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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services Normally, this analysis would begin with an evaluation of call processing time within the communications/dispatch center. However, since computer aided dispatch (CAD) data was not available for this project, departmental NFIRS data was used and does not contain the appropriate timestamps to provide this analysis. The second component of the response time continuum is that of turnout, or the time between when resources are dispatched and when they are en route to the incident. Turnout times can vary based on staffing patterns and will typically be longer for volunteer or paid -on -call departments. NFPA 1710, the standard that applies to career organizations, recommends a turnout time performance of 60 seconds for medical incidents and 1:20 (1 minute 20 seconds) for fire incidents, when measured at the 90`h percentile. NFPA 1720, the standard that applies to volunteer and combination departments, does not outline a specific turnout time performance recommendation. In order to measure turnout time, incident data must be provided with both 'dispatch' time and 'en route` time. Unfortunately, NFIRS does not require that 'en route' be recording in the incident report. As mentioned previously, CAD data (the typical source for this performance measure) was not available from Anoka County se an analysis of turnout time performance could not be performed. Regardless of what the call processing or turnout times are for a particular organization or a region, the most important aspect of response is actually getting the appropriate resources on the scene of the emergency. NFPA 1710 recommends a first unit arrival response performance of five minutes when measured at the 90th percentile regardless of population density. NFPA 1720 allows a tiered response performance objective based on varying levels of population density as illustrated in the figure below. Figure 56: NFPA 1720 Response Performance Recommendations' Classification Population Density per Response Performance Square Mite Target Percentile Urban Suburban Rural Wilderness/Remote >1000 500 to 999 <500 Undeveloped 9:00 10:00 14:00 Undetermined ' NFPA 1720 Volunteer Department Staffing and Response Target Table from Section 4.3.2. 90` 80th 80th 90th • ,mr nty Services c , page 63