ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI

ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI

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Main Author: GOMERSALL, CLAIRE ELIZABETH
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2003
Subjects:
Geography
response time
emergency services
access
equity
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1043687951
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin10436879512021-08-03T06:09:02Z ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI GOMERSALL, CLAIRE ELIZABETH Geography response time emergency services access equity Fire station location models use distance from demand nodes to measure service accessibility and to make fire station siting decisions. In addition, the Insurance Services Office and the National Fire Protection Agency set response standards for Fire Departments in units of distance and set home insurance rates based upon adherence to these distance standards. This analysis shows that straight-line distance and shortest network path distance are only weakly correlated with actual response time (R2=0.22 and R2=0.37 respectively). Instead, response time variation is shown to result largely from the number of corners an emergency vehicle must turn to reach an incident. Together, corner incidence and journey length account for 92% of the variation in response times. These findings call for a review of existing distance-based location models and indicate a need to develop an algorithm to efficiently detect corners on a network in a GIS. This paper also explores the influence of socio-demographic (e.g., racial composition of neighborhood, wealth of neighborhood) and behavioral (e.g., 911 call frequency, false alarm frequency) variables on the speed at which emergency services respond. The analysis indicates that the influence of such variables on response time is insignificant; that the Fire Department in Cincinnati responds equitably without regard for the socio-demographic or behavioral characteristics of a neighborhood. Implications of these results are presented for policy and future research. 2003-04-17 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1043687951 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1043687951 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Geography
response time
emergency services
access
equity
spellingShingle Geography
response time
emergency services
access
equity
GOMERSALL, CLAIRE ELIZABETH
ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI
author GOMERSALL, CLAIRE ELIZABETH
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title ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI
title_short ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI
title_full ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI
title_fullStr ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI
title_full_unstemmed ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES IN CINCINNATI
title_sort access to public services: an analysis of fire department response times in cincinnati
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