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TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH FRONTENAC COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AGENDA

This will be a joint meeting with the Township of Central Frontenac to review the presentation from ORH on a Joint Station Location and Fleet Study. South Frontenac Council will be joining a Central Frontenac Council meeting already in progress. TIME: DATE: PLACE:

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Joint Station Location and Fleet Study - Final Report from ORH

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Joint Station Location and Fleet Study South and Central Frontenac

January 21, 2022

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Final Report

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Disclaimer and Accreditations This document has been produced by ORH for South Frontenac Township (SFT) and Central Frontenac Township (CFT) on January 21, 2022. This document can be reproduced by SFT/CFT, subject to it being used accurately and not in a misleading context. When the document is reproduced in whole or in part within another publication or service, the full title, date and accreditation to ORH must be included. ORH is the trading name of Operational Research in Health Limited, a company registered in England with company number 2676859. ORH’s quality management system is ISO 9001:2015 certified: recognition of ORH’s dedication to maintaining high quality services for its clients. ORH’s information security management system is ISO 27001:2017 certified: evidence of ORH’s commitment to implementing international best practice with regard to data security. Disclaimer The information in this report is presented in good faith using the information available to ORH at the time of preparation. It is provided on the basis that the authors of the report are not liable to any person or organization for any damage or loss which may occur in relation to taking, or not taking, action in respect of any information or advice within the document. Accreditations

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Other than data provided by SFT/CFT, this report also contains data from the following sources:

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Executive Summary • ORH is pleased to provide this final report for a joint station location study to South and Central Frontenac townships.

• We have taken an iterative, data-driven approach to assessing

station locations, combining analysis of historical data, sophisticated optimization modelling and consultancy with both townships.

• The modelling has shown that the distribution of stations is

generally well-aligned to covering residential properties and roads, however some opportunities for improvement could be achieved when station rebuilds are required.

• Although no immediate efficiencies were identified in terms of

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shared locations, these should be considered as the population grows in future years.

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Contents Introduction • •

Background Scope

About ORH • •

Data Collection and Analysis • •

Incident Data Geographic Data

• •

Experience Generic Approach

• •

Model Setup

Current Coverage

Coverage Optimization

• •

Specified Options

• • •

• •

Combining Stations Site-search Maps

Click on the heading name to go that section within the documents

Methodology Timetable

Road Network Housing

Summary • •

Project Overview Recommendations Page 5 of 115

Optimizing Cover Area-wide Central South Combined

Approach

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Background and Scope

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Introduction • Operational Research in Health Limited (ORH) is pleased

to provide this final report for a Join Fire Station Location and Fleet Study to South and Central Frontenac.

• The purpose of this study was to review the current fire station locations and resources in both townships.

• ORH has a tried and tested approach to this type of

review, combining analysis, modelling and consultancy.

• We applied this methodology, tailored to the specific requirements of the two townships, to complete an iterative assessment of station locations.

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Background • There are currently 13 stations in South and Central Frontenac Fire and Rescue services: – SFFR = eight fire stations – CFFR = four fire stations and one sub-station

• With two exceptions, the current estate for SFFR needs

significant upgrades or total rebuilds, so it is necessary to evaluate potential options for relocating and/or rationalizing stations in the area. This should be assessed for two future scenarios:

– There is one joint fire service across the two townships.

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– SFFR and CFFR continue to operate as independent fire services.

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Scope • The key objective was to support SFFR and CFFR in

making data-driven decisions around the future locations of fire stations and fleet across the townships.

• This had to determine the ability to provide suitable

coverage from facilities, considering the potential for joint working between the two fire and rescue services.

• In the time available, ORH sought to : – Analyze historical incident demand

– Build appropriate optimization and coverage models – Appraise current and optimal locations for all fire stations – Map travel times, road distance and coverage statistics

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– Evaluate options for potential station combinations

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About ORH

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ORH helps emergency services around the world to optimise resource use and respond in the most effective and efficient way.

