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Improving EMS Deployment Performance

High Performance EMS

Better information on traffic conditions makes for more efficient and safer route selection. EMS agencies typically target a UHU of between 0.30 While some agencies incorporate all drive-times (including non-emergency post moves) into the busy ratio of UHU, it is a unique measurable contribution that deserves a separate indication.

UHU 130
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Optimizing Demand Forecasts

High Performance EMS

A potential lack of credible information makes the choices of unit movement more difficult at the same time they are becoming even more critical to the agency. Part of his justification is the average busy time of a unit being about an hour and to simplify the calculation of a Unit Hour Utilization (UHU).

UHU 130