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The paper describes the further development of the United Kingdom Home Office Fire Cover Model and its use in providing advice to the Joint Committee on the Standards of Fire Cover. The Committee was tasked with reviewing the arrangements made by the Local Authority Fire (County) Brigades for providing fire appliance attendance to fires and other emergency i n c i d e n t s. The Home Office wished to consider the effect on resources required if various possible changes were made in the current arrangements. The model was used to assess the effects in a sample of four brigades.