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Title: Internet-Based Loss Estimation Tool
Author: (ckh@imagecatinc.com)
Industries: Disaster Management & Response, Emergency Services
Date: 14 August, 2008
Description:
INLET (http://rescue-ibm.calit2.uci.edu:8888/inlet/inlet.php) is an advanced prototype simulation tool designed to model the impact of disasters, currently estimating building damage and casualties. INLET incorporates extensive GIS databases and uses damage functions simplified from FEMA’s HAZUS® software. Fundedby a National Science Foundation grant through the University of California, Irvine, INLET is a stand-alone user-friendly loss estimation tool that can be customized for federal, state,and local agencies. Inlet is on a non-standard port, and may not work behind some firewalls.


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