For these reasons, the proposed model is developed mostly for earthquake scenarios, based on
assumptions from previous earthquake related studies, making the model and its output realistic. The
model includes first medical aid, triage, victim classification into priority classes, and transportation
to hospital using ambulances and treatment in emergency rooms. The actual rescue of victims is
excluded. To ensure that the proposed simulation model accurately represents real life system, the
details of listed individual processes are modeled based either on manuals, emergency plans, or on
expert interviews. In addition, static data used are either real life data or taken from previous similar
subject studies in literature, as listed. To ensure that the model is built correctly as regards to the
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conceptual model, animation is utilized. Smaller test problems are run first to ensure that the
proposed simulation model is in line with the conceptual model.