Fourth Survey Of The Needs Of The U.s. Fire Service Form Page 5

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35.
Number of ambulances or other patient transport vehicles:
Does your fire department have a plan for apparatus replacement on a regular schedule? □ Yes □ No
36.
37.
Portable radios.
A. What percentage of your on-duty emergency responders on a single shift can be equipped with portable radios?
□ None (0%)
□ Few (1–25%)
□ Some (26–50%)
□ Many (51–75%)
□ Most (76–99%)
□ All (100%)
B. What percentage of your portable radios are DESIGNED TO BE safe in an explosive atmosphere?
□ None (0%) □ Few (1–25%) □ Some (26–50%) □ Many (51–75%) □ Most (76–99%) □ All (100%) □ Don’t know
38.
Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
A. What percentage of your on-duty emergency responders on a single shift can be equipped with SCBA?
□ None (0%)
□ Few (1–25%)
□ Some (26–50%)
□ Many (51–75%)
□ Most (76–99%)
□ All (100%)
B. What percentage of your SCBA are 10 years old or older?
□ None (0%) □ Few (1–25%) □ Some (26–50%) □ Many (51–75%) □ Most (76–99%) □ All (100%) □ Don’t know
39.
Personal alert safety system (PASS) devices.
How many responding firefighters who work in immediately dangerous to health or life (IDHL) environment are equipped
with a PASS device?
□ None (0%)
□ Few (1–25%)
□ Some (26–50%)
□ Many (51–75%)
□ Most (76–99%)
□ All (100%)
40.
Personal protective clothing.
A. How many of your emergency responders are equipped with personal protective clothing?
□ None (0%)
□ Few (1–25%)
□ Some (26–50%)
□ Many (51–75%)
□ Most (76–99%)
□ All (100%)
B. How many of your department’s personal protective clothing is at least 10 years old?
□ None (0%) □ Few (1–25%) □ Some (26–50%) □ Many (51–75%) □ Most (76–99%) □ All (100%) □ Don’t know
C. Do you have reserve personal protective clothing sufficient to equip 10% of your emergency
responders?
(Check one) □ Yes □ No □ Don’t know
D. Is your personal protection clothing inspected and tested each year? □ Yes □ No
E. Does your department have laundering facilities or provide services (external) to clean contaminated personal
protection clothing? □ Yes
□ No
41.
For what percentage of fireground incidents do you have a thermal imager/ thermal imaging cameras available?
□ None (0%) □ Few (1–25%) □ Some (26–50%) □ Many (51–75%) □ Most (76–99%) □ All (100%) □ Don’t know
PART V. Communications and Communications Equipment
42.
Multi-agency communication.
A. Can you communicate by radio on an incident scene with your local/state/federal emergency response partners
(includes frequency compatibility)? (Check one) □ Yes □ No □ Don’t know
B. If yes to 42A, how many of your partners (agencies/departments) can you communicate with at an incident scene?
□ None (0%) □ Few (1–25%) □ Some (26–50%) □ Many (51–75%) □ Most (76–99%) □ All (100%) □ Don’t know
43.
Dispatch.
A. Who has the primary responsibilities (i.e., public safety answering point (PSAP)) of answering 911 calls?
□ PSAP that answers police, fire and EMS calls
□ PSAP that answers fire and EMS calls
□ Police department
□ Fire department
□ Private company
B. If the 911 call is determined to be a fire call, is that call processed by the same center that answered the initial 911 call?
□ Yes □ No, the call is transferred to another center to be processed
C. Does the 911 center that processes the fire call typically have one person that processes and dispatch the same fire call?
□ Yes □ No, we typically have call takers and separate dispatchers.
D. If no in 43C. Does the 911 center that processes the fire call typically have at least 2 people on duty at all times?
□ Yes □ No, sometimes we cut back to one person on duty
□ No, we never have two persons on duty
E. Do you also have a backup dispatch facility? (Check one) □ Yes □ No

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