System Status Management Strategies for Success with MARVLIS

Every public safety agency needs to thoughtfully consider where resources are located between calls. Even if it is only one unit based in a station, that location will determine much about its ability to respond. As the fleet grows, the considerations for distribution become far more complex than just simple response times. Warehousing at a central point has advantages and disadvantages, just as the idea of continuously redistributing vehicles has costs and savings in different...
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Every public safety agency needs to thoughtfully consider where resources are located between calls. Even if it is only one unit based in a station, that location will determine much about its ability to respond. As the fleet grows, the considerations for distribution become far more complex than just simple response times. Warehousing at a central point has advantages and disadvantages, just as the idea of continuously redistributing vehicles has costs and savings in different measures. The consistent idea across these diverse strategies is that the place these resources reside clearly communicates the values that a service prioritizes. Just as Jack Stout did during the decade of the 80's, this work challenges the traditional thoughts of automating the tasks of deployment and dispatch to leverage them as opportunities to coordinate successful organizational strategies.