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AUSTIN FIRE Bond Prog ram O verview April 2025 Chief of Sta f f Rob Vires 1 Guiding Principles • Equity • Affordability • Innovation • Sustainability & Resiliency • Proactive Prevention • Community Trust & Relationships 2 Equity Principle Definition: Bond programs and projects improve quality of life outcomes for all residents, eliminate racial disparities, and mitigate unintended consequences in plans and implementation. Application to Austin Fire Department: Ensuring residents within Austin Fire Department’s Service Area receive equitable response, accounting for existing inequities in social vulnerability or risks and ensuring all facilities and resources meet health and safety standards for the firefighters who work from these facilities 24/7 and visitors to these public facilities. Maximum Points Allotted: 20 Low SVI High SVI Social Vulnerability Index 3 Equity Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 20 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Ensuring all existing facilities and resources meet health and safety standards for the firefighters who work from these facilities 24/7 and visitors to these public facilities. Ensuring residents within Austin Fire Department’s Service Area receive equitable response, accounting for existing inequities in social vulnerability or risks. 20 pts Facility will have full array of improvements, closing critical gaps in conditions 10 pts Facility will have some health or safety improvements, but with limited impact 0 pts Facility will meet the same health and safety standards, with no improvements 20 pts Provides new service capability for an area with high Social Vulnerability 10 pts Provides new service capability to an area with low Social Vulnerability 0 pts Does not improve service capability 4 Affordability Principle Definition: Programs and projects that improve the quality of life for community members while minimizing financial burdens. Application to Austin Fire Department: Utilizing existing land or space already made available to the City of Austin to construct a new fire station or revitalizing existing facilities and resources to maximize cost efficiency and extend lifespan. Maximum Points Allotted: 10 5 Affordability Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 10 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Revitalizing existing facilities to maximize cost efficiency and extend lifespan. Utilizing land or space already available to the City of Austin to construct a fire station. 10 pts Revitalizes facility to extend lifespan and avoids new build 5 pts Revitalizes existing facility with to extend lifespan 0 pts Requires new facility or resources 10 pts City-owned or leased space could be utilized 5 pts Land or space identified, not secured 0 pts No space identified 6 Innovation Principle Definition: Innovative bond projects work to deeply understand the challenges and needs of users and create new evidence-based solutions to solve them. Application to Austin Fire Department: Providing new services to the community or new opportunities for department personnel or the public to utilize existing facilities. Maximum Points Allotted: 10 7 Innovation Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 10 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Providing new opportunities for department or public to utilize existing facilities. Providing new services to the community. 10 pts Facility is expanded to provide new, innovative services to department or community 5 pts Facility is expanded to provide improved, but not new, services to department personnel or community. 0 pts Facility will provide same level of service 10 pts Facility provides new, innovative services to department personnel or community 5 pts Facility is provides improved, but not new, services to department personnel or community 0 pts Facility will provide same level of service 8 Sustainability & Resilience Principle Definition: Sustainability: Programs and projects include efforts to achieve net-zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions. Resilience: Actions that increase our ability to prepare for, withstand, and recover from shocks and stressors related to climate change. Application to Austin Fire Department: Constructing new facilities with innovative design and improved technologies to minimize environmental impact. Leveraging existing facilities and resources to extend lifespan of historic infrastructure with innovative design and improved technologies that minimize environmental impact. Maximum Points Allotted: 20 9 Sustainability Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 5 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Leveraging existing facilities and resources to extend lifespan of historic infrastructure with conscious design and improved technologies that minimize environmental impact, such as seeking LEED Silver Designations, EV charging stations, noise reduction installations, and environmentally sensitive landscapes. 5 pts Facility will seek highest standards 3 pts Facility improves standards, but not highest standards 0 pts Facility will provide no environmental improvements Constructing new facilities with conscious design and improved technologies to minimize environmental impact, such as seeking LEED Silver Designations, EV charging stations, noise reduction installations, and environmentally sensitive landscapes. 