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NFPA 1710

NFPA 1710. Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments. One more time:. Standard Organization and Deployment Fire Suppression Operations Emergency Medical Operations

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NFPA 1710

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  1. NFPA 1710 Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments

  2. One more time: • Standard • Organization and Deployment • Fire Suppression Operations • Emergency Medical Operations • To the Public • By Career Fire Departments

  3. Purpose: • Specify minimum criteria addressing effectiveness and efficiency • Protecting the public and the occupational safety and health of fire department employees • Not intended to restrict any jurisdiction from exceeding the requirements

  4. Mandatory Requirements: • Unit Staffing Standards • Response Time Standards • First Engine Company • Medical First Responder • Advanced Life Support • Initial Full First Alarm Assignment (Response Time and Resources)

  5. Response Time Standards: Response Times for Fire Suppression (travel time) • 4 minutes for First Engine Company and—or • 8 minutes for Full First Alarm Assignment

  6. Response Time Standards: Response Time Objectives for EMS (travel times) • 4 Minutes for First Responder with AED • 8 Minutes for ALS (if provided)

  7. Unit Staffing Requirements: • Life hazard to populace • Safe and effective fire fighting performance conditions for fire fighters • Potential property loss • Nature, configuration, hazards and internal protection of properties • Tactics, evolutions, SOPs, apparatus, • Expected results

  8. MinimumUnit Staffing Requirement: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Safety 4

  9. Additional Unit Staffing: In jurisdictions with: • Tactical hazards • High hazard occupancies • High incident frequencies • Geographical restrictions • Other pertinent factors Minimum of 5 or 6

  10. Full First Alarm Requirement: Deploy an initial first alarm assignment within 8 minutes 90% of the time

  11. Full First Alarm Resources: Based on typical occupancy • Single family dwelling • 2000 square feet • 2- story • No basement • No exposures

  12. Minimum Staffing for 1st Alarm: • Exterior incident commander • Uninterrupted water supply – operator • Attack line – 2 firefighters • Back-up line – 2 firefighters • Support person – one firefighter per line • Search and rescue team – 2 firefighters • Ventilation team – 2 firefighters • Aerial (if used) – operator • IRIC – 2 firefighters TOTAL 14 or 15

  13. Typical Response: • Engine Company 4 • Engine Company 4 • Ladder Company 4 • Rescue Unit 2 • Command Officer 1 TOTAL = 15

  14. Innovative Response: • Engine + Rescue Ambulance 4 • Quint + Mini Pumper 6 • HazMat Squad 3 • Command 2 TOTAL = 15

  15. Non-typical Occupancies: Other occupancies and structures in the community that present greater hazards should be addressed by additional firefighter functions and additional responding personnel on the full first alarm assignment.

  16. Which is it? Technical Standard or Political Statement?

  17. Performance Evaluation: • Establish a performance objective of not less than 90 percent for each response time objective • Evaluate performance annually in each geographic area • Provide quadrennial written report to authority having jurisdiction • Define geographic areas and circumstances where objectives are not being met • Explain predictable consequences and steps necessary to achieve compliance

  18. Problems: • Voluntary Consensus Standard • Based on limited consensus • Limited applicability • Difficult to measure compliance • Variable level of protection • Career versus Volunteer • Mixes Prescriptive and Performance Requirements

  19. Is it a Good Startor a Bad Idea? Solution for which there is no known problem…

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