisions and provide with an effective and efficient response to an emergency situation caused by the occurrence of a natural disaster. On this basis, a number of processes – distributed in nature – take place during the response phase. To achieve the effective and efficient management of the response operations, a number of resources owned by each relevant authority are made available for disposition. Resources – like their owners – may be distributed and/or multidisciplinary in nature.