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Digital Twins for Impact (DT4I): Using Digital Twins to Deliver Effective Risk and Emergency Management

McMullan, Caroline orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-4229-5690 and Thakkar, Romal orcid logoORCID: 0009-0005-4010-5223 (2025) Digital Twins for Impact (DT4I): Using Digital Twins to Deliver Effective Risk and Emergency Management. Technical Report. DCU Business School. ISBN 978-1-9193584-4-4

Abstract
This report explores the transformative potential of Digital Twin (DT) technology in enhancing risk, emergency, and crisis management across organisational, urban, and national contexts. It outlines the technical foundations of DT systems, integrating IoT, AI, cloud computing, extended reality, and reality-modelling tools, and synthesises current research demonstrating DT applications for mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Two in-depth case studies, the Dublin Fire Brigade’s Digital Twin for Emergency Response (DTER) and the Smart DCU campus digital twin, illustrate practical implementations, benefits, and challenges, including improved situational awareness, training, interoperability, resource allocation, and data-driven decision-making. Findings from focus groups highlight stakeholder perspectives on future opportunities, while a technical review provides guidance for selecting DT platforms. The report concludes with strategic recommendations for developing a unified Digital Twin for Emergency Management (DT4EM), emphasising real-time data integration, multi-agency coordination, governance, scalability, and national significance.
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Item Type:Monograph (Technical Report)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Risk Management, Crisis Management, Digital Twins
Subjects:Business > Commerce
Business > Economics
Business > Innovation
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Research Institutes and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics
Publisher:DCU Business School
Official URL:http://www.business.dcu.ie/
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:32007
Deposited On:08 Dec 2025 10:05 by Caroline Mcmullan . Last Modified 10 Dec 2025 10:38
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