- Author
- Blum, E. H.
- Title
- Depolyment Research of the New York City Fire Project.
- Coporate
- Rand Institute, New York City, NY
- Report
- R-968, May 1972, 54 p.
- Keywords
- research facilities | fire protection | fire departments | decision making
- Identifiers
- principal stages in fire growth and fire department operations, with corresponding areas for research; total fire alarms received in New York City by hour - 1968 data; example showing response time and workload balance vs. position of dividing line
- Abstract
- This report describes a part of what is believed to be the largest concerted research project yet directed at urban fire protection. The work described is that of the New York City fire Project, which has been and continues to be conducted jointly by the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and The New York City-Rand Institute. Supported by the FDNY, the Project's research has been carried out by an interdisciplinary team: FDNY chiefs and other officials; engineers; an urban planner specializing in organizational behavior; applied mathematicians - including specialists in operations research, computer sciences, and statistics; economists; and a social psychologist. From the outset, a large part of the work has been done jointly by members from different disciplines, particularly when it has involved research across disciplinary areas and the spectrum of activities that support implementation.