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DIVISION SUMMARY FY 2021-22 BUDGET

Function Department Division Account
PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE EMS 01-32-02

DIVISION DESCRIPTION:
The primary function of the EMS Activity is to provide emergency medical treatment and transportation of the sick and injured within Benbrook. In addition,
volunteers teach First Aid Awareness classes to residents and boy and girl scout troops. EMS personnel train yearly to meet the continuing education
requirements set by the Texas Department of Health.

CITYWIDE CORE TENANT(S) SUPPORTED:
• Quality of Life: The City of Benbrook endeavors to implement legislation, policies, projects, and services to ensure our community remains a great city, and to
enhance quality of life for current and future generations of residents.
• Character: The City of Benbrook will govern with attentiveness, compassion, creativity, dedication, dependability, discretion, enthusiasm, fairness, flexibility,
honesty, humility, resourcefulness, respect, thoroughness, wisdom, and without bias.
• Services, Programs, and Projects: The City of Benbrook will provide services, programs, and projects that enhance quality of life.

DIVISION GOALS:
• To respond immediately to all calls for emergency medical assistance.
• To provide professional service to the sick and the injured.
• To eliminate equipment downtime through the replacement of older EMS equipment.
• To train all firefighters to the minimum Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) level of certification.
• To decrease the average response time for EMS emergencies.
• To provide adequate maintenance and support to EMS activities.
• To improve the ambulance bill collection through a quality assurance program.
DIVISION OBJECTIVES:
• To monitor expenditures and remain within + or - 5% of the Activity's budget allocation.
• To reduce response time to less than four minutes.
• To reduce scene time to less than 15 minutes.
• To train all new volunteers to a minimum EMT certification level.
• To increase time spent with Benbrook residents through training in the First Aid Awareness Program.
• To monitor the Hepatitis B vaccine throughout the City Staff.
• To continue to monitor continuing education for all EMTs and Paramedics.
• To improve the collection rate for ambulance bills.
DIVISION MEASUREMENTS: ACTUAL ACTUAL ESTIMATED PROJECTED
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Percent of Budget Expended 110.0% 102.6% 100.0% 100.0%
Average Response Time in Minutes 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8
Number of Paramedics 21 21 21 21
Number of Emergency Medical Technicians 162 10 12 12 12
Number of Residents Trained in First Aid/CPR 70 - - 50
Number of Emergency Calls 2,753 2,896 2,950 3,000
Percentage of Ambulance Bills Collected 36.5% 28.6% 38.0% 40.0%
Revenue from Ambulance Services $ 786,081 $ 628,302 $ 927,876 $ 950,000