Simulating the spatial organization of the UK Ambulance Service at major incident sites

Documentation such as generic major incident plans and action cards describe how the UK Ambulance Service is to respond to major incidents, including how paramedics should organize themselves at the incident site. Towards the aim of testing existing procedures to hypothetical events in-silico, this paper proposes a way to simulate the on-site spatial organization of the UK Ambulance Service as part of an agent-based simulation of emergency response. The 2001 Selby train crash is used as a case study to demonstrate the approach.