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<br />Policy 9: Strive to respond to all emergency calls within seven minutes of the time the call for service <br /> <br />is received 90 percent of the time. <br /> <br />Program 9.1: Deny proposed developments not within a five-minute travel time of a Fire <br /> <br />Station unless acceptable mitigations are provided. <br /> <br />Program 9.2: Develop a system of fire hazard mitigations based on the probability of <br /> <br />occurrence and number of people at risk. <br /> <br />Program 9.3: Evaluate the need for expanded services or facilities as the city grows. <br /> <br />Program 9.4: Maintain a current inventory of structures and their locations in the city. <br /> <br />Policy 10: Maintain ot improve the City's existing Insurance Services Office fire-protection rating of <br /> <br />three. <br /> <br />Program 10.1: Require developers to finance and construct necessary water facilities for <br /> <br />their projects when they develop. <br /> <br />Program 10.2: Require that all new developments be provided with sufficient fire-flow <br />facilities at the time of development at least at the level specified by the Fire Chief. <br /> <br />Program 10.3: Implement the Fire Prevention Bureau's public education programs. <br /> <br />Policy II: Upgrade the level of fire resistivity in all new and remodeled structures. <br /> <br />Program 11.1: Continuously update and enforce the City's Fire and Building Codes as new <br />technologies occur. <br /> <br />Policy 12: Require fire mitigation measures in new and existing developments that reduce the fire <br />threat to the structure and occupants. Require development outside the five-minute travel <br />time and in Special Fire Protection Areas to provide effective fire prevention measures. <br /> <br />Program 12.1: Require the installation of building and fire code compliant fire-detection <br />and alarm equipment in residential and commercial structures. <br /> <br />Program 12.2: Install automatic fire sprinkler protection in certain structures as required by <br />adopted City ordinances. Program 12.3: Encourage the installation of automatic fire- <br />sprinkler systems in all new construction. <br /> <br />Program 12.4: Provide adequate fire-equipment access to all structures in the city. <br /> <br />Program 12.5: Partner with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention <br />and Firewise Communities to identify measures that reduce the fire threat in Special Fire <br />Protection Areas. <br /> <br />Public Safety 082906, clean <br /> <br />V-36 <br /> <br />City Council 8129/2006 <br />