HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN 2019-09-23 Item 2F - Discussion - RCW 35.103 Fire Department Performance MeasuresPolicy statement —Service delivery objectives.
(l) Every city and town shall maintain a written statement or policy that establishes the
following:
(a) The existence ofafire department;
(b) Services that the fire department isrequired toprovide;
/c\The basic organizational structure ofthe fire department;
(d)The expected number offire department employees; and
(e) Functions that fire department employees are expected toperform.
/2\Every city and town shall include service delivery objectives iDthe written statement
or policy required under subsection (1) of this section. These objectives shall include specific
response time objectives for the following major service components, if appropriate:
/a\ Fire suppression;
/b\Emergency medical services;
(c) 5ped8| operations,
(d) Aircraft rescue and firefighting;
(e) Marine rescue and firefighting; and
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(3) Every city and town, in order to measure the ability to arrive and begin mitigation
operations before the critical events of brain death or flash -over, shall establish time objectives
for the following measurements:
(a) Turnout time;
(b)Response time for the arrival ofthe first arriving engine company atafire suppression
incident and response time for the deployment of a full first alarm assignment at a fire
suppression incident,
/c\ Response time for the arrival of unit with first responder or higher level capability at
anemergency medical incident; and
(d) Response time for the arrival of an advanced life support unit at an emergency
medical incident, where this service isprovided bythe fire department.
(4)Every city and town shall also establish aperformance objective nfnot less than
ninety percent for the achievement ofeach response time objective established under
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RCW 35.103.040
Annual evaluations Annual report.
(1) Every city and town shall evaluate its level of service and deployment delivery and
response time objectives on an annual basis. The evaluations shall be based on data relating to
level of service, deployment, and the achievement of each response time objective in each
geographic area within the jurisdiction of the city or town.
(2) Beginning in 2007, every city and town shall issue an annual written report which shall
be based on the annual evaluations required by subsection (1) of this section.
(a) The annual report shall define the geographic areas and circumstances in which the
requirements of this standard are not being met.
(b) The annual report shall explain the predictable consequences of any deficiencies and
address the steps that are necessary to achieve compliance.
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