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Article In Journal |
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Toward an Optimal Deployment of Fire Stations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia نحو تخصيص أمثل لمواقع محطات الإطفاء في الرياض بالمملكة العربية السعودية |
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Original Works |
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Document Language |
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English |
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Abstract |
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Emergency services which commonly include fire, ambulance, and
police services, have geographical distribution characteristics of request of service
on one hand and a system of facilities deployed to respond to that request,
on the other. Proper deployment of emergency service facilities in an urban environment
contributes significantly to the efficiency and effectiveness of providing
emergency service. Planning, can contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness
of providing emergency services through alternative deployment
strategies, e.g.; by evaluating the existing and, where necessary, recommending
proposed spatial distribution of service facilities within a given urban environment.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing allocation and location
of fire service stations in the city of Riyadh and to recommend an alternative
strategy for the deployment of fire stations within the city comparing, also, the
expected performance of such deployment with those of the present deployment.
For this purpose, the “Parametric Allocation” and “Site Evaluation” models
were calibrated to provide the analytical basis for subsequently focusing on the
requirements, constraints and results of the tests of those models, along with
recommendations for their future applications. The test of models, notwithstanding
data problems, have shown that an incremental increase in the number
of service stations produces significantly greater level of improvement in
the travel times for emergency services and that the methodology employed
can help produce definitive strategies regarding deployment of fire services. |
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1319-1047 |
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Journal Name |
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Engineering Sciences Journal |
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Volume |
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11 |
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Issue Number |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1419 AH
1999 AD |
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Number Of Pages |
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15 |
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Article Type |
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Article |
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 |
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Researchers
| محمد سعيد مصلي | MOHAMMAD SAID MOUSALLI | Researcher | | |
| هوارد برادشر فريدريك | HOWARD BRADSHER FREDRICK | Researcher | | |
| خليل إبراهيم شانلي | H. IBRAHIM SANLI | Researcher | | |
| فيصل محمد التميمي | FAISAL M. AL-TAMIMI | Researcher | | |
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