summit fire and medical district restructuring 180 corridor and closing a station

Summit Fire and Medical District


Restructuring 180 Corridor and Closing a Station


Meeting Objectives

• Provide information on the proposed closure of Station 36

• Provide overview of Factors leading to the necessity of the station closure.

• Provide information on the continued service delivery that will be provided to the 180 Corridor.


Fire Districts throughout AZ.

• Sun City Fire Department Closed a Station and laid of 12 firefighters.

• Chino Valley and Prescott Valley Fire Districts are moving together under one chief.

• Almost all fire districts in the state have lost at least 50% of their Assessed Valuation (AV)

• It’s fire districts that respond to accidents on the great majority of highways in Arizona.


History• Started providing service to the Fort Valley

area on July 1st, 2006 at St. 36; 2008 St. 37• Impact to funding:

• Impact of housing market crash• Schultz Fire and Flooding event• Limit on Fire District Assistant Tax (FDAT)

funding, removing possibility to merge with other fire districts

• Cap limit on property taxes• Proposition 117 took effect on 7/1/2015. • It will take approximately 13 years to

return to our 2008 funding levels


How SFMD Has saved Funding• Reduced staffing through attrition – currently we

are down 7.5 positions• Responding with 2-person engine companies• Administration is down a part-time person• Salaries have been frozen for 5 of the past 6 years• Moved our healthcare from BC/BS to a trust. • Limiting funds used for programs and outreach• Reduce overtime by browning-out (temporarily

closing) Station 36• Sold surplus items• Keeping tools and safety equipment longer than

standards require


How SFMD Has saved Funds• Built a mechanic facility for the cost of

one new fire engine• We have a part-time mechanic to keep

our apparatus running• Purchased 2 used engines for a total of

$20,800• The last new engine that was purchased

was in 2007 for a cost of $428,000• Purchase of a Rescue (ambulance) to

respond to emergency calls instead of using larger, more expensive engines

• Stopped insuring and paying utilities on our Warehouse and returned to prior owners


Statistical Data• Approximately 9% of our responses are on the 180 Corridor

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20141020

1040

1060

1080

1100

1120

1140

1160

11801170

10951119

1083 1086

11231108

SUMMIT FIRE DISTRICT CALLS PER YEAR

Calendar Year

Num

ber o

f Cal

ls


Statistical Data• Assessed valuation is approximately 59% of what it was in 2008.• Approximately 20% of the District’s AV comes from the 180 Corridor.

2006/2007

2007/2008

2008/2009

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

2013/2014

2014/2015

2015/2016

$-

$20,000,000

$40,000,000

$60,000,000

$80,000,000

$100,000,000

$120,000,000

$140,000,000

$160,000,000

$180,000,000

$10

4,13

0,20

5

$13

3,06

4,43

7

$17

4,97

2,15

3

$17

2,72

8,10

2

$16

2,04

8,91

0

$13

6,35

0,74

6

$12

6,49

6,59

3

$10

1,01

9,95

3

$99

,334

,518

$10

2,59

4,40

2

Assessed Valuation


Statistical Data• Mil Rate is topped out at 3.250%

2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/20150.000%

0.500%

1.000%

1.500%

2.000%

2.500%

3.000%

3.500%

3.00

0%

2.30

0%

2.30

0%

2.40

0% 2.51

3%

2.88

6%

3.11

0%

3.25

0%

3.25

0%

SUMMIT FIRE DISTRICT MIL RATE

Fiscal Year

Mil

Rate


Statistical Data

2015/2016 Salary Freeze2016/2016 1.5% COLA2017/2018 Salary Freeze2018//2019 2% COLA2019/2020 Salary Freeze2020/2021 Step Increase Avg 4%2021/2022 Salary Freeze

2015

/201

6

2016

/201

7

2017

/201

8

2018

/201

9

2019

/202

0

2020

/202

1

2021

/202

2

-$600,000

-$500,000

-$400,000

-$300,000

-$200,000

-$100,000

$0

$100,000

$200,000

$300,000

Deficit Projections for the Coming Years


Apparatus

Our fleet ranges in age from the oldest being a 1979 Peterbilt Water Tender to our newest a 2007 Pierce Type 3.


Apparatus

First Out ApparatusID-10: 2000 Spartan - 114,752 milesID-11: 2000 Spartan - 105,993 milesID-25: 2007 Spartan - 71,333 milesID-28: 1993 Pierce - 218,324 milesID-24: 2007 Placer (Type 3) - 54,350 milesID-34: 2005 Ford Ambulance - 88,300 milesID -29 1989 Pierce -227,400 miles


Staffing Model

Station StaffingBefore 2012: 31– 332– 333– 336– 237– 2Total: 13 per shiftMinimum Staffing 10

After 201231– 232– 3 33– 236– 237– 2Total: 11 per shiftMinimum Staffing 9Loss of 6 Firefighters

NFPA recommends a minimum of 4 persons per Engine


Staffing Model2012Paramedics– 21EMTs: 21Total: 42

2013Paramedics: 20EMTs: 18Total: 38


Staffing Model2014Paramedics: 17EMTs: 19Total: 36

2015 Paramedics: 14EMTs: 22Total: 36

*2016 Projected*Paramedics: 17, EMTs: 19, Total: 36


Service Calls

Fire

Rescue / Medical

Public Service

July 2008 – July 20157715 calls to service


Service Calls

Rescue / Medical Related CallsJuly 1, 2008 through July 1, 2015St 31 - 753 callsSt 32 - 1587 callsSt 33 - 622 callsSt 36 - 137 callsSt 37 - 108 calls


Service Calls

Fire Related CallsJuly 1, 2008 through July 1, 2015St 31 - 111 callsSt 32 - 219 callsSt 33 - 95 callsSt 36 - 39 callsSt 37 - 30 calls


Service Calls

Public Service Related CallsJuly 1, 2008 through July 1, 2015St 31 - 619 callsSt 32 - 1167 callsSt 33 - 438 callsSt 36 - 160 callsSt 37 - 126 calls


Brown-Outs

Between August, 2013 and May, 2014 SFMD browned-out Station 36.

During that 254 day period Station 36 was browned-out 112 times.


ISO Ratings


Proposed Timing of a Closure

• This is a fire board decision so please share with them and all of us

your comments.

• We want our citizens to understand our fiscal responsibilities are pushing a decision on when to move forward.

• Our next Public Meeting will be October 3rd at Station 37 at 10:00. Please carpool.


Future Changes

Discussing entering into a Joint Management Agreement (JMA) with the City of Flagstaff


Contact Information

Don Howard, Fire Chiefemail: [email protected]: 928-526-9537

To contact a Fire Board Member go toSummit Fire and Medical websitewww. Summitfiredepartment.org

Please stop by any fire station and speak directly with our firefighters.


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