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Sprawl, Equity and Fire Department Response Times Across the U.S University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 5-2009 Sprawl, equity and fire department response times across the U.S. Matin Katirai University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Recommended Citation Katirai, Matin, "Sprawl, equity and fire department response times across the U.S." (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 729. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/729 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. 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SPRAWL, EQUITY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES ACROSS THE U.S. By Matin Katirai B.A.,York University, 1999 M.P.H., University of Kentuoky, 2005 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of College of Arts and Sciences at the Uniiversity of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Re<quirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Urban and Publi¢ Affairs University of Louisville Louisville, KentuckY May 2009 Copyright 2009 by Matin Katirai All rights reserved SPRAWL, EQUITY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES ACROSS THE U.S. By Matin Katirai B.A.,York University, 1999 M.P.H., University of Kentucky, 2005 A Dissertation Approved on March 24, 2009 by the following Dissertation Committee: Dissertallon Director ii ------''" - DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my loving family Mr. Hormoz and Mrs. Vida Katirai And Mrs. Whitney Jeanne Katirai And Layli Carmel Katirai iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my major professor, Dr David Simpson, for his guidance and patience. I also would like to thank the other committee members, Dr. Hank Savitch, Dr Lauran Heberle, Dr Steven Koven, and Dr. Sumei Zhang for the useful comments and assistance over the past several years. Furthermore I would like to acknowledge the assistance that I received from Chief Chris Aponte from the Harrods Creek Fire Department, Battalion Chief Major John Stich from the Lyndon Fire Department, and Chief Jack Reckner from the Jeffersontown Fire Department. I also would like to express my thanks to my wife, Whitney for her patience and understanding during these past few years that I worked on my dissertation. iv ABSTRACT SPRAWL, EQUITY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES ACROSS THE U.S. Matin Katirai February 24, 2009 This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This study investigates and analyzes fire protection as an urban service as measured by response times, first through proportional access by looking at socio-economic status (SES), and secondly through spatial access by examining several different aspects of urban sprawl. Response times were regressed as the main dependent variable with SES and urban sprawl variables in the quantitative portion of the study. Results indicated that response times did vary by the SES nature of the fire district and that sprawl did affected response times. The quantitative results were followed by a qualitative study which examined the quantitative results from 3 local fire chiefs. This dissertation is divided into 5 chapters. Chapter one gives an overview of the dissertation along with stating the hypothesis, and significance of this dissertation. Chapter two is an overview of the literature which focuses on urban v service provision, fire protection as an urban service, response times, the locations of fire stations, fire districts, urban sprawl, and the measurement of equity and sprawl. The literature is used as a guide in framing the study. Chapter 3 is the methodology section which discusses the data and how the variables were selected. In chapter 3 there is also a description of the statistical models and how the models were derived. Chapter 4 is the results section and provides an analysis of the descriptive statistics, regression results, and an spatial analysis of data for four cities. The results section also includes the qualitative section which has interview data from 3 fire chiefs in Louisville-Jefferson County. In chapter 5 I discuss the results, make recommendations, and list possible limitations to this study and areas for future research. