Authors:   C. Kumsap, Y. Witheetrirong, P. Pratoomma

Abstract

Military operations other than war have been put ahead of missions in battlefield in time of resource scarcity and disaster crisis management. Defence Technology Institute or DTI was established to conduct large-scale and nation-wide research and development projects with great impact at national scale. This paper reports an initiative of research and development to prepare the nation for earthquakes, flooding and landslides that have effected Thailand and inevitably led the world economy to numb, taking the 2011 Thailand major floods as an example. An HADR simulation and simulator project was initiated to prepare a ready hand of Thailand's armed forces, non- and governmental organizations, academic institutes and even private sectors to cope with the crisis. Modeling and simulation are embraced as a tool to predict the disasters. Standard Operating Procedures of best practices from actual and frequent experiences are input for the method development and incorporation with Thai own SOPs in response to the eruption. Similarly, records, mistakes and success are analyzed in the modeling and simulation research that fits Thailand?s situation and come up with Thailand?s SOPs to recover victims or effected people from the disasters. Sharing resources and knowledge, involving indigenous academia, creating forum and bringing in foreign expertise are media that will place DTI in the middle of disparate stakeholders where project management takes control. Three years are a major constraint that the project needs project management for cooperation, collaboration and integration. High success has been expected so that feasibility study with the demonstration of one sample disaster scenario is minutely planned to acquire foreign outsourcing. Targets are set to ensure and secure budget in from of formal and promised user requirements. Deliverables are set at the end of three consecutive fiscal years.