Journal of Urban Environmental Management

Locating fire stations in the 16th district of Tehran using GIS-FAHP

Authors

Sina Eghbal 1
Seyed Morteza Moosavirad 2

1 Department of urban planning, Faculty of art and architecture, The West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Environment, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran

https://doi.org/10.48306/jumee.2023.421220.1021
Abstract
The location of city service units such as fire stations in urban areas is always one of the issues of municipalities that should be investigated and determined very carefully. The effectiveness of service quality and efficiency of fire stations is highly dependent on their proper location. Therefore, in this study, an attempt is made to determine the appropriate place to use for the establishment of a fire station by examining location information in district 16 of Tehran municipality (Nazi Abad district). For this purpose, 8 indicators affecting the location of the station were determined. The Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process was used in order to prioritize them and determine the weight of their effect. Then spatial information of each of the indicators for the studied area were prepared in ARCGIS and discussed. Finally, by combining the maps, suitable places to establish a fire station with maximum efficiency were determined. According to the results, the southern strip and a part of the northern area of the investigated area are completely suitable for building a fire station. There is no possibility to build a fire station in the northwest and west side of the area due to its usage. Also, the eastern and northeastern sides have a similar situation.

Keywords

Tehran municipality
location
fire station
fuzzy analytic hierarchy process
GIS

  • Receive Date 17 October 2023
  • Revise Date 24 November 2023
  • Accept Date 02 December 2023
  • First Publish Date 03 December 2023
  • Publish Date 03 December 2023

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