Demand/Risk Forecasting
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) has taught us the value of understanding the communities we serve, not simply react to their emergencies. However, the greatest failure of CRR is to assume that community risk remains static by the time of day, across the week, or throughout the seasons. For instance, we know that traffic moves differently in mornings versus evenings during the work week and the types of requests we receive also have a seasonal rhythm dictated by weather and daylight. What we are missing is an interface that allows us to model these dynamic forces and make appropriate decisions based on what we have available at the moment. No printed binder can contain all the possibilities!
