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12 <br />Orange County Chief's Associatior <br />The live CAD system should facilitate easy and instantaneous reporting of this data in the future; <br />however, the OCCA looks for weekly reports of existing available information in the meantime. <br />Goal IV: Setting Service Standard Goals for Volunteer Fire Departments <br />Objective A: To ensure all Orange County residents can receive the maximum fire protection and <br />homeowners' insurance savings available by improving individual departments' ISO ratings 14 in the <br />following manner: <br />Figure 3: Timeline for ISO Applications <br />Goal <br />Date for ISO Application <br />ISO Rating of 8 <br />July 2013 <br />ISO Rating of 6 <br />July 2016 <br />Background: Numerous members have already lowered their ISO ratings, and the OCCA has <br />provided a collaborative forum in which fire chiefs share strategies and concerns in their pursuit <br />of this goal. For the first time ever, OCCA members have agreed that all volunteer fire <br />departments will work towards achieving an ISO rating of 6 for residences within a five mile <br />district of fire stations. <br />The OCCA has undertaken this goal by itself, mindful of the significant challenges it will pose to <br />some departments in terms of upgrading water hauling capabilities, equipment, and personnel <br />training. By working together in a collaborative fashion with Orange County planners and <br />educating citizens about the benefits of lower insurance ratings, the OCCA looks to accomplish <br />this major initiative. The Orange County Chief's Association also acknowledges the link of ISO <br />ratings to commercial development, and the critical role that water supply plays in those <br />calculations. As Orange County looks to foster sustainable growth, the OCCA recognizes the <br />potential for shared solutions. <br />Objective B: To ensure that all fire and rescue departments in Orange County have sought to adequately <br />implement nationally recognized consensus standards. <br />Background: The NFPA has established national consensus standards of best practices for <br />emergency responders with training and operational guidelines that exceed ISO's standards. <br />NFPA 171015 and NFPA 172016 specify best practices for career and volunteer fire departments, <br />respectively. NFPA 167017 establishes standards for technical rescue disciplines of the sort <br />provided by South Orange Rescue Squad. OCCA members will research, discuss, and consider <br />the full implications of attaining these standards. The OCCA encourages all its member <br />14 "ISO's expert staff collects information about municipal fire protection efforts in communities throughout the United States. In each of those <br />communities, ISO analyzes the relevant data and assigns a Public Protection Classification (PPCTM) — a number from 1 to 10." A grade of 6 <br />represents the maximum insurance savings that can be achieved by a fire department for residential properties. (http://www.iso.com/faq/ISO- <br />FAQ/The -Pu bl ic- Protection - Classification -PPC- Program. html) <br />15 NFPA 1710: Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special <br />Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments, 2010 Edition <br />16 NFPA 1720: Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special <br />Operations to the Public by Volunteer Fire Departments, 2010 Edition <br />17 NFPA 1670: Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, 2009 Edition <br />10 <br />