Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2025, 27(3):F13-F27 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2025.044

Evacuation Transport Provision Design Using Network Analysis with Gis Support

Jozef Kubás ORCID...1, *, Jozef Ristvej ORCID...1, Boris Kollár ORCID...1, Katarína Petrlová ORCID...2, Alexandra Trličíková2, Kateřina Blaľková3
1 Department of Crisis Management, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
2 Mathematical Institute in Opava, Silesian University in Opava, Opava, Czech Republic
3 Fire Rescue Brigade of Moravian-Silesian Region, Ostrava, Czech Republic

The research presented in paper has focused on design of the transportation evacuation during a special flood caused by an accident at a water structure using GIS-enabled network analysis. Freely available population and address point data were used to calculate the number of residents at risk. Three scenarios of time required for each evacuation activity were determined using the PERT method, and the time required for evacuation was determined using a Gantt chart. The approach proposed in the paper is suitable for obtaining relatively quick results that can be taken into account when preparing for crisis events. The results of the case study proved that the evacuation can be carried out in the necessary time, but revealed possible shortcomings of the proposed approach. These shortcomings are discussed along with possible alternative solutions and other factors influencing the evacuation planning process.

Keywords: evacuation, special flood, network analysis, GIS, crisis management, civil protection
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Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V05-00002. This work was supported by Grant System of University of Zilina No. 16963/2021 “Research into the readiness of municipalities to deal with emergency events with an emphasis on the safety of the inhabitants” and KEGA 046ZU-4/2025 Educational online platform for preparing inhabitants for self-protection and mutual aid and an interactive university textbook focused on civil protection.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: March 4, 2025; Accepted: June 3, 2025; Prepublished online: June 30, 2025; Published: July 1, 2025  Show citation

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Kubás, J., Ristvej, J., Kollár, B., Petrlová, K., Trličíková, A., & Blaľková, K. (2025). Evacuation Transport Provision Design Using Network Analysis with Gis Support. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 27(3), F13-27. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2025.044
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