An Algorithm for the Initial Dispatch of Fire Companies

Grace M. Carter, Edward Ignall, Kenneth Lloyd Rider

ResearchPublished 1977

Documentation of a procedure (algorithm) for deciding how many and which fire companies to dispatch to a newly reported incident. The algorithm was designed to be implemented in the New York City Fire Department’s computerized Management Information and Control System (MICS), an on-line, real-time system that provides easy entry of up-to-date information about the status of each company. A static procedure, called “adaptive response,” can substitute for the full, dynamic algorithm in cities with low to moderate alarm rates; no computer is required.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1977
  • Pages: 56
  • Document Number: R-1997-NYC

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Carter, Grace M., Edward Ignall, and Kenneth Lloyd Rider, An Algorithm for the Initial Dispatch of Fire Companies. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1977. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1997.html.
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