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About ORH We have set the benchmark for emergency service planning, with a proven approach that combines rigorous scientific analysis with experienced, insightful consultancy. Our expert team uses sophisticated spatial interaction modelling techniques to identify opportunities for improvement and uncover hidden capacity. The outputs of our work enable clients to make robust, data-driven decisions and explain them clearly to stakeholders.

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Above all, we are committed to getting it right, for the good of our clients and the people who rely on their services.

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Examples of ORH Global Experience

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ORH Sectors

Emergency Medical Services

Police

Fire

Control Rooms

Non-Emergency Transport

Other Sectors Page 14 of 115

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ORH Support to FRSs

Risk

Resources

Response

• Quantifying Risks

• Matching to Risk

• Efficient and Effective

• Identifying Relationships

• Optimal Locations

• Day-to-day Management

• Targeting Activities

• Resource Types

• Contingency Planning

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Fire Service Planning Questions How does the level of risk vary across the service area?

Where would facilities be located on a blank canvas basis?

What are the optimal hours for deploying units?

Which vehicle types should the service deploy and where?

Which are the most appropriate crewing models?

Where are the optimal locations for new stations?

How will population growth affect service delivery?

Can the service provide a response to new types of incidents?

What targets should the service set for response?

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What is the current level of demand and performance?

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ORH Data-Driven Process Data

Analysis

Identify sources Test reliability

Service understanding Inform modelling

Optimised solutions

Modelling Test options for change

Better Decision Making

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Consultation with the client throughout

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Approach and Timetable

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Approach (1) • SFFR/CFFR formed a steering group comprised of the Fire Chief and the Chief Administrative Officer for each township.

• At the project initiation ORH discussed the requirements for data collection, finalized the project timetable and presented the proposed approach in more detail.

• SFFR/CFFR provided ORH with incident and response data from the past six years. ORH analyzed the data to build an understanding of demand trends. land use and addresses across the two townships.

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• In addition, the County of Frontenac provided data on

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Approach (2) • Using commercially available travel time data, ORH built

an appropriate model of journeys across the townships and verified this against historic response times. We then mapped the coverage provided by current stations.

• ORH conducted initial optimization runs to minimize

average time to all roads in the townships. In agreement with the steering group, the objective was changed to maximizing coverage to residential properties and roads.

• In addition to township-wide and combined optimization

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runs, ORH modelled a series of changes to station locations as specified by SFFR/CFFR. For all options, ORH presented the coverage to properties and roads, compared to the current position.

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Proposed Timetable Week Number w/c Date

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

15-Nov

22-Nov

29-Nov

06-Dec

13-Dec

20-Dec

27-Dec

03-Jan

10-Jan

17-Jan

24-Jan

Data Review

Data Analysis

Christmas Break

Model Setup

Demand Projections

Location Optimization

Scenario Modelling

Sensitivity Modelling

Reporting Deliverables

1 Key: PU - Progress Update DR - Final Report FR - Final Report

DR

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FR

3

SG Meeting 1 - Project Initiation, Data Collection and Stakeholder Engagement SG Meeting 2 - Emerging Outcomes of Analysis and Initial Modelling Runs SG Meeting 3 - Present Final Report and Outstanding Requirements

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Steering Group Meetings

PU

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Data Collection and Analysis

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Data Requirements • ORH specified the following data requirements… • Incident and workload data – Detailed information for the past five years – Summary of the number of incidents by month/year

• Current and planned station locations, plus relevant

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• Volunteer availability or expected staff numbers by station • Access to data on expected population change by locality • Information on land use and/or addresses

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Incident Data Requirements • For incident data, ORH provided an example of the key

data fields, specifying that this should include all calls to which SFFR/CFFR mobilized a unit, including the location and type of call, plus key time fields…

Data Type

Field

Notes/format

Incident ID

A unique identifier for the incident

Incident level Date & Time of Call data (one row per incident) Incident Location

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss Latitude and Longitude

Incident Type

Specify whether this is at time of call or final category

Incident ID

To match to the incident data

Date & Time Left Scene

The responding unit’s callsign/identifier YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss

