The document presents a model for disaster relief utilizing closed military bases as warehouses and distribution points for aid supplies in response to recent natural disasters. It outlines potential disaster locations, criteria for selecting military bases, and the balance of costs in aid distribution. Future research recommendations include identifying unused infrastructure and mapping proximity to disaster sites to optimize resource allocation.

1. Incorporating Available Military
Infrastructures into a Capacitated Facility
Disaster Relief Model
MIDN 2/C John Moore

2. Overview of Presentation
 Premise of study
 Disaster locations
 Closed military bases
 Capacitated facility location model
 Goals of research
 Future research recommendations

3. Premise of Study
 Recent natural disasters in continental US
 4 successive Florida storms (2004)
 Hurricane Katrina (2005)
 Hurricane Rita (2005)
 How can aid supplies be most effectively
stored and delivered to a disaster site?
 Utilize recently closed military bases as resource
warehouses and distribution points
 Capacitated facility location model

4. Disaster Locations
 Three potential disaster sites:
 San Francisco (prone to earthquakes)
 Oklahoma City (prone to tornados)
 New Orleans (prone to hurricanes)

5. Closed Military Bases
 Chosen from Base Realignment and Closure
(BRAC) index
 Why use closed military bases?
 No cost to build new infrastructure
 Massive space conducive to storage
 Selection criteria?
 Included in BRAC index
 Close but not too close to disaster locations

6. Selected Bases
 Long Beach Naval Shipyard (Los Angeles,
CA)
 Castle Air Force Base (Atwater, CA)
 Naval Station Ingleside, Texas
 Fort McPherson (East Point, GA)
 Carswell Air Force Base (Fort Worth, TX)

7. Purpose of the Capacitated Facility
Location Model
 Balance fixed costs of operating with variable
costs involved with providing aid from
facilities
 Identify avenues for efficient supply
distribution
 Not all bases are needed for a certain disaster
 Opportunity to analyze various disaster and
distribution scenarios
 Includes addition of political constraints

8. Developed Model
Indices
i locations for holding supplies
j potential disaster locations
s supply types
Data
Cijs cost ($) to ship supply type s from location i to disaster
site j.
Maxis Maximum amount of supply type s at location i.
Djs Demand for supply type s at disaster location j.
Fj Fixed cost ($) for opening site i.
Variables
Xijs amount of supply type s shipped from location i to
disaster location j.
Yi 1 if location i is opened and 0 otherwise.

9. Goals of Research
 Establish a basic model from which future
disaster research endeavors can build upon
 Promote the idea of using recently closed
military bases as spacious and cost-effective
storage areas
 Identify future studies for enhancing disaster
planning initiatives

10. Future Research
Recommendations
 Identify suitable unused infrastructure
throughout the US
 Possible examples include abandoned
warehouses/buildings
 Map proximity to potential disaster locations
 Expand on concept of closed military base

11. Future Research
Recommendations (cont.)
 Develop a list of characteristics for most
suitable locations to hold disaster relief
supplies
 Possible characteristics to look into: relative
distance to site, regional climate, accessibility to
highways and airports
 Set a numerical value to characteristics (identify
highest scoring areas)
 Provide valuable insight on most efficient areas
to allocate resources