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A. Special Presentation - Fire District FundingCounty Administrative Office www.SBCounty.gov Fire District Funding Workshop Gary McBride Chief Executive Officer Dan Munsey Fire Chief/Warden May 19th, 2020 Page 2 Fire District Budget Page 3 2019-20 Budgeted Revenue by Type Budget Unit/Zone Property Taxes Fees/Contracts/ Other Revenue County General Fund FP-5 Special Tax Total Revenue Mountain 13,974,056 2,833,990 1,067,990 5,438,903 23,314,939 North Desert 15,653,165 11,246,127 6,318,393 11,781,090 44,998,775 South Desert 6,812,212 2,588,792 993,538 9,550,111 19,944,653 Valley 44,930,849 32,644,329 - 14,717,632 92,292,810 Admin/Special Ops.10,834,431 5,091,384 5,285,554 - 21,211,369 Total 92,204,713 54,404,622 13,665,475 41,487,736 201,762,546 Note: Total FP-5 Special Tax revenue of $41.5 million does not include $1.2 million budgeted in 2019-20 from a recommended 3% inflationary increase that was not approved by the Board on June 11, 2019 (Item #96). Page 4 FP-5 Revenue Breakdown Voter- Approved Board-Approved Budget Unit/Zone Helendale/ Silver Lakes Needles Twentynine Palms San Bernardino Upland/San Antonio Heights Sub-Total LAFCO Approved FP-5 Expansion Grand Total Mountain - 5,438,903 5,438,903 North Desert 1,172,472 - 10,608,618 11,781,090 South Desert 468,345 2,330,034 2,798,379 6,751,732 9,550,111 Valley 7,838,721 3,313,830 11,152,551 3,565,081 14,717,632 Admin/Special Ops.- - Total 1,172,472 468,345 2,330,034 7,838,721 3,313,830 13,950,930 26,364,334 41,487,736 LAFCO-Approved Annexations Note: Total FP-5 Special Tax revenue of $41.5 million does not include $1.2 million budgeted in 2019-20 from a recommended 3% inflationary increase that was not approved by the Board on June 11, 2019 (Item #96). Page 5 Fire District Operations Page 6 County Fire District –All Hazard Response •Aircraft incidents •Big Rig Fires •Business Inspections •Cave Rescue •Cliff Rescue •Commercial Structure Fires •Fire Cause Investigation •Forest Fires •Hazardous Materials Incidents •High Angle / Tower rescue •Ice Rescue •Medical Aid Mine Rescues •Multi-Casualty Incidents •Narrow or blocked access roads •Off Road Incidents •Over the side rescue •Overgrown Roadways •Railcar Incidents •Residential House Fires •Snowcat responses •Swift Water Rescue •Traffic Collisions •Vegetation Fires •Water rescue •Wilderness rescue Page 7 Station Closures Required if FP-5 is Repealed 23 6 8 6 15 4 4 3 0 5 10 15 20 25 Valley 74,610 Calls Mountain 4,576 Calls North Desert 47,499 Calls South Desert 11,862 CallsFire StationsStaffed Fire Stations by Zone would decrease by stations throughout the District Current Without all of FP-5 Page 8 Increase in Annual Calls per Firefighter with Station Closures 232 88 311 233 88 145 145 229 180 300 127 396 439 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Valley Mountain North Desert South Desert Chino Ontario Rancho Apple Vly ColtonCalls Per YearCalls Per Firefighter by Zone Current Without all of FP-5 Page 9 Average Response Time by Zone with or without FP-5 4:42 7:50 13:24 10:36 5:47 9:50 18:40 18:45 0:00 2:24 4:48 7:12 9:36 12:00 14:24 16:48 19:12 21:36 Valley Zone Mountain Zone North Desert Zone South Desert ZoneMinutesAverage Response Times Current Without all of FP-5 Page 10 Total Staffing Reductions Service Zone Current Staffing Level Staffing Without Entire FP-5 Administration / Special Operations 44 25 Mountain Regional Service Zone 54 36 North Desert Regional Service Zone 153 120 South Desert Regional Service Zone 51 27 Valley Regional Service Zone 321 249 Totals 623 457 Assistant Chief 7 5 Battalion Chief 26 17 Captain 181 132 Engineer 181 129 Firefighter 228 174 Totals 623 457 Page 11 East Valley Service Zone Page 12 •14 full time staffed stations •156 suppression personnel •San Bernardino City -9 stations •S.B. Intl. Airport -1 station •Grand Terrace -1 station •Devore -1 station •Mentone -1 station •Muscoy -1 station East Valley –Division 2 Page 13 46,500 incidents per year Complexities: •Severe wildfire danger! •Large homeless population that produces an increase call for service. •San Bernardino has a large number of unoccupied buildings and large number of structure fires. East Valley –Division 2 Page 14 Service Level Reduction •Reduction in 3 engine companies and one squad in the Greater San Bernardino area. •Reduction