Defense Infrastructure: Fire Protection at Philadelphia Naval Business Center Meets Response Standards

摘要

The Department of Defense closed military installations as part of the base realignment and closure process and transferred properties to public and private ownership, it in some cases retained a portion of an installation as a military enclave. During this process, legal jurisdiction over an enclave may be transferred from the federal government to the local government. The overall objectives were to determine (1) who provides fire protection services for the Navy-retained property in Philadelphia and how this fire protection compares with that at other closed military bases where some property was retained by the Department of Defense; (2) how the level of fire protection services at the business center measures up to that provided elsewhere in the City of Philadelphia; and (3) what the future prospects are for changing the way fire protection is provided at the Navys enclave.