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For maximum credit in the schedule, hose tests must be performed annually and documented. ISO evaluates a hose testing program using NFPA 1962, Standard for the Inspection, Care and Use of Fire Hose, Couplings and Nozzles and the Service Testing of Fire Hose. Multiple jacket-lined hose manufactured prior to July, 1987 must be service tested at 250 psi. Relay supply hose that is 3%inch to 5 inch should be tested at 200 psi and 5 inch to 6 inch relay supply hose should be tested at 150 psi. Hose that has been manufactured in July, 1987 and after should,be tested to the service test pressure the manufacturer stenciled on the hose. All hose should be serviced tested for a minimum of 3 minutes. The FSRS also reviews Automatic Aid. Automatic Aid is considered in the review as assistance dispatched automatically by contractual agreement between two communities or fire districts. That differs from mutual aid or assistance arranged case by case. ISO will recognize an Automatic Aid plan under the following conditions: • It must be prearranged for first-alarm response according to a definite plan. It is preferable to have a written agreement, but ISO may recognize demonstrated performance. • The aid must be dispatched to reported structure fires on the initial alarm. • The aid must be provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. • The aid must offset a need in the community ISO is surveying. For example, if a community needs a ladder company and the fire department does not have one, but a neighboring community's ladder company responds by Automatic Aid agreement, credit may be available. • The aiding ladder company must cover at least 50% of the needed ladder company Standard Response District by hydrant count in the community being graded. FSRS Item 512.D"Automatic Aid Engine Companies" responding on first alarm and meeting the needs of the city for basic fire flow and/or distribution of companies are factored based upon the value of the Automatic Aid plan (up to 0.90 can be used as the factor). The Automatic Aid factor is determined by a review of the Automatic Aid provider's communication facilities, how they receive alarms from your community, inter-department training with your fire department and the fire ground communications capability with your department. For each engine company, the credited Pump Capacity (PC), the Hose Carried (HC), the Equipment Carried (EC) and a factor for an overweight apparatus all contribute to the calculation for the percent of credit the FSRS provides to that engine company. After the Items in 512 are summed to determine the points received for the in Service Total (EC)", the sum is divided by the total possible points (654 or 554) and then multiplied by the Needed Engine Companies (NE). Next, this is multiplied by the appropriate factor representing the percent of built-upon area of the city with first alarm response of one or two engine companies. Finally, this product is multiplied by the 10 points available for the "Credit for Engine Companies(CEC)"to determine the final score for this item. The points calculated for Indian River CO FD for this item were: CEC=5.23 points ®ISO Properties,Inc.,2007 Page 18 57