Database design for fire and rescue department Malaysia integrated disaster management system / Khairilmizal Samsudin

The increasing number of disasters occurring in Malaysia have demanded the growth in capability to manage the disasters effectively hence, it is important for disaster management in Malaysia to be supported by disaster management experts. Experts are important during disaster response. Unfortunately, experts may not always be present when needed hence, the importance of the computerised system to assist responders during response and recovery phases of disasters are crucial. The community also needs to be prepared to respond to disasters and in achieving so, standardisation is important in developing each of the community disaster management program. It is the objective of this research to develop a model of an incident potential index which is in line with Malaysia disaster management policy, design and implement strategic disaster management database and develop an integrated disaster management system (IDMS) for lead responding agency in Malaysia. For that purpose, lead responding agency in Malaysia as outlined in Malaysia disaster management policy is selected, namely the Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia. Model of the incident potential index was introduced through detailed document analysis method and validated using content and face validity method.