2022-10-18 CC Agenda Packet - PRESENTATION - ITEM C10 - Engine 32 BrownoutEiS;Er,
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2022 Data YTD
• Average total calls per day 2022 — 8.3
Engine 32 responds to 3-4 calls per day
• Overlapping calls — 27%
Currently, almost one-third of the call volume relies on outside agencies to handle
additional calls in El Segundo.
® Total Call volume up 13%from 2021
Fire calls up 7%from 2021
Engine 32 has responded to 950 calls YTD (up 21% from same time last
year)
® 2.5% of our total calls are fires. 60 Fires YTD (averaging 1 to 2 fires a week)
28 of these fires happened in Engine 32's first -in district (PCH and east)
• Incident Loss Value - $483,550 so far
10 Year Call Volume Data
TOTAL CALLS UP 26%
. YTD 2022 - 2,413
• On
pace for 3,026
• 2021 -
21,699
• 2020 -
2,426
s 2019 -
2,811
• 2018 -
2,869
• 2017 -
2,908
2016 -
2,616
2015 -
2,570
• 2014
- 2A85
2013
- 2,267
2012 --
2,236
All data retrieved from Emergency Reporting
OVERLAPPING CALLS
2019
- 23.62%
• 2020
- 44.56%
• 2021
- 33.49%
* 2022
- 26.48%
AVG. 32%
New statistic as of 2019
FIRE CALLS UP 53%
• YTD 2022 - 60
G On pace for 75
• 2021-
72
• 2020 -
51
° 2019 -
61
® 2018 -
65
s 2017
- 64
2016
- 53
w 2015
- 42
O 2014
- 54
• 2013
- 48
a 2012
- 49
10 Year Total Call Volume with Trend Line
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Call Volume per Year with 26% Increase Over 10 years
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10 Year Fire Calls with Trend Line
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Fire Calls per Year with 53% Increase Over 10 years
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Fires —Linear (Fires)
10 Year Rescue Calls with Trend Line
Medical Rescue Calls per Year with 28% Increase Over 10 years
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Medical Rescues —Linear (Medical Rescues)
Concerns for Shutting Down E32
• Delay in arrival of initial engine company to Fire Station 2 district (PCH and east)
• Delay in arrival of 2nd engine company to Fire Station 1 district (residents)
• ESFD Engine 32 — 2.1 miles (dedicated to El Segundo)
• MBFD Engine 21 - 3.2 miles (if available)
• LaCoFD Engine 160 — 3.7 miles (if available)
• LaCoFD Engine 100 — 5.1 miles (if available)
• RBFD Engine 61— 7.0 miles away (if available)
• LAFD Engine 95 — 3.7 miles away (if available)
• These delays puts the safety of victims/occupants and firefighters at risk during major incidents.
• Mutual Aid Resources
• Reliance on mutual aid resources with different standard operating procedures, radio communications and training
increases risk and reduces efficiency of service.
• LaCoFD 2010 risk assessment recommended and assigned 2 fire engines and afire truck to protect El Segundo within their
regional response model. This was when ESFD was responding to 2,169 calls; 40% less call volume.
• Shutting down Engine 32 increases the liability to El Segundo by creating delays in response times and potentially
increasing incident loss value.
Proposed Staffing Model
El Segundo Firefighters Association
In lieu of a brownout of Engine 32, El Segundo Firefighters' Association
(1-3682) and El Segundo Fire Department Administration (Fire Chief Lee)
have worked collaboratively to create a staffing model that meets the
fiscal direction of City Council, reduces impacts to the service delivery
of the community, and provides an effective response force capable of
handling all hazards.
Create Ambulance Operator Program
• Convert R31 and R32 into BLS ambulances staffed with (2) ambulance
operators (A/O's) each.
Four (4) ambulance operators on per day for a total of twelve (12) new at -will
positions.
• Ambulance operators will work the 56-hour work schedule and be assigned
to a shift (A/B/C).
• Program will take about four (4) months to create and implement.
• Eliminate two (6) firefighter positions.
• Reassign four (4) fire paramedic positions to heavy apparatus (see
diagram).
• Create and assign a 40-hour Captain position to oversee Ambulance
Operator program, EMS Division, and administrative duties as assigned b
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Benefits of Proposed Staffing Model
• Reduction of five (5) full-time employee positions creating close to $700K in structural savings
Creation of a "grow your own" program to hire full-time employee from the A/O EMT pool
• Recruitment at the local High School level for future EMT staff
Keep new A/O positions as at -will employees
• All patients continue to be transported by El Segundo Fire Department personnel
• Increase in the cost recovery for transports (EMT cost vs PM cost)- higher yield
Keeps fire paramedics in the city by having less critical patients transported by EMT's
• Maintains three (3) heavy fire apparatus (2-engines and 1- ladder truck) to handle all -hazard all-risk
responses
• Reclassification of Engine 31 to a dedicated paramedic engine (service level increase)
• Reclassification of Engine 32 to a dedicated paramedic engine (service level increase)
• Four (4) personnel on engines available for initial response (more efficient in required firefighter tasks)
• Keeps paramedic assessment status for Truck 32
• Increased employee morale
Diagram of Proposed Staffing Model
• Staffing model creates two (2) paramedic engines with four (4)
personnel each, providing a higher level of service to the community
and promoting firefighter safety.
• 12 firefighters on per day (Battalion Chief not shown).
Long-term Savings of Proposed Staffing Mode
• Savings
(6) Firefighter positions eliminated $1,592,640
• $265,440K per firefighter
• Leave Replacement $180,000 (conservatively $30K per position)
• Total revenue savings = $1,772,640M
• Expenditures
• (1) 40-hr Captain at $357,064
• (12) Ambulance Operator positions (A/O) $725,949
• 4 EMTs staffed on (2) ambulances per day ($18/hr)
Total expenditure $1,083,013
• Structural Savings to Fire Department Budget = $689,627