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Appendix A Appendix A: NFPA 1710 Summary NFPA Standard 1710: Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppres-ion Operations, Emergenc), Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career · Fire Departments This standard, adopted by the National Fire Protection Association in 2001, though not binding on specific jurisdictions, attempts to establish a national standard for fire and rescue response. While the Eugene Fire & EMS Department has not formally adopted this standard, it is important to address our deployment and response time performance in light of this standard. NFPA 1710 includes the following standards for fire response and deployment: Response Staffing Time Turnout Time N/A 60 seconds Arrival of Initial Arriving Four (4)* 4 min. or less 90% of the Company time Arrival of Initial Full Fourteen (14); fifteen (15) if 8 min. or less 90% of the Alarm Assignment Aerial Ladder is Deployed time Capability * Personnel are not required to arrive on the same apparatus. The standard actually indicates a goal of a 4-minute response time for the initial arriving company and/or an 8-minute response time for a full alarm assignment. In order to meet this standard, only one of the times would need to be met on any given fire incident. NFPA 1710 Initial Full Alarm Prescribed Assignments and Functions: 1. Establishment of Incident Command outside of the hazard area for overall coordination of the first alarm assigmnent. 2. Establishment of an uninterrupted water supply providing a minimum of 400 gpm for 30 minutes. 3. Establishment of an effective water flow application rate of 300 gpm from two hand lines, each of which shall have a minimum of 100 gpm flow. Attack and backup lines shall be operated by a minimum of two personnel each to effectively and safely maintain the line. 4. Provision of one support person for each attack and backup line deployed to provide hydrant hookup and to assist in line lays, utility control, and forcible entry. 5. A minimum of one victim search and rescue team. Each search and rescue team shall consist of a minimum of two personnel.