Fire protection and response is most costly as an important public service in urban areas. It is essential to optimize fire station locations because the loss can be unbearably high due to a fire disaster if no timely and reliable fire response service is available. This paper reviews (1) key factors considered in fire station location formulation, (2) development of the covering and maximum covering approaches to this problem, and (3) heuristic algorithms to solve the problem. Remarks have been provided on new factors that may affect the choice of fire station locations, including traffic congestion, uncertainties, and the latest technologies.


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    Title :

    A Short Review on Fire Station Locations


    Contributors:
    Xu, Fang (author) / Wang, Jun (author) / Liu, Meng (author) / Zhang, Sainan (author) / Liu, Yuandong (author) / Ge, Ying-En (author)

    Conference:

    16th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2016 ; Shanghai, China


    Published in:

    CICTP 2016 ; 1477-1484


    Publication date :

    2016-07-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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