in staffing by 4 fire stations in the Greater San Bernardino area East Valley -Division 2 Without FP5 Funding Page 15 Enhanced Services Reduction •Under contract with San Bernardino International Airport for Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF), County Fire pays a shared portion of the suppression personnel costs. •County Fire provides paramedics to law enforcement for SWAT program responses. East Valley –Division 2 Page 16 Grand Terrace (Station 23) Current Response Times Call Type Responses Medical Aid 1,180 Other 23 Public Service 42 Traffic Collision -TC 71 Other Fire 17 Vehicle Fire 8 Investigation/Alarm 43 Hazmat 28 Vegetation Fire -FG 9 Traffic Collision with Extrication 2 Structure Fire -FS 7 Structure Fire -FC 4 Page 17 Grand Terrace Average Response Time Responses Average Response Time All Call Types/ 2019 1,434 0:05:55 Response Modeling Without FS23 1,424 0:09:36 Page 18 Administration/Special Operations Page 19 Special Operation Division -Current Service Levels Special Operations Division Training and Safety New Hire Firefighter Recruit 16 week Tower Training Specialty Training Rescue, Haz Mat, ARFF Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) Training Center (SBRETC JPA) Safety Officer Program Emergency Medical Services Training and Continuing Education Ambulance Operator Program Program Development Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Wildland Fire Professional Fire Hand Crew Inmate Hand Crew Heavy Fire Equipment Operations Program Helicopter Medical Care and Rescue Program Page 20 Office of the Fire Marshall Impacts Page 21 Office of the Fire Marshal The Community Safety Division is committed to creating a safe community through community risk reduction based education, engineering, and fire code enforcement programs. The division’s focus is on fire prevention and protection for our citizens and business community. Services include: 1.Fire Planning and Engineering 2.Plan Reviews 3.New Construction Inspections 4.Annual and State Mandated Fire Inspections 5.Fire /Arson Investigation Programs including a proposed K9 program 6.Public Education (schools, community outreach/education) 7.Juvenile Firestarter Program 8.Fire suppression support activity such as damage assessment and crew support through the Arson Investigation Unit. Community Safety Division Current Services Page 22 The loss of administrative general fund support could result in a $2.7 million loss in operating revenues for the Community Safety (CS) Division. Current prevention services are supported by the fire suppression divisions through reimbursements for fire prevention services provided in their respective divisions. In order to offset the loss of funding, the following measures would be necessary. 1.Reduction in Community Safety staffing by 50% creating an immediate and devastating impact on the Annual Mandatory Inspection program. Current goals of 100% compliance would be compromised. 2.Increase of approximately 41% to program fees; increased financial hardship for business community. 3.Elimination of ancillary services such as public education, juvenile fire setters program, etc. 4.Contract city services would need to be re-negotiated to maintain current level of services. 5.Community Risk Reduction (CRR) as an on-going initiative would be drastically reduced, as it requires a robust Fire Prevention Program that includes prevention programs, construction planning/inspection services, arson investigations, pre-planning and public outreach for stakeholder investment. Further, CRR impacts all divisions’ aspects of strategic planning, standards of cover and professional standards for the department. 6.New positions approved for FY2021 will not be filled. Loss of FP5 Funding Impact Page 23 Enhanced Services Impacts Page 24 •Advanced Life Support •Paramedic level care and transport •Technical Rescue •Type 1 State Certified USAR Heavy Rescue •An integrated part of Regional Task Force 6 •Water Rescue •Lake Arrowhead Rescue Boat •Big Bear Lake Rescue Boat with Ice Rescue •Colorado River/ Lake Havasu Rescue Boat Fire District -Enhanced Services Page 25 •Inclement Weather fire, rescue and EMS services •Largest fleet of Snowcats of any West Coast Emergency Service. Snowcats allow rescue workers to gain access to persons in need in even the harshest snow and ice filled