In:
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, MDPI AG, Vol. 9, No. 5 ( 2020-05-20), p. 336-
Abstract:
To equally distribute the workload and minimize the travel distance for fire departments, we developed a new dynamic floating stations model (DFSM) to target traffic-related emergency medical services (EMS) during peak hours. This study revealed that traffic-related EMS incidents have different characteristics to other EMS incidents. The number of floating stations was determined by the number of available ambulances at a given time. The optimum floating station location was identified by using the given capacity to establish the smallest service radius. In DFSM simulations using floating stations with a capacity of 100 and 150 EMS incidents, the result shows significant improvements in comparison to the current situation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2220-9964
Language:
English
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Publication Date:
2020
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2655790-3
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