Spatial Distribution of Fire Stations in El-Minia Governorate: A Geographical Perspective

Fire station service is one of the modern applied trends in service geography, which sheds light on this vital service. It is indispensable to society as it is related to the distribution of the population. This service must exist wherever people exist, as it is of crucial importance for the preservation of people's lives, the safety and protection of different housing and developmental establishments, the safety of transportation means, and the protection of all public and private institutions.
 
The present study sheds light on the spatial distribution of fire stations, and seeks to identify their number to see whether they are adequate for the region under study to achieve easy access to the crisis area as soon as possible, and whether they are few and do not meet the needs for them and, as a result, they cannot be easily reached due to their paucity.
 
 In addition, the present study sheds light on the equipment and devices that complement their work, their places, the distances between them, and their sizes to see if they are sufficient to cover all the activities of the towns of El-Minia Governorate on the one hand, and if they are proportionate to the size of their population and buildings on the other hand with a view to showing their service range. Besides, the study will examine the causes and types of fires, the size of losses resulting from them, their monthly incidence rate, the barriers they face, and the means for overcoming them.