© 2002-2005 Hart County Board of Commissioners 

  

TABLE 1:

Required Task Frequency Details Hours per/Year Quarterly Goals
Fire Fighting during workday On Call Daily
8:00am -4:30 pm
144 Fires* X 2 hours (approx.) 288 hours Each Quarter: Document Fire Calls
and Hours spent on task
Hydrant Inspection 2 x Year 400 hydrants X 30 minutes X 2 Firefighters 800 hours "

Hydrant Testing

1 x Year

400 hydrants X 30 minutes X 2 Firefighters

400 hours

"

Pumper Testing

As needed

8 Stations X 4 hours X 2  Firefighters

400 hours

"

Hose Testing

Ad needed

8 StationsX 4 hours X 2 Firefighters

400 hours

"

Training
(including Scheduling and Coordination)

As needed

130 Volunteer Firefighters x 1.5 hours (approx.)

200 hours

"

Provide Fire Reports to
Public/Ins. Agts.

As needed

45 minutes X 266.6 incidents (approx.)

200 hours

"

Training Reports

Monthly

8 stations X 24 reports

100 hours

"

Fire Reports

Daily

360 Incidents X 30 minutes

200 hours

"

Annual Firefighters’ Payout

1 x Year

140 Firefighters X 1.5 hour

210 hours

"

NFRS, Fire Academy, etc. Reports

Monthly

2 hours  monthly X 12 months

24 hours

"

Fire Academy Reporting

Monthly

2 hours  monthly X 12 months

24 hours

"

Miscellaneous:

As needed

(approx.)

512 hours

"

Hours Available:   4,000 hours              Total Estimated Hours for Tasks:   3,758 hours

* From 911E dispatch reports the number of fire related incidents occuring between 7 am and 6 pm, the average for 6 months chosen at random is 18.16 dispatches a month. Since more fires occur on weekends than weekdays, 2/3 of this figure was used to estimate daytime fires on week days. This number rounds off to 12 weekday fires per month countywide. An average of 2 hours per dispatch