FY15 Budget

DRECC

• Operational since February 2013

• Agreement with Plympton signed should go live coming in late January

• Other Towns have shown interest

• Current staffing 7 FT 11 PT

Last FY Stats

• Emergency Responses 2,454– 17 Building Fires

– 43 Car, Brush, Boat, Outside Fires

– 1,326 EMS Calls

– 320 False Alarms

– 143 M/A Given

– 81 Haz Mat, spills, leaks

– 206 Other Hazards, arching wires, electrical incidents

– 335 Misc, lock outs, animal, smoke scares, etc

Last FY Stats

• 1,667 Issued Fire Permits

• 668 Inspections Conducted

• 30 Contact hours with students for Pub Ed

• 941 Hours of training conducted

FD Staffing

• Chief and Deputy Chief

• 1 Administrative Captain (Days)

• 4 Captains (Shift Commanders)

• 18 Firefighters (11 are Paramedics)

• Four shifts, 3 with 5, 1 with 6

• Ten On-Call Firefighters

EMS REVENUE

• Past revenue history

– FY04 $230,000 BLS only

– FY05 $320,492 (6 months at billing at ALS)

• Paid AMR $51,750

• Recent history

– FY11 $774,514.00

– FY12 $689,765.00

– FY13 $720,916.00 $728,000.00 was Projected

– Projected annual cost $640,434.00

FY 13 BUDGET

TOWN OF DUXBURYFiscal Year 2015

Departmental Budget Requests

Department Number: 220

Department Name: Fire

Expense FY 2012 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015

Categories Budget Actual Budget Actual Budget Department

            Request

             

Salaries $ 2,210,389 $ 2,170,267 $ 2,246,065 $ 2,219,647 $ 2,562,514 $ 2,764,737

Include approved contracts            

             

Expenses $ 293,890 $ 291,290 $ 255,622 $ 310,494 $ 277,220 $ 289,405

                          

Total $ 2,504,279 $ 2,461,557 $ 2,501,687 $ 2,530,141 $ 2,839,734 $ 3,054,142

             

• Salary increase of $96K reflecting a 3.9% increase

– CBA 1.5% = $27K

– 5 person bump increase in vacation time 240 hrs =$11K

– Planning SLBB for retirement $20K

– PSD coverage $30K

– Holiday, Recall $8K

• Expense increase $12K reflecting a 4% increase – Across the board we saw increases in all expense line items

• Significant decrease in natural gas

Budget Increase

We Replaced Squad 1

• Working with PD on an early replacement of their pick-up and our Squad 1, $16,500

• 2004 Chevy 1500 with utility body

• 2008 Ford F350 4 door Pick-up

We Replaced Extrication Equipment

$38,500, Replacement

Replacing 1995 hydraulic Rescue tool and air lift bags.

FY15 Capital Requests

• Replace 2005 Shift Commanders Car– Runs to all calls, has capability to carry a

patient from off-road– Has essential equipment

• Radio console serves as CP

• TIC, Extinguisher, EMS Gear, CGI

– Reached replacement formula 60%– 9 Years old with 104,560

Ladder Frame Rails

• Left over capital project from FY14

• Frame rails need to be refurbished

• Failure to do so will require significant refurbishment that may equal $400K

• The life expectancy is 25 years 2028– The vehicle cost $625,000

• We are asking for an additional $11,500

Portable Radios

• Seeking $130,000 to replace aging radios– Some radios in service since 1999

• Vital for safety and efficiency

• They will serve 10 to 15 years

• We attempted to perform a town wide PS radio upgrade in FY13 at $484,990

Radio Headsets

• Allow FF’s to wear headsets while riding in apparatus– Reduce hearing loss– Improve communications

• Hearing and transmitting radio messages

• In-cab talk around capability

– Retrofit 8 existing vehicles

• New vehicle purchase specs would include

Accreditation

• Assist us in ensuring that we are providing cost effective, efficient and best service possible

• All inclusive self assessment process based on industry standards set by IAFC & ICCMA

• Continuous process with re-accreditation every 3 years

Future

• Accreditation

• Active Shooter/Hostile Action MCI

• Affordable Health Care Act, Paramedicine

• Firefighting tactics are changing

• Residential Sprinklers

• Degradation of PNPS, On-Site fuel Storage

Happy HolidaysThe End

@DuxFDEM and @DXFD_PIO