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Home My WebLink About2017/09/26 - Item 10 - CVFD Public Safety Staffing Council PresentationChula Vista Fire Department Overview Deputy Chief Harry Muns CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY ‣267,917 CA DOF 2nd largest city in San Diego County ‣14th largest city in California ‣Approximately 52 square miles CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Chula Vista Fast Facts •$27.5M Budget •130 Authorized sworn staff •9 Civilian staff •5 lines of business (Admin, Support Services, Training, Operations, Prevention/Investigation) •9 Fire stations •Organized into 2 battalions •11 response units staffed with 39 firefighters CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Chula Vista Fire Department •Core Capabilities & Services •Performance Metrics •Gaps & Challenges •Future Focus CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Chula Vista Fire Department Emergency Operations CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Prevention/Investigation Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services ‣Fire Response ‣EMS Response ‣Rescue Response ‣Hazardous Materials ‣Incident Management ‣Resource Deployment ‣Disaster Management ‣Special Responses & Services CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Emergency Operations Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services ‣Distribution: Resource distribution is associated with geography of the community and travel time to emergencies to initiate incident stabilization ‣Concentration: Resource concentration is associated with geography of the community and travel time to emergencies, but focused on the appropriate number of resources to mitigate the incident ‣Response time goals for first -due units (distribution) and for the total effective on-scene emergency response force (concentration) drives fire department objectives like fire station location, apparatus deployed and staffing levels CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services ‣Resource Availability: is the degree to which the resources are ready and available to respond. ‣Department Capability: is the ability of the resources deployed to manage an incident. ‣Operational Effectiveness: is the product of availability and capability. It is the outcome achieved by the deployed resources or a measure of the ability to match resources deployed to the risk level to which they are responding. ‣Operational Reliability: is defined as the probability that the required number of resources will be available when a fire or emergency call is received. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services ‣Fires: 417 ‣Loss: $9 Million (18%) ‣Saved: $43 Million (82%) ‣EMS: 13,494 ‣Acute Patients 5,397 ‣Code 3 transportation for immediate intervention at hospital or receiving multiple ALS treatments. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Emergency Operations: 2016 Fire & EMS Calls Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services Emergency Operations CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Prevention/Investigation Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services Prevention/Investigation ‣Fire Code Inspection ‣Fire Safety Engineering ‣Fire Investigation ‣Community Risk Reduction Education CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Core Capabilities & Services ‣Prevention/Investigation: 2016 Work Volume ‣Fire Code Inspections: 2,235 ‣Fire Safety Engineering: 3,073 ‣Fire Investigations: 36 ‣Community Risk Reduction: 1 ‣Fire Facility Master Plan/Resolution ‣First Unit On-Scene: 7 minutes 90% •Fire Calls For Service •EMS Calls for Service ‣Effective Firefighting Force On-Scene: 14 FF 10 minutes 90% ‣Growth Management Oversight Commission: 7 minutes 80% CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations Influencing Factors: Flashover CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations Influencing Factors: Flashover CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations Influencing Factors: Flashover CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations Influencing Factors: Flashover CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations First Unit On-Scene within 7 minutes 90% ‣Fire Purpose: Extinguish fire prior to flashover ‣Flashover nearly eliminates survivability with room of origin ‣Flashover is when room contents reach ignition temperature and ignite; and when the fire moves outside of the room of origin ‣Cal OSHA two-in/two-out: defensive/offensive ‣Distribution of resources is critical to achieve this metric CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations First Unit On-Scene within 7 minutes 90% ‣EMS Purpose: Acute medical calls require immediate intervention. ‣40% of EMS Calls (5,397 patients) CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY ‣Cardiac ‣Respiratory ‣Neurological ‣Trauma Fire Department Metrics Emergency Operations ‣CA State Fire Marshal Regulated Occupancies Inspected Annually ‣Permitted Occupancies Inspected Annually ‣Plan Reviews Completed within Time Review Period ‣Fire Origin & Cause Investigations Performed by Fire Prevention ‣Business License Inspections Completed within 30 Days ‣Number of Public Education and/or Training Classes Delivered CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Metrics Prevention/Investigation CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Service Delivery Gaps/Challenges: Emergency Operations Fire > 7 min. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Service Delivery Gaps/Challenges: Emergency Operations EMS > 7 min. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Service Delivery Gaps/Challenges: Emergency Operations $2 $2 $5 $3 $9 $6 $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10 2012 2013 2014*2015 2016 2017 (Projected) Fire Loss w/Linear Forecast (Millions) ‣Not meeting response performance metric: ‣First Unit On-Scene within 7 minutes 90% ‣Fire: 63.3% ‣EMS: 80.3% ‣14 Firefighters On-Scene within 10 minutes 90% ‣58.1% CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Service Delivery Gaps/Challenges CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Service Delivery Gaps/Challenges: Prevention/Investigation Standard Threshold Completion Rate Permitted Occupancies Inspected Annually 100%100% Plan Reviews Completed within Time Review Period 100%90% Fire Origin & Cause Investigations Performed by Fire Prevention 100%9% Business License Inspections Completed within 30 Days 100%40% Number of Public Education and/or Training Classes Delivered 100 1 CA State Fire Marshal Regulated Occupancies Inspected Annually 100%6% ‣Standards of Coverage ‣Fires: First unit on-scene within 7 minutes 90% with four firefighters capable of establishing command, initiating fire attack and search & rescue. ‣Fires: Effective firefighting force with 14 firefighters within 10 minutes 90% capable of assuming command and control, establishing a water supply, supporting and backing up fire attack, completing search & rescue, ventilation of heat and smoke, providing a rapid intervention crew, and safety officer. ‣EMS: First unit on-scene within 7 minutes 90% capable of establishing command, providing basic life support patient care, and initiating advanced life support patient care. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Future Focus: Emergency Operations ‣Fire Code Inspections: ‣Fire Inspectors aren’t able to perform governmental mandated apartment inspections or church assembly inspections ‣1,046 apartment buildings with approximately 25,000 dwelling units ‣150 churches CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Future Focus: Prevention/Investigation ‣Fire Investigations: ‣Fire Investigators don’t perform an investigation for all fires ‣In 2016, Fire Investigators responded to 36 of 417 fire calls for services (9%) ‣Fire Suppression personnel don’t have the training/ certification required CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Future Focus: Prevention/Investigation ‣Community Risk Reduction Education: ‣No public education programs for: ‣45 public elementary schools with over 25,000 students ‣Chula Vista children population = 37,000 ‣Chula Vista 60 y/o + population = 45,000 ‣Over 40 mobile home parks ‣82,000 single-and multi-family dwelling units CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Future Focus: Prevention/Investigation CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Comparisons •Explore service delivery solutions to: •Match the compounding 4% annual increase in EMS calls for service that will improve patient outcomes. •Focus on improving calls for service outcomes by stopping the upward trend of response times and fire loss. •Complete government mandated inspections. •Allow Fire Prevention to perform all fire investigations. •Educate on fire and life safety measures through public outreach. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Future Focus Prevention Current Performance: Recommendation: Add three FTE Inspector/Investigators; one FTE Public Education Specialist. Recommendation Outcome: 90-100% compliance. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Standard Threshold Completion Rate Permitted Occupancies Inspected Annually 100%100% Plan Reviews Completed within Time Review Period 100%90% Fire Origin & Cause Investigations Performed by Fire Prevention 100%9% Business License Inspections Completed within 30 Days 100%40% Number of Public Education and/or Training Classes Delivered 100 1 CA State Fire Marshal Regulated Occupancies Inspected Annually 100%6% Fire Department Recommendations Centered on outcome based capability performance metrics Operations: Fire: 1st unit on-scene w/in 7 minutes 90% Fire: 14 firefighters on-scene w/in 10 minutes 90% EMS: 1st unit on-scene w/in 7 minutes 90% CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Recommendations Centered on outcome based capability performance metrics Fire Department Recommendations Fire: 1st unit on-scene w/in 7 minutes 90% Current Performance: 63.3% Recommendation: 4.0 Staffing On all Response Companies. Recommendation Outcome (forecasted): 78% CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Recommendations Fire: 14 Firefighters On-Scene within 10 minutes 90% Current Performance: 58.1% Recommendation: 4.0 Staffing On all Response Companies; Open Millenia & Bayfront FS, adding two additional Engines and one additional Truck companies; Implement four Squad response units. Recommendation Outcome (forecasted): 84% CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Recommendations EMS: 1st unit on-scene w/in 7 minutes 90% Current Performance: 80.3% Recommendation: Open Millenia & Bayfront FS, adding two additional Engines and one additional Truck companies; implement four Squad response units. Recommendation Outcome (forecasted): 87% CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Recommendations Fire Administration Recommendation: Add two FTE Deputy Chiefs focusing on Administration and Support Services. CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department Recommendations CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY 81%79% 53% 89%91%91% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 1 Current Recommendations 75% 36% 67% 88% 78% 92% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 2 Current Recommendations 61% 8% 38% 64% 52% 58% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 3 Current Recommendations 66% 21% 44% 92% 63%66% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 4 Current Recommendations Fire Department Recommendations CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY 83% 25% 47% 91%86% 95% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 5 Current Recommendations 78% 9%16% 86% 40% 20% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 6 Current Recommendations 66% 60% 40% 94% 61% 76% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 7 Current Recommendations 70% 25% 36% 85% 62% 73% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 8 Current Recommendations Fire Department Recommendations CHULA VISTA PUBLIC SAFETY 82% 34%31% 82%80% 98% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 1st Unit ALS 1st Unit Fire 14 FF Fire Station 9 Current Recommendations