OPTIMUM AMBULANCE LOCATION IN SEMI-RURAL AREAS

AS LARGE MEDICAL CENTERS BECOME EVER MORE CAPABLE, THE EXISTENCE OF WELL EQUIPPED, WELL STAFFED, AND RAPID EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE BECOMES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT. A METHOD IS PRESENTED FOR DETERMINING THE OPTIMUM LOCATION OF AMBULANCE STATIONS TO MINIMIZE THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO EMERGENCY CALLS. A NEW POINT-TO-POINT DRIVING TIME MODEL IS INTRODUCED, AND A COMPUTER OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM IS USED TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM LOCATIONS. A CONSTRAINT THAT THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO ANY POINT IN THE SERVICE AREA BE LESS THAN SOME SPECIFIED MINIMUM IS ALSO CONSIDERED. THE METHOD IS APPLIED TO WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN. /HSRI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 35 Pp, Figs, TABS, REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Volz, R A
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency vehicles; Hazards and emergency operations; Mathematical models; Rural areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225958
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM