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October 2007 |
Vol 1, Issue 3 2007 |
Public Sector Operations Research - How Deccan fits in
Featured Client Department (Chief Gray-Hampton Fire, VA)
Early Bird Specials!
Registration is $640 for a limited time! If you register and pay before Nov 30, 2007! That's a savings of $160!!!
With new
and improved sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, and
with special tracks for Planning and Communications Centers,
our 12th Conference will offer you enhanced networking
opportunities along with highly informative sessions. In
order to take the fullest advantage of our conference, we
invite you to participate as a co-presenter, panelist, or
attendee and welcome a chance to discuss that prospect with
you.
We are happy to welcome aboard Fairfax County, VA as the newest name on Deccan’s Client roster. With its purchase of LiveMUM, Fairfax becomes Deccan’s 30th LiveMUM client and 105th client overall. Thank you Captain Bowers for your continued patronage and support of Deccan International. We welcome the Fairfax Team to our proud Deccan community.
Conference at Harvey Mudd
College, CA Sept 29th, 2007
Deccan has pioneered the application of operations research
methodologies to the public safety sector, the very
foundation of its success over the past 11 years. Deccan
continues to provide top quality solutions by developing new
and improved models for optimizing efficiency in public
safety operations. Led by the expertise of Dr. Raj Nagaraj,
Deccan’s O.R. Department is staffed today by a team of
doctoral candidates who have specialized in applied
operations research.
Fittingly, Deccan’s software developers participated in a
recent Conference at Harvey Mudd College, one dedicated to
the public sector and operations research. Deccan presented
its experiences and “lessons learned” in creating
decision-support solutions for Fire and EMS, showing other
attendees how they might succeed in this sphere. The 50
specialists in attendance included academicians,
researchers, and future practitioners.
Dr. Dick Larson, Co-Director of MIT’s Operations
Research Center and a founding father in the discipline,
applauded Deccan for its path-finding applications, singling
out the Company’s innovations and describing these as
“superior.”
This appreciation of our efforts, coupled with the growing
need for more cutting-edge technology, continues to motivate
Deccan in providing solutions for emergency managers and
responders – solutions that will help them to save time and
money as they uphold their commitment to save and protect
lives.
Featured Client Department - Hampton Fire and Rescue
Effectiveness of using CAD Analyst & ADAM for Hampton Fire and Rescue's Strategic Planning Needs - interview with Chief Gray, Fire Chief Hampton Fire and Rescue
Optimal Station Relocation Analysis, using ADAM
With today’s demands for faster and more immediate emergency information, Fire Departments see a critical need for analytical tools which they can run in-house and at-will. "In the past, we hired consultants to run these numbers for us and make their recommendations. But the need for information is more immediate now and requires software in-house which can run comprehensive analyses and help us to make critical decisions and justifications,” commented Chief Gray.
"Deccan's ADAM is a valuable tool in that regard. It helped us to make strategic decisions vital to the planning process at Hampton Fire and Rescue," said Chief Gray in referring to a Station Relocation Project just concluded by his department.
Using ADAM, the Department successfully identified the optimal relocation site for Station 3, this in order to improve response performance of apparatus at the Station. Mandated by the Economic Development Department, the Fire Department was also given six candidates as prospective Station sites within the response territory. In order to analyze the candidates, Hampton provided Deccan with the site locations, streets, and service maps. Deccan used ADAM to simulate scenarios and to calculate response performance of engines at the six locations. By comparing performance at the different locations, Deccan was able to identity and recommend the ideal relocation site for Station 3.
In conclusion: Hampton Fire presented results gathered from ADAM to the Economic Development Department. The recommended location, one that provided the best coverage and response performance, was approved. "The project is moving in a positive direction. Currently the identified location is under negotiation for sale and procurement," stated Chief Gray, pleased by the results he could give the Economic Development Department.
Self-Assessment/Accreditation Study and 1710 Analysis, using CAD Analyst
Hampton Fire and Rescue is conducting a district-wide self-assessment using CAD Analyst for:
1. Response performance analysis: To identify areas where the response performance is meeting the mandated four minutes more than 90% of the time.
2. Turn-out time analysis: Reviewing which stations are deploying from their stations within the mandated one-minute time target.
3. Staffing analysis: Identifying response performance based on staffing assignments; analyzing turn-out times and dispatch-to-scene performance.
Using CAD Analyst, Hampton Fire can give its City Manager a comprehensive status report and identify those factors with which it must comply. This study is due to be completed in Jan 2008.
Deccan Tuesday Webinars
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Next Webinar Session:
New and Improved LiveMUM Wall MAP!
For those who use LiveMUM Wall MAP in addition to LiveMUM (desktop), here is some good news! Deccan's engineering team has enhanced Wall MAP’s ability to seamlessly read data from LiveMUM. With this upgrade incorporated into Wall MAP, Communication Centers will now receive consistent displays of live status changes both on the desktop as well as in Wall MAP—all without having to undergo different configurations and set-up’s for each module.