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FIRE OPERATIONS

               Department at a Glance

               The  Fire  Operations  Department  includes three  Battalion Chiefs, fifteen  Captains, twelve  Apparatus
               Operators and  fifty-seven  Firefighter/Paramedics. The  Operations  Department budget increased  4.88%
               due to a merit increase and the addition of one firefighter/paramedic and related firefighter gear.

               Key Goals and Objectives

               Goal 1
               Evaluate and adjust response procedures to meet current and future demand.

               Objectives:
                   •  Create response policies and guidelines for high-rise incidents.
                   •  Work with Police Communications to update Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) response
                       recommendations.
                   •  Redefine response districts to optimize response with the addition of Fire Station #5.

               Goal 2
               Improve speed of emergency responses.

               Objectives:
                   •  Decrease reflex times.
                   •  Perform data analysis to identify key performance factors that reduce response times.
                   •  Work with Police Communications to ensure call processing times are within desired limits.

               Goal 3
               Develop a technical rescue response team.

               Objectives:
                   •  Develop program leaders and train personnel for specialized rescue.
                   •  Improve deployment capabilities by having personnel available on-duty and ready for a
                       specialized or confined space rescue incident.
                   •  Develop program  guidelines and policies that direct actions of rescuers  responding to and
                       working in high risk, low frequency events.

               Performance Objectives
                   •  Increase the amount of pre-planning on known high-hazard structures.
                   •  Improve firefighting tactics to save more property and create less wear on apparatus pumps.
                   •  Faster specialized rescue response time and a reduced need for mutual aid which would delay
                       rescue and care of victims.












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