Federation of authoritative disaster models with incident management constructive simulation

Government agencies ranging from the Department of Homeland Security to local municipalities recognize the need for disaster preparedness, response and recovery training and experimentation capabilities. Simulation based systems for training and experimentation provide the complexity required to deliver effective exercises. Unfortunately the availability of such systems for the HLS domain is limited. The ability to federate authoritative models from the homeland security domain with constructive simulation models from the Department of Defense (DoD) domain will be crucial in delivering robust training and experimentation services in a time and cost effective manner. We have developed such a federation between the Lockheed Martin Incident Management Simulation (LMIS) and authoritative models such as the FEMA HAZUS-MH and Sandia National Laboratories Weapons of Mass Destruction Decision Analysis Center (WMDDAC). LMIS is a simulation-based exercise and training capability, derived from DoD simulations, that models population dynamics, infrastructure, supply chains, supply consumption, and response & recovery actions. HAZUS-MH is a risk assessment tool used for analyzing potential loss due to natural disasters. WMDDAC provides simulation models for detailed chemical and bio-hazard threat, detection, response and treatment for civilian and military populations contained in a specified municipal region. Federation of HAZUS-MH, WMDDAC and LMIS provides a robust and realistic disaster preparedness, response and recovery exercise and training capability based on results from authoritative, calibrated and validated disaster models. This paper presents the approach we have for this federation. The focus of the paper will be on the intersection of the constructive simulation and federal disaster modeling domains and the benefits of this approach.