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| Key Performance Measures |
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Community Education Services Section has two Key Performance Measures which include data detailing progress toward the Office of State Fire Marshal mission and goals. These measures help document program effectiveness and provide program guidance. There is a comparative component to each measure observing how Oregon is doing relative to other states with similar programs. Community Education performance measures are:
Homes With Smoke Alarms - The Community Education Services smoke alarm program is designed to decrease the percentage of Oregon homes that have a fire in which there is no working smoke alarm or no smoke alarm present. A working smoke alarm alerts occupants of a fire while there is still time to escape. Fire departments and districts statewide are key partners for this performance measure. Community Education staff train fire personnel on a five-step planning process to develop and conduct door-to-door smoke alarm campaigns in higher risk areas in their communities. In 2009, there will be a proposal to replace this Key Performance Measure with a residential fire death rate measure. The smoke alarm measure will continue to be used internally in support of the residential fire death rate measure.
Residential Fire Death Rate Per Capita - Community Education proposes to replace the ‘Homes with Smoke Alarms’ key performance measure with a ‘Residential Fire Death Rate Per Capita’ performance measure. This will allow for a more comprehensive measure of the effectiveness and performance of all community education programs. Fire departments and districts statewide will be key partners for this performance measure. In 2008, Oregon departments and districts responded to 2,894 residential fires. These fires accounted for 276 civilian injuries, 30 civilian deaths and an estimated dollar loss of $37,420,344. The proposed new key performance measure specifically addresses fires occurring in places where people live and where our public education fire safety and fire prevention programs impact their lives.
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