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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation - Fire Department Master PlanFEBRUARY 27, 2025 Fire Services Master Plan City of Palm Springs FINAL REPORT BRIEFING Click to edit Master title style 2 •No federal/state laws or regulations mandating fire service staffing levels, response performance, or outcomes –If fire services are provided, state and federal safety regulations apply •The level of fire service provided is a local policy decision –Fundamental policy choice questions: •What are desired outcomes to critical emergency events? •Should equitable response time be provided to similar risk neighborhoods? –Communities have the level of service they can afford or which they choose to fund •The level of service provided may not be the level of service desired Policy Choices Framework Click to edit Master title style 3 •The goal of fire service deployment is to deliver desired outcomes •Typical urban/suburban community desired outcomes: –Prevent death and/or permanent impairment from medical emergencies where possible –Confine building fires to the room or compartment of origin •Delivering desired outcomes depends on adequate staffing, apparatus type, training, and response time Outcome Goals Drive Fire Service Deployment 4 Response Time Goals – Deliver Best Practice Outcomes 7:30 Minutes Click to edit Master title style 5 •Fire service deployment is essentially about the speed and weight of response –Speed refers to single neighborhood-based first responders to mitigate routine-to-moderate emergencies for the outcome desired –Weight refers to multiple-unit responses (Effective Response Force / First Alarm) needed to control more serious emergencies for the outcome desired •To achieve typical urban/suburban community outcomes: –First unit should arrive within 7:30–8:30 minutes –Full ERF should arrive within 11:30–12:30 minutes –ERF requires 22 firefighters and needs mutual aid Deployment Strategies Click to edit Master title style 66 Risk Assessment Click to edit Master title style 7 •Service area: 94.5 sq. mi. •Population: +/- 46,500 –3,200 businesses – daytime population approx. 65,000 •Population projected to increase slightly by 2035 •2,557 additional residential housing units possible •North City with 2.6 million sq. ft. of distribution buildings •39 critical infrastructure facilities •Multiple tourism, airport, natural, and cultural resources Values at Risk to be Protected Click to edit Master title style 1010 Deployment Evaluation Click to edit Master title style 11 Service Demand by Year Click to edit Master title style 12 Service Demand by Incident Type Click to edit Master title style 13 Service Demand by Time of Day 14 Simultaneous Incident Activity 1 or more simultaneous incidents: 41.65% 2 or more simultaneous incidents: 11.4% 3 or more simultaneous incidents: 2.29% 15 Response Performance to Fire/EMS Calls Response Component Best Practice 90th Percentile Performance Performance Versus Best Practice and CitygateGoalReference Call Processing / Dispatch 1:30 Citygate 2:12 + 0:42 sec Crew Turnout 2:00 Citygate 2:36 + 0:36 sec First-Unit Travel 5:00 Citygate 6:04 + 1:04 sec First-Unit Call to Arrival 8:30 Citygate 8:49 + 0:19 sec ERF Travel Call to Arrival 11:30 Citygate 15:02 + 3:32 sec Click to edit Master title style 1616 Key Challenge – Geography Click to edit Master title style 17 Fire station siting guidelines: 1.Serve the most people in the shortest travel time possible 2.Provide a 360º service area within desired first-unit travel time goal 3.Avoid political, natural, or human-built barriers within the first-unit travel time goal 4.Provide immediate or rapid access to primary response travel routes in all directions Challenge 1: Number & Locations of Fire Stations Relocation to the east only reduces coverage by .4 tenths of a mile Relocation further to the east reduces 4:00-minute core City travel time coverage by 8.2 miles Relocation further to the southeast reduces 4:00-minute core City travel time coverage by 4.8 miles Click to edit Master title style 25 •Station 1’s location should be maintained •Calls for service are increasing •EMS incidents represent 79 percent of demand volume •There is a 42 percent rate of two (or more) incidents at the same time •Decreasing dispatch and crew turnout times to best practices would save a total of 1:18 minutes, lowering call-to-arrival time –Overall growth, and more so in the northern area of the City, will pressure response times upwards Deployment Findings Click to edit Master title style 26 •Add the fourth firefighter position to the sole remaining three-person Engine •Remodel and expand Station 3 to add an EMS squad •Rebuild Station 1 at the current site; enlarge the parcel •Continue planning for a sixth station in the northeast area of the City as funding permits Deployment Recommendations 27 First-Due Unit •To treat pre-hospital medical emergencies and control small fires, the first-due unit should arrive within 8:30 minutes, 90 percent of the time, from receipt of the 9-1-1 call at the City’s Communications Center to incidents in the City –This equates to a 1:30-minute call-processing / dispatch time, a 2:00-minute crew turnout time, and a 5:00-minute travel time Multiple-Unit Effective Response Force for Serious Emergencies •To confine building fires near the room or rooms of origin and treat multiple medical patients at a single incident, a multiple-unit ERF of 22 personnel, including one Chief Officer, should arrive within 11:30 minutes from the time of call receipt at the City’s Communications Center at 90 percent or better reliability –This equates to a 1:30-minute call-processing / dispatch time, a 2:00-minute crew turnout time, and an 8:00-minute travel time, respectively Deployment Goal Recommendations Click to edit Master title style 2828 Headquarters Programs Click to edit Master title style 29 •High-performing team to best practices, but at capacity •Not meeting all fire prevention needs •Need for centralized logistics and support functions •Emergency management program is challenged to meet all training Headquarters Program Findings Click to edit Master title style 30 •Increase administrative support for the risk reduction and vegetation management inspectors •Prioritize the expansion of Fire headquarters and Fire Station 2 as part of the Airport master plan •Need to site and enhance the Department’s training location •Increase the reserve engine fleet by one unit Headquarters Program Recommendations Click to edit Master title style 31 •Review and absorb the content, findings, and recommendations of this master plan •Adopt updated response performance measures via City Council policy •Staff the last engine crew with a fourth firefighter •Work to acquire an enlarged parcel of land for the replacement of Fire Station 1 Next Steps Click to edit Master title style 32 •Acquire another reserve fire engine •Remodel and expand Station 3 •Finalize the location of a sixth fire station •Complete the facility upgrades and improvement plans with the architectural firm that was already hired •Monitor response performance against updated adopted goals Next Steps (cont.) 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