Abstract: The insufficient ability of the rescuers and the insufficient self-rescue ability of the victims are the two main reasons of the low efficiency in some conventional event emergency. An emergency response model which combines the rescue ability and the self-rescue ability is presented. The division of the internal and the external system in the disaster field is defined, the basic structure of the model and the emergency response process characteristics are described. MAS (multi-agent system) is used to describe the law of the emergency behavior. The synergistic rescue effect is simulated through an imaginary case. The results show that the cooperative method can be used to improve the relation between the rescuers and the victims, and can effectively to support the decision-making.

Key words: emergency response, system modeling, cooperation, multi-agent system