New tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Using iPad mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11)were able, for the first time, to make use of a new, science-based software tool that allows them to view and modify accurate models of building damage and other post-event disaster effects.