1. Facts and Figures a Fire Chief Should Know “Shorty” Bryson

2. Why is it Important? Impressive to others Gives you confidence People like quick information Increases your technical knowledge

3. Quick Hitters Total Annual Budget Total OT with trends and reasons Number and types of units,teams,stations Why is there minimum staffing? Diversity numbers and why? CBA knowledge Number of LD people on average Calls for types of service (EMS, Fire, Other)

4. Relief Factor Primarily used in Operations The Relief Factor is the number of personnel required on the payroll to fill one position 24/7. It's very useful in quickly determining how many additional (or fewer) personnel will be required on the payroll to add (or reduce) response units. Some departments have a relief factor for each rank

5. Elements used to calculate the Relief Factor Work Week – Usually specified in the CBA (If not calculate it) Example of the impact of the work week Wk/hrsWork Wk.# Personnel 168404.2 168424.0 168443.8 168463.7 168483.5 168503.4 168523.2 168543.1

6. Elements used to calculate the Relief Factor All other paid time off (sick, vacation, on duty injuries, FMLA, family death, etc.) Total for all time used, divided by number of filled operational position, divided by 52 weeks. Subtract this number from the work week. The result is the number of weekly hours employees actually work.

7. Elements used to calculate the Relief Factor To get your Relief Factor divide 168 by the hours above. Example: CBA work week is 48 hrs. Other hrs comes out to 7.8 per week. The RF is 40.2 (48-7.8) To keep one position filled 24/7 you must have 4.2 on the payroll A four person unit requires 16.8 (17) people.

8. Uses of the Relief Factor Number of people required to staff apparatus The optimum number on staff to have the right amount of OT for efficiency Figure average FF salaries and use the RF to determine the cost.

9. Unit Availability Used to determine a % of the amount of time a specific unit is available for first due response. Determine average handling times for types of calls. Multiply it be the average calls per shift to determine the out of service time per shift. Good way to determine when adjustments need to be made.

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