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

Subject:Fire Department Report – September 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 SEPTEMBER

 

Fires                                                                                                    Total 7

            Structure                                                                     0

            Vehicle                                                                        1

            Vegetation                                                                   6

            Rubbish                                                                       0

            Other                                                                           0

 

Emergency Medical Service                                                              Total 110

            EMS Incidents                                                                        108

            Medical Assist                                                             1

            Extrication, Rescue                                                    1

 

Hazardous Condition                                                                          Total 2

 

Service Calls                                                                                       Total 5

 

Good Intent                                                                                         Total 0

            Cancelled Calls                                                           0

            Hazmat Release Investigation – No Release             0

            Steam mistaken for smoke                                        0

            Wrong Location/No Emergency                                 0

 

False Alarms                                                                                       Total 4

 

Total Responses                                                                                 128

 

 

INCIDENTS

 

No significant incidents

 

EVENTS

 

Conducted 2 staion tours for four elementary school classes.

 

STAFFING

 

Our staffing is now at 14.  Two new Firefighter-Paramedics started on October 14th.  One Firefighter-Paramedic resigned to accept a position with Los Angeles County Fire Department.  This will bring our staffing to 5 per shift on two shifts, and 4 on the third shift..  Once these firefighters  get thru training and field internship, we will be moving to staff the second ambulance – probably in mid-December.

 

AUTOMATIC AID

 

There were 7 automatic aid responses to assist Cal Fire this month for a total commit time of 13 hours 7 minutes. 

 

COMMITTED STANDBY

 

No committed standbys.  Ambulance stood by non-committed for two high school football games.

 

PREVENTION

 

The Prevention activities for this month include:

 

Conducted 5 business inspections and reinspections.

Conducted 6 residential sprinkler inspections and reinspections




IV.   ALTERNATIVES:



V.    FISCAL IMPACT:

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