NFPA Standard 1710: Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, EMS and Special Ops The History The Right Description and The 2015 Revision Recognized early aggressive and offensive primary interior attack on a working structural fire results reduced loss of life and property damage Low hazard Residential Flashover & fire spread beyond Room of Origin can occur in less than 10 minutes from ignition Limiting fire spread quick arrival of sufficient numbers of personnel and equipment to attack and extinguish the fire as close to the point of its origin as possible IAFF instrumental in the passage of the new standard in 2001. In Anaheim. Given the FD performance in the standard, the IAFF and IAFC began to develop resources.. First.. READ THE STANDARD! Revised again in 2004 Revised again in 2010 Next Revision due out this year dated 2016 Garden Apartments Strip Malls High Rise Talking about NFPA 1710 Decision makers expect efficient and effective operations Hold Fire Chief accountable for department performance even with cuts in budget Generally have no problem asking leaders to do more with less Specific Data often necessary to answer their questions 1
Economic Pressures Bring Tough Questions Reporters ask questions in their words and in their frame of understanding Hold leaders accountable to their positions (eg. Chief) Expect leaders to answer their questions quickly and succinctly in words they understand They report the words you say regardless of whether they really understand their meaning Many times they don t even write or say them the way you did Typically say what comes natural based on frame of reference and industry vernacular Compliance with the 1710 standard Staffing Cuts Brownouts Company Closure Station Closures Think about the message you want to communicate What are you trying to say? What do you WANT to say? Compliance with the 1710 standard What does that mean? Compliance with the 1710 standard What does that mean? Can you answer YES or NO? If you say YES what does that mean? If you say NO what does that mean? Within the standard there are performance Crew size by company Assembly of Full Alarm Response performance Call Processing Turnout Travel Time Crew size by company ENGINES TRUCKS AMBULANCES 2
Assembly of Full Alarm EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING FORCE Response performance Call Processing NFPA 1221 Turnout 80 seconds for fire and special ops Travel Time The standard applies to LOW HAZARD not all hazard levels. Clarify LOW HAZARD residential structure, no more than 2000 sq ft, two story single family, no basement, no exposures Does not include schools, hospitals, malls, manufacturing, high rise commercial /residential, etc What structures are in your community? Industry Standard (National Standard) sets the FLOOR not the ceiling. The are the MINIMUM necessary for SAFE, EFFICIENT, and EFFECTIVE response. NFPA Standard 1710: Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, EMS and Special Ops REVISED 4.1.2.3 Alarm Handling. 4.1.2.3.1 The fire department shall establish a performance objective of having an alarm answering time of not more than 15 seconds for at least 95 percent of the alarms received and not more than 40 seconds for at least 99 percent of the alarms received, as specified by NFPA 1221. 4.1.2.3.1.1 Any call not answered within 20 seconds shall be routed to a secondary answering (alternate) center if the primary center is full. An alarm should sound if a call is not answered (not processed, just answered) within 60 seconds. 4.1.2.3.2 When the alarm is received at a public safety answering point (PSAP) and transferred to a secondary answering point or communication center, the agency responsible for the PSAP shall establish a performance objective of having an alarm transfer time of not more than 30 seconds for at least 95 percent of all alarms processed, as specified by NFPA 1221. 3
