52 Pa. Code § 69.1501. General scope and purpose.

PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MONITORING—STATEMENT OF POLICY

§ 69.1501. General scope and purpose.

(a)  Water public utilities.
The coordination and consistent application of safe, adequate and reliable fire protection service offers a tremendous benefit to public safety, emergency fire protection organizations and associated personnel. Safe, reasonable and adequate regulated fire protection service offerings are a matter of utmost concern to the Commission. The policies and recommendations in this policy statement are intended to provide water public utilities with a guideline of the recommended actions and level of public fire protection service and system hydraulic monitoring that the Commission considers reasonable. The Commission may consider a water public utility’s effort to meet the recommendations in this policy statement when determining just and reasonable rates for the water public utility.
(b)  Class A water public utilities.
Fire protection services are often provided by Class A water public utilities. In providing fire protection services, a Class A water public utility should operate with a sophisticated level of technical expertise including the use of modern water industry tools such as computerized hydraulic modeling software.

Authority

   The provisions of this §  69.1501 added under 66 Pa.C.S. § §  501, 505, 506 and 512.

Source

   The provisions of this §  69.1501 added March 29, 2024, effective March 30, 2024, 54 Pa.B. 1675.

Cross References

   This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §  69.1502 (relating to definitions).

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