HomeMy WebLinkAbout#07 - Fire Dept Report STAFF REPORT
DATE: January 16, 2018
CONSENT
ITEM #: 7
TO: City Council
FROM: Greg Malmquist, Fire Chief
AGENDA ITEM: Month End Fire Department Update for December 2017 with Year End Totals and Recap. REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Review month/year end activity update from fire department. Advise on any additional information requested. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: We had 49 call in December:
3 Fire Alarms
1 Structure Fire
1 Fire – (rekindle)
1 Structure Fire (exposure)
8 Dispatched and Cancelled en route
27 Medicals
1 Fire – other
1 Gas Leak
5 Car accident with injuries
1 Smoke or odor removal
49 Total
A Command vehicle did not respond on 11 calls for a response rate of 82%. Average response time was
just over 7.4 minutes. (Two months in a row) 21 calls had 3 or less responders minus the Duty Officer
with 7 calls having only 1 personnel on the apparatus.
We have been given the Home Safety Survey Grant which means that we will be getting free Firestop
oven hood extinguishers next year. This should be a significant savings if we get a good response for the
Safe Haven program. It is not clear how much money we will be able to get yet, but I am excited to get
anything. The printing of the books for Safe Haven is all done and they look great! Citizens should be
receiving them shortly.
Drills for the month:
#1 Annual SCBA Fit Testing
#2 Officer’s Meeting
#3 Annual Make-Up Drill
YEAR END
We had a total of 456 calls for 2017:
- 50 Cancelled en route
- 253 Medicals
- 91 Fire calls
- 62 Rescues
456 Total
The total average response time from alarm to arrival was 7 minutes for the year and we averaged 1.9
personnel on each truck that rolled out excluding Command Vehicles. We averaged 5.5 personnel per
call.
Points of Interest:
- Staffing was the big issue for the year. Part time fire fighters were hired and began shift
work from 0600-1800 7 days a week. That staffing model began in October and is still being
adjusted to accommodate personnel as much as possible.
- One of our Command Vehicles was involved in a traffic crash while en route to a call. The
vehicle has since been replaced.
- 2 more personnel resigned or retired bringing our Paid On Call total to 17 personnel with no
pending applications.
- We have been expanding our training more consistently using the East Metro Training
Facility.
- 2 more personnel completed instructor training for the Washington County CIRAS training
(active shooter response).