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Resolution No.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING APPLICABLE
PERFORMANCE POLICY, STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES
OUTLINED IN RCW 35.103 AS THE TUKWILA FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT
AND RESPONSE TIMES OBJECTIVES.
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department was legally established as a fire
department to provide certain emergency medical, fire and rescue services, and Tukwila
Municipal Code Chapter 2.24 created the office of Fire Chief; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department has a mission statement and goals and
objectives to guide the organization in providing fire and medical services to our
community; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department has a basic organizational structure which
may include the Chief, Officers, Firefighters, and Emergency Medical Technicians
(EMTs); and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department has a certain number of members now and
in the future who perform the tasks required to accomplish our response objectives; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department is required by state law to establish turnout
and response time goals: for the first arriving Basic Life Support, for Fire Engine
responses to fire suppression calls, and for a full alarm assignment for Fire Engine
responses to fire suppression calls; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department has evaluated the elements identified in
RCW 35.103 and included those provisions deemed appropriate in the department's
emergency service delivery; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila Fire Department has developed written response coverage
objectives required to comply with applicable provisions of RCW 35.103;
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Tukwila City Council hereby adopts the Tukwila Fire Department's
Emergency Resource Deployment and Response Times Objectives document (attached
as Exhibit A) as the Tukwila Fire Department official policy for determining emergency
medical, fire and rescue resource deployment.
Section 2. The Tukwila Fire Department's Emergency Resource Deployment and
Response Times Objectives document officially defines the Tukwila Fire Department
written policies and procedures that establish the distribution and concentration of fixed
and mobile resources of the department.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUN-CIL OF THE CITY OF TVKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this 2,4 day of _,P �e c&— Wr _, 2019.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
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Office of the City �ttorney
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Filed with the City Clerk: ICI
Passed by the City Council:
Resolution Number: t52-1-
Attachment: Exhibit A — Tukwila Fire Department's Emergency Resource Deployment
and Response Times Objectives
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Tukwila Fire Department's Emergency Resource Deployment
and Response Times Objectives
1. POLICY STATEMENT
a. The Tukwila Fire Department is a municipal fire department serving the
City of Tukwila and its residents, businesses, and visitors.
b. Services the Tukwila Fire Department provides:
Fire suppression, Basic Life Support/Emergency Medical Services, rope
rescue, structural collapse rescue, confined space rescue, trench rescue,
machinery rescue, swift water rescue, water -craft rescue, floodwater rescue,
urban search and rescue.
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c. The basic organizational structure of the Tukwila Fire Department:
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d. The expected number of Tukwila Fire Department employees:
FTE
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Chief Officers
7
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Career Firefighters
55
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Volunteer Firefighters
o
Resident/Part-Time FF's
o
Administrative Support
2
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Mechanics
o
Public Education Staff
o
Fire Prevention Staff
2
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Emergency Management Staff
1
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Dispatching Staff
o
Other Staff
o
TOTAL STAFF
67
e. The functions that Tukwila Fire Department employees perform:
Firefighting, Basic Life Support/Emergency Medical Services, technical rescue,
inspections, public education, and pre -fire planning.
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Per RCW 35.103, every fire jurisdiction shall adopt service delivery objectives in
a written statement for all services that are provided in an emergency mode. For
the Tukwila Fire Department, these include the following:
a. Turnout Time Standard:
The Tukwila Fire Department has adopted a turnout time standard of 03:01
minutes for Fire and 02:38 minutes for Emergency Medical Services, which the
department should meet within a 90th percentile annually.
b. Response Time Standard for the Arrival of the First Arriving Engine
Company at a Fire Suppression Incident:
The Tukwila Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of
07:59 minutes for the arrival of the first engine company to a fire suppression
incident, which the department should meet within a 90th percentile annually.
c. Response Time Standard for a Full First Alarm Assignment:
The Tukwila Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of
09:29 minutes for the arrival of the full complement of a first alarm response to
a fire suppression incident, which the department should meet within a 90th
percentile annually.
d. Response Time Standard for the Arrival of the First Arriving Unit with a
First Responder or Higher Level Capability at an Emergency Medical
Incident:
The Tukwila Fire Department has adopted a response/travel time standard of
07:52 minutes for the arrival of the first emergency medical unit with
appropriately trained personnel on board to an emergency medical incident,
which the department should meet within a 90th percentile annually.
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