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Travel Time Performance
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Turnout Time Performance
The second component of the response continuum, and one that is directly affected by response personnel,
is turnout performance. Turnout is the time it takes personnel to receive the dispatch information, move to
the appropriate apparatus, and begin responding to the incident.
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Figure 85. Total Call Processing Time, goth Percentile, 2017-2019
Fire
OverPress
EMS
Haz Cond
Alarms
Total
00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00
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Once the initial alarm handling is complete, the call is then routed to Nashua Fire Alarm for additional call
processing and dispatch.
Figure 84. Nashua Fire Alarm Dispatch Time, goth Percentile, 2017-2019
Fire
OverPress
EMS
Haz Cond
Alarms
Total
00:00 00:30 01:00 01:30
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To provide an analysis of performance for emergency calls within Nashua, the following assumptions were
made:
= Non-emergency incident types were removed
» Mutual and auto aid given were removed
» Other aid given were removed
= NFIRS call types within the 500, 600, 800, and goo series were removed
= Cells containing zeros or no value were removed
Call Processing Time Performance
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Figure 82. Total Response Time Continuum
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When the Unit Hour Utilization of Nashua Fire Rescue units is calculated, all fall well below the thresholds for
adding additional units to the system. Given the annual call volume, call concurrency rates, and UHUs, the
fire department should have ample time for additional duties such as training, career development, and pre-
fire planning.
RESPONSE PERFORMANCE
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Figure 80. Commitment Factors as Developed by Henrico County (VA) Division of Fire, 2016
Ideal Personnel can maintain training requirements and physical fitness
0.16-0.24 Commitment | and can consistently achieve response time benchmarks. Units are
Range available to the community more than 75% of the day.
Community availability and unit sustainability are not questioned.
0.25 System Stress | First-due units are responding to their assigned community 75% of
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RESOURCE RELIABILITY
