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Urban Fire Protection
Studies of the Operations of the New York City Fire Department
Description of urban fire protection studies being conducted jointly by the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and The New York City-RAND Institute. Under way now nearly three years, these studies have (1) created the perspectives, methods, approaches, and results of a new analytical field; (2) transformed these research products into policies, helped put the policies into practice, and evaluated results; (3) helped alter the FDNY's fire-fighting technology, the operation of its dispatching system, and the ways it manages and deploys its men and equipment; (4) yielded gains in operational effectiveness valued at many million dollars per year — annual returns more than ten times the studies' cost; and (5) helped the FDNY develop new problem-solving capabilities and improve its bases for future decisions and policies. (Presented at Symposium on Urban Fires, AAAS 137th Annual Meeting.)
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