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Fiscal Year 2004 Proposed Budget

Section E - Public Safety
Fire Department

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TEN-YEAR HISTORY - FIRE DEPARTMENT

                  ADOPTED PROPOSED
  FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
                     
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS
PERMANENT
Full-Time Equivalents 267.0 267.0 267.0 267.0 267.0 268.0 272.0 283.0 305.0 305.0
TEMPORARY
Full-Time Equivalents - - - - - - - - - -
GRANT FUNDED
Full-Time Equivalents 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 - - - - -
TOTAL FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS 268.0 268.0 268.0 268.0 268.0 268.0 272.0 283.0 305.0 305.0
EXPENDITURES (000s) 20,260 19,754 20,501 20,350 21,946 21,880 21,998 24,440 27,118 28,476
REVENUES (000s)
Fees 1,319 1,484 1,575 1,282 1,337 2,112 1,738 1,651 1,971 1,847
Grants 245 260 303 305 311 312 353 406 356 348
TOTAL REVENUE (000s) 1,579 1,743 1,878 1,587 1,648 2,424 2,091 2,057 2,327 2,196
NET TAX SUPPORT (000s) 18,681 18,011 18,623 18,763 20,298 19,456 19,907 22,383 24,791 26,280

FY 1995:   Eliminated 1.5 reserve pumpers ($56,304) to be removed on July 1, 1994 with the remaining pumper to be retired on January 1, 1995.
Reallocated Fire Supervisor position to Deputy Fire Marshal position.
Froze EMS Shift Commander Position ($44,509, 0.5 FTE) for half the fiscal year.
Continued to freeze one Deputy Fire Marshal position (1.0 FTE).
FY 1996: Increased the ambulance service charge to residents from $100 to $150 and increased the charge to non-residents from $150 to $200.
Continued to freeze one Deputy Fire Marshal position (1.0 FTE).
FY 1997: Provided partial funding for a Deputy Fire Marshal position ($29,594, 0.5 FTE).
Added additional revenue ($7,600) for fire protection systems inspection fees.
FY 1998: Identified and reprogrammed funds ($150,150) for replacing Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus.
FY 1999: Established a pilot program to prototype a daytime pool of six Firefighter/EMT Is ($268,000 savings).
Established a funding base totaling $127,536 for the recruit Firefighter/EMT Is training program.
Increased ambulance service fees for residents from $150 to $225 and from $200 to $300 for non-residents ($280,403).
Provided funding for the first installment ($144,415) of a three-year lease purchase that replaced all Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus in FY 1998.
FY 2000: Provided funding ($535,647) for Firefighter/EMT recruits training schools.
Provided funding for the second installment ($144,415) of a three-year lease purchase that replaced all Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus in FY 1998.
FY 2001: Provided $576,597 and 4.0 FTE to operate two peak time Advance Life Support medic units; full year funding for the current peak time medic unit and the second unit to start operations in March 2001.
Added $212,142 for a three-year lease purchase of personal safety initiatives: $75,000 for personal protective clothing; $74,131 for sixty portable radios; $33,359 for six thermal imaging cameras; and, $29,652 for ten forcible entry tools.
Added $85,000 for contractor support for the Ambulance Billing and Collections Systems.
Includes final installment ($144,415) of a three-year lease purchase that replaced all Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus in FY 1998.
Decreased OTIS expenditures $215,888 reflecting the elimination of DTS charges for data processing and personal computers as part of the transition of DTS from an internal service fund to a general fund department.
FY 2002: Added full year funding and staffing ($282,900, 4.0 FTE) for the two peak time medic units Program Change Proposal approved by the County Board in FY 2001.
Added $146,500 for FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) overtime.
Added a Human Resources Analyst position ($63,129, 1.0 FTE).
Added two Ambulance Billing Clerk positions and eliminated the ambulance billing contract (-$2,183, 2.0 FTE).
Increased overtime $300,000.
Added $303,736 and 4.0 FTEs for fourth person staffing on an Engine at Fire Station 7.
Eliminated reduction taken for Credit-for-Turnover ($355,606).
FY 2003: County Board added a Public Safety Specialist ($105,727, 1.0 FTE, of which $23,000 was placed in the Auto Fund).
County Board added a Fire Systems Building Inspector ($43,326, 1.0 FTE, of which $27,000 was placed in the Auto Fund for the purchase of a vehicle.
The County Board converted the first peak time medic unit to full time ($75,000).
The County Board converted the second peak time medic unit to full time ($280,000, 8.0 FTE).
The County Board added a fourth person staffing to the remaining three engines ($911,208, 12.0 FTE).
The County Board added $28,000 to support the Hazardous Materials and Technical Rescue Response Teams Support Units.
Added $360,000 to implement the Senior Firefighter program.
Added $224,875 for the expansion of advanced life support training, specialty training associated with the technical rescue team and the hazardous materials team and professional development.
Added $121,998 for scheduled equipment replacement.
Added $51,301 for Assessment Centers.
Added $41,600 for recruitment.
Added $24,000 for ambulance billing software and program licenses.
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