The use of Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) to model an emergency response plan

Abstract

Accident models, analysis methods and emergency response plans affect what accident investigators and emergency response leaders look for, which contributing factors are found, and which recommendations are issued. This paper contrasts the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) for an emergency response plan. FRAM illustrates the dynamic interactions within socio-technical systems and lets the analyst understand the how and why by describing non-linear dependencies, performance conditions, variability, and their resonance across functions. So, it defines a systemic framework to model complex systems from the perspective of function and views accidents and emergency response strategies as emergent phenomenon of function’s variability, It is playing an increasingly significant role in the development of systemic emergency response plan.