Presented By: Marc Leduc Fire Services Presented By: Marc Leduc

2010 0perating Budget Summary FIRE SERVICES 2010 Draft Budget (000s) Variance to Budget 2009 Exp. Rev. Net % change % 2009 Levy Fire Services Summary 19,976 -104 19,872 559 2.9% 0.30% The expenditures are 19, 976, revenues are 104 thousand, the net budget is 19,872 for and increase 559 overall increase of 2.9% or .30 increase on the levy.

Fire Services – Budget Highlights 2010 Fire Service Budget – increase: 2.9% ($558,510) This an inflationary budget. Salaries & Benefits inflationary @ 3% Materials and Purchased Services inflationary @ 1% Additional 50K to Vehicle Maintenance to off-set 5 yr shortage 3

Fire Services - Accomplishments Volunteer Fire Fighter recruitment academy held in the spring and fall of 2009 to train 47 new Fire Fighters. Fire Services had an improved response in recruitment in 2009. Displayed recruitment banners at Volunteer Stations.

Fire Services - Accomplishments HAZMAT response to. Training scenario exercises (chlorine leaks) at City waste water treatment plant. Approximately 90 Fire Fighters participated in these exercises. This exercises are held to maintain Hazardous Material response capabilities. Practicing such scenarios at city facilities provides an added benefit by involving other city departments. It increases awareness and familiarity between departments so that in the event of an actual leak we will be better prepared. 5

Fire Services - Accomplishments Swift Water Rescue Training, 11 Fire Fighters trained to instructor status. This will add to our rescue skills for both ice and water rescue. Training was possible with additional funding provided by Council Council provided $45,000.00 . Swift water rescue training will continue in 2010. From there on this training will be added to the annual training schedule (approx. $30,000.00 spent to date). 6

Fire Services - Accomplishments Live fire training. This program focused on the fire suppression techniques. Training also included a new module for Thermal Imaging Cameras and firefighter survival exercises. These survival exercises were recommendations of the Occupational Health and Safety’s Section 21 Committee for the fire service. 90 fire fighters attended. Volunteer Fire Fighters are scheduled for live fire and survival training in 2010.

Fire Services - Accomplishments Public Safety Officers performed 95 presentations and /or demonstrations to 4,807 persons. These activities covered lectures on fire safety, fire extinguishers, and live pan fire training. Public Education is the first line of defense against fire. Many of these demonstration are performed during evenings and weekends.

Fire Services - Accomplishments Fire Chief for the Day reached 2100 Grade 4 students, 534 students participated 20 fire safety booths set up at various businesses and malls reaching 12,800 people. “Fire & Ice” Hockey Card Program 35,000 hockey cards with Fire Safety messages were handed out.

Fire Services - Accomplishments Radio: 204 - PSAs –Prevention Week, open air burning bylaw, working smoke alarms. Television: 261 PSAs - Fire Prevention Week, open air burning by-law, smoke alarms. In cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, PSA was done concerning bush fires where MNR, Greater Sudbury Fire Services and Mutual Aid Fire Departments from outside of our City were

Fire Services - Accomplishments The TAPP-C program is the arson prevention program for children. Our Public Safety Officers gave 43 sessions to 17 youths ranging from 6 years to 16 years old.

Fire Services - Accomplishments A total of 863 Ontario Fire Code Inspections were performed of various building occupancies within the City of Greater Sudbury from January to mid October, 2009 There were 267 of these buildings brought into compliance with the Ontario Fire Code 12

Fire Services - Accomplishments The total number of calls to date.

Fire Services - Performance Measures One of the primary goals of fire services is to prevent and protect citizens from fire-related injuries and fatalities. This figure provides the results for the rate of fire-related fatalities per 100,000 population. The best way of protection to guard against injury or a fire related fatality is to have a working smoke alarm on all levels. A multiple fatality can greatly affect the results in any given community.

Fire Services - Performance Measures Towards the objective of preventing fire-related property loss, this figure illustrates the incidence of residential fires involving property loss per 1,000 households. The Greater Sudbury rate is slightly higher than the median in the urban area and is the median in the rural area.

Fire Services - Performance Measures This figure illustrates the number of vehicles in service per capita. The Greater Sudbury Fire Service operates from 25 Fire Stations throughout the community. The high rate of of vehicles per capita is attributed to the low population base. For a population of . 16

Fire Services - Performance Measures This figure illustrates the cost per hour to have a front-line fire vehicle available to respond to emergency calls in the urban and rural areas of the municipality. In order to respond to emergencies, each municipality has a different mix of vehicle types and staffing models, reflecting its fire and community risks. The key front-line fire vehicles for emergency response are pumpers, aerials, water tankers, rescue units, and bush trucks. In urban areas, Sudbury’s costs are significantly lower because of specialized equipment such as bush trucks and water tankers that are located in some of their fire stations to combat forest fires. These vehicles are in-service, but unlike other vehicles do not have fully dedicated staff (leading to lower costs), and instead utilize firefighters from other fire vehicles, should the need for their use arise. The cost per vehicle hour for rural areas served by volunteer firefighters tends to be much lower than urban areas served by full-time firefighters because volunteer firefighters are paid only for the hours in which they are actively responding to emergencies. 17

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