Modeling fire station establishment of industrial area using geo-spatial science

Abstract

Fire stations have to be situated carefully; in an emergency situation, the fire department should be able to reach its destination within time. The study exasperated to integrate Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with Weighted Overlay analysis (WOA) in GIS to present a model for fire station location planning. The case study is carried out in the Asansol Sadar Subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman District, West Bengal, India. The study shows that there are 364.569 km2 of High-Risk Areas (most congested Settlements, industrial areas, and Coal Mining), 59.62 km2 of Moderate Risk, and 422.348 km2 of Low Risk. The results of this research introduce five sites that are most appropriate for establishing the new stations, which cover all the areas based on the fire response time, rules, and regulations. This analytical process considered densely populated shares of the cities and also the industrial neighborhoods in the Jamuria, Kulti – Barakar, Burnpur, Chittaranjan, and Churulia as mostly suitable zones for the new fire departments. The major advantages of the new proposed sites are accessibility to the accident-prone areas as per response time, setting in the most populated area of the zone, and the high potential for interventions, which can reduce the risk and loss of life and wealth.