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Austin Fire Department Rob Vires | Chief of Staff | Public Safety Commission Quarterly Presentation FY25 Q2 Emergency Response Time Trends As the City of Austin grows – and the demand for fire services increases – response times continue to increase. 84,473 86,641 89,541 89,563 81,973 86,636 87,935 92,612 89,797 Incident Volume 103,626 109,280 110,304 108750 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 Response Times 8:41 8:43 8:51 9:00 9:13 9:12 9:24 9:35 Response Time Standard: 8 minutes 9:58 10:28 9:55 10:28 10:32 120,000 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 FY24 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 2 Station 54 Grand Opening • New Fire Station 54 opened on January 12th. • Grand Opening ceremony was held on March 8th. • Station 54 is shared with ATCEMS. • Station 54 is located in Council District 10, on RR 620. FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 3 Facility Improvement Projects Station 25 Anticipated opening: May 2025 Awaiting final inspection Station 25 Station 8 • Anticipated opening: May 2025 • Engine 8 is on-site; Ladder 8 is at Station 30 • Finishing punch-list items and final inspection Station 23 • Anticipated opening: May 2025 • Engine 23 is in a trailer at 8700 Cameron Road • Finishing punch-list items and final inspection Station 47 • Expected completion: May 2025 • Engine 47 is operating out of Station 34 • Final phase of remodel Station 20 • Expected completion: May 2025 • Engine 20 and Rescue 20 moved to Station 29 on January 6, 2025 • Final stages of remodel Station 21 • Driveway replacement began April 14, 2025. • Expected to last 6 weeks. • Engine 21 is operating out of Station 19 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 4 Automatic Aid An Interlocal Agreement to dispatch the closest unit to a 911 call, regardless of department or jurisdiction. Auto Aid occurs multiple times per day and greatly contributes to decreased response times for Austin and Travis County. Recent Successes: • AFD Communications is actively working to move the Tellus CAD- to-CAD program to the cloud. This will allow us to expand Auto Aid with other neighboring departments if desired. Completion is expected in early FY26. • On April 26, AFD and ESD 6 provided auto-aid to ESD1 for a marina fire involving multiple boats, dock and three patients; all with burns and fractures. 15 units across the three agencies responded. Battalion 2 assisted at the Command Post and E39, E52 staged and were eventually cleared. AFD and Cedar Park apparatus and personnel training together. Photo courtesy of AFD Division Chief Parrish. FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 5 Overdose Response Since 2021, all AFD personnel are trained on Naloxone administration and each unit carries the medication. The increase in FY25 Q2 may be due to new reporting requirements for Narcan use starting Dec 2024. FY25 Q2 169 114 114 138 95 71 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 140 106 71 96 72 53 88 63 51 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY25 Q2 Total calls where Narcan was given Number of times AFD administered or assisted Patient improvement cases FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 6 Percent of Arson Fires Cleared: - FY 24 Q3: - FY 24 Q4: - FY 25 Q1: - FY 25 Q2: 40% 41% 43% 41% National Clearance Rate: 22% FY 25 Q2: 34 total fires investigated Investigations Arson Fires 58 39 47 44 34 19 15 10 13 11 Arson Fires Identified Arson Cleared by Arrest Arson Cleared by Citation 8 4 3 6 6 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY25 Q2 Wildfire Division Outreach Efforts • Over 500 SIZE requests have come into the Wildfire Office, to date • Sum of appraised property value assessed: • • FY25 Q1: FY24 Total: $311,475,725 $107,770,540 (280 assessments) (88 assessments) • • • FireAside software purchased for better tracking of SIZE info and scheduling Fire Adapted Communities staff attend approx. one community event per week Commission receives a monthly newsletter and SIZE requests by district Operations • Refining upstaffing criteria for summer fire season. Fuels Reduction • Working with partners to create platform for tracking fuels mitigation projects • 2019 audit requirements for a common location for fuels mitigation projects Situational Awareness • Work continues with CTM, EMS, APD, HSEM, WPD, and TPW • Training plan for AFD will begin late spring/early summer Evacuation Planning • Work on city-wide, all-hazards plan is ongoing, with a target date of June 1st • A