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Specifically, we present a analytical framework to (1) analyze the underlying demographic and geographic patterns of emergency incidents and EMS resources; (2) develop a mathematical programming model to identify potential demand gaps of EMS coverage across different districts; and (3) provide a remedial reallocation solution to the EMS system with the existing ambulance capacity. The proposed method is validated with emergency response incident data in New York City for the first COVID-19 surge from March to April 2020. We found that it takes a long incident response time to scenes which reflects unexpected incident demands during COVID-19 surge. To cover such disruptive demands, ambulances need to be reallocated between service districts while meeting the response time standard. The proposed framework can be potentially applied to similar disruptive scenarios in the future and other operational systems disrupted by other disasters.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p><jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                  <jats:list-item>\n                    <jats:p>We propose an analytical framework using optimization modeling and simulation techniques for EMS resource allocation in response to a demand disruption amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:list-item>\n                  <jats:list-item>\n                    <jats:p>We propose mathematical programming models to identify potential demand gaps of EMS coverage across different districts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:list-item>\n                  <jats:list-item>\n                    <jats:p>We provide a remedial reallocation solution to the EMS system with the existing ambulance capacity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:list-item>\n                <\/jats:list><\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s43069-023-00218-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,19]],"date-time":"2023-05-19T08:01:53Z","timestamp":1684483313000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["An Analytical Approach for Dispatch Operations of Emergency Medical Services: A Case Study of COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Jing","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruilin","family":"Ouyang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5806-2093","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chun-An","family":"Chou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacqueline","family":"Griffin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"218_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"349","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cor.2016.09.016","volume":"78","author":"R Aringhieri","year":"2017","unstructured":"Aringhieri R, Bruni ME, Khodaparasti S, van Essen JT (2017) Emergency medical services and beyond: addressing new challenges through a wide literature review. 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