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Invest heavily and continually in new equipment, apparatus and facilities which embeds modern technology and methodology into daily operations. STRATEGY #1: Create a long-term capital plan to ensure continuous replacement of critical apparatus and equipment providing a consistent level of annual expenditures. Action Steps: 1. Perform needs assessment and prioritize equipment and apparatus replacement based on National Standard and best practice timeframes. • Time: Immediate 2. Perform needs assessment on facilities; prioritize repairs and upgrades to enhance operational capability. • Time: Immediate 3. Embrace all grant -funding opportunities for needed apparatus, equipment and programs, maximizing local funding and reducing capital replacement plan timeframe. • Time: Immediate STRATEGY #2: Perform a needs assessment to determine if current facilities require reconfiguration and/or relocation. Action Steps: 1. Assess current Fire Station locations using current and future data, ISO requirements, NFPA requirements, response times, staffing and community risk profile to determine future locations, staffing and apparatus configuration. • Time: 24 months STRATEGY #3: Ensure apparatus and equipment fulfill multiple mission requirements. Create a multi -role fleet that is effective, efficient and agile while possessing significant redundancy in all hazard mitigation capability, notably suppression. Action Steps: 1. Modify current operational concept from Engine centered to Quint centered in Fire Stations assigned Quint apparatus. • Time: 12 months 2. Implement operational deployment model that combines Quint, with smaller support apparatus, operating as a small task force (light force) at each working structure fire or similar large incident. • Time: 12 months 111SBMFD 2017-2022 Strategic Plan