Rutgers Professors Create Software to Assist in Facility
Evacuation  Program would help large facilities develop
procedures for evacuating people during a fire, bioterror attack
or natural disaster  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two Rutgers University
professors are developing a computer program to help large
facilities develop procedures for evacuating people during a
fire, bioterror attack or natural disaster.  The software could
be customized to fit any building plan. Once it detects anthrax
or a fire, for example, it would provide security officials with
specific steps to take, such as blocking off access to a
contaminated area of a building.  "It gives them directions and
guidance on how to respond to the incident," said Ali Maher,
professor and chairman of the civil and environmental
engineering department at Rutgers. Maher also serves as director
to the federal and state-funded group called The Center for
Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation.  The professors are
testing their software now at Robert Wood Joh