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FIRE OPERATIONS

Department at a Glance

The Fire Operations Department includes the Assistant Fire Chief, four Battalion Chiefs, eight Captains,
six Lieutenants, twelve Apparatus Operators and fifty two Firefighters. The Operations Department
budget increased 3.87% due to a merit increase and certification pay adjustments. Operational costs
declined 24.08% due to reductions in operating equipment and moving medical supplies and other
contract costs to the Emergency Medical Service department. Four new positions were added to this
department in FY 2018-2019.

Key Goals and Objectives

Goal 1
Enhance Personal and Organizational Accountability for Health and Safety.

Objectives:
• Continual reevaluation of current procedures to comply with best practices.
• Provide for two sets of structural firefighter gear.
• Implement measures for decreasing the likelihood of job related cancer.

Goal 2
Improve training and professional development.

Objectives:
• Enhance professional development and training for both new and incumbent officers.
• Enhance our specialty team training and organization.
• Enhance current training initiatives to insure maintenance and sustainability of core competencies
and desired performance standards.

Goal 3
Improve the Quality and Efficiency of EMS Operations.

Objectives:
• Add three (3) shift based EMS supervisors.
• Monitor new trends and implement evidence based practices to improve patient care.
• Better utilize the Quality Assurance Committee to identify and target high-risk issues in the
community.

Performance Objectives
• Enhance Personal and Organizational Accountability for Health and Safety.
• Improve training and professional development.
• Improve the Quality and Efficiency of EMS Operations.

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