YOU HEAR? LET'S IF WE COULD ALL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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IF WE COULD ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE, ALL FACE THE FLAG.PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
. ROLL CALL. MR. RUSSI? COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA? PRESENT SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU IS NOT GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY? HERE. MAYOR HEPBURN? HERE. ITEM THREE PRESENTATION ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDARD OF COVERAGE COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT BY CONSULTANT KURT POWELL WITH AP TRITON.
[3. Presentation on the Fire Department Standard of Coverage and Community Risk Assessment by Consultant Kurt Latipow with AP Triton.]
I WILL HAND THIS OVER TO CHIEF NAGIN JUST ONE SECOND.AS COUNCIL, SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WORK OVER THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF.
CHIEF, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAU DID SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS TO THE CHIEF AND I THINK THOSE WERE ANSWERED.
MR. RUSSI? YEAH, SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
SHE DOES HAVE SOME COMMENTS THAT SHE ASKED ME TO SHARE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, CHIEF NIGG ? THANK YOU. OK MODERN DAY FOCUS IS NOT ONLY IDENTIFY THE HAZARDS, BUT ALSO DETAIL THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AND IMPROVE ALONG WITH THE DYNAMICS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AS A RESULT, THE PUBLIC WE SERVE IS NOT ONLY MADE AWARE OF OUR GAPS AND SORRY GAPS AND CAPABILITY, BUT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND IMPROVING THESE DEFICIENCIES THROUGH A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH.
UPON MY ARRIVAL, AP TRITON HAD ALREADY BEGUN DATA COLLECTION AND SUBSEQUENT ANECDOTAL ANALYSIS.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THESE STUDIES IS DEPENDENT ON RESPONSE, DATA AND INCIDENT REPORTING OVER A THREE PLUS YEAR PERIOD REQUIRING US TO EXCLUDE ANY OPINION THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY CONCLUDE ABOUT THE DEPLOYMENT WE SEE BEFORE US TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, HAVING SWITCHED COMMUNICATION CENTERS AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STUDY PERIOD, WE HAD BEEN HAMPERED BY TECHNICAL INABILITY TO COLLATE SOME OF THE CRUCIAL DATA, AS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE COMING PRESENTATION.
ALL THAT SAID, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL WHO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THIS STUDY REALIZE THAT ALTHOUGH OUR CURRENT DEPLOYMENT IS REFERENCED THROUGHOUT THE PRIMARY, FOCUS IS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT WAS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL.
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AFTER AP TRITON'S PRESENTATION, I WILL FURTHER DISCUSS WHERE WE ARE NOW RELATIVE TO THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION AND WHERE THE DEPARTMENT IS HEADED.AND UNFORTUNATELY, HIS TEAM THAT HE WAS GOING TO BRING WITH HIM IS UNAVAILABLE TONIGHT.
SO WE'LL BE SIMPLY KURT PRESENTING TO YOU.
THANKS, CHIEF. THAT TOOK HALF THE FIRST PAGE RIGHT THERE.
I AM ACCUSTOMED TO BEING ABLE TO SEE THE POWERPOINT.
WILL I BE ABLE TO? I THINK SO.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO I'LL KIND OF PICK IT UP FROM THERE.
HE MENTIONED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEMS BEING CHANGED MIDWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, NOT NECESSARILY MIDWAY THROUGH OUR PROCESS, BUT MIDWAY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT THREE YEARS FOR THE DEPLOYMENT ANALYSIS, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, ETC.
WE LOOK AT NINE FULL YEARS OF NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM TO TRY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE AS MUCH AS WE CAN ALONG WITH YOUR POPULATION, WHICH THAT WAS ALSO A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE WAS TWO DOCUMENTS, DIDN'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER RELATIVE TO POPULATION.
SO WHEN WE GOT STARTED, THE CHIEF HADN'T TAKEN THE OFFICE YET.
AS SOON AS HE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, SO TO SPEAK, HE STARTED PULLING LEVERS, TWISTING KNOBS, IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES THAT WERE JUST STARTING TO BE ON EARTH THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS.
AND WE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AS A RESULT, WE DECIDED WITH CONCURRENCE OF THE CHIEF AND YOU HEARD THIS FROM ME BACK, AND WHEN WAS IT? NOVEMBER. GOD SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, DOESN'T IT? ANYWAY, YOU HEARD THIS FROM ME BACK IN NOVEMBER.
WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT THE PROJECT ON HOLD, TO GIVE THE CHIEF AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET HIS ARM AROUND STUFF, AND AS WELL AS HELP US THROUGH SOME OF THE DATA CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE ENCUMBERING.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE STUDIES, WE TALK ABOUT A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME FOR US FOR THE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS WAS 2017 INTO 21, AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. THERE WERE TRANSITIONS MADE DURING THAT TIME.
THE SIXTH EDITION, WHICH IS THE EDITION THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE, IS EXTREMELY DETAILED RELATIVE TO THE RISK PIECE, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE SO MUCH LANGUAGE, SO MUCH REPORTING IN THE STUDY ON RISK.
AND THERE'S SOME VERY, VERY INTERESTING STATISTICS, EVEN THOUGH THAT SNAPSHOT IN TIME CLOSED IN 21, WHEN WE LOOK AT RISK, WE LOOK AT POPULATION, WE LOOK AT DIVERSITY, WE LOOK AT POVERTY LEVELS, WE LOOK AT MEDIAN INCOME AND WE LOOK AT THE AGE OF THE COMMUNITY, WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC COUNTS, ETC.. AND SOME OF THAT INFORMATION ACTUALLY MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE CHARTS AND THE GRAPHS THAT MAKE UP PART OF THE STUDY.
WELL, NOW IT'S THIS BIG, AND RIGHTLY SO, BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS US WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS HOW YOUR STUDY IS LAID OUT.
COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS, PERFORMANCE GOALS.
YOU'LL SEE A LARGE SECTION IN THERE BACK, IN THE APPENDIX, ON THE INTERVIEWS.
THE COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT IS VERY DETAILED.
THE REVIEW OF SERVICES PROVIDED PER THE SNAPSHOT AND THE HISTORICAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND THEN AT THE END FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND AS THE CHIEF HAS MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING.
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I'LL SHARE WITH YOU. THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL.IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR AN AGENCY AS WE START TO DEVELOP AND GO BACK AND FORTH AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ON THE ANALYSIS TO START IMPLEMENTING BEFORE WE EVEN BEFORE THE INK IS DRY.
I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, WE'RE DOING ONE IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CITY AND THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING IT AS IT HASN'T HIT THE COUNCIL YET BECAUSE THEY HAD BUDGET AUTHORITY TO DO SOME OF IT.
WE IDENTIFIED THE SERVICE LEVEL, THE IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES THAT ARE IMPEDING THAT.
NOW, AGAIN, I NEED TO EMPHASIZE THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME, BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT WERE BASED ON THE OLDER SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL.
IT IS. IT'S INTERESTING, AS WE MARCH DOWN THE ROAD TO THE FINISH LINE, SO TO SPEAK.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE CHIEF IMPLEMENTED AS THE STUDY PROGRESSED.
