Dynamic resource scheduling in forest fire situations in Sri Lanka

According to the gathered data from Disaster Management Centre, Regional forest officers and Fire Brigade of Colombo Municipal Council current procedure of controlling and extinguishing forest fires has number of weak points which have to be addressed immediately in order to minimize the damage caused by the forest fires. Allocation of the available resources in a competent and proficient manner at a time of disaster (real time) has gained huge attention among those weak points. Therefore this study focuses on exploring an approach to dynamically utilize the available resources during a forest fire situation in Sri Lanka.