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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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