fire chief doug willis deputy chief keith wright

Fire Chief Doug WillisDeputy Chief Keith Wright

Update from your Fire Department

• Service Area

• Mission and services we provide

• Station Locations, Personnel, and Apparatus

• Call Volume

• Revenue and Budget

• Cost Saving Measures

• 2012 S.A.F.E.R. Grant Award

• Proposed Bond Measure

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Communities Served

Spanaway South HillParkland Portion of FredricksonMidland City of PuyallupSummit North Puyallup (previous Fire District #11)

Summit View Riverside Fire Dept. (contract for services

Elk Plain effective December 2012)

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Population Served – 202,500Area Served – 91 square miles

Our Mission

To quickly, skillfully and compassionately respond to the needs of our diverse communities by safely providing:

• Fire Suppression• Emergency Medical Services• Rescue• Hazardous Materials Mitigation• Public Information and Education• Prevention and Code Compliance

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Other Services We Provide

• First Aid/CPR AED Classes• Safe Sitter Babysitting Classes• Helmets• Blood Pressure Checks• Fire Extinguisher Classes• Fire Station Tours• Guest Speakers• Pre-school/Day Care Visits• Smoke Alarm Program• Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program• Community meeting rooms

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Station Locations

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RiversideFire Dist.

Personnel

• Uniformed personnel 246

• Non-uniformed personnel 26

o Full-time 22

oPart-time 4

• Community Service Volunteers 29

• Suppression Volunteers 5

• Chaplain 1

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Apparatus

• In-service Emergency Response Vehicleso 11 Fire Engines (staffed with EMTs and/or Paramedics)o 8 Medic Transport Units (staffed with one EMT & one PM)o 1 Ladder Truck (staffed with EMTs and/or Paramedics)

• Reserve Vehicles/Special Operations Unitso Tech Rescue Vehicles/Equipmento Haz Mat Vehicleo Air/Light Rig

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2012 Call Volume

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Types of Incidents

Fire 641

EMS/Rescue 20,655

Hazardous Materials 496

Service Calls 1,551

Good Intent 1,864

Other 1,788

26,995

Hazardous Materials: Explosions (no fire) , steam/gas line ruptures, excessive heat, flammable spills, chemical releases, biological hazard, electrical problems , drug labs

Service Calls: Person in distress, lockouts, water problems, smoke /odor problems, unauthorized burning, assist Law Enforcement

Good Intent: Cancelled in route, wrong location, no incident found, alarm malfunction, smell of smoke or odor (nothing found), steam mistaken for smoke

Other: Includes false alarms, sprinkler/detector malfunctions , malicious reports, citizen complaints

Revenue Sources

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Regular Levy - $1.00 per $1,000 of Assessed Value

EMS Levy - $.50 per $1,000 of Assessed Value

FBC – Based on type of occupancy and square feet of improvements

EMS Levy Funded Transports. No out-of-pocket costs for District residents

Half of Entire Budget comes from Voter-Approved Funding

Impact of Assessed Values on Budget

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2010 $18,851,241,284

2011 $17,533,547,062 - 7.0%

2012 $16,393,409,053 - 6.5%

2013 $15,015,167,469 - 8.4%

1% decline in AV affects the budget by nearly $250,000

Approximately $5,475,000 reduction in revenue since 2010

Reductions in Spending

• Unfilled vacant FTEso Deputy Chief (1)o Battalion Chiefs (3)o Public Education Coordinator (1)o Training Captain (1)o Training Lieutenant (1)o EMS Lieutenants (2)o Firefighters (12)o Administrative Support Staff (2)

• Employee concessions in salary and benefits• Change in medical insurance• Reduce Responder Newsletter to one per year• Budget Line Items / Postponing major purchases• Closing one ladder truck

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• $2,085,006 to hire 11 full-time Firefighters – 2 Year Period

• 27th largest grant given out by US Dept. of Homeland Security of 125 applications (2nd largest in state only to Lacey Fire Department)

• Recruitment period of 90 days – April 12, 2013 (May apply for extension if unable to complete hiring process)

• Grant encourages recipients to seek, recruit and hire post-911 veterans and/or re-hire firefighters that have been laid off

• Covers Salaries and Benefits only (Does not include administrative or pre-application costs, uniforms or physicals)

• Required to submit semi-annual progress reports

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2012 S.A.F.E.R. Grant Award

Facilities Bond Projects

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New Station

New Station

New Station

Major remodel

Major remodel

Property for future station move farther East

Major remodel to include new WAC training requirements

All facilities misc. upgrades including:

• Sewer connections• Security upgrades• Generators• Roofing, flooring, paint• Readerboards• Asphalt sealing• HVAC/Energy improvements

Benefits / Cost

Benefits to Fire Department• Ability to maintain equipment and fire stations • Improvements won’t impact operating budget and will allow for department to maintain personnel and response times to emergencies

Cost to Citizens• Ballot Measure – projected Nov. 2013• $38 million bond request• 20 year bond• Impact on $210K home

• $3 per month/$36 per year

• Fire Dept. has no debt, no current bonds

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Questions?

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