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Measuring Fire Dispatch Performance

This article explores the importance of measuring fire dispatch performance and the various factors that can be measured to assess effectiveness. It includes examples of performance measures and industry standards.

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Measuring Fire Dispatch Performance

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  1. Measuring Fire Dispatch Performance Jim Long, Northwest Fire District Debbie Gilligan, First Watch Inc

  2. Performance Measures Absolute zero (0 K) equivalent to −273.15 °C (−459.67 °F). Lord Kelvin was quoted as saying – “When you cannot measure what you are speaking about, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind, it may be the beginning of Knowledge, but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to a stage of science, whatever the matter may be.” (CFAI, 1999,pp. 11-12)

  3. Where Do We Begin? • Identify your team / empower your experts • Define & understand your goals • Define what is important to measure • What can be accomplished with the resources and tools you have today? • Evaluate how well you are doing • Allow for periodic/incremental changes or “improvements” • How will you measure change/improvements? effectiveness? • Measure, Refine, Adjust & Adapt……

  4. Why Measure? Comparison Adjustment of Strategy or Tactics Discover Patterns/Trends Alert to Developing Situation (Real Time) Public Scrutiny Return on Investment

  5. What’s Worth Measuring? Elapsed Times? Performance of an Action? (Or Not) Distance Traveled? Frequency of an Event Distribution of a Type or Class Success or Failure Outcomes?

  6. Standards of Cover • Accredited/Re-Accredited This Year • Central Yavapai Fire District • Glendal Fire Dept • Mesa Fire Dept • Northwest Fire District

  7. Incident Times – Cascade of Events

  8. NFPA 1221 – Call Answering From NFPA 1221 - 2010 • 3.3.1* Alarm. A signal or message from a person or device indicating the existence of a fire, medical emergency, or other situation that requires action by an emergency response agency. • 7.4.1* Ninety-five percent of alarms received on emergency lines shall be answered within 15 seconds, and 99 percent of alarms shall be answered within 40 seconds. (For documentation requirements, see 12.5.2.) • 7.4.1.1 Compliance with 7.4.1 shall be evaluated monthly using data from the previous month.

  9. NFPA 1221 – Call Processing From NFPA 1221 - 2010 • 7.4.2* Ninety-percent of emergency call processing and dispatching shall be completed within 60 seconds, and 99 percent of call processing and dispatching shall be completed within 90 seconds. (For documentation requirements, see 12.5.2.) • 7.4.2.1 Compliance with 7.4.2 shall be evaluated monthly using data from the previous month.

  10. Monthly Report Example

  11. NFPA 1710 - Response From NFPA 1710 - 2010 3.3.37.2 Call Processing Time. See 3.3.37.3, Dispatch Time. 3.3.37.3* Dispatch Time.The point of receipt of the emergency alarm at the public safety answering point to the point where sufficient information is known to the dispatcher and applicable units are notified of the emergency.

  12. Public/Provider Input

  13. NFPA 1221 Comparison • 2010 Edition • Answer – • 15 Sec 90% • 40 Sec 99% • Process • 60 Sec 90% • 90 Sec 99% • 2013 Edition (proposed) • Answer- • 15 Sec 90% • 40 Sec 99% • Process • 60 Sec 80% • 106 Sec 95% • Exceptions: • Language • TTY/TDD • Criminal Info

  14. 1221 - What Didn’t make it in 2013 A.7.4.2.1 The AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) of the responding agency can allow certain types ofemergency calls to be excluded from the requirements of 7.4.2 that require • extra call interrogation time. All emergency calls of these types will be • identified and reviewed by the AHJ on a monthly basis. Such calls could include but are not limited to: • (3) Dispatch equipment malfunction • (4) Unusually high call volume due to unpredictable scenarios (weather events, earthquakes, etc.) • Exclusions should be reviewed and trends identified that need to be addressed for possible operational or technical solutions.

  15. Percentile VS Average - Response TimeThe Philadelphia Fire Department prides itself on an average response time of 4.5 minutes for Fire Engines and 6.5 minutes for Medic Units.

  16. Average Response Time

  17. Percentile Response Time

  18. Defining Performance Times • Clock Start….a controversial topic (Smoke & Mirrors) • Time First Received at 9-1-1 PSAP • Time First Received by Responding Agency (Secondary PSAP) • Time Certain Info Obtained • Time Dispatched • Time Unit En Route • Clock Stop (Pretty Definitive) • Unit Staged • Unit on Scene • Crew at Patient

  19. What is Process time? • Dispatch Time – Answer Time • Answer = When the last Ring is picked up. • Ani/Ali to CAD Dump • First Keystroke • Manual Entry • Dispatch = • The time the ERF (Emergency Response Facility) • ERU (Emergency Response Units)are Notified • Tones • Pagers, • Radio Transmission

  20. Formulas • =PERCENTILE • Uses a RANGE you want a percentile OF • (Talley up the numbers of occurrences • Parameters • “=“ tells EXCEL there’s a Formula Coming • FORMULA TYPE (PERCENTLE) • (paren to enclose parameters) • Range (Top cell, to bottom cell like A1:A200) • “,” next Parameter • Percent Value (.1 = 10%, .25=25%, etc)

  21. Live Performance Data Demo How to Look at Data in Excel

  22. Analyitics Packages

  23. Sources to Monitor vs. Reasons to Monitor D A T A S O U R C E S T O M O N I T O R R E A S O N S T O M O N I T O R What data sources are available to monitor Which data source contains that data that matters? If one data source is good, is two better?

  24. Real Time Monitoring – First Watch Live Presentation Northwest Fire Data

  25. New Workspace

  26. Excel or Reporting Output

  27. Dispatch Stuff Worth Measuring? Example data source: FEMA

  28. More Fire Dispatch Measures Example data source: FEMA

  29. Even More Stuff Worth Measuring Example data source: FEMA

  30. More for Mayor and Council Example data source: FEMA

  31. Questions

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