advancing an attack line and a backup line for fire control; complying with the OHSA requirements of two in-two out; completing forcible entry; searching and rescuing at-risk victims; ventilating the structure; controlling utilities; establishing a 2 man IRIC team; placing elevated master streams into service; and performing salvage and overhaul. These operations were done in accordance with departmental standard operating procedures while providing for the safety of responders and the general public. A noted change from required four person RIC requirement to two person NFPA 1710 compliant IRIC explains the decrease in ERF date 2016.10:14 Structure Fires - 90th Percentile Times – Baseline Performance 2012 - 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Alarm Handling Pick-up to Dispatch 1:18 1:21 1:29 1:22 0:57 1:00 Turnout Time Turnout Time, 1st Unit 2:13 1:57 2:10 2:11 2:25 2:23 Travel Time Travel Time, 1st Unit Distribution 5:07 4:28 6:01 5:29 4:06 5:34 Travel Time ERF Concentration 9:50 7:45 8:37 11:49 10:26 10:35 Total Response Time Total Response Time 1st Unit On Scene Distribution 7:46 7:41 8:25 8:13 6:30 8:05 Total Response Time ERF Concentration 96 ERF Fires 12:14 10:14 11:22 14:01 12:38 12:57 The Bowling Green Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Benchmark service level objectives are as follows: For 90 percent of all technical rescue incidents, the total response time for the arrival of the first-due unit, staffed with 3 firefighters, shall be: 6 minutes and 20 seconds in all districts. The first-due unit shall be capable of: establishing command; sizing up to determine if a technical rescue response is required; requesting additional resources; extricating patients from a vehicle accident; and
The fire department relies upon the Medical Center at Bowling Green, a provider, to complete the ERF component of its EMS program. The initial arriving fire department company has the capabilities of providing first responder medical aid including automatic external defibrillation, until the third-party provider arrives on scene. If the third-party provider unit arrives on scene first, its personnel initiate care and the staff from the initial fire department company t EMS - 90th Percentile Times – Baseline Performance 2012 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Alarm Handling Pick-up to Dispatch 1:50 2:08 2:05 2:11 1:25 1:22 Turnout Time Turnout Time 1st Unit 2:04 1:51 1:57 2:10 2:12 2:14 Travel Time Travel Time 1st Unit Distribution 5:29 5:40 5:31 5:27 5:27 5:23 Travel Time ERF Concentration - - - - - Total Response Time Total Response Time 1st Unit On Scene Distribution 8:18 8:34 8:21 8:28 8:05 8:02 The data in this table is generated from a source of EMS runs occurring between Based on the high number of runs, this chart is the most reliable evaluation the department’s run times. The stability of the Total Response Times from 2012-2016 is a reflection of this reliability. The Bowling Green Fire Department’s Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting Benchmark service level objectives are as follows: Per FAA CFR 139.319 paragraph (H) 1 (i) (ii): During Index B Aircraft Standby the following requirement must be met: Within (3) minutes from time of alarm, at least one required ARFF vehicle must reach the midpoint of the farthest runway serving the aircraft and begin application of agent. Within (4) minutes from the time of alarm, all other required vehicles must reach the designated point and begin application of agent. For Index B Standby, the initial response consists of