Bobby Williams

Fire Chief

City of Spokane

October 15, 2015

Fire Department

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Organization Chart

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SPOKANE FIRE DEPARTMENTORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

FIRE CHIEFBobby Williams

FIRE

PREVENTION

Fire Marshal

Mike Miller

OPERATIONS

ACTIVITIES Deputy Fire Chief

PLANNING & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

SUPERVISORY ANALYST

Tom Kestell

FIRE PROTECTIONENGINEERING

DISTRICT CODEENFORCEMENT

PUBLICEDUCATION

HAZ MAT ENFORCEMENT

SPECIAL EVENTS/ BUSINESS LICENSES

SUPPORT

MAYOR

OPERATIONS - EMERGENCY& NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE

MUTUAL AID &SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE

SPECIAL OPERATIONS -HAZ MATTECH RESCUESWIFT WATER RESCUE

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

LABOR RELATIONS

LABOR RELATIONS

EMS FIELD OPERATIONS

EMS PUBLICRELATIONS

RECRUITMENT/ HIRINGAFFIRMATIVE ACTION

INTEGRATED MEDIA PROGRAMS

FOR 2016

AMBULANCE CONTRACT MGMT.

PEER SUPPORT/CISM LIASION

CONTAGIOUS/ INFECTIOUS DISEASE OFFICER

MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT PLANNING

ADMIN. SUPPORT STAFF

LABOR NEGOTIATIONS

CITY ADMINISTRATOR

ASSISTANT

FIRE CHIEFBrian Schaeffer

HUMAN RESOURCE SPECIALIST (HR assignment)

Meghann Steinolfson

ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY

(Legal assignment)

Sam FaggianoSPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

UNIT - (SIU)

FIRE CAPTAIN

Darin Neiwert

COMMUNITY

SERVICESSocial Response Mgr.

Jamie Wiggins

CARES

TRAINING &

SAFETY

ACTIVITIESDeputy Fire Chief

Bob Ladd

TRAINING

SAFETY

FD FOUNDATION

QUARTERMASTER

WELLNESS

SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNING

INTEGRATED

MEDICAL

SERVICESAsst. Manager for

Integrated Medical Services

Mike Lopez

CCC

(COMBINED

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER)

Division Chief

Jay Atwood

LOGISTICS

ACTIVITIESDivision Chief

David Stockdill (Interim)

SUPPORT

ACTIVITIES

ACCOUNTING/BUDGET & FINANCE

(Centralized Accounting

Assignment)

