PSC Backup - Item 3a AFD Q4 Stats (11-2-2020 mtg) — original pdf

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AUSTIN FIRE Public Safety Commission November 2, 2020 Chief of Staff Rob Vires 1 Requests for Service FY2019 and FY 2020 – Q4 Comparison FY 2019 FY 2020 2,710 2,551 2,797 2,648 2,449 2,443 2,306 2,298 2,075 2,461 2,441 3,348 2,469 1,920 1,572 1,519 1,271 1,477 1,392 1,024 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 2 Requests for service are all calls, regardless of priority. Emergency Incidents FY2019 and FY 2020 – Q4 Comparison FY 2019 FY 2020 2,500 1,000 500 0 3 2,000 1,829 1,876 1,500 1,362 1,535 1,251 1,644 1,443 1,327 1,255 1,934 1,454 1,126 1,117 973 908 853 815 533 788 634 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 Emergency Incidents are Code 3 priority responses. OV ERA LL DA TA T R END S Call volume has decreased by roughly 4% in a comparison of 4th quarter FY 2019 to FY 2020. This can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic: • Cancellation of large scale events • • Limited capacity for shopping and dining Teleworking reduced traffic 4 Emergency Response Time (hours: minutes: seconds) FY2019 and FY2020 – Q4 Comparison FY 2019 FY 2020 00:10:15 00:09:40 00:08:20 00:09:08 00:11:10 00:11:32 00:09:39 00:10:03 00:10:18 00:10:42 00:09:14 00:10:12 00:10:11 00:10:02 00:09:08 00:10:09 00:10:18 00:10:55 00:09:44 00:10:16 District 10 District 9 District 8 District 7 District 6 District 5 District 4 District 3 District 2 District 1 00:00:00 00:01:26 00:02:53 00:04:19 00:05:46 00:07:12 00:08:38 00:10:05 00:11:31 00:12:58 5 Emergency Incidents are Code 3 responses, to time when frontline unit arrives on scene. While call volume has decreased, response times have increased by roughly 20-30 seconds. This can be attributed to: • Changes in medical response protocol when caller is identified as potential exposure to COVID-19/flu-like symptoms • Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) station not responding to medical calls to reduce potential exposure of specially trained firefighters RES P O NS E TIME D A TA T RENDS 6 R E Q U E S T F O R S E R V I C E F Y 2 0 1 9 a n d F Y 2 0 2 0 – Q 4 C O M P A R I S O N Fire Medical Hazmat Other Fire Medical Hazmat Other Rescue 1,188, 6% Rescue 1,193, 5% 5,922, 26% 529, 2% 155, 1% 14,912, 66% 4,678, 23% 472, 2% 155, 1% 13,967, 68% 2019 2020 7 Requests for service are all calls, regardless of priority. E M E R G E N C Y I N C I D E N T S F Y 2 0 1 9 a n d F Y 2 0 2 0 – Q 4 C O M P A R I S O N Fire Medical Rescue Hazmat Other Fire Medical Rescue Hazmat Other 443, 3% 108, 1% 822, 6% 890, 6% 380, 4% 512, 5% 114, 1% 886, 8% 11,847, 84% 2019 8,655, 82% 2020 8 Emergency Incidents are Code 3 responses, to frontline unit arrives on scene of the incident. F Y 2 0 1 9 A N D F Y 2 0 2 0 F U L L Y E A R C O M P A R I S O N Request for Service (FY 2019) Request for Service (FY 2020) Emergency Response Emergency Response (90 percentile, (90 percentile, emergency incidents) emergency incidents) Time (FY 2019) 00:09:33 00:10:08 00:09:00 00:09:40 00:09:32 00:09:58 00:09:50 00:10:51 00:08:08 00:09:39 Time (FY 2020) 00:09:50 00:10:27 00:09:48 00:09:44 00:09:41 00:10:25 00:10:03 00:10:51 00:08:33 00:10:13 Emergency Incidents Emergency Incidents (FY 2019) (Code 3) 7,063 5,893 6,769 6,082 5,268 3,409 5,368 2,937 6,996 3,284 (FY 2020) (Code 3) 6,171 5,382 6,199 5,345 4,491 3,138 4,809 2,520 5,362 2,779 Council Districts District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 9 10,631 9,644 10,174 9,193 8,177 5,952 9,330 4,898 12,555 6,054 10,248 9,237 10,598 9,116 7,925 5,599 9,319 4,571 10,628 5,603 A U T O M A T I C A I D In September 2019, City Council approved the negotiation and execution of an automatic aid agreement with Travis County Emergency Service Districts (ESDs), Williamson County ESDs, and the cities of Leander, Cedar Park, Round Rock, and Georgetown. • Provides services that are mutually beneficial to the fire service agencies and residents in their respective jurisdictions • Paves the way for dispatching of calls across jurisdictional lines • Completion expected in early 2021 • Allows for dispatching of the closest resource to reduce response times 10 S t a t i o n 4 9 NE W FIRE S T A T IONS Station 49 (Onion Creek) opened in April 2019. Since opening Station 49, this area has experienced a response time improvement of roughly 1 minute. • 12 minutes from May to December 2018 to 11 minutes during same months in 2019 • 913 requests for service and 280 emergency responses 11 S t a t i o n 5 0 ( D e l V a l l e ) o p e n e d i n J u l y 2 0 2 0 . In August and September , within Station 50’s territory, there have been 74 requests for service and 49 emergency responses. While data for response times is still being gathered, the location of the new station improved the Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating for the Del Valle area from a 10 to a 1. 12 T RA VI S COUNTRY S T A T ION UP DA TE June 2020 - Groundbreaking August 2020 – Received building permit September 2020 - Building pad for the foundation was complete and the contractor is working on site utilities. As of September 2020, Travis Country is on schedule. 13 VA C A NCIES A ND CA DET HIRING UP D A TE 14 FY 2 0 2 0 Q3 A ND Q4 VA CA NCIES Vacancies Q3 (Apr-June) Ending Q4 (July-Sept) Ending Vacancies Vacancies 90 64 FY 2020 Authorized Strength 1,220 • Cadet class 128 graduated in April/May with 33 New firefighters • Class 128 was split into two graduations • Cadet class 129 graduated in July with 31 New firefighters • AFD added 16 vacancies in July for new positions at Station 50 15 CA DET HIRING P ROC ES S • Class 130 began Oct. 26 with 23 cadets • Currently processing 111 applicants from 2019 hiring process with 42 Cadets. • Class 131 is tentatively scheduled to begin in April 2021 • Exploring additional options for Class 132. 16 THA NK YOU Questions? 17