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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-08 e RESOLUTION NO. :W-OR A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ,AND OBJECTIVES FOR PORT ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Fire Department is legally established as a fire department through Ordinance No. 1092, approved by the City of Port Angeles City Council on September 24, 1941, to provide for the prevention of and protection from fire in the City and whose emergency services now include fire suppression, emergency medical services at the basic life support and advanced life support levels, hazardous materials response, technical rescue response, marine response and wildland firefighting response; and, WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Fire Department has a mission statement and goals and objectives to guide the organization in providing emergency services that include fire suppression, emergency medical services at the basic life support and advanced life support levels, hazardous materials response, technical rescue response, marine response and wildland firefighting response; and, WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Fire Department has a basic organizational structure which includes Chief Fire Officers, Fire Officers, Firefighter/Paramedics and Firefighter/EMTs; and, WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Fire Department is required by state law to establish turnout and response time goals for the emergency services it provides; and, WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Fire Department has evaluated the elements identified In SHB 1756 and included those provisions deemed appropriate in the Department's emergency service delivery; and, WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Fire Department has developed written response coverage objectives required to comply with applicable provisions of SHB 1756; and, e e WHEREAS, the response coverage document is in furtherance of the City of Port Angeles' duty to the public at large and does not create a specific duty to any individual in the event of an emergency response; and WHEREAS, each emergency response occurs under a unique set of circumstances and competing emergency needs may impact response in any specific situation; and WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles' obligation to respond to emergency incidents consistent with the Fire Department emergency resource deployment and response time objectives may be impacted by circumstances and competing emergency needs, the City of Port Angeles, its officers, agents and employees shall have no duty to respond according to any specific response standard, and shall incur no liability whatsoever for failing to do so; therefore, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles as follows: A. The City Council of the City of Port Angeles hereby adopts the response coverage document attached as Exhibit A as the Port Angeles Fire Department's official policy for determining emergency medical, fire and rescue resource deployment; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: B. The adopted response coverage document officially defines the Port Angeles Fire Departments written policies and procedures that establish the distribution and concentration of fixed and mobile resources of the department. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of December, 2008. ~~ '.I~ (l ~ Ga Braun, Mayor .' ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: 1Vi /''''~~ ~~ r c- ~ . /~Z-/ .~~' WilHam E. Bloor, City Attorney e G:\Legal_ Backup\ORD IN ANCES&RESOLUTIONS\RESOLUTIONS,2008\SHB 1756 RESOLUTION ,doc December 16, 2008 2 EXHIBIT A ADOPTED STANDARDS Every Fire Department shall adopt service delivery objectives in a written statement for all the major services the jurisdiction provides in an emergency mode. Seven emergency services with 13 measurable elements are addressed below: 1. Turnout time for all emergency incidents (2 minutes). 2A. Response time for first-arriving engine company to fire suppression incidents (8 minutes). 2B. Response time for deployment of first alarm assignment to a residential fire (18 minutes with 14 personnel). 2C. Response time for deployment of first alarm assignment to a commercial fire (18 minutes with 15 personnel). 3. Response time for first-arriving emergency medical services Basic Life Support (BLS) unit to an emergency medical incident (8 minutes). 4. Response time for first arriving emergency medical services Advanced Life Support (Paramedic) unit to an emergency medical incident (8 minutes). 5. Response time of the first-arriving apparatus with appropriately trained and equipped Hazardous Materials and Technical Rescue Operations level personnel on board to a special operations incident (8 minutes). 6. Response time of the first-arriving apparatus with appropriately trained and equipped personnel on board to a marine incident (28 minutes). 7. Response time for first-arriving engine company to a wildland firefighting incident (8 minutes). ALL EMERGENCY INCIDENTS 1. Turnout time. a. Time from the receipt of a dispatched alarm by the crew until they indicate, verbally or electronically, that they are en route to the incident. b. The time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of turnout time. c. The turnout time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated turnout time. d. Turnout Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a turn out time standard of 2 minutes, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. FIRE SUPPRESSION INCIDENTS 2A. Response time of the first-arriving engine company to a fire suppression incident (4 firefighters) . a. Travel time to the incident of the first-arriving engine company. b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" time after firefighters confirm they are responding, to the point that they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. The time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first-arriving engine company to a fire suppression incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. 2B. Response time for the deployment of a full first alarm assignment to a residential fire (14 firefighters ). a. Travel time to the incident for the full complement of the first alarm assignment to a residential fire. b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" time after firefighters confirm they are responding, to the pointthat they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. Time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The full complement response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 18 minutes for the arrival of the full complement of a first alarm response to a residential fire suppression incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. 2C. Response time for the deployment of a full first alarm assignment to a commercial fire ( 15 firefighters). a. Travel time to the incident for the full complement of the first alarm assignment to a commercial fire. b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" time after firefighters confirm they are responding, to the point that they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. Time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The full complement response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 18 minutes for the arrival of the full complement of a first alarm response to a commercial fire suppression incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. 2 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - BASIC LIFE SUPPORT INCIDENTS 3. Response time of the first-arriving unit with a first responder (BLS) to an emergency medical incident. a. Travel time to the incident by the first-arriving engine company or transport unit with appropriately trained personnel on board, i.e., emergency medical technicians (BLS). b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" tiJ?e after first responders, i.e., personnel certified as first responder emergency medical technicians, confirm they are responding, to the point that they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. The time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first emergency medical unit with appropriately trained personnel on board (BLS) to an emergency medical incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT INCIDENTS (PARAMEDIC) 4. Response time for the arrival of an advanced life support (one Paramedic) unit to an emergency medical incident. a. Travel time to the incident by the first-arriving advanced life support unit with not less than one paramedic on board. b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" time after the paramedic confirms they are responding, to the point that they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. Time is defined in minutes and/or se~onds of response time. d. The response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of an advanced life support unit with appropriately trained personnel (one Paramedic) on board to an ALS emergency medical incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. 