FY 2025 Proposed Budget – Fire Department
Category FY 2022
Actuals
FY 2023
Actuals
FY 2024
Amended
FY 2025
Proposed
Personnel $ 70,172,469 $ 75,800,014 $ 86,599,800 $ 85,208,400 Non-Personnel 11,842,164 11,024,995 34,658,100 33,004,800 Interdepartmental 6,218,530 6,701,167 9,125,600 9,798,300 Total $ 88,233,162 $ 93,526,176 $ 130,383,500 $ 128,011,500 Fire Department
FY 2025 Total Budget
Notes
1. Fully funded Shift Replacement/Premium Pay – increased by $1.9 million to $8.8 million
2. Personnel participating in attrition savings at a rate of 1.4% (all other General Fund departments are participating at a rate of 6.18%)
3. Other department reductions equating to $2.5 million, or 1.9%, to contribute toward balancing the General Fund:
• Staffing three engines with three firefighters per apparatus – $1.4 million • Reduction in funding of other non-essential positions – $900,000 • Reduction of over appropriated lease payments – $136,000 • Reduction of small equipment purchases – $10,000
2 Category FY 2023
Adopted
FY 2024
Adopted
FY 2024
Amended
FY 2025
Changes
FY 2025
Proposed
Sworn Positions 366.92 375.00 375.00 0.00 375.00
Civilian Positions 52.00 53.00 53.00 0.00 53.00
Total 418.92 428.00 428.00 0.00 428.00
Fire Department
FY 2025 Budgeted Positions
Notes
Although the position count shows no changes, it is important to note the following:
1. Forty-two (42) sworn SAFER positions are moving to the General Fund effective 10/4/2024
2. One hundred seventeen (117) sworn positions are supported by ARPA grant funds
3. Thirteen (13) sworn positions and two (2) civilian positions are defunded as part of the Budget Adjustment Plans
3 Description FY 2025
Proposed
Contractual Obligations $ 1,028,800
Utilities $ 1,032,400
Leases $ 4,699,900
Supplies $ 188,000
Technology $ 246,800
Fire Department
FY 2025 Budget – Operational Impacts
Notes
1. Contractual Obligations include Dispatch Contract with Fresno County
2. Utilities budget includes increases for PG&E
3. Leases budget includes apparatus payments as well
as the SCBA replacement lease
4. Supplies budget includes $110,000 for personal
protective replacement equipment (turnouts) that are
reaching their 10-year expiration date and $78,000 for
fire hose that are 10+ years old
5. Technology budget includes maintenance agreements
for the Department’s computer software(s)
4 Grant Type FY 2025
Proposed
Federal:
SAFER $ 4,230,700
ARPA $ 17,753,700
State:
Regional Training
Center
$ 20,898,100
Homeland Security $ 167,000
OES $ 163,300
Fire Department
FY 2025 Budget – Federal / State Grants
Notes
1. Federal grants include $21,984,400 for SAFER
and ARPA funding
2. State grants include $21,228,400 for the Regional
Training Center, Homeland Security, and OES
Specialty Teams
5 Fire Department
Community Outreach
1. Ride-along Program
• Increased monthly participation
• Targeted future firefighters
• Created a post evaluation of Program
2. Increased Public Education Programs
• Schools
• Faith Based Organizations
• Service Clubs/Community Groups
3. Partnership with Fresno Unified School District
• Career Technical Education (CTE) Program
• Public Education materials
• Mock Interviews/Coaching/Mentoring
• Apprentice Opportunities
4. Recruitment
• Career Fairs
5. Fridays with Fire
6. Multi-language messaging
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