Arlington County Fire Department COUNTY MANAGERS PROPOSED FY 2020 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Arlington County Fire Department COUNTY MANAGER’S PROPOSED FY 2020 BUDGET General Fund County Board Work Session Tuesday, April 2, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.

We serve the community with compassion, integrity, and commitment though prevention, education, and a professional response to all hazards.

Department Overview Structure • 340 Uniform & Staff Personnel • 32 Apparatus in 10 Stations • 77 people staff apparatus each day Service Focus • Emergency Response • Fire Prevention and Code Enforcement • Community Outreach and Empowerment • Regional Integration and Preparedness 2 Fire Department

What We Are Doing Key Initiative Highlights Community Training Programs Innovative Fire/EMS Response • Hands2Hearts CPR - Hands-only community CPR • Mobile Integrated Healthcare System - Advanced training program Paramedic Officers and interdepartmental cooperation • Until Help Arrives - Recognition, response and first-aid • Acts of Violence Response - Public safety cooperation for active violence events for improved intelligence and training Prevention and Outreach Recruitment & Retention • Safety/Smoke Alarm Checks – Installation of smoke • Recruit Class #76 - 20 new firefighter/EMTs alarms in communities scheduled to graduate May 2019 • Arlington Addiction Recovery Initiative – participation • Camp Heat: Girls Summer Camp - Past with public safety and community health organizations participants expected to apply 3 Fire Department

Summary of Proposed Budget Changes % FY 2019 FY 2020 Change Change Adopted Proposed $63,521,551 $64,947,443 +$1,425,892 +2.2% Expenses Revenue $9,098,935 $9,025,921 -$73,014 -0.8% 340.00 FTEs 349.00 FTEs +9.00 FTEs +2.6% Staff • Continue implementing Kelly Day to shorten work week from 56 hours to 50 hours • Continue compensation and benefits adjustments to ensure Department is competitive within the region • Decreased revenue due to lower ambulance transport fee revenue 4 Fire Department

Summary of Proposed Budget Changes Budget Staff FY 2019 FY 2020 Impact Impact Adopted Proposed Continuing with Kelly Day $750,000 $1,450,000 +$700,000 +9.00 FTEs Implementation Contractual Increases - $22,000 +$22,000 - (Ambulance Billing Contract) Burn Building - - - - 5 Fire Department

Kelly Day Initiative 56 Hour 50 Hour 48 Hour 42 Hour Work Week Work Week Work Week Work Week = = = = • Gives members an extra day off every 28 2912 2600 2496 2184 days without reducing staffing below Hours/Year Hours/Year Hours/Year Hours/Year minimum number needed for operations • Takes average 56 hours/week down to 50 Jurisdictional Benchmarks • 2,912 hours/year down to 2,600 hours/year Loudoun County District of Columbia • 4 year implementation – FY 2020 will be the 42 Hours Prince Georges County second year Anne Arundel County • Increases job satisfaction Prince William County* 48 Hours • Reduces injuries and overtime Montgomery County Fairfax County • Improves recruiting and retention Alexandria Fire Dept. 56 Hours • Increased responder availability Airports * - Over time, the hours per work week will increase to 56. 6 Fire Department

Strategic Focus Accreditation Empower Community Adaptive Fire/EMS Delivery Community Risk Reduction CPR / Hands 2 Hearts Respond with the fastest and most • Assessing community growth and • Partnership with Virginia Hospital appropriate care • Partnerships with hospitals anticipating challenges Center • Board, community, and • Treat on site Be the Help Until Help Arrives • Expansion of Stop the Bleed • Telemedicine department involvement • Analysis of stations, units, and program educates citizens on Embedding medical specialists in life-saving measures continuum of care personnel • Pre-emergency outreach • Recommendations for optimum Make the Right Call • Providing the public with • 911 call center guidance siting and resourcing • Emergency scene consultation information on resources Strategic Plan • Peer-review process of all • Appropriate patient treatment available to them outside of 911 will help availability of emergency and routing operations and functions • CMO approved plan for Board units for critical incidents consideration

Strategic Focus Responder Safety & Wellness Regionalism & Collaboration Technology Integration Cancer reduction practices High Threat Program Modernize administrative • Decontaminating personnel, • Coordinating, developing, and processes • Extending use of available equipment and vehicles to integrating preparedness and reduce exposures response capabilities across technology • Develop intelligent systems • Additional gear and facilities to disciplines and jurisdictions for launder and clean novel threats and events Situational awareness and • Public safety and public schools incident management Behavioral health initiatives • Real-time situational status for • Partnering with County public partnership for preparing safety agencies communities to prevent and responder and community safety • Expanding peer and professional respond to acts of violence Responder positioning and support for responders Addiction Recovery Initiative localization • Drug Take Back Boxes • Predictive analytics for resource Fitness and wellness • Extend Operation Safe Stations to • Holistic approach available on deployment • Signal and sensor technology for and off-duty fire stations • Focus on balance, recovery, and responder location and health resilience status

Key Budget Considerations for the Future Services to match development Services to match growth Grant program continuity Public safety partnerships UASI funding transitioning to Deployment analysis Exploring options for co- • Seven years since last localities developing stations or co-locating • Resources and programs deployment study services • Standard of Cover scheduled for • Limited availability of land expected to transition to localities 2020 review requires creative solutions • Increasing need for logistic and FEMA – High Treat Program Fire station recommendations • Last year of DHS/FEMA grant • East end of Columbia Pike - for support services supporting public safety agencies growth in Pentagon and Crystal Enhancing EMS delivery • Technologies for streamlining in Northern Virginia region Cities • West end of Columbia Pike - patient access, assessment, and need for EMS and fire coverage treatment • Fire Station 7 structural issues • Adapting to changes in Medicare We are a responsive and progressive organization. We commit to excellent leadership and professional accountability. We will achieve this through effective training, technology, and adapting to the changing needs of the community. 9 Fire Department

Arlington County Fire Department COUNTY MANAGER’S PROPOSED FY 2020 BUDGET General Fund County Board Work Session Tuesday, April 2, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.