Fire Department Station Location Study City of Pasadena

Fire Department Station Location Study City of Pasadena Presented on March 26, 2012 Calvin E. Wells, Fire Chief Kevin Costa, Deputy Fire Chief Citygate Associates, LLC

Project Deliverables • Comprehensive review of the deployment system • Determination of the most efficient number and location of fire stations 2 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Today’s Briefing • Outlines Citygate’s findings, opinions and recommendations for next steps • In summary form this briefing will: – Identify what the current system provides – What changes, if any, could occur in fire station locations 3 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Performance Review Components • Existing deployment • Risks and expectations • Measure fire unit travel times • Response statistics • Gap analysis 4 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Field Deployment Strategy • Deployment is about the speed and weight of the attack • Speed is delivered with neighborhood based units • Weight is the massing of multiple units quickly enough to provide enough firefighters to stop the escalation of the emergency 6 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Multiple-Unit Response • Multiple units are needed to deliver enough firefighters in a reasonable time to serious emergencies to simultaneously and effectively perform the tasks needed for the outcome • 15 firefighters minimum are needed within an 11 minute total response time for positive urban outcome expectations • This is known as concentration of companies 7 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Significant Incident Types • In 2010 the Department responded to 14, 941 incidents for an average of 41 incidents per day • 73% of incident responses were to EMS • 2. 18% to fires of all types • 76 building fires or 6. 3/month • 40% of incidents at dwellings • 17% on streets and freeways • 15% at commercial / business 8 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

2 or more 38. 11% 3 or more 16. 71% 4 or more 6. 20% Minimal Mutual Aid

EMS & Fire Response Times • 1 st Apparatus On Scene <= 5: 52 @ 91. 1% • Exceeds Citygate recommendations for 7: 00 @ 90% and is consistent with published best practices • Travel time is 4: 41 min/sec @ 90% • Ambulance travel time is 6: 19 min/sec @ 90% • First Alarm arrival by 10: 40 min/sec @ 89. 8% • No City adopted response time goal or measure • Dispatch is 1: 30 min/sec @ 90% • Turnout time is 1: 58 min/sec @ 90% 11 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Travel Time By Station Area Station 12 4 -Min Percent & Quantity Min/Secs. @90% 31 87. 95% (2, 449) 04: 10 36 88. 00% (2, 367) 04: 10 33 83. 17% (2, 122) 04: 30 32 73. 09% (1, 208) 05: 00 34 86. 54% (1, 085) 04: 15 37 69. 33% (988) 05: 15 38 57. 05% (333) 05: 50 39 59. 15% (284) 05: 55 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Geographic Findings 13 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Findings and Recommendations 20 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

GIS Finding #6: If the City wants to maintain 4 -minute travel time coverage for the first-due fire unit to all neighborhoods, eight (8) fire station locations are necessary. 21 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Recommendation #1 – Deployment Measures Distribution of Fire Stations: To treat medical patients and control small fires, the first-due unit should arrive within 7 minutes, 90% of the time from the receipt of the 9 -1 -1 call in the Verdugo regional fire dispatch center. This equates to 1 minute dispatch time, 2 minutes company turnout time and 4 minutes drive time in the most populated areas. 22 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Multiple Unit Deployment Measure Multiple-Unit Effective Response Force for Serious Emergencies: To confine fires near the room of origin, to stop wildland fires to under three acres when noticed promptly and to treat up to five medical patients at once, a multiple-unit response of at least 15 personnel should arrive within 11 minutes from the time of 9 -1 -1 call receipt in fire dispatch, 90% of the time. This equates to 1 minute dispatch time, 2 minutes company turnout time, and 8 minutes drive time spacing for multiple units. 23 Citygate Associates – Fire Services

Discussion and Questions 24 Citygate Associates – Fire Services