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Unit ID Response level data (one row Date & Time Vehicle Assigned per response, can be multiple Date & Time Vehicle Mobilised per incident) Date & Time Arrived at Scene

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Incident Demand Analysis • ORH analyzed the incident and response data provided by SFFR/CFFR to evaluate:

– Trends for incident demand – Categories of incidents – Geographical distribution of incidents – Workload by station

• An incident is defined as any call in South or Central

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Total Incidents – Central Frontenac Sample Period: January 1, 2016 - October 31, 2021 Alarm

Cancelled

Fire

Medical

MVC

Other

Rescue

160

140

Incident Demand

120

100

80

60

40

0 2016

2017

2018

2019

Year

2020

2021

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Total Incidents – South Frontenac Sample Period: January 1, 2016 - October 31, 2021 Alarm

Cancelled

Fire

Medical

MVC

Other

Rescue

550

500

450

Incident Demand

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

0 2016

2017

2018

2019

Year

2020

2021

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Average Weekly Demand Area

Central Frontenac

South Frontenac

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Overall

Alarm

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.02

0.17

0.14

0.07

Cancelled

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Fire

0.44

0.15

0.21

0.29

0.35

0.76

0.35

Medical

1.63

1.42

0.94

1.38

1.17

2.00

1.41

MVC

0.15

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.40

0.41

0.17

Other

0.11

0.02

0.12

0.12

0.27

0.12

0.12

Rescue

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.02

0.06

0.07

0.03

Overall

2.37

1.67

1.36

1.86

2.42

3.50

2.16

Alarm

0.98

0.94

0.67

1.15

0.86

0.97

0.93

Cancelled

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.02

0.16

0.03

Fire

2.30

1.28

1.23

1.65

2.34

2.19

1.82

Medical

4.05

3.11

3.43

4.64

3.38

3.48

3.69

MVC

1.32

0.88

0.79

0.96

1.02

1.04

1.00

Other

0.54

0.73

0.73

0.27

0.29

0.16

0.46

Rescue

0.08

0.12

0.06

0.12

0.19

0.05

0.10

Total

9.28

7.06

6.90

8.80

8.09

8.04

8.03

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ORHCategory

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Station Workload Area

Central Frontenac

South Frontenac

Station

Total Incidents

Average Weekly

Arden (1)

264

0.87

Mountain Grove (2)

51

0.17

Sharbot (3)

236

0.78

Parham (4)

106

0.35

Overall

657

2.16

Bradshaw (1)

67

0.22

Burridge (2)

93

0.31

Verona (3)

383

1.26

Hartington (4)

379

1.25

Sydenham (5)

424

1.39

Perth Road (6)

351

1.15

Latimer (7)

239

0.79

Sunbury/Battersea (8)

403

1.32

Overall

2,339

7.69

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This table shows the number of incidents, based on the home station of the first responding unit, during the six-year data sample

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Incident Location Maps • Using the incident data for both fire services, ORH

produced maps showing the geographical distribution of incident locations in each township.

• The following maps represent each incident in the six-

year sample period with a dot marking the coordinates that were recorded for the incident.

• There is a map of all incident locations in each township, followed by maps for incident categories: fires, alarms, motor vehicle collisions, medical and other incidents.

although the road network can be identified in the MVC maps.

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• In general, incidents are clustered in the built-up areas,

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Central Frontenac: All Incidents

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Central Frontenac: Fire Incidents

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Central Frontenac: Alarm Incidents

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Central Frontenac: MVC Incidents

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Central Frontenac: Medical Incidents

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Central Frontenac: Other Incidents

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South Frontenac: All Incidents

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South Frontenac: Fire Incidents

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South Frontenac: Alarm Incidents

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South Frontenac: MVC Incidents

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South Frontenac: Medical Incidents

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South Frontenac: Other Incidents

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GIS Data Analysis • In addition to analyzing incident and response data

provided by SFFR/CFFR, ORH also evaluated GIS data from the County of Frontenac.

• This data related to street addresses, land use and

building footprints. The objective was to analyze the distribution of residential properties in the area and then include these in the optimization and coverage models.

