Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES
PUBLIC FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE AND SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MONITORING-STATEMENT OF POLICY
Section 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.