Title
Add Positions and Apparatus to Support Fire Department Operations (Ordinance S-47198)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to add 27 new sworn positions and add Fire Apparatus to support Fire Department operations. Funds are available in the General Fund and 2019 SAFER grant to support this request. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse funds required for this item.
Report
Summary
To efficiently deliver fire services, 27 additional sworn positions are necessary to staff 1 new Rescue Company and 2 new Medical Response Units (MRU). The 27 new positions will be funded through the 2019 SAFER grant and include 17 Firefighters, 5 Fire Engineers, and 5 Fire Captains. The one-time purchase of the additional Rescue and two new MRU’s will be funded through available General Funds as follows:
$230,000 - Medical Response Unit (includes 4 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBA’s) and 1 cardiac monitor)
$230,000 - Medical Response Unit (includes 4 SCBA’s and 1 cardiac monitor)
$355,000 - Rescue (ambulance) Unit (includes 2 SCBA’s, 1 cardiac monitor and 1 power gurney)
$815,000 - Total (one-time) cost
Financial Impact
Funds are available in the Fire Department General Fund for the one-time purchases of equipment and vehicles in an amount not to exceed $815,000. Additionally, 2019 SAFER grant funds are available to support the 27 new sworn positions in an amount not to exceed $8,581,815.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The request to apply for the SAFER grant was approved by the City Council on June 23, 2020, through ordinance S-46701.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Jeff Barton and the Phoenix Fire Department.