Fire Following Earthquake & Role of GIS

Fire followed by earthquake in Delhi has the potential to go well beyond the statistics of deaths and injuries. Such a disaster in the country's capital, which also happens to be a major commercial and industrial centre, will have huge economic and political implications, which will affect the entire country and not just the population of Delhi. This adds an extra dimension to the problem for Delhi. To mitigate the disaster we have to create a database, which locate all areas where the hazards have occurred and it is a useful measure for certain policy decisions. The methods make use of the visualization techniques embedded in Geographical Information System through the production of maps.