For this project, you will conduct an ISO/PPC “like” analysis of your community. Using a five-point rating scale where 0 is the worst and 5 is the best, analyze and rate your community’s ability to address the four components used by ISO/PPC in its rating system

Unit II Project

Community ISO Rating

For this assignment, you will research your community, and calculate a rating similar to ISO/PPC though NOT using an ISO/PPC rating scale. For this project, you will be using our own rating scale, which is found in the grid below.

	Emergency Communications	Fire Department	Water Supply	Community Efforts Risk
	System	Structure	System	Reduction
0	No emergency call center	Non staffed	No public water	No programs or
			supply	enforcement
1	Uses direct dial 7 or 10 digit	Staffed by first	No public water	Annual fire prevention
	number to reach either police or	responders only for	supply; only “dry	activities limited to schools
			wells” or ponds,	only

 

	fire ; i.e. 222-1212 or 222-2323 or	EMS calls; stations	lakes, and streams
	901-222-1212 or 901-222-2323	are not open 24/7	for drafting
2	County 911 system non Enhanced	Staffed by part-time	Municipal fresh water	Annual fire prevention
	system; separate police & fire	paid-per-call EMS	treatment; no	activities limited to schools
	dispatching	personnel only; one	hydrants	and senior centers
		station open 24/7
3	County E-911 (Enhanced) system	Staffed by full-time	Municipal fresh water	Annual fire prevention
	with central police & fire	paid EMS personnel	treatment; hydrants	activities and daily fire
	dispatching	only; only one station	spaced greater than	inspections of high risk
		open 24/7	1,000 feet apart	occupancies
4	Municipal 911 system; non	Staffed by full-time	Municipal fresh water	Annual fire prevention and
	Enhanced system; separate police	paid EMS and fire	treatment; fire	public fire safety programs
	& fire dispatching	suppression	hydrants spaced	for all audiences
		personnel; limited	greater than 500 feet
		number of stations	apart
		24/7
5	Municipal E-911 (Enhance)	Staffed by full-time	Municipal fresh water	Staffed full-time Fire
	system with central call intake	paid EMS and fire	treatment; fire	Prevention Division; annual
	center with central dispatch or	suppression	hydrants spaced 500	fire prevention activities; fire
	police and fire dispatch on own	personnel; stations	or less apart; total	inspections; fire
	after E-911 call is received	positioned	community coverage	investigations & code
				enforcements

For this project, you will conduct an ISO/PPC “like” analysis of your community. Using a five-point rating scale where 0 is the worst and 5 is the best, analyze and rate your community’s ability to address the four components used by ISO/PPC in its rating system. Keep in mind that this rating is similar to, but not the same as, the ISO/PPC rating scale.

Primary differences include: this scale is backwards in that 0 = worst and 5 = best, and greater details are not included in each of the four categories.

Using the rating-scale grid from above, analyze your own community’s fire service capabilities. If you are a fire service employee, you will most likely know how your community operates and what services (emergency communications, fire department structure, water supply, and risk reduction) are in place.

If you are non-fire service employee, you will most likely be able to assess two categories, emergency communications and water supply, by simply knowing your emergency call system and seeing fire hydrants on the streets. For the two remaining categories, you will need to call your local fire department and speak to a firefighter, or fire officer, who should be pleased to answer your questions. You could also, time permitting, take a trip to the fire department and ask for a tour for answers to your questions.

To finish the project, you will need to construct a grid similar to the one above, or identify each of the four categories with their corresponding numerical rating number. Once you have analyzed your community and composed your numbering system, write a brief paragraph for each of the four categories that supports your number selection for each category.

There is no “right” or “wrong” response here, as every student may have a differently constructed community. Your final paper should be written in proper APA format, and include citations for sources as needed.

You must have a title page, double-spaced, with only the following information written in the center: title of paper, your name, and university name. No reference page is required, no abstract is required, and no headers are required.

The finished paper should be a minimum of three pages of written grid/graph and narration; however, not more than four pages in length. This page requirement does not include your cover page.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.