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Home My WebLink AboutFIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE STANDARDS - STUDY SESSION PPf Q - Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards -FIRE FI j 3 1999 CLASS I fIRF r Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards • Emergency Response Standards and Fire Station Locations and Relocation • Proposed Emergency Response Standards and fire Station Locations and Relocation • Recommendations for City Council pHuntingto Department Emergency Response Standards • Conclusion: • It follows that the highest survival rate would be CPR in the first minute and Advance Life Support between 5-6 minutes. HBFD Incident11 Analysis Current Station Locations Increase Standard to 5:30 .. lWanan. W. .. �.oc. • ...p j3"62 .�WliiigniiftL..�JYJ .�..�. .eW�4Y.ili Advanced Life Suppo Avem SW e IS ..;. ' Ist Unit on Seem Menage: 4:48 HBFD Incident Response Analysis Move Station #8 Heil Increase Standard to 5:30 saon EiYhtltld6nn 1,2 G.MaEaadNY Warner, tat" Ho' ■ EBmobtaWtlonn 1,t GW NWmtlE*nC , i,6atio ] M EYdl T a,EwhWl W aaNrd niNa Y/IW 8btlW1 E Ednnr4 EYtlon 6.um dbtlm E laW �EYtlen 4.YappW EYtlan 1,r6apnWla Advanced Life Support Aveta¢e&Wgme Ton,inMinutes Structure Fires CtvwWc Emnaencv Rmoane Sonam: ■WR1,1n Pm"ndCAwe of5:M Cftmde Enwuncv Rmnonve Stetist'm 1st Unit on Scene Avenge: 5:16 O H ue 5130 a d 6:00 1st Unit on Scene Average: 4:51 ■Between&W mid 630 1 st Unit on Scene Percentage:700/. G er Then 630 Ist Unit on Scene Percentage:78% HBFD Incident Response Analysis Add Station #9 Increase Standard to 5:30 .ww Swlen S now spoon 9 lWetl:nd l.* 86tldn 8.Hall 8btl6n a,M.* ftWo t,Go &atldn t,Bdthard WtlM4.EW�a13 aNrd w.WnW Bunon 6,EOmnb BtaSaar 6,EdrNn Same E ltln S klab Staedn a,MW 1m%m 4,mi=mw Advanced Life Support AverinResoonse Tim inMinutes Structure Fires C'mvide Emaaencv Re mStanatict 0W1WIn Peopo CAteA ofS:30 CitwMde Emeaercv Reemnse Staticim I sl Unit on Scene Avenge: 5:10 0Bevan 5:30 end 6.00 1st Unit on Scene Avenge: 4.44 ■Between6:Wand6:30 I st Unit on Scene Percentage:75% ■Grmter Then 6:30 Ist Unit on Scene Percentage:83% HBFD IncidentResponse Add Station #9 and Move#7 Warner Increase Standard to F u.� o o u , _.. . u. _.w.w a S.no mnu..•. • �,.4 vor • \vv • ... .. Advanced Life Suppo Aymn • • .1 .1 •a ].�•L: Tim in Minutes Structure Fires I st Unit on Scene Average: 5;06 0 Bew=5:30aW6:00 Ist Unit on Scene A�emge: 4.36 3 st Unit on Scene Pencenuige:76% 0 Grixh�Th.6:30 1 st Unit on Scene Percenthge:85% ddbh Huntington Beach Fire DeparTtrit Q Ic F, Emergency Response Standards • Summary Response Table Curtem AL$ Say 59Z )1°/. 5lallon mTiOn 33 millbn $$$$$$LOWppns Flme 9:<B 81% 00%. ve Hail AL$ 5116 58%' /o°/° 3. SO milfon II��,, Oon pO Flrec ItN $p'4 ]8% million $Ulmn Ala 5:10 et% i3°i. S13 Si.S bP Flm I:N BCX B]°/. mllllOn mlllron Move p] Fire6 a:b BBG Bs%. million mllllon AL Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency • • Changes •• standards and fire station locations are consistent with the following strategic plan goals: INFDA5112uGtURE 6GAL5 gym, .,1 lmp.easy px. �q a� Gro��i P'�^' ♦pprr��nn<<h. pl�ouK ..n KIK Nx�fy W dW�Ge i bwwrvlr�'f wntk�pl- Gugmnt,Kh��M ad Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency • • Standards responseChanges in • . . fire station goals:locations are consistent with the following strategic', plan aim PrOv;de ON Su✓ct5 wrU, d,ihhbest ,,, piclxs;nut SiIIpduds In 1�.. ._.�} mrdumiwnAy et�vehkmu aMArxrM, i� 4�0�CHe GGllyy GGeII� 51'd{{e�p� e0u�eped ovawc. RRf `yHuntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards Huntington Beach Fire Department �� • Recommendations Short Term ne • Modify Existing Standards to Better Reflect Response Patterns • Continue Maintenance on Current Fire Stations with Funding from Grants,Enterprise Funds and General Fund • Rebuild Fire Station 8—Heil Long Term _ • Add Fire Station 9 _ _ • Further Evaluate Moving Fire Station 7—Warner i FME - Emergency Response Standards � FIRE { � a V rommru V CL `~C tiAE Q - Huntington Beacti Fire Department Emergency Response Standards Huntington Beach Fire Departr-�l�-- _� Fire Department Priorities: '.' • Public education • Modern fire code adoption and enforcement • Disaster Preparedness • Hazard reduction • Fire protection systems TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSES ARE THE MOST CRITICAL ONCE A FIRE OR MEDICAL INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED Emergency Response Standards • Since 1985 the Fire Departmenfs objective ha been to respond to fires within 5 minutes and � emergency medical calls within 4-6 minutes. r� t • The 5 minute response for fires is based on arrival ' ` ' time prior to Flashover(estimated at 9-10 minutes). • The 4-6 minute response to emergency