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 Paid on call ownership in department decisions. <br />Department Succession <br />By keeping two salaried paid on call Chief positions, two hourly Captain positions, and two hourly <br />Lieutenants positions this helps the department with future growth in our officer structure. It also allows <br />individual’s to assist in the department operations and have input in its growth. This structure insures <br />that if one person is unavailable at any given time, there will be leadership able to step in and assist in <br />areas that are needed to continue the day to day operations. The Chief Officers would act as command <br />staff on emergency calls. The Captains and Lieutenants would also act as company officers on <br />emergency calls and training drills. <br />Benefits <br />As a result of implementing the Fire Chiefs recommendations, the City staff, the Fire Department and <br />the citizens living in the City should realize significant benefits needed to justify the recommended <br />investment: <br /> Improve the confidence and abilities of emergency response personnel to handle emergency <br />incidents, by increasing the time spent on improving the Hugo Fire Department operations and <br />administration policies and procedures. <br /> Provide a long-term approach to operational and capital needs for the City to use as a planning <br />guide for budgetary and operational considerations. This approach improves efficiencies by <br />reducing repetitive processes and provides for a structured management plan. <br /> Provide a pro-active approach to planning for the future development of the community by <br />detailed evaluation of the fire department services, which is then revisited periodically. <br /> Improve coordination of information between the fire department and city hall staff, city <br />council, other fire departments, adjacent municipalities, the Sheriff’s Office, public works <br />departments, business’, and other organizations. <br /> Increase and improve the level of service to citizens by providing staff with the ability to have <br />quicker response to any requests or inquires. <br /> Provide the City management with timelier accurate information and decision-making tools, <br />which should result in improved and effective policy decision making. <br /> Increased time and resources spent on grant applications. Providing possible budget savings <br />from offsetting costs for equipment and personnel with grant funds. <br /> Professional leadership of the department. <br /> Lessens the burdens on paid on call firefighters and officers, which will result in more time for <br />the firefighters to focus their energy on emergency response. <br /> Continuous visible leadership for the fire department. <br /> Timelier handling of Human Recourse issues, personnel matters, and Workers Compensation <br />paperwork. <br /> Improved interdepartmental communications. <br /> Point of contact for the department. <br /> Completing work that otherwise may not get done. <br /> Daytime emergency responder.