I'M GOING. YES, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ON THE REOPENING OF STATION THREE, AS YOU SAW FROM THE REPORT THAT I GAVE YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER.
RIGHT ON. EXCELLENT MOVE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HAZARD UP THERE AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, PUTTING THE TILLER IN SERVICE AND YOU'LL SEE WHY THAT, I BELIEVE, IS REINFORCED WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME FIRE FLOW DATA AND MULTISTORY AND MULTIFAMILY AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTING THE FULL TIME AMBULANCE OPERATOR PROGRAM.
HATS OFF. THERE'S SOME INTERESTING DYNAMICS GOING ON IN THE FIRE SERVICE RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS A CHIEF OF AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, WE WOULD FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS ON THE AMBULANCES. BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE DELIVERY MODEL, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
AND MANY, MANY I ACTUALLY HAVE POINTED SOME ORGANIZATIONS BACK TO CHIEF NIGG AND HIS MODEL ARE GOING THIS ROUTE MOVING THE FIREFIGHTER MEDICS OFF OF THE AMBULANCE BUILDING A SUCCESSION PROGRAM UTILIZING SINGLE ROLE AO'S AND AND FREEING UP FIREFIGHTERS TO DO THE FIREFIGHTERS JOB.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO YOU LIVE HERE.
YOU ALREADY KNOW THE DESCRIPTION OF YOUR COMMUNITY AT THE TIME WE DID THE STUDY.
YOU'RE CLASSIFIED AS A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT CLASSIFICATION WILL CHANGE ANYTIME SOON.
33,000 9.1 SQUARE MILES ASSESSED VALUATION AT THE TIME IS 5.5 BILLION.
I ALWAYS FIND IT INTERESTING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ASSESS VALUATION BECAUSE ASSESS VALUATION, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, DOES NOT REALLY LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF WHAT'S BEING PROTECTED BY YOUR FIRE SERVICE IN ADDITION TO THAT ASSESSED VALUATION THERE.
THEY'RE PROTECTING MULTIPLE SALES TAX GENERATORS.
THEY'RE PROTECTING MULTIPLE EMPLOYERS.
AND ALL THOSE FOLKS GENERATE REVENUES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AT THE TIME OF THE STUDY, TWO STAFFED FIRE STATIONS.
BOTH STATIONS HAVE HAD ALS HAVE ALS, STILL 36 FULL TIME FTES.
YOUR MINIMUM STAFFING, TEN FIREFIGHTERS, ONE BATTALION CHIEF.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. TRADITIONAL FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE MOST PART.
SECOND BULLET PARAMEDIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT ALS ENGINE RESPONSE TRANSPORTED AT THE TIME.
AND YOU SEE MY NOTE MY TAG ON THERE BY ONE ALS AMBULANCE.
YOU'LL SEE A RECOMMENDATION IN HERE FOR A MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PREVENTION.
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A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON HERE.THE RED DOTS ARE THE STATIONS.
ALL THREE STATIONS ARE ALS, INCLUDING THE NEWLY STAFFED STATION THREE.
LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S AN INTERESTING LAYOUT, PARTICULARLY AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS.
BUT SO THESE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
YEAH, IT'S POPULATION DENSITY.
AS YOU MOVE MORE TOWARDS FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND BELOW THE DENSITY INCREASES AND YOU'LL SEE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN DENSITY AND THE ACTIVITY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
GO AHEAD. BUT RIGHT NOW, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RISK.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EARTHQUAKES.
BUT WE ALSO WALK BACK TO SOME OF THE OLDER EARTHQUAKES THAT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE AREA.
SO YOU ARE AN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY.
IT'S HIGH, BUT THE POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS FOR SEVEN AND NOT ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, OF COURSE, SEVEN IS STILL PRETTY DEVASTATING. GO AHEAD.
EXCELLENT. THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT WHEN OUR GIS ANALYSTS FIRST PRESENTED IT TO ME.
AND I KNEW AT THAT TIME STATION THREE WAS CLOSED.
OBVIOUSLY, THE HAIR GOT UP ON THE BACK OF MY NECK.
IT TALKS ABOUT IT IN THE REPORT HOW A MAJORITY OF THE THREAT FOR WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE IS ACTUALLY FROM AN INCIDENT FROM ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS ROLLING DOWN INTO THE CITY.
HOWEVER, ONCE IT GETS HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL AND TO REINFORCE THIS POTENTIAL.
I GO BACK TO THE TUBBS FIRE UP IN SANTA ROSA AREA, WHERE IT CAME OUT OF THE WILDLAND, MOVED RIGHT INTO THE DEVELOPED AREA AND ACTUALLY JUMPED THE FREEWAY AND BURNED THEIR HOME DEPOT DOWN. THAT'S THE POTENTIAL SOME OF THE POTENTIAL YOU'RE SEEING HERE, BECAUSE THESE CANYONS, PARTICULARLY DURING SANTA ANA'S, WILL SERVE AS WICKS RIGHT DOWN INTO THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
GOLD LINE. SO, YOU KNOW, I LOVE DOING THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE EVERY ONCE.
MATTER OF FACT, THIS HAPPENED DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
WE WERE DOING THE INTERVIEW AND AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THE GOLD LINE.
I SAID, OH, I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT.
NOW I'M A LITTLE FAMILIAR WITH THE TRANSIT SYSTEM, BUT I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THE GOLD LINE.
SO I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHERE IS THE IMPACT ANALYSIS, ETC.? AND WE GOT A COPY OF THE UPDATE TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN FOR OLD TOWN.
AND AS I STARTED READING WITH THAT, I'M ON THE PHONE WITH MY RISK SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
I'M ON THE PHONE WITH MY GIS ANALYST.
I SAID, YALL NEED TO READ THIS BECAUSE THIS IS EXCITING STUFF.
IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR THE CITY.
IT'S GOING TO GO VERTICAL, WHICH A LOT OF CITIES ARE GOING VERTICAL RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE POTENTIAL THERE, THE POSITIVE IMPACT.
AND THAT IS JUST THE I BELIEVE THAT'S THE HALF MILE.
BUT ALSO THE GOLD LINE SPECIFIC PLAN TALKS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF.
SO IF YOU TAKE THAT CIRCLE AND YOU PUT IT OUT A MILE AND A HALF, THE POSITIVES, THE POSITIVES FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE ARE GREAT, THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT OUTWEIGHS THE POSITIVES BECAUSE IT DOESN'T.
IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, RESIDENTIAL HOME UP, SAY, ABOVE THE FREEWAY.
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THEN YOU START MOVING DOWN INTO YOUR MORE DENSE AREAS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME CALL CONCENTRATION MAPS.SO WHEN YOU INTRODUCE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING INTO THAT MIX, NOW YOU INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS AND ADDITIONAL RISKS SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN A CONDENSED AREA.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO REINFORCE THIS IS A HIGH FLIGHT. I DID NOT PUT ALL THE MAPS AND CHARTS IN HERE BECAUSE I FIGURED YOU WANT TO GET OUT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
NOW WE UTILIZE THE DATA THAT IS GATHERED BY ISO IN THEIR BATCH REPORTS AND WE TAKE THAT DATA AND WE PLOT YOUR FIRE FLOW OCCUPANCIES ON THE MAP.
IT TAKES LABOR TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.
IT TAKES LABOR TO HANDLE THE FIRE FLOW.
SO THOSE ARE TODAY OR THEN DURING THE PERIOD.
THESE ARE YOUR HIGH FIRE FLOW OCCUPANCIES.
YOU PROBABLY DRIVE BY THEM EVERY DAY.
SOME OF THEM ARE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.
IT'S REALLY NOT NEW TO ANYBODY OTHER THAN NOW.
MOST OF THEM ARE WITHIN STATION ONE'S RESPONSE FOOTPRINT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WORKLOAD.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CALL VOLUME.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POPULATION AT DINNER.
AND IT IS INTERESTING AND IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH THIS IN THE FUTURE.
THINGS WERE PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT YOU HAD AN UPTICK IN FIRE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FIRES, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO MOVE THE CHART.
AND THEN 2020 IS THE COVID YEAR.
WE'RE SEEING ALL KINDS OF ANOMALIES WHEN WE DO THE ANALYST AND ANALYTICS ON THE COVID YEAR.
AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON TOURISM, THOSE CITIES REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLED VERSUS ONES THAT GENERATE SALES TAX, INTERNET SALES TAX, ETC..
BUT FROM A CALL VOLUME PERSPECTIVE, WE DID START TO SEE A DROP IN EMS CALLS, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWN HERE IN THE COVID YEAR BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STAYING HOME, PEOPLE WERE TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER OTHER THAN THE COVID CALLS AND THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DROPPED.
SO WHY DID THEY DROP? EVERYBODY WAS STAYING HOME, RIGHT? AND THEN WE COULD ONLY MAP OUT THE FIRST HALF OF 21 YOU KNOW? THESE STUDIES NORMALLY TAKE 3 TO 5 MONTHS AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO GOT THIS ONE DONE IN 3 TO 5 MONTHS.
BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE DONE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY JUSTICE.
I THINK WAITING THIS LONG WAS A GREAT VALUE.
I DO WE DO DO STUDIES IN TOURIST AREAS SUCH AS THE BASIN, TAHOE BASIN OVER ON THE COAST, ETC..
AND WHEN WE'RE NOT DOING AREAS WITH A LOT OF TOURISM, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF FLUCTUATION HERE.
BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOUR HIGHEST CALL VOLUME MONTHS, JANUARY AND DECEMBER, AND THEN YOU DIP DOWN AROUND JUNE. NOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE VALLEY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW BETTER THAN I DO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE MONTHS.
I'M SURE THE POLICE CHIEF HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE MONTHS.
BUT I GO BACK TO HUMAN ACTIVITY DRIVES CALL VOLUME FOR THE MOST PART.
SO SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF FOLKS DRIVING BACK AND FORTH.
RIGHT. SO MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ARE THE BUSIEST FOR CALL VOLUMES HERE.
NOW. IF I WAS GOING TO GUESS AND MY ANALYST DOESN'T LIKE ME TO GUESS,
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I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS TRAVELING THROUGH HERE OR HERE THAT WORK BEFORE TEN.SO NORMALLY I STAND UP IN FRONT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SAY, YOUR COLOR VOLUME STARTS TO RAMP UP ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND THEN IT STARTS TO GO DOWN ABOUT 5:00 AT NIGHT.
YOUR CALL VOLUME STARTS TO RAMP UP AROUND 5:00 IN THE MORNING, HAS TWO PEAKS.
PEAKS AROUND THAT LUNCH HOUR STARTS TO DRIP BACK, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, AND THEN PEAKS AGAIN AROUND 6:00 IN THE EVENING AND THEN DRIFTS DOWN FROM THERE. SO FOR ME, THAT'S A VERY, VERY INTERESTING PEAK, TELLING ME A LOT OF COMMUTE STUFF IS GOING ON HERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LUNCH.
NEXT. SO THESE MAPS ARE GOING TO LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR.
AND THE REASON THEY LOOK SIMILAR IS BECAUSE OVER 70% OF OF THE REQUESTS FOR SERVICE DURING THE STUDY PERIOD ARE GENERATED FROM REQUESTS FOR EMS. SO WE'RE NOT.
THIS MAP DOES NOT SAY THERE'S NOTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THE CITY.
IT DOES SAY IN YOUR CONCENTRATED AREAS, ON YOUR HEAVILY USED ROADWAYS AND ON SOME OF YOUR FREQUENT FLIERS, FREQUENT USERS SUCH AS ASSISTED CARE CENTERS, ETC..
THIS IS FIRES. THIS IS EMS. THIS IS EVERYTHING.
NEXT ONE PLEASE. THIS IS NIGHTTIME.
SO YOUR NIGHTTIME CALL CONCENTRATION, YOU SEE SOME OF IT MOVE OFF OF THE HIGHWAYS.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CARE CENTERS, ETC..
THAT IS STRICTLY DRIVEN BY THE FACT THAT I THINK IT'S 75, 76%.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE AUDIENCE MOST LIKELY CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THESE ARE AT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. I BELIEVE THERE'S ALSO A COMMENT WITHIN THE STUDY THAT TALKS ABOUT WHERE YOUR LIFE LOSS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARE AND YOU ALL LIVE HERE.
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. IT'S ON THE 2 TEN.
LITTLE QUALIFIER. THIS IS COMPUTER MODELING.
BECAUSE YOU ALL BEAT THE COMPUTER MODEL MOST OF THE TIME.
YOUR TRAVEL TIME BEATS THE COMPUTER MODEL.
SO THE COMPUTER MODEL TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, STOPS, TURNS, CHANGES OF GRADE, ETC..
SO THIS IS THE FOUR MINUTE TRAVEL TIME FOR STATION ONE.
NOW, IF WE WERE TO BACK UP TO THE CALL CONCENTRATION MODELS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT A MAJORITY OF YOUR HIGH CALL CONCENTRATION AREAS ARE BEING REACHED IN 4 MINUTES OR LESS, INITIALLY BY STATION ONE.
NEXT, PLEASE. NOT TO SHORT CHANGE STATION TO.
THIS IS THE FOOTPRINT FOR STATION TWO STATION TWO HAS GOT A GREAT RUNTIME.
AND SO THEIR REACH IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO THIS IS THE STATION TWO, FOUR MINUTE MODEL.
THE DATA SAYS 90TH AT THE 90TH PERCENTILE, THE CRUISE TRAVEL TIME.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ARE LESS THAN 4 MINUTES.
NEXT, PLEASE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE SPEEDING, BY THE WAY.
NOW, REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED THE STUDY? STATION THREE WAS SHUT OFF.
STATION THREE WAS BUILT, SITTING THERE IDLE.
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THIS IS THE STATION THREE TRAVEL TIME.THIS IS STATION THREE TURNED ON WITH A FOUR MINUTE FOOTPRINT.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO.
THERE'S NO ROADS IN THE OPEN SPACE, SO YOU DON'T SEE IT COVERED.
NOW, I BELIEVE THE NEXT SLIDE IS VERY EXCITING.
MAYBE NOT EXCITING FOR EVERYBODY.
SORRY, BUT SO ALL THREE STATIONS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY BOUNDARIES, ALL THREE STATIONS HAVE AN INCREDIBLE REACH IN 4 MINUTES OR LESS IN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN THE CHIEF TOLD ME THAT HE'D FIGURED OUT HOW TO STAFF THREE.
WELL, THAT AND THE RISK THAT'S UP THERE.
SO THAT'S THIS IS JUST THIS IS ONLY LOOKING AT THE LA VERNE STAFFING AND FACILITIES.
NEXT, PLEASE. SO EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE THE GRADIENTS.
AS WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS, BUT IT'S SO DEPENDENT ON EVERYTHING BEING PERFECT.
AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU'LL SEE THIS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, MAYBE ONE TOO MANY TIMES IN THE REPORT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT LATER, CHRIS, THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEPENDENT ON A.
AND MY TERMINOLOGY AUTOMATICALLY, AUTOMATICALLY DISPATCHED SIMULTANEOUS DISPATCH.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE DID THE STUDY, IT WAS MORE OF A MUTUAL AID.
AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING READ WHEN I READ THAT THAT AID AGREEMENT.
ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
NOW WE'RE USING AUTOMATIC AID.
WE'RE USING THE AUTOMATIC AID AND MUTUAL AID ENGINES AS AUTOMATIC ENGINES FOR THE MODEL.
BUT NOW WITH THREE STAFFED, ALL THREE STATIONS.
THE IT DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT WITHIN THE CITY.
I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT THE CREW WAS DOING BY THEN, BUT WE CONTINUED TO WORK PAST NOVEMBER AND TRULY START TO GROUND TRUTH THINGS SUCH AS THE FINDINGS, SUCH AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
HAVE THINGS CHANGED SINCE WE CONCLUDED THE STUDY? ABSOLUTELY. DID THE STUDY TAKE A YEAR? I ACTUALLY HAD TO LOOK THAT DATA UP BECAUSE I'VE NOT HAD ONE OF THESE TAKE THAT LONG.
BUT I STILL SAY IT WAS WORTH THE INVESTMENT OF TIME.
IT WAS WORTH ME GOING BACK TO THE TEAM AND ASKING THEM TO DO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN.
I ORIGINALLY TASKED THEM WITH PHYSICAL FINDINGS.
BUT HE WAS VERY, FOR THE MOST PART, VERY COMPLIMENTARY.
AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE BULLET FOR BULLET.
YOU'VE GOT PURCHASING POLICIES.
YOU'VE GOT TO RESERVE THE NEGATIVE, IF YOU WILL.
AND WHEN I SAY A FORMAL CAPITAL ASSET REPLACEMENT PLAN, THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT THE PLAN.
NEXT PLEASE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE OUT THE DOOR, THE PROCESS.
MR. AND MRS. SMITH? IT'S HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO ANSWER THE CALL? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE DISPATCHER OR CALL TAKER, WHICHEVER THE SYSTEM STRUCTURE TO PROCESS THE CALL? SET THE ALARM IN THE STATION.
AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE CREWS TO GET ON THE RIG AND GET GOING? WE ALREADY KNOW THE CREWS ARE DOING VERY WELL ON TRAVEL TIME AND THEY'RE REALLY CLOSE TO REACHING THE OVERALL TURNOUT TIME GOAL.
A LOT OF TIMES ALL IT TAKES TO REACH THAT GOAL RIGHT THERE IS AWARENESS.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE DATA, STUDYING THE DATA.
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IT'S LIKE A REPORT CARD.IN MY CASE, I ACTUALLY PUT TIGHT TIMERS INTO THE CAD.
AND ONCE THE CREWS BECAME AWARE, OUR TURNOUTS INCREASED.
YOU HAVE MUTUAL AID, NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THIS IS STUFF YOU ALREADY KNOW.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. THE CHIEF IS WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, THERE IS NOT A TRUE AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT IN WRITING.
TURNAROUND TIMES FOR THE HOSPITAL.
THIS IS A GROWING, GROWING, GROWING PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S NOT JUST A CALIFORNIA PROBLEM.
YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WALL TIME.
THEY'RE GETTING TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'RE HOLDING THEM THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BEDS.
THIS IS NOT A CALIFORNIA PHENOMENON.
WE'RE DOING PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, OREGON, WASHINGTON AND SOME OF THE OTHER STATES.
SOME AGENCIES ARE ACTUALLY SENDING BASIC LEVEL FOLKS TO THE HOSPITAL TO BABYSIT THE GURNEY.
SO THEY CAN FREE UP THEIR RA'S.
OK CURRENT FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES ARE INADEQUATE FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE.
REMEMBER, PART OF THESE FINDINGS WERE WHEN THREE WAS CLOSED.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE STILL STRUGGLING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
FULLY FULL BOUNDARY DROP SIMULTANEOUS DISPATCH CLOSES RESOURCE FIRST.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THIS EARTH.
AND THAT'S A CONCERN I HAVE DEPENDING I'VE ALWAYS HAD AS A FIRE PROFESSIONAL, HAVING TO DEPEND ON A NEIGHBOR ALL THE TIME FOR MY INITIAL ALARMS WAS ALWAYS WAS IT'LL MAKE YOU LOSE SLEEP AT NIGHT.
NEXT, PLEASE. SO WE HAVE STANDARDS.
THE WAY THE RFQ WAS WRITTEN THAT WE RESPONDED TO OUR SCOPE OF WORK, IDENTIFIED THE STANDARDS AND THE WAY THE RFQ WAS WRITTEN. WE WERE TASKED WITH LOOKING AT THOSE STANDARDS AND COMPARING IT TO THE WAY THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES.
AND RIGHT NOW, THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT UTILIZE THE EURO RECOMMENDATIONS FOUND IN 1710.
AS THE CITY INCREASES IN SIZE STRUCTURES.
NOW, I'M GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE UPDATED OLD TOWN SPECIFIC PLAN RIGHT THERE.
IT MAY BE MULTI STOREY MULTIFAMILY MIXED USE.
RIGHT? RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, WHATEVER, ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
AND THEN WE GO UP WITH MIXED USE, MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL, MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL SUCH AS SENIOR HOUSING, SUCH AS LOW INCOME HOUSING, SUCH AS THE BUZZWORDS WE'VE BEEN HEARING LATELY IS WORKER HOUSING.
NEXT, PLEASE. WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF KIND OF SET THE TONE.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD IN THE DATA COLLECTION PHASE.
IT WAS THE FIRE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING'S BEEN AROUND FOREVER.
WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE ON THIS TEAM.
IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TIMESTAMP AND AT THE TIME.
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NOW, CHIEF AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT.I'M A DATA GUY. I'M A PLANNER.
I REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS PERSONALLY.
ONCE YOU PUT THIS IN PLACE, ONCE THE CHIEF IS WORKING ON IT, HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A MUCH BETTER FEEL FOR HOW THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING AND SHOW YOU YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
NEXT, PLEASE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER THE MISCELLANEOUS COLUMN, RIGHT? COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES AND PRIORITIZES THE COMMUNITY RISK.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT THERE'S A BIG MOVE AFOOT.
RESIDENTS. FOLKS UP IN THE WILD LAND.
ALL THAT IS ROLLED INTO A COMMUNITY RISK PROGRAM.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN IN STATION ONE.
I DON'T NEED TO BEAT THIS UP TOO MUCH, OTHER THAN I BELIEVE THIS IS CRITICAL AT THE MOMENT.
WHEN WE TOURED STATION ONE, EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY HAS SOMETHING IN IT.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EXPANSION.
AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING EXPANSION.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU LOOK AT ADDING PERSONNEL TO STATION ONE AND APPARATUS.
I WAS TALKING WITH THE CHIEF THE OTHER DAY.
NOW YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU GOING TO PARK IT.
ADMINISTRATION. IT'S A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION JUST LIKE THE CITY.
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS NEED OFFICERS.
OUR WORLD HAS BECOME SO COMPLEX WITH REPORTING AND RISK AND BILLING RETURN ON INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS A FEW TIMES.
SO. WHEN YOU GUYS OPEN STATION THREE AND I FOLLOW SOME OF THE STUFF THAT GETS POSTED BY THE CREWS AND BY THE CHIEF, IT'S ALREADY MADE A DIFFERENCE. INITIAL ATTACK ON THE FIRE, AUTOMATIC AID NOT TOO FAR FROM THE CITY LIMITS.
STATION THREE WAS THERE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED A YEAR AGO.
THIS IS THE PART I ALWAYS I'M SHY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS, A LOT OF OUR POLICYMAKERS WILL BE GOING DOWN THESE FINDINGS AND CHECKING OFF.
THAT'S 3 MILLION. TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFFING LEVEL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.
THE CHIEF HAS ALREADY STARTED DOING THIS AT THE TIME OF THE STUDY.
IT WAS GLARING WHEN WE DID IT.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES AND MEASURES.
I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE PLEASED WHEN THE CHIEFS ARE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN PLACE.
COMMUNITY WIDE RISK REDUCTION PLAN.
GETTING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FIRE MARSHAL.
IT'S NOT JUST THE ENGINE COMPANIES.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T SHUT DOWN THREE.
THE OUTCOME HAS BEEN TOO POSITIVE.
AND RENEGOTIATE THE AGREEMENT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE TO BE A TRUE AUTOMATIC AID.
CHIEF AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ON THIS.
I KNOW FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT IS MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.
NOW, HERE'S THE CAVEAT THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE STUDY.
AND I FEEL THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND UPDATE THAT TRUE AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT.
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THEN IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE ABLE TO POSTURE YOURSELF TO HANDLE THE RISK AND AT LEAST HANDLE AN INITIAL ATTACK OF A LOW, LOW RISK. INCIDENT.SO IF YOU CAN'T GET THE AGREEMENT.
AND BY THE WAY, I RARELY RECOMMEND FOR STAFFING.
HERE'S THE NEXT ONE. INCREASE THE STAFFING AT STATIONS TWO AND THREE BY ONE FIREFIGHTER PER SHIFT, RESULTING IN FOUR PERSON STAFF THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT ON ADDRESSING YOUR RISK, PARTICULARLY DURING INITIAL ATTACK ON FIRE.
THE DATA THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A REALLY GOOD FEEL FOR A PATTERN, FOR A STAFFING PATTERN.
ONE PIECE OF DATA SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY BUSY ENOUGH FOR 1 24 HOUR CAR.
I GO, WELL, MAYBE THERE IS A NEED FOR 2 24 HOUR CARS.
AND NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHICH IS WHY I'M RECOMMENDING.
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE WORKLOAD OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE OUR 2 24 HOUR CARS.
ENOUGH. DO YOU NEED A PEAK HOUR UNIT? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF POMONA VALLEY OR SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY DOESN'T GET A HANDLE ON THEIR WALL TIME ISSUE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'VE YOU KNOW, I'VE COMMENTED ON OLD TOWN SPECIFIC PLAN. I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING.
YOU NEED TO ADD AN ENGINE COMPANY DOWN THERE AGAIN, LOOKING AT RISK, LOOKING AT INITIAL ATTACK.
BECAUSE THAT STATIONS THE STATIONS ALREADY BUSY.
WELL, THANK YOU. AND IT'S GOING TO GET BUSIER AS THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS TAKE PLACE.
SO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS NEXT RECOMMENDATION A BIT.
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH MY GUT FEELING WHEN I TOURED STATION ONE.
OH, MAN. YOU NEED TO GO FIND THREE ACRES SOMEWHERE AND BUILD A NEW STATION.
HOWEVER, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT LAND IS HARD TO COME BY.
SO I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT A NEW LOCATION AND AN ARCHITECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MODIFYING THE EXISTING STATION TO MAINTAIN A HIGH DEGREE OF SAFETY.
IF YOU CAN'T. THEN YOU SHOULD FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.
HOWEVER, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
I HAD MY ANALYST RUN A COUPLE OF MODELS.
ONE'S IN A REALLY GOOD LOCATION.
IF WE MOVE IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WE UNCOVER PIECES.
SO IF I HAD A MAGIC LAND WAND, I'D FIND YOU THREE ACRES RIGHT WHERE IT'S AT.
BUT. AND THE DEVIL, AS THEY SAY, IS IN THE DETAILS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO REENGINEER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A NEW FACILITY, PAY ATTENTION.
YOU GET SOME STRONG CONSIDERATION TO YOUR NEEDS FOR TRAINING.
GOING. GOING OUT OF THE AREA FOR TRAINING CAUSES CHALLENGES FOR COVERAGE.
AND WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TRAINING AS WE WERE DOING AS WE WERE INTERVIEWING FOLKS.
NEXT, PLEASE. NEXT STEPS CHIEF.
ALL RIGHT. SOME OF OUR CREWS CAN GO RUSHING OFF TO ONE OF THOSE PEAK HOUR CALLS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? SINCE MY APPOINTMENT, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING.
WE HAVE IMMINENT, WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AN ENTIRELY OVERHAULED AUTO AID AGREEMENT WITH L.A.
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THE RESULT OF MONTHS LONG NEGOTIATIONS AND RESHAPING OF THE FWD.
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WE REOPENED STATION THREE WITH A FIRE ENGINE CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO ALL EMERGENCIES.I HAVE A FULL TIME QUENT DEPLOYMENT FOR TECHNICAL RESCUE AND SPECIALIZED FIRE TACTICS.
WE'VE INCREASED OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS 40 PLUS PERCENT.
WE FULLY STAFFED THE DEPARTMENT WITH THIS NEW ACADEMY THAT'S GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE WILL HAVE REDUCED OVERTIME DRAMATICALLY.
WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A FULL TIME FIRE MARSHAL TO OVERSEE A NEW COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION PLAN AND PROGRAM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING A NEW DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR DAY TO DAY OVERSIGHT OF PERSONNEL TACTICS, POLICY, QUALITY ASSURANCE, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND REGIONAL RELEVANCY.
AS KURT MENTIONED, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IS CRUCIAL TO OUR SUCCESS.
AFTER ALL, IF YOU CAN'T MEASURE IT, YOU CAN'T MANAGE IT THROUGH BETTER INTERNAL REVIEW.
STRATEGIC PLANNING IS CRITICAL TO ANY ORGANIZATION SEEKING EXCELLENCE.
WHAT THIS REPORT HAS INDICATED, THERE'S A VERY REAL NEED TO INCREASE STAFFING BASED ON ANTICIPATED GOAL LINE GROWTH, HIGH DENSITY, HIGH DENSITY HOUSING POTENTIAL AND ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
STATIONS TWO AND THREE ARE STAFFED WITH THREE MULTIFUNCTION FIREFIGHTERS, WHEREAS NUMEROUS UNDERWRITERS, LABORATORY AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES INDICATE ADDING A FOURTH FIREFIGHTER TO THOSE STATIONS WILL REDUCE PROPERTY LOSS, CIVILIAN AND FIREFIGHTER INJURY, AND GREATLY DECREASE MORTALITY AND CRITICAL, LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
I PROJECTED OUR REVENUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH BETTER ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY YET TO BE REALIZED AND THROUGH A COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICTS ALREADY ESTABLISHED. GENERAL FUND IMPACT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
HOWEVER, THERE'S LITTLE REALITY WHERE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND WON'T BE IMPACTED IN SOME RESPECT.
WITH THAT IN MIND, THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE BEFORE US WILL LEAD TO A STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE COLLABORATIVELY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY DETERMINE HOW WE CAN ENSURE THE CITY'S RISK VULNERABILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS ARE BEING MET NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
AND FINALLY, I'M NOT BRINGING FORTH ANY ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
RATHER, IT IS MY INTENT TO SEEK YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OF THIS STUDY, THEREBY INDICATING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FUTURE STRATEGIC PLAN PLANNING UTILIZING THESE FINDINGS. KURT AND I STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MR. LATIPOW. WE PROBABLY SHOULD GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR FOR THE CHIEF OR MR. LATIPOW, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? [INAUDIBLE].
YES, SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR. [INAUDIBLE].
MY QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE ANY DATA FROM [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE CAN OBTAIN TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT WAS WHEN THEIR GOLD LINE CAME IN AND THEY SAW I'M SURE THEY SAW POSITIVE.
THEY SAW AN INCREASE. I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND WE WE DO NOT IT WAS NOT PART OF THE SCOPE THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE WORTHWHILE DIVING INTO THAT.
AS YOU SAY, IS THIS IN MONROVIA? YEAH, THEY'RE ON FIRE. MONROVIA.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO REVIEW.
WASN'T PART OF THIS? THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO COULD BE A GOOD MODEL.
REGARDING THE RESPONSES TO WHETHER IT'S A-LIST OR.
ABSOLUTELY, THE COMPARISON HAS TO BE MADE, THOUGH.
IS THE DEVELOPMENT WAS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AROUND THEIR EXPANSION SIMILAR TO YOURS? IN OTHER WORDS, OTHERWISE, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT TRIPS, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT TRIPS BEING GENERATED, FOLKS DRIVING IN, GETTING ON THE GOLD LINE, GETTING OFF.
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BUT IF THEY HAD A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT, THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING REVIEW.WELL, GETTING OFF AND GETTING OFF, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION AS [INAUDIBLE].
FINDING OUT HOW POSSIBILITIES. THAT'S ALL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONE ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.
AND THOSE TYPES OF BUZZWORDS IMPACT BOTH YOUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS HEAVILY.
AND THAT'S NOT ONLY STATISTICS, BUT IT'S ALSO MY 20 PLUS YEAR EXPERIENCE IN THIS JOB AS WELL.
KASH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMENT ON THAT ONE.
IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITIES.
IT HAS STRESSED THEIR SYSTEMS. I KNOW FOR A FACT.
BEING ON THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THERE IS A STRESS TO THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS.
AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AT LENGTH AS FAR AS OUR SPECIFIC PLAN, KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAMP UP OUR SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THAT.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN PLACE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL AND THE DRUG ABUSE SITUATION.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, LET'S HOPE SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU WANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER LAU OR YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL AFTER? OKAY, THEN WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I'M SEEING NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY CALLING IN? WE'RE BY OURSELVES TONIGHT.
IT'S QUIET. THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY? OR MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY? EXCUSE ME. THAT'S THE SECOND MEETING.
WOW, ONE QUESTION ON THE WALL TIME.
HAS IT BEEN REDUCED SINCE WE STARTED OUR AMBULANCE OPERATORS? DO THEY? AND THIS IS MAYBE JUST A FORM OF OPERATION AS WELL.
DO THE AMBULANCE OPERATORS THEN STAY WHEN OUR TO RELEASE OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS BACK TO THE CITY? SURE. SO FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING SINCE OUR AMBULANCE OPERATING OPERATOR PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN SERVICE, IT SEEMS TO BE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT TO ME THAT OUR THE WALL TIMES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S HAPPENING AND FOR HOW LONG.
THE BENEFIT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW IS THAT IT'S NOT OUR MULTIFUNCTION FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS BEING TIED UP AT THE HOSPITALS, DEPENDING ON THE CALL, IF IT'S A BLESS OF A CALL OR SOMETHING THAT OUR PARAMEDICS FELT COMFORTABLE SENDING TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THAT LOWER LEVEL OF CARE OR EMTS, THEN THEY DO THAT FROM ALMOST DAY ONE THAT PROGRAM'S BEEN IN PLACE. I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY OF TIMES WHERE OUR AMBULANCES HAVE BEEN STUCK AT THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO OR 3 HOURS OR EVEN MORE.
BUT DOES THAT MEAN OUR AND THAT'S WHY THAT MEANS OUR OUR EMTS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AMBULANCES.
THEY ARE STUCK AT THE HOSPITAL AS WELL.
THE EMTS ARE. THOSE ARE SINGLE FUNCTION, NON FIREFIGHTER.
THEY'RE STUCK AT THE HOSPITAL. BUT THE REST OF OUR OUR TRUCK MIGHT BE BACK IN THE SERVICE WHEN BEFORE THE TRUCK WAS STUCK ON THE AT THE WALL AS WELL. CORRECT.
ASSUMING IT'S NOT AN ALS TRANSPORT WHERE OUR PARAMEDICS HAD TO FOLLOW UP.
THAT THE WAY THE PATIENT ON THE WALL.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE GOT THERE, WE CAN LEAVE OUR AMA'S.
BUT NO, IT'S BECAUSE OF HIGHER FUNCTIONING AND THE PARAMEDICS NEED TO STAY THERE WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHY. UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGED SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD.
OUR PARAMEDICS ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE UNTIL THEY ARE OFFICIALLY ALLEVIATED.
WHEREAS NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT AND SEND THOSE LOWER ACUITY CALLS OFF OF THE EMTS.
SO WE'VE HAD OUR PARAMEDICS MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN THE CITY WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE FIREFIGHTERS.
SORRY, DID THAT TO DIG DOWN SO FAR IN THE WEEDS, BUT THAT JUST HELPS ME.
SURE KNOW WHERE OUR GUYS AND WHAT'S THE ISSUES, WHY AND WHY WE NEED SO MUCH TOO.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, AND I CAN TELL YOU, LIKE KURT MENTIONED, THE WHOLE SITUATION SURROUNDING AMBULANCE TRANSPORT IS QUITE COMPLEX AND IT'S GETTING VERY, VERY ALMOST CONTENTIOUS OUT THERE.
THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE SECTOR, FOR PROFIT SECTOR.
GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW THEY'RE THERE IN THE SPOTS THAT THEY ARE, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THIS COUNTY THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH EXTENDED RESPONSE TIMES OR JUST, QUITE FRANKLY, IN AVAILABILITY OF AMBULANCES.
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COUNTY FIRE. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AT THIS POINT, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT, WE'VE BEEN SENDING AMBULANCES INTO CLAREMONT, SAN DIMAS OR POMONA.DO WE GET HELP BUILD BACK ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
AND LAST QUESTION, THOUGH, ON THE REPORT THAT YOU SENT US.
I KNOW THE THE PRESENTATION IS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS A MORE CONDENSED VERSION.
THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT I DON'T SEE THAT MADE HERE AND IT WAS ON THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PLAN IS THAT I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE WHOLE PACKET BUT NOT ON THE PRESENTATION.
SO KURT MENTIONED THAT THOSE WERE PRIMARILY HIGHLIGHTS THAT HE PRESENTED.
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT I STARTED OUT, WE DID EVERYTHING IN HOUSE FOR ALL OF OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT.
FIRE ENGINES TEND TO BE THE BIG COMPONENT OF THAT FIRE APPARATUS.
IN MY PREVIOUS CITY WHERE I CAME FROM, THAT WAS ALL HANDLED ENTIRELY BY PUBLIC WORKS.
IT'S ALMOST KIND OF A HYBRID OF THAT HERE WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUNDING THAT IS GENERATED FROM ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND THINGS THAT ARE GENERATED EXTERNAL TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW WE GOT TO THOSE DATES.
WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS THE SEMANTICS OF HAVING A POLICY IN PLACE.
SOMETHING WRITTEN DOWN ON PAPER IS ABSENT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT EXPLICITLY STATES THIS 15 YEARS NOW OUT THE DOOR OR FIVE YEARS RESERVE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WHICH IS WHAT THE NFPA STANDARD WOULD BE FOR A FIRE ENGINE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY HAVING THAT AMORTIZED OUT PROGRESSION LEADING UP TO THE TIME THAT IT'S TIME TO CUT THAT CHECK FOR WHATEVER IT IS, 800,000 A LOT MORE LATER ON. AND I WOULD SAY THAT AT THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OR MECHANISMS THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP IN THE PAST HAVE ENSURED THAT THE MONEY IN THOSE ACCOUNTS WAS THERE WHEN WE NEEDED TO.
LIKE I SPOKE TO WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE IT'S COMING UP ON ITS REPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE A FIRE ENGINE BEING BUILT IN WISCONSIN RIGHT NOW TO REPLACE ONE OF OUR OLDEST IN THE FLEET.
BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'D SAY WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD FLEET OF EQUIPMENT.
WE'D HAVE TO KEEP THAT GOING, OF COURSE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM AN OUTLINE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE JUST MISSING THAT POLICY.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S WHY I JUST SAW IT MISSING.
I KNOW IT WAS ONLY HIGHLIGHTS, BUT SAW THAT ONE REALLY PIECE MISSING.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE GREAT EQUIPMENT.
AND YOU'VE SAID THAT TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES OF COMING FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND COMING TO TO LA VERNE AND SO PLEASED OF WHAT YOU CAME TO AND THANK THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU OF WHAT WAS LEFT AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON? [INAUDIBLE], THIS IS NEW TO ME BEING A NEW MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE WORK THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO, FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THIS AND FIND OR CREATE PROPERTY SOMEHOW TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN.
BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER KASH? THANK YOU AGAIN. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE PRESENTATION AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
I WANT TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAPPY AND STRONG.
AND I WANT TO KNOW NOW WHAT STEP TWO IS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT? JUST LIKE THE GOOD MAYOR SAID LAST TIME WHEN WE ELECTED TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT LETS FUND THIS? SO I'M HERE TO FUND IT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND I REPEAT YOUR SAME COMMENTS, MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KASH.
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YOU HAD NOTES FOR WENDY? I DO, YES.THANK YOU. AS I STATED, SHE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE STUDY SESSION DUE TO CONFLICT, BUT HAS REVIEWED THE SOC IN ITS ENTIRETY AND MET WITH CHIEF NIGG IN PERSON TO GO OVER THE SAME AND IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING POINTS.
ONE OF THOSE IS A PREAMBLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED THAT CLARIFIES THE TIME WORK COMMENCED AND THE PREPARATION OF THE SOC AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY ENCOMPASS ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE INITIAL WORK WAS DONE ON THIS DOCUMENT.
TIME MAY NOT MEAN, MAY MEAN OVERTIME HOURS OR HIRING OF PERSONNEL, AND THAT THE SOC AND SCORES UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA IN ORDER TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE AND IDENTITY.
AREAS OF EXCELLENCE AND IMPROVEMENT.
ADDITIONAL WORK TOWARDS ENSURING THAT DATA IS ACCURATELY AND TIMELY, COLLECTED AND EVALUATED IS IMPERATIVE TO THE ONGOING SUCCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE SERVICES THAT IT PROVIDES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT PRIOR TO HIRING CHIEF NIGG, MANY CHANGES WERE ON HOLD PENDING THE HIRING OF A PERMANENT CHIEF, AS IT'S NOT IN THE INTERIM CHIEFS PURVIEW TO MAKE CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT THE ABILITY FOR A PERMANENT CHIEF TO GROW AND DEVELOP IN A DEPARTMENT IN A SUSTAINABLE AND MEANINGFUL WAY WITH THE HIRING OF CHIEF NIGG.
A NUMBER OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS NOTED BY THE SOC HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING IMPLEMENTED, RESULTING IN A BETTER IMPROVED SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS BETTER MORALE FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THE INFORMATION RECEIVED TO DATE WILL HELP US IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE OPPORTUNITIES EXCUSE ME AND CHALLENGES AND THOUGHTFULLY MAKE ANY REQUISITE CHANGES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WAYS THAT ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES.
MUCH GRATITUDE AND KUDOS TO CHIEF NIGG, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL CITY STAFF AND THEIR ROLES ON THE ONGOING EVALUATION OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ITS PERFORMANCE IN THE FURTHERANCE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF THE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY.
DITTO. ACTUALLY, I WANT TO THANK MR. OLADIPO. THAT'S A VERY I WILL ADMIT THAT I WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED AT FIRST AND I TALKED TO THE CHIEF TODAY, AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE MATRIX WERE NOT ON STATION THREE AND IT WASN'T IN EFFECT, SO AND THEN AS I WAS, AS I READ THROUGH THE WHOLE PACK AND I'M GOING, OH, WELL, THAT'S THROW THAT ONE OUT, THROW THIS ONE OUT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IS THAT, FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON, CHIEF, THE PROTECTION OF OUR STAFF AND IF STANDARDS MUST BE AT LEAST TRIED TO BE REACHED, A CLOSE GOAL TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE CLOUDS, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH PROTECTING OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS, ALSO THE QUARTERS THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN WHICH WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXHAUST SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE FOR THE LATERALS AND THE DRIVE THRUS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S SAFE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A SAFE WORKING PLACE. MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT ALSO.
ALSO ANOTHER ONE WAS THE FACT THAT STATION ONE IS KIND OF OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO BE A BONE OF CONTENTION.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT. IT'S GOING TO BE A COST FACTOR.
AND EACH STATION AND ALSO EACH STATION, THREE STATION, ONE STATION TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THEN THE BUDGET, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE DOING, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY'RE A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO STAY AND FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT ALSO.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES TO ANOTHER BIG ONE WAS THE HYDRANT TESTING.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE THING THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT, TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS BETWEEN YOU AND PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FLOW TO PUT FIRES OUT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE ISO RATING.
MAKE SURE THAT OUR ISO RATING IS LOW.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH ALL THE IMPLEMENTING THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
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OUR TRAINING PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY HERE.AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER ABOUT THAT.
OUR EQUIPMENT IS MUCH BETTER THAN SOME.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO SOME NEW TANKS AND SOME NEW HEADGEAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I SEE THE UNIFORMS. I SEE A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT, RADIOS THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT REALITY AS FOR WHAT THIS COST TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF REPAYMENT CHARGES, YOUR NEW SYSTEM OF YOUR CHARGES THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR FEE STRUCTURE WAS IS THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST ONES.
AND THEN I THINK THE TOP ONE IS OUR AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
COUNTY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO US.
SO AND AS WE GROW, WE NEED TO GROW.
AND AS WE GROW, WE MUST HAVE ADD MORE EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL FIND THE BEST WAYS TO FIND THAT MONEY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT, KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE, AND ALSO KEEP OUR CITIZENS AND JUST A LITTLE CATCHER SINCE STATION THREE HAS BEEN OPEN.
MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WAS HAD A HEART ATTACK.
AND WE'VE HAD A SMALL BRUSH FIRE ON WHEELER AVENUE, BUT SINCE STATION THREE HAS BEEN OPEN, IT COMPLETES THAT NECKLACE OF PROTECTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND IT ALSO PROTECTS OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SUPPORT BEHIND THEM.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
AND BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE STUDY, KURT.
AND MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST ONE BACK TO STATION ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW MY POLICE OUR POLICE CHIEF IS SITTING OVER THERE TO STAND UP AND SAY, YES, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DID TALK IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET STUDY SESSION ABOUT THAT BEING A PRIORITY THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED NOT ONLY BY POLICE AND FIRE, BUT PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
YOU WILL NEED TO WRESTLE WITH OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM AS TO DO WE KEEP IT IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION? DO WE FIND ANOTHER LOCATION? DO WE MODIFY WHAT'S THERE? DO WE TEAR IT DOWN TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW? THAT BUILDING HAS EXISTED FOR THE BETTER PART OF CLOSE TO 30 YEARS NOW, IF NOT MORE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, PROBABLY DOING A NEEDS ANALYSIS, A SPACE ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS ENGAGING AN ARCHITECT FOR SOME OF THAT IS PROBABLY AN APPROPRIATE STEP OUTSIDE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO DO, BECAUSE I THINK IT TOUCHES A LOT MORE THAN JUST BUYER HERE.
AND IT'S CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
I MEAN, IT'S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE STILL POSITIVE AND WORKING THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SHOULDNT HAVE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE CLOSET.
THAT IS EXTREMELY UNACCEPTABLE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I COME ON ANYHOW.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT AND CHIEF.
I DO AGREE WE MAYBE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OVER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE WOULD GIVE US A NICE LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO KIND OF SCOOT OURSELVES OVER, BUILD IT FIRST, THEN MOVE IT OVER. SO I WAS TALKING TO CITY MANAGER RUSTY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GENEROUS IN THE PAST WITH FIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAYBE WE COULD MAKE AN AGREEMENT TO BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND STATION TWO, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THERE BECAUSE WE'RE CRAMPED IN THERE.
AND IF WE ADD STAFF TO THERE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH ROOM IN THERE.
BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT AND WE NEED TO PLAN AHEAD AND PUT MONEY AHEAD FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR KURT, DID YOU INTRODUCE THAT YOUNG LADY NEXT TO YOU? BECAUSE I GET IN TROUBLE WHEN I DON'T INTRODUCE SOMEONE, WHEN I'M IN A ROOM, SOMETIMES SHE GETS UPSET WITH ME WHEN I DO.
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WELL, THAT'S OKAY. I THINK YOU NEED TO.OUR GUESTS ARE BASICALLY IN AND OUT.
I INSISTED THAT SHE COME DOWN HERE BECAUSE I WANTED HER TO SEE THE CITY.
I WANTED HER TO MEET YOU FOLKS.
SO WITHOUT GAIL, I WON'T DO THIS.
I KNOW SHE'S ALSO KEEPING YOU ON TRACK.
SHE GIVES ME THAT LOOK, THAT REAL DIRTY LOOK LIKE.
YES, IF I CAN SAY ONE MORE THING, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ROAD TO GET TO THIS POINT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING FULLY STAFFED, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN JANUARY, WHEN OUR PERSONNEL JUMPED ON THAT SECOND NAME ON IT TO GET THOSE REVENUES GOING AND TO BETTER SERVE THE CITY ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, OUR PERSONNEL HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
I MEAN, I WORK IN WEEK LONG SHIFTS OR MORE TEN DAYS IN A ROW.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
THEY REALLY HELD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOWN UNTIL WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS RELATES TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, OUR POLICE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. THEIR POOR DISPATCHERS ARE SITTING IN A CONFERENCE ROOM RIGHT NOW MAKING IT WORK.
WE BOTH HAVE PERSONNEL IN CLOSETS AND IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT WORK RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO COST RECOVER EVERYWHERE THAT WE CAN.
AND I KNOW THAT PD IS A LITTLE MORE HAMSTRUNG THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IN THAT RESPECT.
ON A FINAL NOTE, I DO INTEND TO I'M HEARING THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE YOU SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLAN BASED OFF OF THE FINDINGS IN THIS REPORT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT AP TRITON DID IN FACT DO THIS REPORT IN A YEAR'S WORTH OF ANALYSIS, I PLAN ON UTILIZING THEM TO HELP WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO THINK AND KEEP ON THE BOOKS AS FAR AS EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AS STATED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST CAPTURE THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAPTURE ALL THE MATERIAL AND ALL THE INFORMATION.
SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD DATA THIS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A WELL-RUN FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE A COST EFFECTIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT, A SAFE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE SAME AS OUR POLICE HAS BEEN RUNNING. ALSO, WE'RE RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT.
BELIEVE ME, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ROAD AND WE ARE OUT.
SO I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE HERE.
YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.
THANKS, CHIEF FLORES, FOR SUPPORTING US TONIGHT.
AND I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.
CHIEF FLORES, CHIEF NIGG, I CALL THIS MEETING AT EIGHT.
WAS IT SEVEN? 7:50? OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING I GOT TO PUT MY GLASSES ON IS 5:30 FOR A FOR A STUDY SESSION, A WILDERNESS AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.