Research Review on Emergency Logistics in Forest Fire Rescue
Forest fires are characterized by sudden outbreaks, rapid spread and complex rescue environments, which impose higher requirements on the rapid response and resource support capacity of emergency logistics systems. In recent years, with the advancement of intelligent optimization algorithms, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and information technology, emergency logistics for forest fires has gradually become a vital research direction in the field of emergency management. Centering on the whole process of forest fire rescue, this paper systematically sorts out research progress in pre-disaster material reserve and layout, emergency material scheduling during fires, UAV material delivery, as well as information collaboration and intelligent decision-making. It summarizes deficiencies in existing research and prospects future research directions.
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