Fire/EMS ADAM: Projects

Projects using ADAM
With ADAM, the emergency manager has a decision support tool which acts as an on-call consulting service. It generates easy-to-read, data-supported maps to implement the following projects: 

• Fire and EMS apparatus deployment
• Optimal coverage and performance planning
• Accreditation & standards of cover analysis
• Budget defense
• New station siting
• Station addition and relocation
• Deployment changes to reflect planned annexation and freeway extension
• Analysis of multiple capability options for improved response
• Analysis of response performance in slow speeds
• Analysis of the frequency units do not respond within first units
• Verification of the performance against different time targets
• Modeling of cross-staffed units
• Impact of consolidation issues
• Plans for staffing changes
• Contingency planning
• Analysis of hazardous areas and their impact on performance analysis
• Plans for major disasters and Homeland Security issues
   

Optimal coverage and performance planning
ADAM can be used to evaluate the optimal coverage and performance factors given the service area’s workloads. With the simple drag of a mouse, the user can add or relocate stations and apparatus to obtain the most optimal performance.

Accreditation and standards of cover analysis
ADAM allows for the relocation of assets and resources in order to analyze a department’s standards of cover. By generating comparative scenarios before and after a change in deployment, one can intuitively assess the standards and propose the required changes.

Budget Defense
ADAM can examine the impact of proposed or forced budget cuts by presenting data-backed scenarios/maps showing these changes on response performance. The easy-to-understand, color-coded maps provide insights into areas where coverage has been compromised. 

Departments can adapt to budget cuts with a wide range of tactical changes. ADAM provides hard evidence to show the impact of implementing such measures by:

• Exploring alternate staffing mechanism
• Exploring alternate revenue sources
• Exploring alternate deployment options
• Evaluating department policy changes
• Exploring the possibilities in introducing shift-based deployment schemes
• Exploring Career Vs. Volunteer staffing options

Homeland Security
Homeland defense requires the optimal utilization of resources for catastrophic incidents. ADAM can help a department to meet this objective by identifying in advance areas of high risk and high workload demand and by preparing the department with effective strategies for deploying its resources. With ADAM, the department can test scenarios which incorporate such variables as workload, risk, apparatus, incident type, schools, or hospital districts and assist with the preparation and testing of effective deployment plans.