Locating fire-stations: an integrated approach for Belgium

Philippe Chevalier, Isabelle Thomas, David Geraets and Els Goetghebeur
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David Geraets: Experian Business Strategies SA, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Els Goetghebeur: Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science and Center for Statistics, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Dominique Peeters

No 2010008, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the potential of a decision-support system developed for Belgium by a consortium of universities and a private firm, in the framework of a public call by the Ministry of the Interior. The system is designed to provide the Belgian emergency management administration with a complete decision-aid tool for the location of fire-stations. The originality of the project is that it includes a risk-modeling approach developed at a national scale. This analysis involves a multiscale GIS system which includes a thorough representation of the physical, human and economic spatial realities, a risk modeling approach, an adequate optimal location and allocation model (taking into account both queuing and staffing problems). The final result is an interactive operational tool for defining locations, equipment allocations, staffing, response times, the cost/efficiency trade-off, etc. which can be used in an assessment as well as a prospective context. It has numerous functionalities including rapid modification of the modeling conditions to allow for quick scenario analysis, multiscale analysis, and prospective analysis.

Keywords: ocation-allocations; GIS; fire-stations; Belgium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-02-01
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Journal Article: Locating fire stations: An integrated approach for Belgium (2012)
Working Paper: Locating fire stations: an integrated approach for Belgium (2011)
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