Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Fire Medical

To:	Dave Corliss, City Manager
From:	Mark Bradford, Fire Chief
cc:	Chuck Soules
Date:	April 28, 2009
Re:	North Lawrence and Grant Township Response Plan and 2008 Incidents Analysis

Fire Medical North Lawrence & Grant Township Response Plan

North 2^nd Construction (2009-2010)

PLAN

During peak traffic time emergency responses to North Lawrence & Grant Township will be enhanced with additional response units assigned to approach from two directions.  The assigned units will approach from the South (Kansas River Bridge) and the North (I-70) with the types of unit’s dependent upon the type of dispatched incident and the current system status.  The duty shift commander may at anytime request additional units respond from either the north or south dependent upon the incident information. 

Peak traffic times are expected to be occurring during 0700-0900 and 1700-1900 hours and will be evaluated periodically for necessary adjustments. 

Water supplies to North Lawrence will not be interrupted but in the event of unexpected water disruption all structural fires will be supplemented with a “countywide tender response”.  The water wells at the Lawrence Municipal Airport will be the primary source of water refill (non-potable).  Additional plans will be implemented based on the circumstances.

Incidents that occur in the area of 2^nd and Locust/Elm may require stopping and/or re-routing all traffic to utilize the I-70 and McDonald drive corridor.

When traffic is returned to one lane Northbound and one lane Southbound traffic flows will be evaluated and the tentative plan is to return to a normal response configuration.

RECCOMENDATION

A web based camera system could be installed on city hall to assist in monitoring the traffic conditions and assist in response coordination issues.

Data Analysis

In preparation of the North 2^nd & Locust road improvements an analysis of 2008 response data to north Lawrence was performed. 

• In 2008 the Fire Medical Department responded to a total of 9799 incidents, of this total 287 or 2.9% occurred within the North Lawrence response area.

• An analysis of where incidents occurred in North Lawrence indicate that sixty-three (63) percent of all incidents occur within a quarter mile of the intersection of 7^th and Maple. 

• The top five locations for incidents in 2008 are:

• 827 Walnut - 20 incidents
• 1004 N. 3^rd – 15 incidents
• 420 North St. – 11 incidents
• 133 Perry – 9 incidents
• 713 Lake – 7 incidents

• When looking at the call volume for the year 2008 during the anticipated peak traffic times the morning peak time (0700-0900) had twenty-three (23) incidents and the evening peak time (1700-1900) had twenty-three (23) incidents.

2008 Incidents – Day of Week & Peak Times

North Lawrence 2008	Totals	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
All Incidents	287	35	59	34	28	47	50	34
EMS	224
Fire/Other	63
0700-0900 All Incidents	23	2	5	5	2	4	2	3
1700-1900 All Incidents	23	3	3	4	3	0	6	4

2008 Incidents by Map Reference

Map Reference	Total Calls
1614A	26
1614B	59
1614C	21
1614D	36
1615A	22
1615C	63
1714B	2
1714C	44
1714D	9
1815C	5

Quarter mile quadrants follow the same pattern in each square mile A=NW quadrant, B=NE quadrant, C=SW quadrant, D=SE quadrant. 

A	B
C	D

Traffic Plan