- Author
- National Bureau of Standards
- Title
- Scheduled Fire Engine Replacement.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- National Bureau of Standards Technical News Bulletin, Vol. 56, No. 11, 262-263, November 1972
- Keywords
- fire fighting vehicles | fire departments | fire fighting equipment
- Abstract
- Bureau mathematicians have developed a model to determine a least-cost policy for scheduling the purchases and retirements of fire engines. The model can be applied to any type of equipment for which failures are negligible, where the oldest equipment is retired first, and where the planning period is less than the maximum allowabel age. This model was developed by Richard Ku of the Technical Analysis Division (TAD) and Patsy Saunders of the Applied Mathematics Division. Directed by Ernst Nilsson of TAD, the project was administered in cooperation with the NBS Office ofFire Research and Safety. The fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 empowers NBS to "provide a national fire research program; fire safety education and training programs; and demonstrations of new approaches and improvements in fire prevention and control, and reduciton of death, personal injury, and property damage."