Location-Allocation problem of fire stations in Tehran, region 22 using "VAOMP" a unified approach

The heterogeneous urban development and the lack of proper forecasting of urban development cause many problems in cities. Among these problems, there is a shortage of urban amenities such as a hospital, fire station, etc. The 22nd district of Tehran, which has witnessed a growing trend in recent years and includes high-rise towers and buildings, has a large population, so it is believed that the lack of urban amenities, including stations Firefighting. The purpose of this research is to investigate the status of allocation of demand to existing fire stations in the region with the VAOMP unified approach (a completely new approach to location and allocation) with the goal of minimizing time in the GIS environment. Considering that location and allocation issues are among NP-Hard issues, solving them in deterministic methods is almost impossible. For this reason, in the present research, metaheuristic algorithm was used to solve the problem. After sensitivity analysis and implementing the new VAOMP model in the study area with 7 existing stations and a population of 150,000, the results of the research showed that existing stations with the goal of minimizing time (up to 5 minutes) are not able to provide the entire population of the region with services And 28040 calls will remain without access to the services, which means that at least two other stations are required for optimal service provision in the region.. Also, despite the difficulty of the VAOMP model, it was found that this algorithm is capable of solving satisfactorily solvable problems in a short time.