Public Safety Subcommittee
July 23, 2024

FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
Public Safety Subcommittee
July 23, 2024
1 Scott Westrope, Fire Chief
Staffing Updates
• Position Control List – 169 FTE:
• SAFER employees (12)
• Operations
• Suppression - 10 vacant positions
• InResponse – 1 vacant position
• 6 new firefighters in Academy as of July 8
• Continuous recruitment
• Fire Prevention
• Full staffing
• Administration
• Full staffing
• New Deputy Emergency Preparedness Coordinator as of July 1 2 Fire Stations
Fire Station 5 (Fountaingrove):
• Physical construction underway
• Estimated completion date April 2025
Fire Station 8 (Roseland):
• In the design phase of the design/build process
• No finite start date or completion date
3 Fleet
Current apparatus on order:
• Type 1 Fire Engines – 7
• First arriving (2) – in transit
• Second arriving (5) – Fall 2024
• Type 6 Fire Engines – 2
• In build process
• Tillered Ladder Truck – 1
• Estimated delivery 2028
Planned orders:
• Transport capable squads
• Funded by PSAP
• In the purchasing process
4 SAFER
$7.08M Grant for 12 FTE over
three years
• Staffing ALS Squads
Update:
• Placed into service on July
16, 2024
5 Sales Tax
Expanded Implementation Team (internal):
• First meeting on July 16, 2024
• Draft Implementation Plan due December 1, 2024
• Final Implementation Plan submitted to City Manager on January 1, 2025 6 Questions?
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