• Finally, ORH used commercially available road network

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data to profile the roads within the two townships, again with the intention of using road coverage as part of the assessment of station locations.

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Property Data: Raw Information

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Property Data: Land Use Analysis

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Road Network Data

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Model Setup

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Model Setup • ORH used two models in evaluating station locations: – Optimization model: to identify ideal locations based on defined optimization criteria and constraints – Coverage model: to report key statistics on the distance/time coverage from potential sites to relevant geographical distributions

• Both models were populated with outcomes from the

analysis of incident and GIS data, plus a calibrated travel time matrix based on the current road network. ORH then tested the resulting coverage against key measures.

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• Having determined the optimal locations in any scenario,

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Optimization Approach • At the start of the study, ORH discussed various options for optimization objectives, for example: – Travel time vs. travel distance – Minimizing average vs. maximizing within X minutes – Incidents / roads / population as the risk proxy

• ORH conducted a series of area-wide optimization runs to assess different options. In agreement with SFFR/CFFR the objective was to:

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– Optimize coverage of all residential properties and the road network to maximize the proportion reachable within 5, 8 and 13 kilometres of stations.

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Measuring Coverage • To compare current and future scenarios for station

locations, ORH used a coverage model to summarize service provision against geographical measures.

• For all assessed options, ORH provided SFFR/CFFR with

the expected coverage by risk proxy (residential properties and roads), area (SFFR, CFFR and combined) and distance (5, 8 and 13km).

• Outputs were provided in terms of tables summarizing

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the proportion of residences/roads within 5/8/13 kms and maps depicting the geographical coverage for key options.

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Site-search Mapping • For selected options, ORH produced site-search maps,

that used optimization modelling to determine the optimal location a particular station within its local area.

• This followed the same optimization approach with all other station deployments fixed.

• The resulting site search maps are based on the road and residential coverage for hundreds of alternative locations in the area around the existing stations, with interpolation used for areas between each point. moving the station to each point, relative to the current location.

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• The colours on the map represent the suitability of

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Current Coverage

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Current Road Coverage • Based on the modelling methodology, ORH calculated the proportion of the road network that is within 5, 8 and 13 kilometres driving distance of current stations, for CFFR, SFFR and the combined area.

• Maps for road coverage in the three geographies are provided on the subsequent pages. Central

South

Overall

5

24.7%

36.4%

31.6%

8

47.5%

61.5%

55.8%

13

84.2%

86.3%

85.4%

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Distance (Km)

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Current Road Coverage: Central

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Current Road Coverage: South

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Current Road Coverage: Combined

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Residential Property Coverage • Based on the modelling methodology, ORH calculated the

proportion of residential properties that are within 5, 8 and 13 kilometres driving distance of current stations, for CFFR, SFFR and the combined area.

• Maps showing the residential properties and stations in the three geographies are provided in the subsequent pages. Central

South

Overall

5

36.0%

42.4%

40.6%

8

58.9%

68.6%

65.8%

13

87.9%

87.9%

87.9%

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Distance (Km)

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Residential Coverage: Central

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Residential Coverage: South

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Residential Coverage: Combined

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Optimizing Coverage Area-wide • The first optimization runs evaluated the optimal sites to locate stations within each township. To commence, the modelling considered maintaining the same number of stations as currently located.

• The only constraint was that Stations 6 and 8 in SFFR

(Perth Road and Sunbury/Battersea) were fixed at their respective locations. – All subsequent modelling runs also fixed these sites.

• ORH modelled three options: CFFR (4 stations), SFFR (8

stations) and both townships in combination (12 stations). coverage to the current position.

