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Lars Harrie

Lars Harrie

Professor

Lars Harrie

Planning Rescue Services with Non-Stationary Rescue Units

Author

  • Anders Dahlgren
  • Lars Harrie
  • Anders Axelsson

Summary, in English

Geographical accessibility is fundamental when planning rescue services. At present there are several programs for computing the accessibility of stationary rescue units. This study suggests a method for evaluating geographic accessibility in scenarios containing also non-stationary units. The method supports the planning process by matching the risk of an incident occurring with the rescue units’ capabilities and accessibility. The method is implemented in the computer program Rescue Unit Planner. The result of the analysis is presented in thematic maps and graphs as level of coverage, mean response time and concentration. The method and the computer program have been evaluated in two case studies: one urban area in southern Sweden and one rural area in northern Sweden. The case studies show that that this method can be useful in the rescue service planning process.

Department/s

  • Centre for Geographical Information Systems (GIS Centre)

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

239-255

Publication/Series

Fire Technology

Volume

45

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Physical Geography
  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • non-stationary units
  • planning
  • accessibility
  • rescue service
  • level of coverage
  • concentration
  • mean response time

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0015-2684