A Case Study for an Assessment of Fire Station Selection in the Central Urban Area

Abstract

With the continual acceleration of urbanization, the amount of urban infrastructure and the quality of public services are increasing in many cities. A pressing concern in this context is the growing problem of incompatible fire protection construction, indicating a need for urban fire stations with well-planned layouts. However, research on optimizing the layout and placement of fire stations by considering the various factors affecting station layouts is lacking. The current study addressed this gap by establishing an optimal fire station layout by using a geographic information system (GIS) and elucidated the trends of GIS application in firefighting and rescue operations. The study’s findings reveal the benefits of avoiding blind spots, enhancing the selection of fire station sites, and optimizing service coverage. Furthermore, this study optimized the layout of CZ city’s downtown fire stations, which could enhance CZ city’s firefighting capabilities.

A Method for Evaluating the Spatial Layout of Fire Stations in Chemical Industrial Parks

“…According to the method proposed in this article, an analysis was conducted regarding the rescue paths of Park X, resulting in the construction of a rescue path network, as illustrated in Figure 1. The network was used to simulate common road conditions, while the actual road restrictions, such as the presence of one-way lanes and red lights, were not considered [47]. The figure also shows the locations of the fire stations situated within the park, along with the analysis results of the PTBRs.…”

“…The study conducted by Huang et al yielded similar findings. They discovered that the service area boundary of the fire station was not a circle, but instead an irregular polygon, which highlights the limitations of employing the conventional circle-drawing method [47].…”