Suffield (Connecticut) Fire Department cflynn@suffieldct.gov Vice Chair Chief Rich Cowger Columbus (Montana) Fire Rescue rcowger@columbusfirefrescue.com Secretary/Treasurer Chief Fred Windisch, CFO, EFO Ponderosa (Texas) Fire Department fwindisch@ponderosavfd.org International Director Chief Donna Black Duck (North Carolina) Fire Department, CRR is more than just one person and more than the Fire Department. Just as the fire service is much more than responding to incidents, CRR is more than establishing a CRR Team or hiring a CRR specialist. CRR must be accepted and integrated, from city hall to the chief of police, the fire chief, through personnel and including all facets of a , Events involving ESS Systems with Lithium-ion batteries can be extremely dangerous. All fire crews must follow department policy, and train all staff on response to incidents involving ESS. Compromised lithium-ion batteries can produce significant amounts of flammable gases with potential risk of deflagration and fire., A master plan is typically completed by a third-party consultant who evaluates the fire department and its service delivery and provides a report detailing future needs. Strategic Planning. In contrast, a strategic plan is a shorter-term, three- to five-year plan that is internally driven, though often facilitated by a third party., As such, the following action items are recommended as a start to addressing the issue of reducing and eliminating fire department response to unwanted and nuisance fire alarms. Fire alarm supervising stations should be tested, inspected and maintained in accordance with the National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72), and other locally-adopted , Selection of the 1,000 fire fighters was random and anonymous, but consistent with the race and gender diversity of the specific department. The completed results of the surveys resulted in the development a series of physical ability tests that were selected based on the results of the data indicating the physicality and criticality of the .