Evacuation and Risk Modelling Project Literature Search

⁠⁠⁠The brief is to investigate whether a tool has been developed which can be utilised in land use planning and operations to provide a risk assessment for evacuation planning in various emergency bush fire scenarios. The tool would need to be able to be used to calculate the level of existing risk within a community and the level of projected risk as a result of new development. It will also be used to compare against acceptable risk benchmarks for planning purposes for development in bush fire prone areas.

If a tool such as this has been developed, identify:
* Who owns the tool;
* The capabilities of the tool;
* Whether the tool is appropriate for the needs of the NSW RFS;
* Whether the NSW RFS can get access to the tool;
* Whether the NSW RFS can utilise the tool.

If a tool has not yet been developed, identify the following:
* Whether any early work has been carried out by other agencies in developing such a tool;
* Whether there are reasons why this work has not progressed to full development of a tool;
* Whether any similar tools have been developed, eg. for other emergencies such as flood, earthquake etc.