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KENNESAW, Ga. | Feb 26, 2018

Study helps Cobb County Fire Department reduce travel times

In a unique collaboration with local firefighters, ÑDz©¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ graduate statistics students – using advanced statistical software and Google Maps – analyzed five years of emergency response data to potentially reduce trip times.

The Cobb County Fire Department asked ÑDz©¹Ù·½Íøվ’s for help in making sense of a huge amount of data. The information covered several years of emergency responses. The pro bono project, which launched in January 2017, covered 29 fire stations and their corresponding 272 fire zones, which averaged 168 incidents a day.

When the study began, the department’s 8-minute emergency response time was double the National Fire Protection Association’s 4-minute standard. At issue was whether a careful analysis of the data could lead to ways to improve emergency vehicles