Fire Chief Doug Willis Deputy Chief Keith Wright

Service Area Mission and services we provide Station Locations, Personnel, and Apparatus Call Volume Revenue and Budget Cost Saving Measures 2012 S.A.F.E.R. Grant Award Proposed Bond Measure 2

Spanaway South Hill Parkland Portion of Fredrickson Midland City of Puyallup Summit North Puyallup (previous Fire District #11) Summit View Riverside Fire Dept. (contract for services Elk Plain effective December 2012) 3 Population Served – 202,500 Area Served – 91 square miles

To quickly, skillfully and compassionately respond to the needs of our diverse communities by safely providing: Fire Suppression Emergency Medical Services Rescue Hazardous Materials Mitigation Public Information and Education Prevention and Code Compliance 4

First Aid/CPR AED Classes Safe Sitter Babysitting Classes Helmets Blood Pressure Checks Fire Extinguisher Classes Fire Station Tours Guest Speakers Pre-school/Day Care Visits Smoke Alarm Program Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program Community meeting rooms 5

6 Riverside Fire Dist.

Uniformed personnel 246 Non-uniformed personnel 26 o Full-time22 o Part-time 4 Community Service Volunteers 29 Suppression Volunteers 5 Chaplain 1 7

In-service Emergency Response Vehicles o 11 Fire Engines (staffed with EMTs and/or Paramedics) o 8 Medic Transport Units (staffed with one EMT & one PM) o 1 Ladder Truck (staffed with EMTs and/or Paramedics) Reserve Vehicles/Special Operations Units o Tech Rescue Vehicles/Equipment o Haz Mat Vehicle o Air/Light Rig 8

9 Types of Incidents Fire 641 EMS/Rescue20,655 Hazardous Materials 496 Service Calls 1,551 Good Intent 1,864 Other 1,788 26,995 Hazardous Materials: Explosions (no fire), steam/gas line ruptures, excessive heat, flammable spills, chemical releases, biological hazard, electrical problems, drug labs Service Calls: Person in distress, lockouts, water problems, smoke /odor problems, unauthorized burning, assist Law Enforcement Good Intent: Cancelled in route, wrong location, no incident found, alarm malfunction, smell of smoke or odor (nothing found), steam mistaken for smoke Other: Includes false alarms, sprinkler/detector malfunctions, malicious reports, citizen complaints

10 Regular Levy - $1.00 per $1,000 of Assessed Value EMS Levy - $.50 per $1,000 of Assessed Value FBC – Based on type of occupancy and square feet of improvements EMS Levy Funded Transports. No out-of-pocket costs for District residents Half of Entire Budget comes from Voter-Approved Funding

$18,851,241, $17,533,547, % 2012$16,393,409, % 2013$15,015,167, % 1% decline in AV affects the budget by nearly $250,000 Approximately $5,475,000 reduction in revenue since 2010

Unfilled vacant FTEs o Deputy Chief (1) o Battalion Chiefs (3) o Public Education Coordinator (1) o Training Captain (1) o Training Lieutenant (1) o EMS Lieutenants (2) o Firefighters (12) o Administrative Support Staff (2) Employee concessions in salary and benefits Change in medical insurance Reduce Responder Newsletter to one per year Budget Line Items / Postponing major purchases Closing one ladder truck 12

$2,085,006 to hire 11 full-time Firefighters – 2 Year Period 27 th largest grant given out by US Dept. of Homeland Security of 125 applications (2 nd largest in state only to Lacey Fire Department) Recruitment period of 90 days – April 12, 2013 (May apply for extension if unable to complete hiring process) Grant encourages recipients to seek, recruit and hire post-911 veterans and/or re-hire firefighters that have been laid off Covers Salaries and Benefits only (Does not include administrative or pre-application costs, uniforms or physicals) Required to submit semi-annual progress reports S.A.F.E.R. Grant Award

14 New Station Major remodel Property for future station move farther East Major remodel to include new WAC training requirements All facilities misc. upgrades including: Sewer connections Security upgrades Generators Roofing, flooring, paint Readerboards Asphalt sealing HVAC/Energy improvements

Benefits to Fire Department Ability to maintain equipment and fire stations Improvements won’t impact operating budget and will allow for department to maintain personnel and response times to emergencies Cost to Citizens Ballot Measure – projected Nov $38 million bond request 20 year bond Impact on $210K home $3 per month/$36 per year Fire Dept. has no debt, no current bonds 15

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