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Date: April 24, 2025
To: Chair and Members of the Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee From: David Dumais, Fire Chief
By: Michelle Masak, Sr. Administrative Analyst | [email protected] Subject: Fire - Accept and File the Torrance Fire Department Annual Quality Improvement Update Report for 2024, and the SB1205 Compliance Report for 2024. Expenditure:
None.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the Fire Chief that the Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee:
1. Accept and file the Torrance Department Annual Quality Improvement Update Report for 2024; and
2. Accept and file the SB1205 Compliance Report for 2024; and
3. Concur with Fire Chief and forward a recommendation to the City Council to Accept and File the Torrance Fire Department Annual Quality Improvement Update Report for 2024, the receipt of SB1205 Compliance Report for 2024, and Accept and File the meeting minutes from the April 25, 2025 Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee at a future City Council meeting.
FUNDING
None required.
DISCUSSION
As a component of the continuous improvement process, the Torrance Fire Department (TFD) develops an Annual Quality Improvement Update report. This report provides an opportunity to track and report the progress on established goals and objectives. In addition, the report outlines:
The department’s service delivery performance compared to established benchmarks adopted in the TFD Community Risk Assessment / Standards of Cover document. An analysis of development trends and service delivery statistics to monitor potential impacts on TFD service capabilities.
A list of Divisional Accomplishments for 2024.
1 Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee
April 24, 2025
Lastly, the report contains information on compliance with annual inspection requirements, pursuant to SB 1205. For 2024, the TFD annual inspection requirement and compliance were as follows:
45 Group E (Educational) occupancies identified and inspected 935 Group R (Residential) occupancies identified and inspected
The Annual Quality Improvement Update Report for 2024 and SB1205 compliance report were created by staff using Esri StoryMaps and can be accessed at:
https://arcg.is/0uyr8C0
If the Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee decides to accept and file the presented Torrance Fire Department Annual Quality Improvement Update Report for 2024 and SB1205 Compliance Report, the Fire Chief recommends that the Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee recommend to City Council to also Accept and File the presented Torrance Fire Department Annual Quality Improvement Update Report for 2024 and SB1205 Compliance Report, in addition to Accepting and Filing the Meeting Minutes from the April 24, 2025, Employee Relations and Public Safety Committee at a future City Council meeting.
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