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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2590 Resolution H y RESOLUTION NO. 2590 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING NFPA PROPOSED STANDARD 1710. WHEREAS, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is an international association of individuals and trade and professional organizations whose collective mission is "to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research and education"; and WHEREAS, NFPA is currently proposing a new standard (NFPA 1710, Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments), which recommends minimum response times, minimum fire company staffing levels, initial full alarm response levels, and extra alarm response levels for career fire departments such as that operated by the City of Pasco; and WHEREAS, levels of service delivery for fire and emergency medical services have always been and can be most appropriately determined by local jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, proposed NFPA standard 1710, if adopted by NFPA and observed by federal agencies (such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA) and insurance companies, would effectively impose onerous, unfunded mandates upon local governments to meet such response times and staffing levels; and WHEREAS, the proposed standard 1710 will be considered and voted on at the NFPA annual conference on May 16, 2001 in Anaheim, California; and WHEREAS, if adopted and issued, the proposed NFPA standard 1710 would effectively force local governments to shift dollars from fire prevention and other public safety programs to fire suppression activities, thus potentially increasing the risk of fire and associated danger to local firefighters as well as potentially increasing the risk of local criminal activity by causing the reduction of police services;NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Pasco, Washington opposes any attempt by the National Fire Protection Association to adopt standards for staffing or minimum manning levels of fire, specialized, or emergency medical services vehicles controlled by units of local government; and Y � BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Pasco, Washington opposes any attempt by the National Fire Protection Association to adopt a standard dictating or affecting the response time of any fire, specialized, or emergency medical services vehicle; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Pasco, Washington will send this resolution to the National Fire Protection Association registering the City's opposition to proposed Standard 1710, which preempts local authority and creates a one-size-fits-all mandate for our city and all other cities and towns. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco Washington at a regular meeting this 7 h day of May 2001. Michael L. Ga' ison, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Catherine D. Seaman,Deputy City Clerk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney