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This memorandum serves as a replacement document regarding the Fire Department's staffing, recruitment, hiring, and bilingual services annual report. It amends data points related to staffing ratios and minimum staffing levels previously submitted to the Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee. The report includes details on the Department's mission, response capabilities, staffing levels, and historical context regarding staffing changes over the years. It also outlines current authorized sworn positions, recruitment efforts, and the impact of absences and vacancies on staffing levels.
Key points
The memorandum amends data points regarding staffing ratios and minimum staffing levels.
The Fire Department's mission is to protect lives, property, and the environment.
The Department responded to 109,136 incidents in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
The current authorized sworn positions total 720, with actual staffing at 652 as of June 30, 2023.
Daily minimum staffing levels require 190 personnel, which are backfilled through on-duty relief or overtime.
The Department maintains ongoing recruitment to address vacancies and has conducted one Firefighter Recruit Academy in Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
The average sworn vacancy rate from Fiscal Year 2018-2019 to 2022-2023 was 5.1%.
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PSFSS COMMITTEE: ITEM: TO: PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCE AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT COMMITTEE SUBJECT: SEE BELOW 10/19/2023 (d)1. FROM: Robert Sapien, Jr. DATE: December 15, 2023 _________________________________________________________________ Approved Date 12/18/2023 ____________________________________________________________________________ REPLACEMENT SUBJECT: FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING, RECRUITMENT, HIRING, AND BILINGUAL SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT REASON FOR REPLACEMENT The purpose of this replacement memorandum is to amend two data points regarding the staffing to population ratio in Santa Clara County on Table 5, and minimum staffing levels for the Fire Department on Table 8, that was previously submitted to the Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee on October 19, 2023. RECOMMENDATION Accept the annual report on Fire Department (Department) sworn personnel staffing, recruitment, and hiring activity for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and the status of sworn bilingual services in Fiscal Year 2022-2023. BACKGROUND The Department’s mission is to protect lives, property, and the environment through prevention and response. The Department deploys resources to provide timely and...
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The document is an annual report on Fire Department staffing, recruitment, hiring, and bilingual services presented to the Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee. It provides an overview of the Fire Department's operations, staffing levels, vacancy rates, recruitment efforts, and language needs. The report highlights the department's authorized sworn positions, daily staffing, sworn separations and hiring trends, and the demographic composition of sworn personnel.
Key points
City population is 959,256 with 109,136 emergency responses in FY 2022-2023.
Authorized sworn positions for FY 2022-2023 total 720.
Daily staffing typically consists of 190 personnel.
Vacancy rates over the last five years have ranged from 2.7% to 9.4%.
Sworn separations averaged 37 and hiring averaged 34 over a five-year period.
The department recognizes 20 languages for bilingual certification, with a focus on Spanish and Vietnamese.
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Fire Department Staffing, Recruitment, Hiring & Bilingual Services Annual Report Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee October 19, 2023 Presented by: Robert Sapien, Jr., Fire Chief James A. Williams, Assistant Fire Chief Fire Department Staffing 2 Background • “All Hazard” Response • 208 Square Miles • City Population: 959,256 • 109,136 Emergency Responses in FY 2022-2023 • Local "In County" Auto-Aid and Mutual Aid • California OES Master Mutual Aid Participation • 720 Authorized Sworn Positions in FY 2022-2023 3 Thursday, October 19, 2023 Daily Staffing (Typical) = 190 Resource (Staffing) 4 Number Personnel Battalion (1) 5 5 Fire Engine (4) 33 132 Fire Truck (4) 9 36 Rescue Medic (2) 3 6 ARFF (6) 1 6 US&R (4) 1 4 Med 30 (1) 1 1 Thursday, October 19, 2023 Authorized Sworn Staffing Sworn Position (Rank) 5 Authorized Positions FY 2022-2023: 720 sworn Fire Chief 1 Assistant Fire Chief 1 Deputy Fire Chief 4 Battalion Chief 21 Fire Captain 175 Arson Investigator 4 Fire Prevention Inspector 13 Fire Engineer 234 Firefighter 267 Thursday, October 19, 2023 Sworn Vacancy Rates Authorized Positions vs. Filled Positions 652 2022-2023 720 677 2021-2022 719 681 2020-2021 707...