situation. •Wilderness Rescue •“Side by side” off road vehicle transports rescue crews to remote areas to provide rescue, patient care and extraction of patients. •Hazardous Materials Response and Mitigation •Trained Haz Mat Specialists respond to over XXXX events annually to protect lives, property and the environment. •Air Rescue, Medical Care Transport, and Fire Attack •A collaboration of SBSO pilots and crew chiefs, with Fire District Flight Captains and Flight Paramedics are available for all types of responses. These range from: Hoist Rescue, Swift Water Rescue, Fire Suppression Air Drops, Crew Transports, Reconnaissance and Mapping. Fire District -Enhanced Services (Continued) Page 26 •County Fire District is the largest provider of Advanced Life Support (ALS) Emergency Medical Services in the County with over XXX Paramedic and XXX EMT’s. •County Fire District is also the second largest provider of ambulance transport services in the County with XXX full time Advanced Life Support Ambulances deployed daily. •Ambulance transport services are provided by County Fire District Ambulances in the following areas: ALS Care and Transport ∞Lake Arrowhead ∞Twin Peaks ∞Crestline ∞Fawnskin ∞Yucca Valley ∞Yucca Mesa ∞Hesperia ∞Phelan ∞Wrightwood ∞Baker ∞Lucerne Valley ∞Trona/Searles Valley Page 27 •GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS –Daily Operations •43% reduction in staffing within Administration/Special Operations •Reduction of manpower within the Divisions will limit the ability to effectively fight fires. •Firefighter risk will increase dramatically, and unnecessary property loss will occur. •While response times will as much as double, if any unit is on call the times could be more than 5 times longer. •The ability to obtain apparatus to “cover behind” when our equipment is committed to an incident can be delayed by a factor of hours. •Degradation of our “standing army” of equipment and personnel will inevitably lead to a less effective response that may often prove detrimental to the citizen victim awaiting our help. •Community based programs such as CERT, ECS, Fire Explorers, Fire Cor, etc would be reduced or cancelled due to lack of funding or lack of personnel to coordinate and assist. Geographic Divisions -Direct Operational Impacts Page 28 •Wildland Division •Inability to plan and develop community risk reduction and fuel modification projects to reduce the threat from wildfires •Training/Safety Division •Inability to deliver recruit training tower •Inability to continue to develop our employees through remedial and career development training •Inability to properly support our specialty programs (Hazmat, USAR (CA-RTF -6) •EMS Division •Inability to properly support, oversee and develop Ambulance Operator program •Inability to research and develop forward thinking future EMS services/programs •Inability to properly support personnel EMS training/education needs Special Operations Enhanced Services Reduction Page 29 •With fewer resources being available and the consequent loss of one third of it’s professional suppression staff, there would be a significant reduction in the ability to continue to provide enhanced services. •All fire department personnel have a “First Responder Operational” level of knowledge. •These defensive actions set the stage for “Specialists” to come in and mitigate the emergency. •Without specialists to provide additional skill sets, many events could be prolonged without resolution. •This lack of operational depth will lead to a less effective response to: Enhanced Services -Direct Operational Impacts •Aircraft incidents •Big Rig Fires •Cave Rescue •Cliff Rescue •Commercial Structure Fires •Forest Fires •Hazardous Materials Incidents •High Angle / Tower rescue •Residential House Fires •Ice Rescue •Mine Rescues •Multi-Casualty Incidents •Narrow or blocked access roads •Off Road Incidents •Over the side rescue •Overgrown Roadways •Railcar Incidents •Snowcat responses •Swift Water Rescue •Traffic Collisions •Vegetation Fires •Water rescue •Wilderness rescue Page 30 •The VOTERS will have a chance to decide during the November 3 election on the funding of the fire department. •The Department and elected officials continue to model different staffing scenarios if FP-5 funding is repealed. 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