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Section Three: Risk Assessment High-rise structure locations are a consideration in the department's decisions around apparatus placement, especially the department's ladder truck companies. Eugene's staffed truck companies are deployed at Fire Station 1 (Downtown) and Fire Station 2 (Whiteaker). Station 1 is located in the downtown core area and close to the university district which together account for the vast majority of Eugene's high-rise structures. Station 2 is positioned further to the west in central Eugene. Although truck companies are essential in high-rise operations, they also are integral to low-rise structure firefighting operations. Risk Classifications - Specific A Risk, Hazard, and Value Evaluation (RHAVE) process can be utilized to stratify risk into more definitive risk categories and determine the values exposed to loss, the probability of an event occurring, and the consequences that such an event may have on the community. Eugene Fire & EMS believes primary risk liability falls into five general categories in order of severity: life risk, community economic risk, environmental risk, historical risk, and pure dollar loss. Since life risk and community economic risk are of primary importance, nearly all property associated with those risk categories is included in Eugene Fire & EMS's Risk Area "A" response zone and, to a lesser extent, the Risk Area "B" zone. Examples are described below: 1. Life Risk: Any location that presents a high risk of life loss, such as high-density housing (particularly un-sprinklered, high rise and older remodeled structures), foster care homes, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, housing within close proximity to hazardous manufacturing or storage, day care centers, and schools. 2. Community Economic Risk: Those facilities that have a high dollar value and, if destroyed or damaged by fire, could close or relocate, permanently or temporarily placing a severe economic burden on the community through the loss of jobs and/or tax revenue. This category also includes critical infrastructure of primary importance to the economic health and safety of the community, such as utilities, roads, and bridges. 3. Environmental Risk: Any area where a high risk of severe or permanent environmental damage would likely occur in the event of a fire or hazardous material spill. 4. Historical Risk: Any structure or property of significant historical value to the community. 5. Pure Dollar Loss: Structures that have a high value but pose a low risk of life loss or community economic impact and are typically fully insured against loss. Examples would be large rural residential and farm structures as well as some commercial buildings primarily housing goods inventory. Probability Analysis Figure 3.1 and Table 3.2 below show the total incident frequency for Eugene Fire & EMS from FY98 to FY03. Table 3.2 also includes the daily average calls for service using a 24-hour shift 22