ire-Rescue Division makes up the largest portion of the department. This division is made up of three shifts, each working 24 hours and then off for 48 hours. Each shift is comprised of 22 firefighters who respond from three fire stations within the city limits. These stations are located on Canton and Lakemont Avenues and Howell Branch Road.

The primary objective of the Fire-Rescue Division is to maintain a state-of-the-art emergency response force, capable of handling a wide range of situations. Continued professional development training, community safety education programs and regular fire prevention inspections, help to maintain their level of readiness for any emergency. Requests for service include the control and extinguishment of fires; the treatment of those individuals who experience medical emergencies, the rescue of trapped or endangered persons and the control of hazardous material leaks and spills.

Personnel assigned to the Fire-Rescue Division maintain a rigorous training program. Winter Park is one of the few agencies in Central Florida, which requires annual medical physicals of all of the members of its emergency response team. In order to maintain this level of readiness, all personnel are scheduled to participate in regular in-service training and professional development. Subjects such as emergency medicine, fire suppression, special tactical rescue, hazardous materials along with classes in employee relations are provided on a regular basis.

Fire-Rescue personnel perform both daily and weekly performance evaluations on all division equipment, some of which are the most valuable in the City's fleet. Maintenance projects include the in-house testing of all fire hose, flow testing of fire hydrants and the testing of pumping apparatus. These programs are performed by fire-rescue personnel resulting in considerable cost savings for the city.

In an effort to improve the readiness of division employees and meet on of our goals for reaching a higher ISO classification, firefighters focus on the pre-fire planning of structures to be better prepared in the event of any response. Each facet of the community is evaluated to assess the "risk". The Community Risk Assessment Model is then applied to the Standard of Response Coverage which states:

• To all Priority 1 EMS calls for service a fire-based ALS unit will be on scene to 85% of the alarms within 6 minutes and to 90% witin 8 minutes, total reflex time.
• To all Structural Fire calls for service, a fire rescue unit will be on scene and ready to stop the loss to 85% of the alarms with 6 miutes and to 90% witin 8 minutes, total reflex time. In addition, all assigned units to a structural fire will arrive to 90% of the alarms within 8 minutes.

  Total Reflex Time is calculate from the time the initial 9-1-1 call in receive in the ECC, transmittted to the firefighters and units arrive at the scene.

  2005 COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT AND STANDARD OF COVERAGE DOCUMENT

Fire-Rescue Division Emergency Activity
Operational Statistics and Projections:

*Note: The total responses in 2004 were affected by the impact of three Hurricanes. Approimately 300 additional alarms were attributed to theses events.

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