Abstract
Readiness of equipment capabilities is recognized as one of the crucial type of emergency management capabilities against flood risk events in Saudi Civil Defense (CD). This paper represents an Intelligent Information Technology (IT) system principally to assist Saudi CD in evaluating the right equipment capabilities to response and manage flood event(s). The novelty of this study stems from examine the effectiveness of using the proposed Intelligent IT System in the readiness of equipment emergency management capabilities in the Saudi CD authority. This will be achieved through an extended evaluation process of the emergency management capabilities with taking into account different flood risk zone-specific – as well condition-specific, in addition, calculation needs process based on the criteria of targeted level of readiness. A fuzzy expert system approach is used for evaluation process. The design of the IT system is evaluated via a structured interview and found applicable and appropriate for the case study.
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