wildfire evacuation planning workshop was held at HSEM on April 25th, where city agencies worked through the logistics of a wildfire evacuation plan Information on fire danger ratings, outreach efforts, and other division efforts can be found at ATXWildfireHub.com FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 8 Office of the Fire Marshal: Special Events • AFD at Cap10K – the largest team among all first responder and military groups, with many firefighters running in full bunker gear. FY25 Q2: • 86 Tradeshows including Austin Convention Center, Palmer Events & local Hotels 132 Outdoor event permits including: • • • • • • • • • • SXSW events through the City Austin FC Soccer-4 ATX Open Nascar 3day event MotoGP 3day events Besame Mucho 1day outdoor festival Outdoor Concerts- 4 Austin Half Marathon MLK day parade Fraternities / Sororities events fire watched/permitted-12 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 9 The Compliance Engine (TCE) database tracks compliance and non-compliance for all fire protection systems in commercial properties across the City of Austin. This allows the Austin Fire Department to track annual fire systems reports, deficiencies and repair reports and receive immediate notification of system impairments. FY25 Q2: 85% Current systems in the Compliance Engine: 37,048 The Compliance Engine Percentage of City of Austin fire system tracking for compliance and non-compliance 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 83 80 85 85 71 67 69 55 16 13 6 8 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 (Q1 & Q2) Prior to The Compliance Engine After implementation of the Compliance Engine FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 10 Community Outreach The Austin Fire Department has a vision that residents be fire safe in their homes by providing free smoke alarms and fire safety educational training through Outreach Programs: Free Smoke Alarms – The Austin Fire Department offers/installs free smoke alarms to homeowners that live within AFD’s Jurisdiction. Number of Smoke Alarms installed: • • FY 25 Q1: 319 FY 25 Q2: 277 Fire Safety Training – The Austin Fire Department provides vital “hands-on” fire extinguisher training and home fire safety awareness demonstrations. • • FY 25 Q1: 295 FY 25 Q2: 251 Red Angels Program – The Austin Fire Department works in collaboration with Austin Community College’s nursing program, we provide “in-home” basic health wellness checks (blood pressure, glucose, temperature, heart rate) and conduct home hazard safety assessments. • • FY 25 Q1: 80 FY 25 Q2: 84 To request smoke alarms call the Free Smoke Alarm Hotline: 512-974-0299 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 11 Homes Visited by Free Smoke Alarm Program January 2020 to January 2025 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 12 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION This information is available as a “door hanger” handout from AFD 13 Sworn Separations & Civilians Vacancies AFD Sworn Separations through April 9, 2025 Average Years of Service: • • Retirements: 27-30 Years Resignations: 3 Years Current sworn vacancies: 83 Current civilian vacancies: 5 44 11 36 29 6 7 38 37 4 4 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Resignation Retirement 25 3 2025 (Through April 9) 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 14 Cadet Recruiting and Hiring Process May 2024 Hiring Process • Candidate Interest Cards: 1,681 • Applications: 1,398 • Applicants Taking the Hiring Exam: 667 Group 1: Top 120 applicants • Accepted Conditional Offers of Employment (COE): 113 • Went through pre-hire assessments • Qualified to move to final list: 57 Group 2: Top 121-220 ranked applicants • Accepted COE: 84 • Qualified to move to final list: 32 Group 2.5: Top 221-263 • Accepted COE: 17 • Qualified to move to final list: 8 Group 3: Top 221-400 ranked applicants • • • Accepted COE: 117 Active Candidates as of April 25, 2025: 64 Final Reports Due: May 30, 2025 FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 15 Cadet Classes Cadet Class 139: • 48 Cadets started on January 13, 2025 • 40 Current active cadets Cadet Class 140: • 45 Cadets started on March 24, 2025 • 40 Current active cadets Cadet Class 141: • Scheduled Start Date: August 2025 • On track to start 48 cadets FY25 Q2 | AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT | PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION QUARTERLY PRESENTATION 16 AFD strives to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. 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