medical ' �� calls is based on when clinical and biological death occurs. • Based on the American Heart Association, 4 minutes is considered clinical death and 6 minutes is considered biological death. r,at Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards 1, , • It logically follows that 5 minutes would be a'goo response objective y, • However, with other emergency calls, training A� activities, inspections, etc., 80% of the time would seem reasonable. • This data is not scientifically based. Quntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards • Although the response process begins immediately after a 911 call is received, the Fire Department response criteria, under our control, starts when th fire station is "toned out" f lPf - Huntington Beach Fire Depammm Emergency Response Standards • Current Huntington Beach Fire Department Response Standards after Station "Tone Out" • Arrival of first fire paramedic within 5 minutes a 80% of the time and in all cases within 10 minutes. • Arrival of the first fire truck within ten minutes �. .�; 98% of the time and in all cases within 15 minutes. Generally within 5 minutes. f�Pf Huntington Beach D-•. Emergency Response Standards • Response Standards for the Past two Years Have !' Been Reviewed and Evaluated • Analyzed emergency response data from April 1,2005 to i March 31,2006 to determine correctness of standards • Reviewed current responses and population • Reviewed average response times related to: •Emergency medical responses •Structure fires •Current Station locations •Relocating fire station locations YF Q • ■ Emergency Reaponae Standards Emergency Response System r r6enp Reaoon6ea 9o" 10,178 1O.M 11,104 12,716 ..I Ff05 6,253 7148 0.28E 2.181 10,236 •-res 85a 566 479 308 968 orn Personnel 141 143 U9 141 135 PoOulanon 176,154, 181,512 185,990 188.590 201.3b Vic_.•* HBFD IncidentResponse Analysis Current Station Locations City Response Standard of 11 i. ■ aww►asawoom 7, .�inui •i \r.r o • �ii■r •• u Advanced Life Support Averan • o � � r _3_• Ist Unit on Scene Average: 5:15 ■ '.r. HBFD IncidentResponse"Analysis Move Station City Response Standard of 00 . . '...�.. .. 18H.o m.chice .•. .a • .r • •. . n _ • • • • .• n • .• �' Advanced Life Support notes Structure Fires Ist Unit on Sane Awge: 5:16 1:1 Between 5:00 and 5:30 Ist Unit on Scene Avmge: 4:51 Ist Unit on Scene Percentage:56% 11�Innn600 1 A Unit on Scene PcmenMgc:59% HBFD IncidentResponse I . . . Station #9 City Response Standard of 00 . . I w Sat ] . .•..•- ele n _. • • • u.ro�• i� =' i• i• `' it w u v o • •• i r Advanced Life Support Average RcWnw m in Minutes Structure Fires ISt Unit On Scene Avmge r . I1 let Unit on Scene Pmenmge:64% t 1 Incident ResponseAnalysis Add Station #9 and Move#7 Warner City Response Standard of 11 . . . •:- Now swoon 9 ft .. 00etedl sub. , : • :� �,...., ....1 .. : .. . Advanced Life Support A�erage 4,pr L. Tina,in Min= Structure Fires y;, . : 1.. . 1• I st Unit on Scene Percentage:63% 0 ist Unit on Scene Percentage:68% RE Huntington BeaCh Fire Department Emergency Response Standards • Summary Response Table ®®® sm. am AOvanGeE Llle Current Slauon Suppotl 5:13 58% Lpcalions SIruCWR Fired ¢:d8 8'IY. AOvanceJ Ltle Move N¢R Slalien p8 Supped S:1B $% SVuclum Fres <:31 5B% AOvdnC00 Ltlq AEO SWIion pB Suppotl 3:10 81•/. +(+t SbuclureFlres d:Gd 89% AOvannE Lih MO Mdntl Movep] Suppotl 5:08 63% �� 31mquR Fir¢S 0:38 BB% npc Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards Auk - Response criteria formally established in 1985 4 • Based on flashover within 9 minutes and American Heart Association standards of advanced life support intervention between 4 and 6 minutes _ 4t pp Huntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards • There is some data available that increasing response time to 7 minutes 80% would result in more non-savable medical emergency patients and fire could "flashover" and greatly intensify firefighting operations requiring more units to respond with larger life and property loss. p -I INf HuntingtonDepartment I Emergency Response Standards • From 1988-90 the County of Orange conducted the ! Orange County Services Cardiac Study. It looked at 1,672 patients treated by paramedics in cardiac arrest and concluded that the highest rate of survival after cardiac arrest were those patients who received CPR in the first minute and paramedic care within 5-6 minutes. a ilPf QHuntington Beach Fire Department Emergency Response Standards • Findings: • 7%survival rate within an unwitnessed cardiac arrest '� and paramedics arrive within 7-8 minutes • 12.5%survival rate with an unwitnessed cardiac arrest' with no CPR and paramedics arrive between 5-6 minutes • 17.1%survival rate with a witnessed cardiac arrest and paramedics arrive between 5-6 minutes « y n