Optimising the spatial location of urban fire stations

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 62, Issue PART A, 2013, Pages 64-71

  Murray, Alan T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire station siting; GIS; Optimization

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FIRE STATION; FIRE STATION SITING; MODELING APPROACH; OPTIMISATIONS; PLANNING GOAL; PLANNING OBJECTIVES; PUBLIC SERVICES; SPATIAL LOCATION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FIRE;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84889054786     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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