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An efficient and timely rescue of injured people by emergency medical services (EMS) is essential to saving as many lives as possible following disasters. Disrupted traffic networks due to the failures of transportation infrastructure (e.g., bridges) following major disasters like earthquakes affect...

This project covers the development of Accessibility measures for the State of North Dakota at the county level and for the three North Dakota Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs). It explains the procedures, constraints and considerations for the use of the model as an evaluation tool to measure...

Providing acute medical care outside of the hospital, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is crucial in rural environments where hospitals are not close by and are difficult to access. This study used the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) South Dakota data to exemplify the establishment of data-driven...

Improved emergency medical services (EMS) will impact traffic safety and public health in rural communities. Better planned, designed, and operated roadway networks that connect hospitals with communities in need will enhance EMS performance. To provide safe, timely and quality services, it is necessary...

In this study, we estimated the travel response time between the ambulance locations and the demand points and between the demand points and the hospitals. The estimation was conducted in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) by utilizing the shortest path algorithm. The demand points were randomly generated...

This report was designed to identify existing intercepts and mediports in North Dakota and develop a process by which new intercepts and mediports could be established. Objectives of the study were to identify existing mediport sites, determine if insurance coverage is available for mediports, develop...