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Providers of
effective & efficient guidance & ideas for US Army Fire & Emergency
Services since 1996
S. Thomas Harrell & Associates, LLC specialize in the
application of the
Installation Community Risk Assessment/Standard of Cover document mandated by the Assistant Chief of
Staff for Installation Management in its Army Fire & Emergency Services
Scope of Services Policy Memorandum dated 18 January 2017. This application also follows The Center for
Public Safety Excellence - the recognized standard for the Installation
Community Risk Assessment/Standard of Cover process.
S.
Thomas Harrell & Associates LLC utilizes a team of highly experienced
individuals with over 100 years of combined fire protection and prevention
experience and expertise who provide a third party analysis. These individuals are subject matter experts
in numerous US Army Fire & Emergency Services responsibilities such as
operational firefighting, fire prevention, airfield rescue firefighting, wildland
firefighting, fire supervision and senior level management among other
responsibilities. This experience and
expertise, gained while serving in positions ranging from firefighter to fire
officer to mid-level management as well as Fire Chief at various US Army
installations in CONUS as well as OCONUS, provides a broad based skill
set. S. Thomas Harrell also has
experience serving as Fire Protection Specialist at US Army Forces Command and
is able to analyze staffing issues the Commander faces on a daily basis.
S.
Thomas Harrell & Associates, LLC subject matter experts have been
providing consulting services to the US Army Fire and Emergency Services since
1996. Their senior management expertise excels in the establishment of
requirements or validation of existing requirements, identification of levels
of risk and management assistance.
In
addition to following the Army Fire & Emergency Services Scope of Services
Policy Memorandum, Department of Defense Instruction 6055.6 and Army Regulation
420-1 are utilized in completing the Community Risk Assessment/Standard of
Cover. For the analysis in the Community
Risk Assessment “The Army Safety Program" in Army Regulation 385-10 and
Army Pamphlet 385-30 "Risk Management" are followed to identify
levels of risk.
While
completing the Community Risk Assessment, S. Thomas Harrell and Associates, LLC
partners with TC
Oldham Consulting to
provide not only the extensive analysis
required by the Army Fire and Emergency Services Scope of Services Policy
Memorandum but also an in-depth look at the organization in the Standard of
Cover. This analysis starts at the
inception of the installation through to present day as well as future
planning. The Installation Community Standard of Cover is a process for
analyzing rescurce deployment to determine whether
your Installation Fire & Emergency Services is properly deployed to meet
the installations risks and expectations.
The
Standard of Cover also serves as a tool to assist in the proper distribution of
resources required by Fire & Emergency Services to fulfill its goals and
objectives. It is based on the
probability and severity of a fire, emergency, airfield/aircraft incident,
medical, Haz-Mat, technical rescue or other emergency
situation occurring.
The
Standard of Cover serves as a strategic planning tool for the Command dealing
with fire prevention and fire protection, emergency planning and current/future
construction projects.
The
Army Standard of Cover is based on the requirements of the Army Fire &
Emergency Services Scope of Services Policy Memorandum dated 18 January 2017
and National Fire Protection Association Standard 1710, a standard addressing
organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical
operations, and special operations to the public by fire and emergency
services.
The
Installation Standard of Cover includes a description of the Installation along
with its service
capabilities, rapid response objectives, mutual aid, natural hazards, community
occupancy vulnerability assessment profile or OVAP score for selected
structures on the installation and an overall evaluation of the current
capabilities and suggestions on improvements.
S.
Thomas Harrell & Associates, LLC also provide
the US Army Fire & Emergency Services Program Assessment or FESPA. This
assessment is directed by Department of Defense Instruction 6055.6 and Army
Regulation 420-1 to be accomplished tri-annually and is designed to provide a
comprehensive review of the organizations hands-on delivery of services.
For more information 
please email Tom
Harrell or call him at (706) 340-4229
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