FIRE SUPPRESSION:
Foundational Doctrine
June, 2005
Cost Management
When fire suppression is deemed necessary in order to protect lives and
property, our efforts will be undertaken with the highest regard for safety
and incidents will be managed as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Cost management is a very significant component of meeting fire suppression
objectives, but is not an overriding goal in itself. Once the objectives
of the suppression effort have been clearly defined, the appropriate resources
will be committed to meet the stated objectives. Successfully and efficiently
meeting objectives will not be sacrificed for the sole purpose of “cost
savings.”
Fire suppression will be based on sound risk management decision making-processes
and take into account values protected and resources at risk. Care will
be taken to ensure that the expenditures undertaken to meet the suppression
objectives are commensurate with the values to be protected, while understanding
that other factors may influence suppression expenditures, including the
environment: social, political, economic, and biophysical. These factors
can all lead to expenditures that, though they are not tied directly to
values at risk, can be legitimate reasons for undertaking suppression
actions.
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