Master Plan Nashua Fire Rescue, NH
Inspections
The Nashua Fire Marshal’s Office conducted 3,170 plan reviews/permits, inspections, complaints, and
investigational activities during 2019. It should be noted that 1,685 of these activities are required to be
inspected/issued under specific New Hampshire statutes as they are places of assembly and schools.
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Qualifications
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Fire Marshal Division
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Figure 57. NFPA 1710 Initial Full Alarm Assignments
2,000 SF Residential Structure Open-Air Shopping Center 1,200 SF Apartment
at (13,000 SF to 196,000 SF) (3-story garden apartment)
Incident Commander Incident Commander Incident Commander
Water Supply Operator Water Supply Operators Water Supply Operators
2 Application Hose Lines 3 Application Hose Lines 3 Application Hose Lines
1 Support Member per line 1 Support Member per line 1 Support Member per line
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Deployment Methods and Staffing Performance for Incidents
NFPA 1710 addresses apparatus staffing, response time, and the effective firefighting force (also referred to
as the effective response force), which is the minimum number of firefighters to carry out essential fireground
tasks.
Fire Responses
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The staffing methodology used by Nashua Fire Rescue is very common across the United States for
firefighters working a 10-hour day/14-hour night schedule.
A common industry practice to achieve optimal staffing and efficiency is to determine the appropriate
minimum staffing factor and then the relief factor based on the needed coverage for sick, vacation, and other
unplanned leave.
Minimum Staffing Factor Determination
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Figure 55. Nashua Fire Rescue Total Emergency Response Staffing
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Position Title Number of Positions Worked/Week Work Schedule
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= Oversight of the Nashua Fire Rescue Training Program. As previously noted, training was
repeatedly identified as a major weakness within Nashua Fire Rescue. Placing the Training Safety
Division under the direction of the Assistant Chief of Uniform Professional Standards will provide the
oversight that is necessary to establish and then achieve simple, manageable, achievable,
reasonable, and timely (SMART) goals to systematically improve the Nashua Fire Rescue Training
Program.
