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4.2 Services. The Department shall provide to Members the following services, which shall <br />be subject to revision or supplementation by Board action: <br />a. Structural Firefighting <br />b. Grass/Forest Firefighting <br />c. General Firefighting to include Vehicles & Equipment, Carbon Monoxide Calls and <br />Other Non -Structural Firefighting <br />d. Rescue to include Vehicle & Equipment Extrication, General Search & Rescue and <br />surface water rescue. <br />e. Fire Prevention and Education <br />£ Emergency Medical Services at a minimum of Emergency Medical Responder <br />(EMR) level but with goal of achieving a Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) <br />level. <br />g. Hazardous Material Response at a First responder, Operation level. <br />h. Disaster Response at the local level by being prepared to fully integrate with other <br />disaster response agencies. <br />i. Maintenance of Fire response equipment <br />j. Fire code enforcement and inspection services <br />k. Training and integration with other emergency response functions. <br />4.3 Response Standard. The Department shall initially use the following as operational <br />benchmark standards until the new consolidated NFPA 1750 is approved and released, at which <br />time the Board shall review and update the Department's response standards in the Board's <br />discretion, using the NFPA 1750 as a guiding but not binding document: <br />a. A 80t�' percentile on scene response time of 10 minutes for all emergent calls with an <br />EMR or higher level capability for emergency medical incidents or the new Consolidated NFPA <br />1750 once approved and released; whichever is more stringent. <br />b. A 80th percentile on scene response time of 14 minutes for the first arriving engine <br />Am 4 qualified firefighters as an operational benchmark standard for a fire suppression incidents <br />or the new Consolidated NFPA 1750 once approved and released; whichever is more stringent. <br />c. As a minimum, the Department shall maintain atwo--firefighter duty crew model to <br />cover the service area during hours established by the Board in consultation with the Fire Chief. <br />The Fire Chief may add duty crew coverage for specific purposes. Permanent changes to the <br />two -firefighter duty crew coverage model must be approved by the Board before taking effect. <br />4.4 Changes in Services or Standards. Changes to the services provided, service levels or <br />standards must be approved by the Board. Any permanent decrease in services or standards must <br />be approved by the governing bodies of all Members. If a Member seeks to add service area <br />based upon its acquisition of new territory, that Member must obtain approval from the Board to <br />add the service area; the Board's failure to approve the additional service area does not restrict <br />235703v20 <br />