Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Standards of Reponse Coverage Plan is a consolidation of the Columbus Division of Fire's written policies and procedures that establish distribution and concentration of fixed and mobile resources for the fire agency. This resolution serves as Council's adoption of the Columbus Division of Fire's Standards of Response Coverage Plan, which is a critical element of the CFAI accreditation process, currently being undertaken by the Columbus Division of Fire.
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To adopt the Columbus Division of Fire's Standard of Response Coverage plan and to support the Division's efforts to achieve accreditation as an additional way of showing excellence and leadership in the City of Columbus and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire has a mission statement, goals and objectives to guide the organization in providing fire and medical services to the community; and,
WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire has standard operating procedures, emergency operating procedures and operational guidelines that establish specific service level objectives for responses to fires, emergency medical services incidents, hazardous materials, and non-emergency operations; and,
WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire has applied for accreditation through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI); and,
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council is supportive of the Columbus Division of Fire's efforts to achieve accreditation as an additional way of showing their excellence and leadership in the City of Columbus, and
WHEREAS, the accreditation process will help the Columbus Division of Fire to devise and upgrade the management tools necessary to make more efficient use of manpower and control overtime; and
WHEREAS, the developmental Standards of Response Coverage document is a critical element of the accreditation process; and,
WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Fire has developed a Standards of Response Coverage document which consolidates the Columbus Division of Fire's written policies and procedures that establish distribution and concentration of fixed and mobile resources for the fire agency, and now, therefore,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Safety in that it is immediately necessary to pass this resolution as an emergency measure so that the plan can be implemented as soon as possible for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
That this Council does hereby adopt the Columbus Division of Fire Standard of Response Coverage plan and is supportive of the Division's efforts to achieve accreditation as an additional way of showing excellence and leadership in the City of Columbus. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.