| Author(s) | Faisal M. Al-Tamimi, Howard Bradsher-Fredrick, |
| Affiliation | Department of Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Planning. K i n g S a u d U n i v e r s i t y , R i y a d h , S a u d i A r a b i a |
| Title | Toward an Optimal Deployment of Ambulance Service Facilities |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Architecture & Planning. Volume 8, No 1. (1996/1416) |
| Abstract | Efficient provision of emergency services is of vital impottance to urban governments. Emergency services are commonly known to include ambulance, fire, and police services. These services have geographical distribution characteristics of request of service on one hand and a system of facilities deployed to respond to that request, on the other. Proper allocation and location of emergency service facilities in an urban environment contribute significantly to the efficiency and effectiveness of providing emergency service. Planning, being concerned with spatial distribution of emergency services in the urban environment, can contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of providing emergency services. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing allocation and location of ambulance service facilities in the city of Riyadh and to recommend an alternative strategy for the deployment of ambulance service stations within the city, comparing also the expected performance of such deployment with those of the present deployment. For this purpose, the. “Pammetric Allocation” and “Site Evaluation” models were calibrated to provide the analytical basis for subsequently focusing on the requimments, constraints and results of the tests of those models, along with recommendations for their futum appiications.’ |
