San Diego FireRescue

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San Diego Fire-Rescue
Fiscal Year 2004 Proposed Budget Volume III,
Page 481

June 9, 2003
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Department Summary
Volume III, Page 485
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Expenditures by Category
Volume III, Page 489
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Expenditures by Category
General fund - 124,036,505
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Expenditures by Category
Emergency Medical Services Fund - 8,713,631
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Citizen Protection Service

• 91,000 fire/EMS emergency responses annually
• 6 minute average response time goal for first
  responders
• 7,500 emergency lifeguard responses
• 595 hazardous materials incident responses
• 13,500 fire prevention inspections
• 600,000 community contacts
• 1,000 participants in Jr. Lifeguard
  Program

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Recent Accomplishments

• Department reorganization to improve efficiency
  effectiveness
• Highest department rating (96) on eighth Annual
  Resident Satisfaction Survey
• Successful, seasonal fire-rescue helicopter pilot
  program
• Strategic Planning, Accreditation, ZBMR
• Rapid Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
  program growth
• Lifeguard vehicle sponsorship agreement

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Initiatives to Reduce Overtime Cost

• Eliminated supplemental positions
• Reduced availability of Compensatory time
• Timely hiring promotions
• Note Additional funding required for Personnel
  Department to support effort
• Holding lateral academy to hire
  firefighter/paramedics
• Replaced Captains with EMTs on medic-rescue units
  on trial basis
• Note MOU item. Trial sunsets July 1,
  2003.

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Significant Changes

• New Sta. 46 in Black Mtn. Ranch 5.32
  590,901
• Situational Staffing Overtime 0.00
  399,933
• Fire Act Grant Matching Funds 0.00
  330,000
• For Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
• Grant 770,000 (Total funding 1.1 mil.)
• Replaces 20 year-old equipment

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Significant Changes (cont.)

• -Hazardous Materials Team 0.00
  149,330
• Renewed County contract for 683,215
• Fully reimbursable
• Reductions in Programs 0.00
  (2,007,688)
• - safety supplies equipment,
• out-of-town training, facilities
  maintenance

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Significant Changes (cont.)

• Non-discretionary expenses 0.00
  (1,252,773)
• - lease-purchase payments (updated apparatus
  costs delivery schedules)
• - utilities costs (updated forecast of
  requirements)
• Remove one-time FY 03 0.00
  (653,980)
• Expenses
• - Lifeguard fire/rescue boat, portable radio
  grant match, NTC study
• Reduced support
  (2.00) (87,796)
• - Two clerical positions in Special Operations
  Training
• Department reorganization 2.68
  (25,077)

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FY 04 Expenditure Priorities

• Essential equipment replacement repair
• Health safety repairs to facilities
• Service repairs to fire and marine fleets
• Fire lifeguard academy training
• Office of Homeland Security funding support

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Service Level Impacts

• Inadequate services supplies to meet needs of
  workforce
• Difficult to replace emergency equipment later in
  year
• Facility degradation due to deferred maintenance
• Elimination of out-of-town training

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Significant Budget Issues

• Fire apparatus replacement
• Lifeguard vessel replacement
• Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) replacement
• Lifeguard headquarters dock replacement

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Capital Improvements Program Budget

• Fire/Lifeguard Facilities Reinvestment Program
• Upgrades a number of obsolete/deteriorated
  facilities
• Adds new fire and lifeguard facilities
• Major component replacement rehabilitation
• Improves efficiency effectiveness of key public
  safety facilities
• Black Mountain Fire Station (46)
• Facilities Benefit Assessment (FBA) funded
• Open February 2004