Prepositioning for flooding in the Sacramento region

California is a state prone to many natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires, and floods. The CAL EMA (California Emergency Management Agency) is in charge of planning for such events, and in coordination with other state and local agencies, CAL EMA prepositions resources to provide basic food, water, medical supplies, and shelter in potentially affected areas. As part of that planning, every year CAL EMA conducts a full-scale exercise called "Golden Guardian" [CAL EMA 2011]. During the exercise, CAL EMA devises a plan for a disaster evacuation and relief scenario, and tests its execution. The scenario for Golden Guardian 2011 involved a large flood in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Region. CAL EMA's plans are based on past experiences, but CAL EMA does not have the analytical tools to optimize the prepositioning of strategic resources before the disaster. This is important because the efficiency of subsequent logistics (such as the distribution of supplies to affected areas during the disaster) highly depends on those strategic decisions. The objective of this thesis is to provide strategic analysis in support of the Golden Guardian 2011 scenario.

Department dc:contributor.department

Operations Research (OR)

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Farlow, Charles R.

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/56217

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/56217