The Nantucket Fire Department (NFD) faces not only the obstacles of every fire department trying to protect lives and property, but also the burden of an enormous summer population and no prospect of mutual aid. Accordingly, the goal of this project was to analyze the response times of the NFD in comparison with their goals and national standards, and recommend effective strategies to enhance response and prepare for the future growth. We conclude that congestion, long travel distances, and call concurrency slow response times. We recommend the Town builds a new fire station at the public safety facility with sufficient space for growth, invests in additional staff, and further examines the effects of satellite stations and forward deployment of resources at peak times.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Wolf, Carson James
• Sauer, Nathaniel Guild
• Smith, Sarah Rae
• Brecher, Emily Grace

Subject

• Security
• Health
• Community
• Sustainability
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121814-105008

Keyword

• Fire protection engineering
• Community development

Advisor

• Selkow, Stanley M.
• Golding, Dominic

Year

• 2014

Center

• Nantucket, Massachusetts Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Nantucket Fire Department

Date created

• 2014-12-18

Location

• Nantucket

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright