Public Safety Subcommittee
July 28, 2026

FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE
Public Safety Subcommittee
July 28, 2026
1 Scott Westrope, Fire Chief
Staffing Updates
Position Control List – 160 FTE (approved):
• Measure H employees (21)
• PSAP employees (10.25)
Operations:
• Suppression Division – 2 vacant FTE Firefighters
• In Response - 3 vacant FTE Single Role PM (on-hold)
Fire Prevention:
• Community Outreach Specialist (VMP funded) – 1 FTE vacant Administration
• Administrative Analyst – 1 FTE vacant
2 Fire Stations
Fire Station 8 (Roseland):
• Framing underway
• Completion – June 2027
Fire Station 9 (Southeast):
• Current CIP Project in incipient state of planning
Fire Station 11 (Junior College District)
• Opened and funding CIP account for permanent station
3 Fleet
Current apparatus on order:
• Type 1 Fire Engines – 5
• Received and in service
• Ladder Truck – 1
• Ordered April 2024
• 4-year build time
• Type 1 Fire Engines – 4
• 3-year build time
4 FY 26-27 Operational Changes
Completed the transition from SAFER
Squads to Measure H resource
allocation on July 2, 2026:
• Squad 1 personnel reallocated to
General Fund vacancies
• Squad 2 placed out of service and
personnel reallocated to Measure H
• Engine 9 moved to reserve status
• Rescue 1 placed in service as a
Measure H resource
• When responding to
moderate/large scale incidents,
Rescue 1/Squad 1 response
jointly as Rescue Task Force 1
5 Questions?
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