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Owensboro fire department presents community risk assessment as part of five-year push for accreditation
Summary
An unnamed fire department presenter described a multi-year accreditation effort, explaining the community risk assessment and standards of cover, outlined staffing and response gaps, and listed an improvement plan including automated vehicle location and a potential Station 4 relocation.
An unnamed fire department presenter told the Owensboro City Commission that the department has spent roughly five years preparing for accreditation through the Center for Public Safety Excellence and outlined a Community Risk Assessment (CRA) and Standards of Cover (SOC) that will feed an improvement plan.
The presenter said the CRA 'paints a picture' of the city's vulnerabilities 'to citizens, buildings, the environment and economic vitality' and that the SOC maps deployment to that risk. He described a self-assessment of roughly 250 performance indicators covering human resources, fleet management, dispatch and staffing, and said the documents will inform priorities such as training, staffing and station location.
On response standards, the presenter…
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