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Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Zendel, Alexander Mark

URN

etd-04242005-224858

Title

Investigating the Role of Location-Allocation Models in Planning the Locations of Dry Fire Hydrants

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Geography

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Carstensen, Laurence William Jr.	Committee Chair
Dymond, Randel L.	Committee Member
Zedaker, Shepard M.	Committee Member

Keywords

Suppression
Location-Allocation
Dry Hydrants
Wildfire

Date of Defense

2005-02-18

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

The absence of water mains in rural areas has the potential to seriously complicate
rural wildfire and structure fire suppression. The installation of dry fire hydrants can
tremendously reduce these difficulties. But fire managers must then decide where to
place these hydrants to efficiently and effectively serve their area of concern. This thesis investigates the role of GIS location-allocation model (LAMs) as a tool to aid fire
managers in planning the locations of numerous dry hydrants. LAMs are designed to
place central service facilities in a configuration that optimally serves geographically
dispersed demand. One of the objectives of this thesis is to determine whether or not this
optimization is achieved based on the management needs of the Virginia Department of
Forestry. Many variations of LAMs are examined and the most appropriate model, the
Maximal Covering Location Problem (MCLP), is selected. The flexibility of the MCLP
model is then tested by imposing fine manipulations of hydrant demand weighting
schemes.

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