A multi-zone composite warning system model for the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station

The second of two Composite Warning System (CWS) studies conducted in Canada by the author's firm for Emergency Planning Canada led directly to the development of a comprehensive warning system coverage simulation. Warning system coverage of a multi-zone off-site warning environment with a large number of demographic groups is simulated during normal operation and component failure mode operation of the warning system. The warning system is a multi-component combination of devices such as sirens, mobile loudspeakers and indoor warning devices. The four basic parameters covered by the simulation are person activity mode, coverage zone, time (which has hour and season elements) and warning system component. The simulation has been designed and implemented in FORTRAN, and further development is now underway, to create a general version capable of being used at other sites