The national standard for emergency response dictates that
emergency vehicles need to respond to an emergency within 6 minutes - 90% of
the time, as victims in a health emergency can suffer severe oxygen deprivation
after 6 minutes.
This project used Network Analysis to determine response
times and coverage areas for the Town of Sandwich, Massachusetts and their Fire
Department. The first map on the left
illustrates the response time and coverage area for all three existing fire
stations. The map on the right
illustrates how that coverage is impacted if one of the fire stations had to
close in the event of town budget constraints.
Since the Town of Sandwich is only meeting 34% and 22% coverage areas within
5 minutes, and 68% and 57% within 10 minutes, it is essential that this town keep all three
fire stations running. Help from
neighboring communities can help meet that critical impact time; however a
fourth fire station would help achieve the necessary response times that this community
needs for meeting emergency response in their coverage area.
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