5 pts Facility will seek highest environmental standards 3 pts Facility will achieve some standards above minimum 0 pts Facility will not meet high environmental standards 10 Resiliency Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 5 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Serving the public with resiliency hubs available to be utilized in preparation of, during, and after events related to climate change. Serving the public with resiliency hubs available to be utilized in preparation of, during, and after events related to climate change. 5 pts Facility significantly increases resilience (serves as a resiliency hub, trains for preparedness, or expands communications) 3 pts Facility increases community resilience through support efforts to prepare for and/or respond to climate change related incidents 0 pts Facility does not support resiliency 5 pt Facility significantly increases community resilience (serves as a resiliency hub, trains for preparedness, or expands communications) 3 pts Facility increases community resilience through support efforts to prepare for and/or respond to climate change related incidents 0 pts Facility does not support resiliency 11 Proactive Prevention Principle Definition: Programs and projects improve the condition and/or function of existing assets and facilities, address a network or system service gap, and/or improve any of the social determinants of public safety and health domains. Application to Austin Fire Department: Ensuring capacity to provide emergency response to areas with current or anticipated deficiencies due to demand or strain on existing resources and correcting longstanding issues to ensure continued use of existing City of Austin resources, facilities, and infrastructure. Maximum Points Allotted: 20 12 Proactive Prevention Maximum Points Allotted: 20 High Density Low Growth 10 20 High Density High Growth 0 10 Low Density Low Growth Low Density High Growth 13 Proactive Prevention Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 20 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Correcting longstanding issues to ensure continued use of existing City of Austin resources, facilities, and infrastructure. Ensuring capacity to provide emergency response to areas with current or anticipated deficiencies due to demand or strain on existing resources. 20 pts Corrects existing issue 10 pts Corrects foreseen issue, such as approaching end of life 0 pts Facility does not have any known or foreseen issues or deficiencies to correct 20 pts Area has high population density and anticipated high population growth 10 pts Area has high population density or anticipated high population growth 0 pts Area has low population density and minimal anticipated population growth 14 Customer Trust & Relationships Principle Definition: Intentionally incorporating engagement into programs and projects creates opportunities to increase trust with the community, provide transparency, and deliver on community expectations. Application to Austin Fire Department: Ensuring residents within Austin Fire Department’s Service Area receive timely response with fully capable resources to mitigate emergent and non-emergent requests for service. Maximum Points Allotted: 30 15 Customer Trust & Relationships: Standard of Coverage The Austin Fire Department's Standard of Coverage (SOC) goal is to reach 90% of emergency incidents within 8 minutes from the time of call receipt to the time the first frontline unit arrives on-scene. 16 Customer Trust while Keeping up with Growth As the City of Austin grows – and the demand for fire services increases – response times continue to increase. 130,000 110,000 Incident Volume 103,626 109,280 110,304 90,000 84,473 86,641 89,541 89,563 81,973 86,636 87,935 92,612 89,797 70,000 11:00 10:00 9:00 8:00 7:00 6:00 5:00 4:00 3:00 2:00 1:00 0:00 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 Response Times 8:41 8:43 8:51 9:00 9:13 9:12 Response Time Standard: 8 minutes 9:24 9:35 9:58 10:28 9:55 10:28 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 17 Customer Trust & Relationships Maximum Points Allotted: 30 Compliance with SOC Goal Emergency Incident Volume Low Compliance Low Volume High Compliance Low Volume 20 0 30 20 Low Compliance High Volume High Compliance High Volume 18 Customer Trust & Relationships Rubric Maximum Points Allotted: 30 Application to AFD Facility Improvements Application to New Stations Ensuring residents within Austin Fire Department’s Service Area receive timely response with fully capable resources to mitigate emergent and non-emergent requests for service. Ensuring residents within Austin Fire Department’s Service Area receive timely emergency response. 30 pts Project provides improved response times or service delivery to residents 20 pts Project ensures continued service delivery to residents 0 pts Project does not impact service delivery to residents 30 pts Area experiences high incident volume and low response time compliance 20 pts Area experiences high incident volume or low response time compliance 0 pts Area experiences low incident volume and high response time compliance 19 Thank you 20