Earthquake emergency management capacity evaluation based on ISM and FCE

Evaluation system of earthquake emergency management capacity is the most intuitive judgment of the earthquake emergency management level for a zone. There are several factors influencing the earthquake emergency management capacity, whose scientific degree, to a certain extent, ensures the effectiveness of the evaluation system. Firstly, from the perspective of emergency management time axis, 16 factors based on 3 aspects of the earthquake emergency management capabilities were cleared, interpretive structural model (ISM) was introduced, criteria comparison matrix and reachability matrix were constructed among the factors, area and level division was made, and therefore earthquake emergency management capability assessment system was built to ensure the indicators ' independence in the same level. Results show that most of the deep-hierarcy factors belonging to pre-earthquake preparedness capacity system, influence the surface factors belonging to earthquake response capacity and post-earthquake recovery capacity system. Finally, FCE is chosen to research empirically on the evaluation system through taking Wenchuan earthquake as an example.