NFPA 1710 Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments
NFPA 1710 专职消防队员应付公众灭火操作，应急医疗操作和特殊操作组织和开展标准
1.1* Scope. This standard contains minimum requirements relating to the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical operations, and special operations to the public by substantially all career fire departments.
1.1.1 The requirements address functions and objectives of fire department emergency service delivery, response capabilities, and resources.
1.1.2 This standard also contains general requirements for managing resources and systems, such as health and safety, incident management, training, communications, and pre-incident planning.
1.1.3 This standard addresses the strategic and system issues involving the organization, operation, and deployment of a fire department and does not address tactical operations at a specific emergency incident.
Improve fire fighter safety and service delivery in career fire departments with NFPA 1710.
Updated to address new challenges and hazards faced by today's fire fighters and special operations professionals, the 2010 edition of NFPA 1710 Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments governs the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical operations, and special operations to the public by all career fire departments.
Follow up-to-date requirements relating to staffing levels, deployment of resources, response times, and levels of service.
· Revisions clarify that arriving company resources should be able to handle an offensive attack on a low hazard occupancy, or provide emergency medical care to up to two patients.
· New definitions include specific time starts and ends that correlate with the 2010 NFPA 1221 Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems.
· Turnout time -- or the time from start of transmission of the alarm to incident response -- has been increased from 60 seconds to 80 seconds for fire and special operations responses.
NFPA 1710 also addresses incident management systems, training systems, and communications systems. The Standard references the IAFC Committee on Fire Accreditation International. (Softbound, 24 pp., 2010)