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• For each option, ORH compared optimal locations and

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Optimizing Central: Locations

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Optimizing Central: Coverage Results Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

27.2%

56.9%

91.1%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

32.6%

59.6%

88.3%

Difference

2.5%

9.4%

6.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

1.0%

3.8%

2.9%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

35.1%

61.8%

93.4%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.3%

66.6%

89.4%

Difference

-0.9%

2.9%

5.5%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.3%

0.8%

1.5%

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5Km

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Optimizing South: Locations

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Optimizing South: Coverage Results Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

24.3%

47.7%

84.0%

39.0%

67.8%

89.3%

33.0%

59.5%

87.1%

Difference

-0.4%

0.2%

-0.2%

2.6%

6.3%

3.0%

1.4%

3.7%

1.7%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

35.4%

59.0%

87.9%

43.2%

71.3%

90.2%

41.0%

67.8%

89.5%

Difference

-0.6%

0.1%

0.0%

0.8%

2.7%

2.3%

0.4%

2.0%

1.6%

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5Km

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Optimizing CF+SF: Locations

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Optimizing CF+SF: Coverage Results Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

24.2%

47.6%

83.9%

42.0%

71.6%

88.1%

35.3%

64.9%

87.9%

Difference

-0.5%

0.1%

-0.3%

5.6%

10.1%

1.8%

3.7%

9.1%

2.5%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

32.8%

60.3%

93.2%

46.0%

76.3%

89.5%

42.2%

71.8%

90.5%

Difference

-3.2%

1.4%

5.3%

3.6%

7.7%

1.6%

1.6%

6.0%

2.6%

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5Km

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Optimizing CF+SF: Road Coverage

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Optimizing Coverage: Fewer Stations • Following the same approach for the combined (Central + South) run, ORH optimized the configuration for 11 or 10 stations across the townships, with the objective of identifying whether current coverage could be maintained with fewer sites, if these were optimally located.

• These optimization runs were conducted area-wide, with the same objective as before, that is, to maximize coverage to residential addresses and roads, with SFFR Stations 6 & 8 ‘fixed’ at current sites.

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Optimizing CF+SF: 11 Locations

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Optimizing CF+SF: Coverage (11 Stns) Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 12

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized 11

22.2%

46.6%

88.1%

39.4%

68.4%

87.6%

32.3%

59.4%

87.8%

Difference

-2.5%

-0.9%

3.9%

3.0%

6.9%

1.3%

0.7%

3.6%

2.4%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 12

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized 11

34.8%

55.2%

91.5%

42.7%

72.0%

88.8%

40.5%

67.2%

89.5%

Difference

-1.2%

-3.7%

3.6%

0.3%

3.4%

0.9%

-0.1%

1.4%

1.6%

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5Km

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Optimizing CF+SF: 10 Locations

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Optimizing CF+SF: Coverage (10 Stns) Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 12

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized 10

22.2%

46.6%

88.1%

33.6%

62.1%

86.6%

28.9%

55.7%

87.2%

Difference

-2.5%

-0.9%

3.9%

-2.8%

0.6%

0.3%

-2.7%

-0.1%

1.8%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 12

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized 10

34.8%

55.2%

91.5%

37.2%

67.4%

87.9%

36.5%

63.9%

88.9%

Difference

-1.2%

-3.7%

3.6%

-5.2%

-1.2%

0.0%

-4.1%

-1.9%

1.0%

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Specified Options

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Specified Options • Following the area-wide optimization modelling, CFFR and SFFR specified options of interest for ORH to examine.

• In each case, where optimization was required, the same objectives were used, however more constraints were applied to develop feasible options.

• For all options, ORH has reported the coverage statistics in the same manner as the area-wide optimization, comparing the results to the current station locations.

• When considering the ideal replacement site for a single Page 76 of 115

station, ORH produced a site-search map to determine the optimal within its local area.

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Central: Combining Stations 1 & 2

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Central: Combining Stations 1 & 2 • CFFR specified an option to potentially combine Stations 1 (Arden) and 2 (Mountain Grove) at one site.

• ORH identified the optimal location with CFFR Stations 3 and 4 fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Compare locations and coverage to current position.

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Central: Combining Stations 1 & 2

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Central: Combining Stations 1 & 2 Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 4

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized 3

20.2%

38.9%

81.6%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

29.7%

52.2%

84.4%

Difference

-4.5%

-8.6%

-2.6%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-1.9%

-3.6%

-1.0%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 4

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized 3

38.0%

54.3%

86.3%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

41.1%

64.6%

87.4%

Difference

2.0%

-4.6%

-1.6%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.5%

-1.2%

-0.5%

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Central: Optimizing Station 1

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Central: Optimizing Station 1 • CFFR specified an option to potentially relocate Station 1 (Arden) to a new site.

