Accreditation Info

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CFAI

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Commission on Fire Accreditation International

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CFAI is an entity with in the CPSE.
What does CPSE stand for?

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Center for Public Safety Excellence

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CFAI Program Goals

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1) improve performance of fire agencies and provide means for gov't and community to recognize their accomplishments.
2) help fire agencies define risks, hazards, etc.. and develop plans to address these issues.

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Primary purpose of Self Assessment Process

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Determine the current or baseline performances of each or our programs

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Secondary purpose of Self Assessment Process

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Determine industry best practices and local expectations for the programs - this results in the development of improvement plans

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Self Assessment Process Summary

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1) what are we currently doing
2) what are the national standards and local expectations
3) what is our plan to bring our current programs up to the level of these standards and expectations

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The self assessment process should help Chief officers, Company commanders and fire fighters learn __________

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What is expected from them by their superiors and the community

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3 benefits of the Self Assessment Process:

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1) Provides a means for agency growth
2) Determines if the organization's goals, objectives and mission are being achieved
3) Provides a mechanism for developing strategic plans, risk assessment and standards of cover

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How long is accreditation status for ?

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5 years

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HFD was firs accredited in year________

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2000

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HFD's 3rd reaccreditation is scheduled for what year?

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2015

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Self assessment is an evaluation of______ specific categories

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10

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10 Categories of Self assessment

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Governance and Admin, Assessment & Planning, Goals and Objectives, Financial resources, Programs, Physical resources, Human resources, Training, Essential resources, External system relationships

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Self Assessment Criterions

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Criterions - major individual activities and measures by which judgments, decisions or recommendations can be made to determine an agency's credibility

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Self Assessment Performance indicators

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Performance Indicators - activities that the CFAI agreed as being appropriate in achieving the goals and objectives of the organization and are quantifiable in a reasonable timeframe

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Self Assessment s based on ______ Criterions and __________ Performance indicators

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45 Criterions
250 Performance indicators

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Of the 250 Performance indicators, _______ are considered core competencies that _________

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80 are core competencies that must be met in order to achieve accreditation

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Which of the 10 categories has the most criterions, performance indicators and core competencies

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Programs

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Fire Ops fall into which category?

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Programs

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Performance Indicators require 3 elements

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1) Description - what are you currently doing?
2) Appraisal of past performance - is it working?
3) Plan - how do we plan to improve and what are our future plans?

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Reference, data and exhibits are what validates the department's responses to performance indicators.
Examples of these include:

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policies and procedures, records/official docs, reports and manuals, response time data, etc...

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Reaccreditation - what is a PAT

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Peer Assessment Team
conduct on site visit in 2015 lasting 3-7 days

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The PAT will verify our documentations which include the following:

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Self Assessment Manual (SAM)
Standards of Cover (SOC)
Risk Analysis
Master Strategic Plan

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What is SOC

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Standards of Cover
-a rational and systematic way of looking at the basic services provided by an emergency services agency

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SOC is defined as

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written procedures that determine the distribution and concentration of resources

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How does the SOC support long term planning (MSP)

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resource procurements and allocations

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Key elements of the SOC

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1) community risk assessment
2) determine service levels being provided
3) current response capabilities (time and on scene performance)
4) standards development (how should resources be allocated and deployed)

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3 Community Types and how they are defined

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URBAN - fully developed & pop at least 5,000 per sq mi
SUBURBAN - mixed occupancy & pop 1,000-4,999 per sq mi
RURAL - open spaces & pop below 1,000 per sq mile

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designated URBAN stations for HFD

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1-7, 9, 20 & 29

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designated RURAL stations for HFD

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11, 13-16, 21, 26-28, 37

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Total Response Time is ____ +_____+_____

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Alarm handling time + turnout time + travel time

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ERF is the

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Effective Response Force (all units dispatched on the 1st alarm)

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total response time goals for urban, suburban and rural

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urban - 7 minutes 80% of the time (12min ERF)
suburban - 9 minutes 80% of the time (18 min ERF)
rural - 11 minutes 80% of the time (24 min erf)

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Rescue and HAZMAT total response time goals

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30 min 80% of the time

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The SOC is updated ________ with data coming from the previous ______ years

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updated annually with data from the previous 3 years