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v ABSTRACT vi LIST OF TABLES IX CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Hypothesis 3 1.2. Importance of Study 4 1.3. Contribution of Study 5 1.4. Organization of the Study 6 II. L1TRATURE REVIEW 7 11.1. Urban Service Provision 7 11.2. Fire Protection 13 11.3. Response Time 17 11.4. Fire Station Location 21 11.5. Fire Districts 23 11.6. Fire Codes 25 11.7. Sprawl 27 11.8. Measurement of Equality 33 11.9. Existing Gaps in Research Area 34 III. METHODOLOGY 37 111.1. Data 37 111.2. Quantitative Analysis 43 111.3. Variable Selection and Description 45 111.3.1. Selection of Equality and Sprawl Indicators 45 111.3.2. Description of Variables 48 111.4 Regression Equations and Development of Model 52 111.5 Qualitative Analysis 57 111.5.1. Survey Questions for Qualitative Analysis 58 vii Page IV RESULTS 60 IV.1. Description of Cities 60 IV.2. Descriptive Statistics 64 IV.3. Regression Results 73 IV.4. Spatial Analysis 99 IV.5. Qualitative Results 111 V DISCUSSION, RECCOMENDATIONS & CONCLUSION 129 V.1. Discussion 129 V.2. Recommendations 148 V.3. Conclusions 150 REFERENCES 154 APPENDICES 161 CURRICULUM VITAE 204 viii LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1. Fire Loss in the U.S. 14 2. City Fire Expenditure 15 3. Special Units of Governments in the U.S. 25 4. City Size Classification and Hazard Exposure 40 5. Sprawl Indicators 46 6. Variable Summary 51 7. Cities and Fire District Information 61 8. Descriptive Statistics for Entire Data Set 71 9. Descriptive Statistics Stratified by City 72 10. Model 1 Results 73 11. Summary for Results of 10% Elasticities for Equity Models 75 12. Model 2 Results 76 13. Model 3 Results 78 14. Model 4 Results 80 15. Model 5 Results 81 16. Model 6 Results 83 17. Model 7 Results 85 18. Model 7a Results 85 19. Summary for Results of 10% Elasticities for Sprawl Models 87 20. Model 8 Results 88 21. Model 8a Results 89 22. Model 9 Results 90 23. Model 9a Results 91 24. Model 10 Results 92 25. Model 10a Results 93 26. Model 11 Results 94 27. Model11a Results 95 28. Model 12 Results 96 29. Model12a Results 97 30. Model 13 Results 97 31. Model13a Results 98 ix CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Fire emergencies demand an immediate response by fire departments so that precious lives may be saved. Fire departments provide a critical public service to city residents. How those services are distributed in a city will have a tremendous impact upon how timely residents will receive a response. Robert Lineberry (1977) argued that services such as fire provision were not distributed in a discriminatory fashion, while others such as Rich (1982), and Duncombe (1991) believed that services were distributed in a manner that was unfavorable to people in lower socio-economic classes within a city. Others such as Drier, Mollenkompf and Swanstrom (2004) have made the argument that "place matters" and where one lives in an urban area will have a major impact upon the quality of life and the services that are received. Urban sprawl, the pervasive development pattern of the United States, is also a part of this place matter argument. The issue of service provision in sprawled metropolitan areas creates social justice and inequity concerns with those in declining inner cities receiving inadequate services. Sprawl creates inefficiencies in service provision and has negative externalities, such as congestion, which also impact public safety. In this dissertation I will investigate and analyze fire protection as an urban service, first through proportional access by looking at various socio economic factors, and secondly, through spatial access by examining several different 1 effects of urban sprawl. I believe where one lives in a city will have a significant impact on how a fire department responds to an emergency. The inspiration of this study comes from the response to Hurricane Katrina. The first goal was to investigate if there was any level of institutional discrimination within the fire rescue system, and second to examine the impact of the landscape and the characteristics associated with it on response. More specifically in this dissertation I will analyze the response times of fire departments as a measure of service provision at the fire district level by using spatial and socio-economic characteristics within eight major US cities including Louisville, Ky., Houston, Tx., San Francisco, Ca., Miami, Fl., Seattle, Wa., Portland, Or., Charlotte, N.C. and St. Paul, Mn. Two main research questions will be addressed in this dissertation. The first research question will examine if there is equity and proportional access to fire protective services. Socioeconomic characteristics will be used to determine if differences exist in response times at the fire district level. The next research question will examine access to services from a spatial perspective. Specifically the influence of urban sprawl on response times will be addressed. In order to investigate the influence of urban sprawl on response times many facets of urban sprawl will be considered, such as: density, mix of land uses, street configuration, dependence upon the automobile, commuting times and distance from the center of the city.
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