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STAFF REPORT - CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY

Subject:Fire Department Report – January 2019
Meeting Date:Fire Department Report – January 2019
From:Marissa Trejo, City Manager
Prepared by:Dwayne Gabriel, Fire Chief


I.    RECOMMENDATION:



II.    BACKGROUND:



III.   DISCUSSION:

STATISTICS FOR JANUARY

 

Fires                                                                                                    Total 2

            Structure                                                                     1

            Vehicle                                                                        1

            Vegetation                                                                   0

            Rubbish                                                                       0

            Other                                                                           0

 

Emergency Medical Service                                                              Total 94

            EMS Incidents                                                                        92

            Medical Assist                                                             2

            Standby                                                                       0

 

Hazardous Condition                                                                          Total 7

 

Service Calls                                                                                       Total 4

 

Good Intent                                                                                         Total 14

            Cancelled Calls                                                           6

            EMS Call – Party already transported                        0

            Controlled Burning                                                      0

            Wrong Location/No Emergency                                 2

 

False Alarms                                                                                       Total 4

 

Total Responses                                                                                 119

 

 

INCIDENTS

 

On January 17th, responded to a report of motor floating on top of the creek on Los Gatos Creek under the Elm Avenue bridge.  Upon arrival found 2 5-quart containers and oil floating on a section of the creek that was not flowing.  Public Works responded with the vacuum truck, and did an excellent job of cleaning up the site.

 

EVENTS

 

No events.

 

STAFFING

 

Our staffing currently is at 11.  1 candidate was moving into backgrounds, but withdrew after getting hired with another department.

 

AUTOMATIC AID

 

There were 8 automatic aid responses to assist CalFire and Kings County this month for a total commit time of 6 hours 03 minutes. 

 

COMMITTED STANDBY

 

There were no standbys this month.

 

PREVENTION

 

The Prevention activities for this month include:

 

Conducted 1 business fire inspections.

Conducted 5 residential sprinkler inspections




IV.   ALTERNATIVES:



V.    FISCAL IMPACT:

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