Fire Rescue

1. Fire Rescue FY 2014-15 Budget Worksession July 14, 2014

2. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

3. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

4. 41 fire stations Respond to over 99,000 calls annually 1,177 employees 4th largest Fire Department in Florida Background • Miami – Dade (1) • Jacksonville (2) • Palm Beach County (3)

5. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

6. Organizational Chart Otto Drozd III Fire Chief Office of the Fire Chief James Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief Fiscal & Operational Support Alex Morales Operations Mike Wajda Infrastructure Support Vince Preston Planning & Technical Services Dave Rathbun Office of Emergency Management Dave Freeman

7. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

8. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget

9. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget

10. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Fire Rescue Revenue Sources EMS Transport * Fire MSTU Other* * Fees will be indexed

11. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget • Staffing Changes / Efficiencies • Eliminate 10 Vacant Positions Related to FY13-14 Staffing Efficiencies/Reclassifications • Reclassify 36 Firefighters to Lieutenants • Establish 6 Facilities Maintenance Positions • Net Result = Reduction of Total Authorized Positions by Four (4)

12. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget • Operating Efficiencies • Renewed Focus on Recruitment Efforts • Continued Effort to Increase Paramedic • Continue to Focus on Response Time Reduction Initiative

13. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget • Operating Efficiencies • Replace Stretchers • Improve Medication Dispensing System • Visual Representation of Performance Objectives

14. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Capital Outlay • Fire Apparatus • Rescue Vehicles • Refurbishment Program

15. Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget • CIP / Infrastructure Investment • Fire-Rescue Training Academy • New Fire Station Location Study • Automated Emergency Dispatch - Station Alerting

16. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

17. Accomplishments • Increased 51 Paramedic since 2013 • Increased Firefighter Recruitment • Emergency Management Accreditation Program • Managing for Results - - Strategic Planning

18. Accomplishments • Federal Grant • Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant • Two-Year Funding / 45 Positions • Replaced Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Through a FEMA Grant • Finalized Incident Command Simulator Through a FEMA Grant

19. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

20. Construct Fire Training Facility Replace Temporary Stations Aging Infrastructure New Growth Stations Budget Pressures

21. Gap Between MSTU and a 3% Growth: Standard Growth of 3% Gap Between MSTU and 3% Growth Budget Pressures

22. Continued Dependence on Reserves to Balance Budget as a Result of: Statutory Millage Reduction Amendment I Economic Downturn Budget Pressures

23. Consider Revenue Enhancement Opportunities: Increase MSTU MSTU Plus Fire Assessment Replace MSTU with Sales Tax Budget Pressures

24. Population Growth: Resident Growth of 7% since FY 2008 Service Growth of 8% since FY 2008 Budget Pressures

25. Background Organizational Chart Proposed FY 2014-15 Budget Accomplishments Budget Pressures Summary Presentation Outline

26. Summary • Fiscal Efficiencies • Systems Improvements • Focus on Operational Challenges

27. Fire Rescue FY 2014-15 Budget Worksession July 14, 2014