2021年10月1日 · Using the enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) method, this study measures EMS accessibility with the effect of a regular uncertain context (i.e., the city dynamics like time-varying population and traffic) and an irregular uncertain context (i.e., an extreme pluvial flood event which can cause extensive road closures).

2017年1月23日 · We integrate numerical modelling of flood inundation with geographical analysis of service areas for the Ambulance Service and the Fire & Rescue Service. The method was demonstrated for two flood events in the City of York, UK to assess the vulnerability of care homes and sheltered accommodation.

2020年5月18日 · This analysis models the response of emergency service stations during flooding events in England to find major impacts on ambulance and fire services at a time of escalating flood risks to the...

2020年1月9日 · Global advances in this research examine the influence of flooding on emergency responder accessibility by attributing ambulance service area (area that an ambulance can assist) and response-time (recommended response timeframes, e.g., 8 and 10 min for ‘Red 1’, time-critical incidents, based on the former UK legislated response-time targets ...

2015年3月1日 · This paper deals with a hospital evacuation plan facing a flood based on a real life scenario. We modeled the evacuation process and identified its different activities. We then used SIMIO–a commercial simulation software–to translate our conceptual model into a …

2024年12月16日 · When an ambulance evacuation became untenable, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency called in swift-water teams, specially designed to rescue people in turbulent waters. But the flash flood had become so violent and the river was so full of debris that the boats couldn’t safely carry patients away.

2019年11月8日 · In many high-income countries, average ambulance response time for life-threatening emergencies is now just over five minutes. But what happens in places in less developed communities where roads are frequently flooded and impassable?

2020年5月18日 · Researchers say that flood conditions could see just 9% of some rural populations reached by an ambulance within the 7-15 minute mandatory timeframe. Older people living in rural areas would be...

2025年2月7日 · "I saw a flood of blood and called my cousin to call 911," Joseph, 37, remembered. The ambulance team arrived in just a few minutes, evaluated him, and called in the Canton-based Field Transfusion ...

Focusing on the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk (UK), this investigation examines the effect of coastal and fluvial flooding on the use of ambulance service vehicles in the assisted evacuation of care home residents and quantifies the cost of this service to the NHS under flood conditions.