• ORH identified the optimal location with all other CFFR and SFFR stations fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Produced a site-search map for the optimal location. – Compared coverage to current position.

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Central: Optimizing Station 1

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Central: Optimizing Station 1 Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

25.3%

47.6%

84.6%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.8%

55.8%

85.6%

Difference

0.6%

0.1%

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.2%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

37.8%

59.2%

88.2%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

41.4%

65.9%

87.9%

Difference

1.8%

0.3%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.8%

0.1%

0.0%

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South: Stations 3, 4 and 5

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SF Stations 3, 4 & 5 • SFFR specified an option to potentially combine Stations 3 (Verona), 4 (Hartington) and 5 (Sydenham) at one or two optimal sites in South Frontenac.

• ORH identified the optimal location with all other SFFR stations fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Compare locations and coverage to current position.

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SF Stations 3, 4 & 5: Two Locations

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SF Stations 3, 4 & 5: Two Locations Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 8

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized 7

24.8%

47.7%

84.3%

31.8%

57.7%

85.5%

28.9%

53.6%

85.0%

Difference

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

-4.6%

-3.8%

-0.8%

-2.7%

-2.2%

-0.4%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 8

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized 7

36.1%

59.2%

87.9%

37.9%

66.2%

87.3%

37.3%

64.2%

87.4%

Difference

0.1%

0.3%

0.0%

-4.5%

-2.4%

-0.6%

-3.3%

-1.6%

-0.5%

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SF Stations 3, 4 & 5: One Location

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SF Stations 3, 4 & 5: One Location Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 8

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized 6

24.3%

44.6%

78.5%

26.2%

50.4%

80.8%

25.4%

48.1%

79.9%

Difference

-0.4%

-2.9%

-5.7%

-10.2% -11.1%

-5.5%

-6.2%

-7.7%

-5.5%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 8

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized 6

35.5%

56.7%

84.2%

25.9%

54.0%

83.0%

28.5%

54.8%

83.3%

Difference

-0.5%

-2.2%

-3.7%

-16.5% -14.6%

-4.9%

-12.1%

-11.0%

-4.6%

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South: Stations 3, 4, 5 and 7

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SF Stations 3, 4, 5 & 7 • SFFR specified an option to potentially combine Stations 3 (Verona), 4 (Hartington), 5 (Sydenham) and 7 (Latimer) at three optimal sites in South Frontenac.

• ORH identified the optimal location with all other SFFR stations fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Compare locations and coverage to current position.

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SF Stations 3, 4, 5 & 7: Locations

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SF Stations 3, 4, 5 & 7: Coverage Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 8

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized 7

24.8%

47.7%

84.3%

32.4%

57.6%

85.5%

29.3%

53.5%

85.0%

Difference

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

-4.0%

-3.9%

-0.8%

-2.3%

-2.3%

-0.4%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current 8

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized 7

36.1%

59.2%

87.9%

39.1%

65.9%

87.3%

37.5%

64.0%

87.4%

Difference

0.1%

0.3%

0.0%

-4.3%

-2.7%

-0.6%

-3.1%

-1.8%

-0.5%

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South: Closing Station 4

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South: Closing Station 4 • Based on the optimization modelling for combining

Stations 3, 4 and 5 (and 7) in South Frontenac, SFFR specified an option to potentially remove Hartington (Station 4), while leaving all other SFFR stations in their current locations.

• No optimization modelling was required here, so ORH

compared the coverage for with and without Hartington station.

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South: Closing Station 4 Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

No Station 4

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

31.4%

57.1%

84.6%

28.6%

53.1%

84.5%

Difference

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-5.0%

-4.4%

-1.7%

-3.0%

-2.7%

-0.9%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

No Station 4

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

37.6%

65.7%

86.3%

37.1%

63.8%

86.7%

Difference

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-4.8%

-2.9%

-1.6%

-3.5%

-2.0%

-1.2%

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South: Optimizing Station 3

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South: Optimizing Station 3 • SFFR specified an option to potentially relocate Station 3 (Verona) to a new site.

