Prioritization for establishing fire stations in urban areas (Case study: Khorramdarreh city)

One of the important concerns in urban spaces is to plan and design the appropriate spaces and locations for services. Fire stations are one of these services that are responsible for security. Identifying and prioritizing urban areas are necessary to build fire stations in the city and to improve service delivery. In this descriptive-analytical and applied research, urban areas of Khorramdarreh is prioritized to build fire stations by using VIKOR and TOPSIS models, some criteria such as access to communication networks, covered population, residential, commercial, industrial units, area coverage, educational, administrative, cultural, and transportation. In Khorramdarreh city situation, population, and proposed prioritization determined that the results of VIKOR model had higher value than TOPSIS model and is more consistent with the objective realities of city. In the situation of physical and population of Khorramdarreh, and proposed prioritize determined that the results of the model has higher value than VIKOR and TOPSIS model is more consistent with the objective realities of Khorramdarreh. Considering the results of both models, district 3 in Khorramdarreh had the maximum and district 2 in VIKOR model and district 5 in TOPSIS model had the minimum requirement for fire stations respectively.