BART - Behavioral Assessment and Research Tool

An ADMS-based research instrument called the Behavioral Assessment and Research Tool was developed for the Netherlands Institute for Safety. The goal of the research is to validate the use of simulation for fire prevention modeling and to research methods for improvement of building evacuation. This ADMS version consists of an exact copy of an existing hotel in the Netherlands. Various scenarios can be set up and repeated. Information such as way-finding and walking paths is automatically collected and saved by ADMS, and presented as visual and statistical reports for the researchers. Comparing them with full-scale field tests will validate the simulation.

Preparing response and emergency response plans

ADMS was involved in a special "Railplan Project" for the Netherlands Institute for Safety. For this project, hundreds of emergency responders had to be trained for responses on two new railway lines: a yet-to-be opened to the public high-speed railway and the Betuwe railway cargo route. In preparation for the training sessions all materials and new emergency response plans were compared with the exactly modeled tracks and tunnels, and deployment of local resources were integrated in ADMS. The experience validated that the ADMS-environment helped to get better insight into the complex infrastructure and improve the plans and preparation.