HomeMy WebLinkAbout#05 - Fire Department Report STAFF REPORT
DATE: December 19, 2017
CONSENT
ITEM #: 5
TO: City Council
FROM: Greg Malmquist, Fire Chief
AGENDA ITEM: Month End Fire Department Update for November 2017 REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Review month end activity update from fire department. Advise on any additional information requested.
PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS:
We had 40 calls in November:
1 Fire Alarm
2 Structure Fires
6 Dispatched and cancelled en route
23 Medicals
1 Fire- (rekindle)
1 Good intent call
4 Car accident with injuries
1 Special outside fire (port-a-potty arson)
1 Steam mistaken for smoke (reported as car fire)
40 Total
A Command Vehicle did not respond on 6 calls for a response rate of 85%. Average response time was
7.4 minutes. 9 calls had 3 or less responders minus the Duty Officer with with 6 calls having only 1
personnel on the apparatus.
Department drills for the month:
#1- CEU – Incident Safety Officer
#2- SCBA quarterly
#3- Quarterly Region’s EMS
Points of Interest:
• One Fire fighter resigned/retired in November.
• Both Chief’s attended VCOS training this month and brought back valuable training and
concepts as usual.
• Bids are out to printers for Safe Haven project booklets
• A lot of hydrants have been flushed by part time staff and several problems have already been
found are being fixed by Public Works. During this process, we are also discovering many
hydrants that are new to the system and not currently logged on our book.