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DEPARTMENT DIVISION ACCOUNT
Fire Public Safety 01-522

PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Dedicated to the preservation of life and property by serving the community in a professional manner.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

Decrease Property loss by 2%
Reduce the average response time in the city to 6.5 minutes on priority calls.
Minimize Down time of vehicles by reviewing and updating weekly and Monthly PM's.
Minimize the number of fire related injuries

KEY POINTS OF PROPOSED BUDGET:
Personnel Services: Increase due to impact of FY 22 step increases, increased benefit costs, and increase
related to salary plan market adjustment.
Supplies: Increase for rising fuel costs.
Contractual Services: Increase for physical fitness tests and costs of the City's dispatch/radio systems.
Capital Outlay: Funding requested to purchase SCBAs and related equipment.

KEY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE: FY 20-21 FY 21-22 FY 22-23
Actual Estimated Projection
Average city fire response times (in minutes) 6:58 6:45 6:45
Response Time Percentage change from Previous year 0.30% -1.98% 0.00%
Total Number of Fire responses 3138 3604 3964
Fire response percent change from previous year 9.41% 14.85% 10.00%
Dollar Loss Percentage Change -40% -14% 0%
Fire related deaths in city 0 0 0
Fire related injuries (civilian and firefighter) 6 1 0

City of Azle FY 2022-2023 Budget 92