4.1.2.3.3 The fire department shall establish a performance objective of having an alarm processing time of not more than 60 seconds for at least 90 80 percent of the alarms and not more than 90 106 seconds for at least 99 95 percent of the alarms, as specified by NFPA 1221. 4.1.2.3.3.1 Emergency alarm processing for the following call types shall be completed within 90 seconds 90 percent of the time and within 120 seconds 99 percent of the time: (1) Calls requiring emergency medical dispatch questioning and pre arrival medical instructions (2) Calls requiring language translation (3) Calls requiring the use of a TTY/TDD device or audio/video relay services (4) Calls of criminal activity that require information vital to emergency responder safety prior to dispatching units (5) Hazardous material incidents (6) Technical rescue 5.2.3.2.2 In jurisdictions with tactical hazards, high hazard occupancies, high incident frequencies, a high number of incidents or geographical restrictions, or other pertinent factors as identified by the AHJ, these companies shall be staffed with a minimum of five or six on duty members. 5.2.3.2.2.1 In jurisdictions with tactical hazards, high hazard occupancies, or dense urban areas, as identified by the AHJ, these companies shall be staffed with a minimum of six on duty members. 5.2.4.3.2* Strip Malls The fire department shall have the capability to deploy an initial full alarm assignment within a 480 second travel time to 90 percent of the incidents as established in Chapter 4. The initial full alarm assignment to a structure fire in a typical open air strip shopping center ranging from 13,000 ft 2 to 196,000 ft 2 (1203 m 2 to 18,209 m 2 ) in size shall provide for the following: Strip Malls IC x2 2 supply lines with 1 operator each 3 handlines with 2 FF each Support for each line 1 each (x3) 2 teams for ladders and ventilation with 2 FF each If Aerial used 1 operator dedicated EMS with 2 TOTAL = 27 29 initial alarm Garden Style Apartments 5.2.4.4 Initial Full Alarm Assignment Capability. 5.2.4.4.1 The fire department shall have the capability to deploy an initial full alarm assignment within a 480 second travel time to 90 percent of the incidents as established in Chapter 4. 5.2.4.4.2 The initial full alarm assignment to a structure fire in a typical 1200 ft 2 (111 m 2 ) apartment within a three story, garden style apartment building shall provide for the following: Garden Style Apartments IC x2 2 supply lines with 1 operator each 3 handlines with 2 FF each Support for each line 1 each (x3) 2 teams for ladders and ventilation with 2 FF each If Aerial used 1 operator dedicated EMS with 2 TOTAL = 27 29 initial alarm 4
High Rise Initial Full Alarm Assignment Capability 75 ft (~7 stories) above grade The fire department shall have the capability to deploy an initial full alarm assignment within a 610 second travel time to 90 percent of the incidents as established in Chapter 4. See Handout HIGH RISE (Minimum ) IC with aide 1 supply line to standpipe + 1 FF to the pump room if exists 2 handlines to the fire floor with 2 FF each 1 handline to the floor above with 2 FF Officer with Aide oversight on fire floor and floor above 2 EVAC teams with 2 FF 1 FF elevator Ops 1 Safety Officer 1 officer in Staging (two floors below fire) 2 FF Rehab (1 ALS) Officer and 3 FF Vertical Ventilation Officer Lobby Ops 2 FF Transport equipment to Staging 1 Officer Base Ops 2 EMS Crews with 2 FF (1 of each crew must be ALS) TOTAL = 43 initial alarm Additional Alarms 5.2.4.2.3 When an incident escalates beyond an initial full alarm assignment, or when significant risk is present to the fire fighter due to the magnitude of the incident, the incident commander shall request an EMS crew consisting of a minimum of two personnel to provide treatment and transport for injured fire fighters and civilians. 5.2.4.2.4* Fire departments that respond to fires in high, medium, or low hazard occupancies that present hazards greater than those found in the low hazard occupancy described in 5.2.4.2 5.2.4.2.2 shall deploy additional resources on the initial alarm. 6.3 Training Systems. 6.3.1 The fire department shall have a training program and policy that ensure that personnel are trained and competency is maintained to execute all responsibilities consistent with the department's organization and deployment as addressed in Chapters 4 and 5. 6.3.2 The agency must demonstrate in its annual report that it has ensured competency for necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities based on the community s specific hazards and risks, to include at least the hazards specifically addressed in this standard, for each member that is considered part of the effective response force. 6.3.3 The agency must adopt training standards based on the sited hazards and risk, set appropriate to achieve the standards, and demonstrate that it is meeting the as part of demonstrating training and competency. Questions? 5