Kim Orlob

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

FACILITY MAINTENANCE

APPARATUS MAINTENANCE

STORM WATER MANAGEMENT

GRANTS

BOND MGMT

FITNESS

NEIGHBORHOODS LIAISON

CERT PROGRAM LIAISON

AGING/ FALL PREVENTION PROGRAMS

EMS INCIDENT REDUCTION PROGRAM

QA/QI - QUALITY ASSURANCE/ IMPROVEMENT

2016 Prelim Budget - Funds Managed by FD

Total All Funds (Proposed Budget) : $ 54,407,294

FD Budget Overview

CCC Fund$4,154,422

7.6%

Communications Building$2,27,185

3.7%

Fire/ EMS Fund

$48,225,687

88.6%2016 Preliminary Budget

Total Positions

328

Fire/ EMS – 307 positions

CCC – 21 positions

2016 Prelim Budget

FD Funds by BudgetsFTE

261

14

6

0

5

9

12

307

21

0

328

Expense

FIRE/EMS OPERATIONS $38,020,430

FIRE PREVENTION & INVESTIGATION $2,101,860

VEHICLE & EQUIPMENT MAINT $1,010,237

FACILITIES $831,330

TRAINING & SAFETY $966,776

ADMINISTRATION (includes IT) $4,155,507

SAFER GRANT $1,139,547

Fire/EMS Budget $48,225,687

CCC Budget $4,154,422

CCB Budget $2,027,185

Total - ALL FD Budgets $54,407,294

* GF Allocation = $37,500,000

FD Operating Budget Summary

1970 2014 2015 2016 Percent % Change

FIRE/EMS BUDGET Actuals Adopted Budget Prelim Budget of Total 2015/2016

Wages & Benefits 38,789,890.00 39,995,639.00 42,616,681.00 88% 6.6%

Supplies/Services 2,632,672.00 2,541,507.00 2,693,359.00 6% 6.0%

Interfund 2,945,700.00 3,038,661.00 2,547,130.00 5% -16.2%

Capital Outlay 71,654.00 326,517.00 326,517.00 1% 0.0%

All Other 39,134.00 42,000.00 42,000.00 0% 0.0%

Total 44,479,050.00 45,944,324.00 48,225,687.00 100% 5.0%

Positions 292.50 307.00 307.00

ALL FIRE DEPT. 2014 2015 2016 Percent % Change

BUDGETS Actuals Adopted Budget Prelim Budget of Total 2015/2016

Wages & Benefits 41,197,296.00 42,554,560.00 45,333,584.00 83.3% 6.53%

Supplies/Services 3,104,798.00 3,014,859.00 3,181,209.00 5.8% 5.52%

Interfund 3,268,636.00 3,344,706.00 2,873,984.00 5.3% -14.07%

Capital Outlay 176,971.00 822,566.00 2,901,517.00 5.3% 252.74%

All Other 57,000.00 242,000.00 117,000.00 0.2% -51.65%

Total 47,804,701.00 49,978,691.00 54,407,294.00 100% 8.86%

Positions 312.25 328.00 328.00

FD Capital Budget Summary

• Thank you for support of funding.

• Infrastructure needs have not been funded at this time.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Encumbered

$3,535,000 $2,891,972 $3,303,301 $1,791,000 $3,387,501 $3,149,689 $18,058,463 $10,557,273

Major Capital Purchases From SIP Funding thus Far

• 6 Apparatus – Tillered Ladder Truck; 2 Pumper/ Ladders; 3 Engines

• Personal Protective Equipment

• New Fire Fighting Equipment – match to grant for:

• Hose

• Nozzles

• Extrication Equipment

FD Primary Services

• Fire Prevention and Public Education efforts

• Internal systems to support incident response: Training, Apparatus &

Facilities Maintenance, IT, Administration

• SFD Dispatches for itself and 14 other agencies through contract

agreement

• Response to 9-1-1 calls – EMS, Fire, Rescues, Haz Mat, etc – all

training and readiness associated with providing these services.

Fire Station Locations2016 SFD Information

Service Area: 69.46 Sq MilesPopulation Served: Approx. 212,000Stations: 16

Staffed Units/ shift: 19 (excluding BC’s

and ARU’s)

Engine Companies: 15 (3 persons/ unit)

Ladder Companies 3 (4 persons/ unit)

Attack Unit 1 (2 persons/ unit)

Rescue Company 1 (Cross Staffed)

Battalion Chief 2 (1 person/ unit)

Daily Staffing: 61

ARU Units 3 (2 persons/ unit)

Units with Paramedics: 15 + 3 ARU’sFire Stations without Paramedics 1

2015 Achievements

• Added Paramedics to Station 9, 14 & 16 to provide better Advanced

Life Support Service in the Community

• Fire went on line on Feb 3rd on New Countywide Radio System –

– System has provided improved coverage in the City and throughout the County

• Worked with Civil Service to implement new FF Testing process

to provide for more frequent testing & a continuous FF list

• Finalized bid process & Council Awarded new 5 year Ambulance

Contract that went into place June 1st.

• Final Specifications, went to Bid and Council Approved purchase

of 5 new apparatus

– Tillered Ladder; 2 Pumper-Ladders; 3 Engines

2015 Achievements

• Increased the CARES – Social Response Manager position from

Half to Full Time (grant funding) to assist with growing program

• Purchased facility and apparatus for new SW Spokane station

– Expect to be operational by month’s end

• Replaced Consoles in CCC adding capacity to handle increasing

call volumes

• Initiated Automatic Aid (borderless response) with VFD & FD’s 8 & 9

– Improves response time and overall system depth

• Modified ARU Pilot program to 3 – two person units working

Monday – Friday from 7:00 am – 7:00 pm on staggered shifts

Stats: Through 3 Quarters of 2015 –

• Incidents up ~ 7%; Non Life Threatening calls up ~ 8.5%

2016 Priorities

• Achieve full FF staffing level to help with Overtime

• Engage SW Spokane with new Station operational

• Finalize purchase of property for Permanent SW Station

• Integrated Approach of Medical System with VFD & Hospitals

• Receive new apparatus, ready for service, train personnel and

place in Service

– Tillered Ladder; 2 Pumper-Ladders; 3 Engines

• Participate in the planning for and the Full Scale Bakken exercise

• Adoption of new Fire Code that will be approved by Legislature

Performance Measures

• Calls for service dispatched promptly

• First SFD Unit on Life Threatening Medical Incidents

• First Engine on Structure Fire & Priority Fire Call

• Effective Fire Force (16 FF) on scene of Structure Fire

• Big emphasis on Turnout/ Ready time of station personnel

(from time of dispatch until responding) on priority calls

• First SFD Unit on Non-Life Threatening Medical Incidents

Bobby Williams

City of Spokane

Fire Department

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