• ORH identified the optimal location with all other SFFR and CFFR stations fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Produced a site-search map for the optimal location. – Compared coverage to current position.

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South: Optimizing Station 3

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South: Optimizing Station 3 Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

24.8%

47.7%

84.3%

36.4%

61.6%

86.4%

31.6%

55.9%

85.5%

Difference

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

36.1%

59.2%

87.9%

42.2%

68.8%

88.1%

40.5%

66.1%

88.0%

Difference

0.1%

0.3%

0.0%

-0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

-0.1%

0.3%

0.1%

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South: Optimizing Station 7

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South: Optimizing Station 7 • SFFR specified an option to potentially relocate Station 7 (Latimer) to a new site.

• ORH identified the optimal location with all other SFFR and CFFR stations fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Produced a site-search map for the optimal location. – Compared coverage to current position.

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South: Optimizing Station 7

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South: Optimizing Station 7 Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

37.0%

61.4%

86.3%

31.9%

55.7%

85.4%

Difference

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.6%

-0.1%

0.0%

0.3%

-0.1%

0.0%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.6%

68.3%

87.9%

40.7%

65.6%

87.9%

Difference

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

-0.3%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.2%

0.0%

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South: Optimizing Station 5

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South: Optimizing Station 5 • SFFR specified an option to potentially relocate Station 5 (Sydenham) to a new site.

• ORH identified the optimal location with all other SFFR and CFFR stations fixed at their current sites.

– Same approach as township-wide optimization. – Produced a site-search map for the optimal location. – Compared coverage to current position.

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South: Optimizing Station 5

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South: Optimizing Station 5 Road Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.4%

61.5%

86.3%

31.6%

55.8%

85.4%

Optimized

24.7%

47.5%

84.2%

36.7%

61.6%

86.5%

31.8%

55.8%

85.5%

Difference

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.1%

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

0.1%

Housing Coverage Central

South

Overall

Deployment 8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

5Km

8Km

13Km

Current

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.4%

68.6%

87.9%

40.6%

65.8%

87.9%

Optimized

36.0%

58.9%

87.9%

42.7%

68.9%

88.2%

40.8%

66.1%

88.0%

Difference

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

0.2%

0.3%

0.1%

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Summary

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Summary • ORH analyzed incident and GIS data to build an

understanding of the townships and develop inputs for the optimization and coverage models.

• Area-wide optimization runs were followed by a series of specific options for CFFR and SFFR. In all scenarios, the residential properties and road network coverage was compared to the current position.

• In general, the stations are closely aligned to optimal

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sites, so there are limited opportunities for providing large coverage gains without significant investment in new station locations across the townships.

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Recommendations: Central • In CFFR, Station 1 (Arden) is recognized as requiring

investment and the modelling has indicated that it is important to maintain a site in this area. The optimal location is northeast of the current station with improved access to Highway 7, and this should be considered if an opportunity arises to rebuild in a new location.

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Recommendations: South • There are three stations in SFFR that might require renovating or rebuilding in the near future.

• ORH’s modelling has identified that: – Station 3 (Verona) is well-located and a rebuild should be in the near vicinity of the current site. An option to co-locate with OPP should be considered. – Station 7 (Latimer) could be relocated closer to Inverary, however this would only provide a small gain in coverage. Page 113 of 115

– Station 5 (Sydenham) is also well-located, so is not a priority to relocate. When renovation is required, an alternative site on Rutledge Rd would be optimal.

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Recommendations: Combined • From the area-wide optimization runs, there were limited opportunities arising for combining sites in CFFR and SFFR to produce a more efficient service.

• One area to potentially explore would be between Parham (CFFR) and Bradshaw (SFFR), where an optimal site was identified, however this would need to meet the requirements for both services. This could be explored subject to future population growth in the area.

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