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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 6.35 minutes on priority calls.
Minimize Down time of vehicles by reviewing and updating weekly and Monthly PM's.
Increase Public Safety programs by 2% in the community.

KEY POINTS OF PROPOSED BUDGET:
Personnel Services: Increase due to impact of FY 23 step increases and increased benefits costs.
Increase to part-time salaries in order to staff second ambulance during peak hours.
Supplies: Increase for safety equipment purchases and for the rising cost of medical supplies.
Maintenance: Increase for equipment maintenance.
Contractual Services: Increase for additional staff training and various subscriptions.
Capital Outlay: Increase for ambulance purchases carrying over from prior fiscal year and adding LED lights
to the fire station.

KEY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE: FY 21-22 FY 22-23 FY 23-24
Actual Estimated Projection
Average city fire response times (in minutes) 0:06:31 0:06:44 0:07:00
Response Time Percentage change from Previous year -4.09% 1.41% 3.96%
Average Response times to EMS calls (in minutes) 0:04:22 0:04:35 0:04:45
Response Time Percentage change from Previous year -3.87% 4.96% 3.64%
Total Number of Fire responses 3,738 4,028 4,307
Fire response percent change from previous year 19.12% 7.76% 6.93%
Total Number of EMS responses 2,567 2,396 2,493
EMS response percent change from previous year 5.33% -6.66% 4.06%
EMS Mutual Aid given 51 28 15
EMS Mutual Aid requested to Azle 397 650 776
Fire Mutual Aid given 89 80 82
Fire Mutual Aid requested to Azle 121 160 162
Number of Transports per year 1,570 1,764 1,806
Percent increase of transports to hospitals 1.55% 12.36% 2.38%
Number of Transports to hospitals other than HMNW 518 496 541
Percent increase of transports to hospitals other than Harris NW 22.75% -4.25% 9.07%
Dollar Loss $649,549 $1,275,700 $1,000,000
Fire related deaths in city 0 0 0
Fire related injuries (civilian and firefighter) 0 0 0

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