Determining Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Deployment in Austin, Texas

David J. Eaton, Mark S. Daskin, Dennis Simmons, Bill Bulloch and Glen Jansma
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David J. Eaton: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
Mark S. Daskin: Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Dennis Simmons: The City of Austin, P.O. Box 1088, Austin, Texas 78767
Bill Bulloch: Nash, Phillips-Copus Company, 6200 La Calma Drive, Austin, Texas 78752
Glen Jansma: Jansma Consulting, Inc., 2101 Travis Heights Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78704

Interfaces, 1985, vol. 15, issue 1, 96-108

Abstract: In 1978 the city of Austin, Texas, began a study of its emergency medical service (EMS) system to determine what services should be delivered, by whom, via what number and types of equipment, and sited at which locations. The resulting plan called for a system quite different from that in operation since 1976: four advanced life-support and eight basic life-support vehicles were to operate from two EMS-only stations and 10 shared-use fire stations. The plan, which the city council unanimously passed in 1980, has saved $3.4 million (1984 dollars) in construction costs and $1.2 million (1984 dollars) per year in operating costs. Average response time has been reduced despite an upsurge in calls for service, and equitable service is provided to those who need it most.

Keywords: facilities equipment planning: location; health care: ambulance service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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