Public Safety Subcommittee
October 15, 2024

FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
Public Safety Subcommittee
October 15, 2024
1 Scott Westrope, Fire Chief
Staffing Updates
• Position Control List – 169 FTE:
• SAFER employees (12)
• Operations
• Suppression - 12 vacant positions
• InResponse - full staffing (6 FTE)
• Continuous recruitment
• Next academy planned for November 2024
• Fire Prevention
• Full staffing
• Administration
• Full staffing
2 Fire Stations
Fire Station 5 (Fountaingrove):
• Physical construction underway
• Estimated completion date April 2025
Fire Station 8 (Roseland):
• Design/Build Contractor selection in progress (10/22/24 CC Meeting) • No finite start date or completion date
3 Fleet
Current apparatus on order:
• Type 1 Fire Engines – 5
• Next arriving (5) – Spring 2025
• Two delivered and in service (ordered 12/21)
• 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:
• In operation
• Running 110-130 calls for
service per week
5 Questions?
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