In: Statistics and Probability
The number of actual fire emergencies (emergencies where there
is actually a fire) per week as the fire service
in Stavanger can be described with a Poisson distribution with
parameter λ = 1.8.
a) What is the probability of exactly three calls in a week?
What is the probability of more than three calls in a week?
What is the probability of at least an emergency during one day?
What is the expected number of calls in a year?
The time, measured in number of days, that passes between two subsequent real fire calls is exponentially distributed with parameter λ = 1.8 / 7 = 0.26 (the time between subsequent events in a Poisson process is exponentially distributed).
b) What is the expected number of days between two consecutive
calls?
What is the probability that there will be more than 1 day between
two consecutive calls?
What is the probability that there will be less than 2 days between
two consecutive calls?
What is the probability that there will be between 1 and 2 days
between two subsequent calls?