3 SPECIAL OPERATIONS - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE AND TECHNICAL RESCUE RESPONSE 5. Response time ofthe first-arriving apparatus with appropriately trained and equipped Hazardous Materials and Technical Rescue Operations level personnel on board at a special operations incident. a. Travel time to the incident by the first-arriving engine company with appropriately trained and equipped personnel on board (Operations level personnel). b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" time after operations level personnel confirm they are responding, to the point that they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. Time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first unit with appropriately trained and equipped Operations level personnel on board to a special operations incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. MARINE RESCUE 6. Response time of the first-arriving apparatus with appropriately trained and equipped personnel on board at a marine incident. a. Travel time to the incident by the first-arriving marine unit with appropriately trained and equipped personnel on board. b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the water" time after personnel confirm they are responding, to the pointthat they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on water" time. c. Time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement ofthe stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of28 minutes for the arrival of the first unit with appropriately trained and equipped Marine Rescue and Firefighting personnel on board to a marine incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. 4 WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING INCIDENT 7. Response time for the deployment of first-arriving engine company to a wildland firefighting incident. a. Travel time to the incident for the first-arriving engine company to a wildland fire fighting incident. b. Travel time is determined by the actual "on the road" time after firefighters confirm they are responding, to the point that they arrive on the scene. This is not the total response time, it is simply the "travel" or "on road" time. c. Time is defined in minutes and/or seconds of response time. d. The full complement response (travel) time is established with a performance objective of not less than 90% for the achievement of the stated response (travel) time. e. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the full complement of a first alarm response to a wildland firefighting incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. RESPONSE COMPARISON To measure the ability to arrive and begin mitigation operations before the critical events of "brain death" or "flashover" occur, the Fire Department is required to establish response time objectives as explained in Section II, and compare the actual Department results on an annual basis against the established objectives. The comparison will begin in 20 I 0 with a comparison of the established response objectives against actual 2009 response times for the aforementioned levels of response. This section provides a reporting format to show the companson. 1. Turnout time for all emergency incidents a. Turnout Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a turn out time standard of 2 minutes, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the turn out time objective 90% of the time; 90% of the Fire Department incidents experienced a turn out time of _ minutes/seconds. 2A. Response time of the first-arriving Engine Company to a fire suppression incident (4 firefighters) a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first engine company at a fire suppression incident, which the Department should meet90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the response time objective 90% of the time; 90% of fire suppression incidents had the first engine arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. 5. 2B. Response time for the deployment of full first alarm assignment to a residential fire (14 firefighters) a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 18 minutes for the arrival of the full complement of a first alarm response to a residential fire, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the full deployment response time objective 90% of the time; 90% of fire suppression incidents had the full deployment of first alarm responding personnel and equipment arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. 2C. Response time for the deployment of full first alarm assignment to a commercial fire (15 firefighters) a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 18 minutes for the arrival of the full complement of a first alarm response to a commercial fire, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the full deployment response time objective 90% of the time; 90% of fire suppression incidents had the full deployment of first alarm responding personnel and equipment arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. 3. Response time of the first-arriving unit with a first responder (BLS) or higher level capability to an emergency medical incident a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first emergency medical unit with appropriately trained personnel on board (BLS) to an emergency medical incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the response time objective 90% of the time; 90% of emergency medical incidents had the first-arriving first responder (BLS) arrive at the scene within minutes/seconds of response time. 4. Response time for the arrival of an advanced life support (one Paramedic) unit to an emergency medical incident. a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of an advanced life support unit with appropriately trained personnel (one Paramedic) on board to an ALS emergency medical incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. . b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the response time objective 90% ofthe time; 90% of emergency medical incidents had the Advance Life Support (one Paramedic) unit arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. 6 5. Response time of the first-arriving apparatus with appropriately trained and equipped Hazardous Materials and Technical Rescue Operations level personnel on board to a special operations incident. a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first unit with appropriately trained and equipped Operations level personnel on board to a special operations incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the response time objective 90% of the time. 90% of special operations incidents had trained and equipped Operations level personnel arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. 6. Response time of the first-arriving apparatus with appropriately trained and equipped personnel on board to a marine incident. a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of28 minutes for the arrival of the first unit with appropriately trained and equipped personnel on board to a marine incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the response time objective 90% ofthe time; 90% of marine rescue or firefighting incidents had trained and equipped personnel arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. 7. Response time for the deployment of first-arriving engine company to a wildland firefighting incident a. Response Time Standard: The Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of 8 minutes for the arrival of the first-arriving engine company to a wildland firefighting incident, which the Department should meet 90% of the time. b. Actual Department Comparison for the Year 2009: The Fire Department did/did not meet the full deployment response time objective 90% of the time; 90% of fire wildland firefighting incidents had the responding personnel and equipment arrive at the scene within _ minutes/seconds of response time. G:\LegaI_BackupIORDlNANCES&RESOLUTIONSIRESOLUTIONS.2008ISHB 1756 RESOLUTION. 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