My department recieved the safer dear john today....I was surprised, our department is a poster child for the program.
My department profile - 104 square miles, population 16,000. Call volume approximately 350/yr. (No EMS) We are currently looking at providing First Responder EMS srevice to our district, if we take on the responsibility it will increase our call volume to approximately 800+ per year. We repsond to 20-25 working fires per year and 100+ MVA's/rescue calls per year.
Department manning - 2 full-time officers, 4 full-time firefighters. We are split into 2 shifts, with ONLY 2 FF on duty at a time. The department also includes 5 paid-on-call FF's.
We requested 2 Firefighters through SAFER, this would of allowed us to go to shift system where we would have had 3 FF's on shift. The benefits would have been GREAT.
Current structure fire repsonse - 1 - Officer & 1-FF on 1 Engine. We rely on off-duty FF's or POC to respond with a Pumper/Tanker, depending on the time of day ,that apparatus my not respond for up to 10 minutes after the initial call.
If we would have been awarded - 1-Officer & 1-FF on 1-Engine and 1-FF on 1-Pumper/Tanker. We would arrive on-scene with 3 FF's and 2 Apparatus, still not the ideal situation but way better than our current situation.
Anyone have any insight to why we would have been denied?
Thanks for any responses....
Confused LT
My department profile - 104 square miles, population 16,000. Call volume approximately 350/yr. (No EMS) We are currently looking at providing First Responder EMS srevice to our district, if we take on the responsibility it will increase our call volume to approximately 800+ per year. We repsond to 20-25 working fires per year and 100+ MVA's/rescue calls per year.
Department manning - 2 full-time officers, 4 full-time firefighters. We are split into 2 shifts, with ONLY 2 FF on duty at a time. The department also includes 5 paid-on-call FF's.
We requested 2 Firefighters through SAFER, this would of allowed us to go to shift system where we would have had 3 FF's on shift. The benefits would have been GREAT.
Current structure fire repsonse - 1 - Officer & 1-FF on 1 Engine. We rely on off-duty FF's or POC to respond with a Pumper/Tanker, depending on the time of day ,that apparatus my not respond for up to 10 minutes after the initial call.
If we would have been awarded - 1-Officer & 1-FF on 1-Engine and 1-FF on 1-Pumper/Tanker. We would arrive on-scene with 3 FF's and 2 Apparatus, still not the ideal situation but way better than our current situation.
Anyone have any insight to why we would have been denied?
Thanks for any responses....
Confused LT
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