Rescue Service Needs Planning
Only those who are efficiently organized
can help efficiently.
Growing tasks.
Scarce resources.
Great challenges.
For years, various socio-economic factors have been influencing the performance of emergency medical services in Germany. On the one hand, incident volumes are steadily increasing; on the other, the resources required to manage them remain scarce. Since the volume of resources can hardly be increased proportionally, the focus in the future must be more than ever on the efficient use of existing resources. To ensure that good solutions meet with acceptance from decision-makers and funding bodies, as well as from employees, sound methods for creating holistic implementation concepts are required.
4 steps to reliable requirement planning
Analysis of the initial situation and controlling of current system performance
Recording and structured evaluation of existing mission data and structures, and detailed review of system performance including problem area analysis.
Dimensioning of resources
Determination of the necessary station structure and emergency resource provision; if required, expert evaluation of existing stations.
Further analyses and requirement derivations
Upon request: Simulation of the introduction of new emergency resource categories, supply structure optimizations, dimensioning of extended emergency services, and mass casualty incident (MCI) requirements.
Structure and measure recommendations
Derivation of concrete, economically evaluated recommendations for action based on a target-performance comparison for politics and administration.
How we proceed –
Our Methodological Approaches
Detailed data analyses
At the beginning of every EMS requirement planning process, we intensively analyze the reference area.
We want to gain an understanding of how the local emergency services function, what wishes and requirements exist, and which regional peculiarities must be taken into account.
With our proven and constantly further developed analysis tool “ELENA”, we carry out a detailed data analysis based on the mission data from recent years. “ELENA” is adapted to the topics relevant to EMS requirement planning. This allows us to flexibly answer the specific questions that arise here.
Requirement planning is not pure mathematics – we are firmly convinced of that. Therefore, we do not only collect key figures but also analyze their causes. This allows us to address exactly these causes when developing the overall concept and to bring about the greatest possible improvements in a targeted manner with the least possible effort.
The resource planning of the emergency medical services is carried out on the basis of all analysis data and findings obtained. The mathematical model we use provides the number, locations, and operational areas of rescue stations. Solving the location and provision problem simultaneously leads to a significant gain in efficiency.
Alternative supply strategies
Our goal
Further Support
Holistic support for emergency medical services
Even beyond requirement planning and the implementation concept, we can provide you with comprehensive advice and support – e.g., regarding
- Negotiations with payers
- Fee calculations
- Personnel management and organizational topics
- Analysis of the impact of infrastructure changes on emergency services (e.g., hospital closures, extension of travel and handover times, long-term closure of central traffic routes due to construction work, etc.)
- Implementation and ongoing controlling as an accompanying partner, also with the option for further services such as a regular reassessment of the derived measures,
Premergency
We have the expertise and experience to competently answer all questions arising from EMS requirement planning. Our goal is to increase the performance of the emergency medical services and secure it sustainably.
The basis of our work is an intensive analysis of the current situation. Time and again, we encounter problem areas that the client was not aware of. Once the critical issues are identified, they can be addressed constructively together.
Part of our consulting philosophy is to actively involve clients in the entire process. This means, among other things, continuously exchanging ideas on interim results of the project and thereby reaching a result together that is as theoretically sound as it is fully implementable in practice.
We see ourselves as cultural translators. We “speak” control center – and equally the language of politics, treasury, and business administration. We know the expectations, requirements, and areas of tension in requirement planning very precisely from our broad experience. Against this background, we can confidently communicate the results of the requirement planning to the various stakeholders in a tailored manner.
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References
Needs Planning
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Industrial fire brigades always operate in the tension between cost-effectiveness and safety. Accordingly, it is important to derive the fundamental necessity and the correct dimensioning of an industrial fire brigade in a robust, balanced, and transparent manner. The basis for this is needs and development planning for industrial emergency response.
