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<br /> <br />PPC is a registered trademark of Insurance Services Office, Inc. <br /> Page 15 <br />Item 553 – Credit for Reserve Ladder and Service Trucks (0.50 points) <br />The next item reviewed is Item 553 “Credit for Reserve Ladder and Service Trucks (CRLS)”. <br />This item considers the adequacy of ladder and service apparatus when one (or more in larger <br />communities) of these apparatus are out of service. The number of needed reserve ladder and <br />service trucks is 1 for each 8 needed ladder and service companies that were determined to <br />be needed in Item 540, or any fraction thereof. <br />Item 553 “Credit for Reserve Ladder and Service Trucks (CRLS)” = 0.00 points <br /> <br />Item 561 – Deployment Analysis (10 points) <br />Next, Item 561 “Deployment Analysis (DA)” is reviewed. This Item examines the number and <br />adequacy of existing engine and ladder-service companies to cover built-upon areas of the <br />city. <br />To determine the Credit for Distribution, first the Existing Engine Company (EC) points and the <br />Existing Engine Companies (EE) determined in Item 513 are considered along with Ladder <br />Company Equipment (LCE) points, Service Company Equipment (SCE) points, Engine-Ladder <br />Company Equipment (ELCE) points, and Engine-Service Company Equipment (ESCE) points <br />determined in Item 549. <br />Secondly, as an alternative to determining the number of needed engine and <br />ladder/service companies through the road-mile analysis, a fire protection area may use <br />the results of a systematic performance evaluation. This type of evaluation analyzes <br />computer-aided dispatch (CAD) history to demonstrate that, with its current deployment <br />of companies, the fire department meets the time constraints for initial arriving engine <br />and initial full alarm assignment in accordance with the general criteria of in NFPA 1710, <br />Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, <br />Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire <br />Departments. <br /> <br />A determination is made of the percentage of built upon area within 1½ miles of a first-due <br />engine company and within 2½ miles of a first-due ladder-service company. <br /> <br />Item 561 “Credit Deployment Analysis (DA)” = 1.76 points <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />