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Fire Master Plan Update
Final Results Briefing
Presented to the City Council – June 21, 2016
City of San Luis Obispo, CA
The Business of Better Government
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•Last Plan was completed in 2009 and identified the probable need for a 5th fire station as/if southern City growth occurred.
•Process uses the “Standards of Response Cover” approach:
–Risks to be protected
–Community desired outcomes
–Prior incident response times analysis
–Geographic mapping of station coverages
–Future likely City development
•Result is a progressive plan that aligns growth impacts to desired results and funding for fire protection and EMS first response.
Fire Master Plan Update
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•National Fire Protection Association Standard 1710
for career fire agencies recommends 4 minutes
travel time to 90% of serious incidents.
•Year 2000 City General Plan Safety Element
discussed, but did not adopt a policy of 4 minutes
at 95%, and did not define the clock start time for
the 4 minutes.
•Citygate recommends 7 minutes at 90%:
–1 min. dispatch; 2 min. turnout; 4 min. travel.
•There are no federal or state minimum standards.
Outcome Policies
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•Fire doubles every minute of free burn in a
building. Is the desired outcome to limit the fire
to the room, area, building, or parcel of origin?
•In severe medical emergencies, where
circulation and/or breathing cease, brain death
can start in minutes, and be fatal in 4-6 minutes.
•Deployment is about the speed and weight of
attack.
What Drives Outcomes?
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•The City continues to evolve, more rapidly post
recession.
•There are approximately 46,500 residents now; this could
increase to 51,000 by 2025.
•There are approximately 45 projects in the development
pipeline, many in the southern areas.
•Cal Poly is planning to add facilities, housing, and up to
5,000 students over the mid-term.
•Other in-fill projects will add incident demand in the
central and northern City areas.
Growth Patterns
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Response Time Statistics
Headlines
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Response Times Department Wide @ 90%
Type 2014 FY 07/08
911 Answer to Arrival 09:58 09:00
Call Processing 02:20 02:30
Turnout 02:46 02:30
1st Due Travel 05:51 05:15
1st Alarm Travel ; 4th Arriving Unit 07:42-15:26 -
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Southern City Fire Unit Coverage
Models
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•Distribution of Fire Stations: To treat medical
patients and control small fires, the first-due fire
unit should have a Total Response Time of seven
minutes or less, 90% of the time.
–This equates to a 1-minute Call Processing Time, a 2-
minute fire crew Turnout Time and a 4-minute Travel
Time.
•Effective Response Force (First Alarm) should
have a Total Response Time of 11 minutes or less,
90% of the time.
Updated Response Time Goal
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•Financial impacts for extending the provision of City services to southern City development cannot fully be known until the other General Fund departments complete their growth impacts service analysis.
•Fire station and apparatus costs are commonly paid via impact fees in many communities.
•Fire service growth can be phased:
–2-FF EMS unit at 50% of residential occupancy.
–3-FF full fire engine at 90% of residential and commercial occupancy.
Fire Services Phasing
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1.Approve the updated Fire Master Plan
2.Provide City staff direction to incorporate into the revised Airport Area Specific Plan (AASP) financial solutions to any funding gaps that may exist by the provision of essential City services in the southern City prior to the General Fund’s capacity to fully support those services
3.Direct Staff to return with amendments to the Safety Element to align with the Fire Master Plan goals
4.Determine that the Fire Master Plan is covered by the general rule and exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15061 (b) 3 that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Recommendations
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Questions and Discussion
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1.Approve the updated Fire Master Plan
2.Provide City staff direction to incorporate into the revised Airport Area Specific Plan (AASP) financial solutions to any funding gaps that may exist by the provision of essential City services in the southern City prior to the General Fund’s capacity to fully support those services
3.Direct Staff to return with amendments to the Safety Element to align with the Fire Master Plan goals
4.Determine that the Fire Master Plan is covered by the general rule and exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15061 (b) 3 that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Recommendations
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