The Optimization of the Fire Service

Ron Rutstein
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Ron Rutstein: Kingston Polytechnic, Regional Management Centre, Kingston Hill, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB, England

Interfaces, 1981, vol. 11, issue 2, 11-13

Abstract: This story is based, loosely, on a genuine study of fire service operations and illustrates the difficulties which can occur in the interpretation of statistical data. The author would like to assure the sponsors of the work that all the pitfalls and temptations described in this fable were avoided in the genuine study.

Keywords: government services; fire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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