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

Subject:Fire Department Report – August 2019
Meeting Date:November 7, 2019
From:Marissa Trejo, City Manager
Prepared by:Dwayne Gabriel, Fire Chief


I.    RECOMMENDATION:



II.    BACKGROUND:



III.   DISCUSSION:

STATISTICS FOR AUGUST

 

Fires                                                                                                    Total 5

            Structure                                                                     1

            Vehicle                                                                        1

            Vegetation                                                                   2

            Rubbish                                                                       1

            Other                                                                           0

 

Emergency Medical Service                                                              Total 161

            EMS Incidents                                                                        158

            Medical Assist                                                             2

            Extrication, Rescue                                                    1

 

Hazardous Condition                                                                          Total 3

 

Service Calls                                                                                       Total 0

 

Good Intent                                                                                         Total 2

            Cancelled Calls                                                           1

            Hazmat Release Investigation – No Release             0

            Steam mistaken for smoke                                        0

            Wrong Location/No Emergency                                 1

 

False Alarms                                                                                       Total 4

 

Total Responses                                                                                 176

 

 

INCIDENTS

 

No significant incidents

 

EVENTS

 

No events.

 

STAFFING

 

Our staffing is now at 12.  A new Firefighter-Paramedic will be starting on September 17th.  Two additional Firefighter-Paramedics are on target to start October 14th.  This will bring our staffing to 15, or 5 per shift.  Once these three get thru training and field internship, we will be moving to staff the second ambulance – probably in mid-December.

 

AUTOMATIC AID

 

There were 4 automatic aid responses to assist Cal Fire this month for a total commit time of 5 hours 51 minutes. 

 

COMMITTED STANDBY

 

No committed standbys

 

PREVENTION

 

The Prevention activities for this month include:

 

Conducted 2 business inspections and reinspections.

Conducted 9 residential sprinkler inspections and reinspections




IV.   ALTERNATIVES:



V.    FISCAL IMPACT:

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