A Realistic Model for Rescue Operations after an Earthquake

When a natural disaster occurs, emergency responders need information and real-time imagery in order to make better decisions and save time. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by emergency services, such as police officers or firefighters, can rapidly provide situational awareness over a large area, reducing the time and number of researchers required to locate and rescue people, thus reducing the costs and risks of search and rescue missions. This work considers the problem of completely overfly an area just affected by an earthquake with the objective of opportunely direct rescue teams. It provides a complete model that tries to keep into account all the main real-life issues in two different realistic scenarios.