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DRAFT Comprehensive Fire Service Study MEDINA, MINNESOTA Matrix Consulting Group Page 36 4 Emergency Service System Dynamics In making decisions about the emergency services system, it is important to understand the science behind the location of resources, the deployment strategies of those resources and other factors necessary to form an effective emergency services system. For many years, the Insurance Services Office (ISO) had set the standard for deployment through their Public Protection Classification system. This system was designed to provide insurers a basis for setting insurance rates and to limit their exposure to lar ge losses and catastrophic events. While these efforts provided a good starting point, there is much more for the leadership to know while making decisions about the emergency services in Medina. Nationally, a great deal of effort and research has been put into developing performance objectives for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services. This effort is critical for local governments making decisions about deployment and location of emergency resources. The objectives promoted for Fire/Rescue and EMS providers have their basis derived from research that has been conducted in these two critical issues: • What is the key point in a fire’s “life” for gaining control of the blaze while minimizing the impact on the structure of origin and on those structures around it? • What is the impact of the passage of time on survivability for victims of cardiac arrest? 1 Emergency Medical Services Emergency medical services (EMS) are a significant part of the emergency services system. Not only are these types of calls rising but they are also wide ranging in terms of the types of service calls. Emergency medical response systems must account for this variability and ensure appropriate care is provided in a timely manner. In Medina , the fire departments provide first responder services while the transport of patients is handled by a third-party organization. From a scientific position, the American Heart Association states that brain and permanent death starts to occur in 4 to 6 minutes following cardiac arrest. Trauma events are also at the forefront of time sensitive response. In 2015, a national awareness program was launched called “Stop the Bleed”. This program is based on a person that is bleeding profusely could die within five minutes without intervention.