One of the important economic questions for communities in the United States is the decision of the level of staffing that is appropriate for the fire risk of a community. This project explored fire department staffing in two ways. One way was through a study of staffing analyses. A second way was to determine a relationship between staffing and the time till agent application on an analytical basis. The feasibility of developing a mathematical model for this analysis was explored.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Huestis, Jason Stephen
• Ferschke, Jason Patrick

Subject

• Computing
• Community
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D260I

Keyword

• Fire fighters
• Mathematical models
• Risk management

Advisor

• Fitzgerald, Robert W.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright