FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET FY2021-22

FIRE DEPARTMENT

Actual

Budget 2020-21

Adopted 2021-22

Projected

2019-20

2022-23

Expenditures by Type Personnel Costs Maintenance & Operations Capital Outlay Revenues by Type Intergovernmental Revenue User Charges Other Revenues

51,656,805 6,744,242 153,000 58,554,047 401,746 612,420 1,422,491 2,436,657

47,930,958 6,654,601 49,595 54,635,154 401,766 872,002 1,664,198 2,937,966

48,879,173 6,335,910 36,700 55,251,783 401,746 316,420 1,452,491 2,170,657

53,089,163 6,839,339 - 59,928,502 401,746 612,420 1,422,491 2,436,657

Total

Subtotal

56,117,390 58,554,047

General Fund Contribution

51,697,188 54,635,154

53,081,126 55,251,783

57,491,845 59,928,502

Total

Departmental Objectives  Provide property fire protection to reduce fire loss and to minimize the dollar amount of property value lost to fire damage in commercial structures..  Structure fire containment to reduce civilian and firefighter injuries and/or death and to meet or exceed the industry or adopted benchmark of 75%.  To meet or exceed City Council adopted Standard of Coverage benchmark for alarm handling, turnout, and travel time (total response time) for first due unit arrival on the emergency scene.To meet or exceed the industry standard and adopted benchmark of a total response time of six minutes or less, 90% of the time.  Maintain emergency response effectiveness to meet or exceed industry or adopted benchmark of 15% and improve cardiac survival rate.  Maintain accredited agency status through the Commission of Fire Accreditation International to achieve organizational excellence through the process of accreditation.  To achieve the highest and best ISO Public Protection Classification (PPC) thereby reducing fire loss and providing safe occupancies.  Support economic development by providing timely review of building/fire suppression system plans and through providing specialized emergency services.  To meet or exceed required training and drills in accordance with departmental General Operating Guidelines (GOG).  To minimize the number of fires and injury through achieving compliance with the NC State Fire Prevention Code.  To minimize the cost per fire inspection.  To meet or exceed the Standard of Coverage for response to moderate hazard-structure fire emergency calls and medical emergency calls.  To minimize the dollar amount of property value lost to fire damage.  To reduce or eliminate the recurrence of fires and minimize arson.  To provide proper tools, equipment, training and policy to reduce accidents and injuries to firefighters, and to properly test safety equipment in accordance with OSHA/NFPA standards.

Performance Measures

Adopted 2021-22

Actual

Budget 2020-21

Projected 2022-23

2019-20

Workload Measures  Total number of Fires

1,000

1,101

1,220

1,000

180

199

223

198

 Total number of Residential Structure Fires  Total number of Commercial Structure Fires  Total number of Medical Events  Total number of Cardiac Arrest Patients  Total number of General Fire Inspections  Total number of Fire Investigations

50

51

66

55

20,000

26,147

28,902

25,000

250

329

290

175

7,500

2,720

7,560

7,575

450

377

300

495

Adopted 2021-22 Budget

131