Regional Fire Service Delivery Study
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Pinole Fire Department Pinole, California REGIONAL FIRE SERVICE DELIVERY STUDY October 2019 Regional Fire Service Delivery Study City of Pinole Fire Department TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................... iii Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... iv SECTION I: EVALUATION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS .................................................................... 1 Current Conditions ........................................................................................................................ 2 Organizational Overview ............................................................................................................................ 2 Service Area & Infrastructure ...................................................................................................................... 5 Staffing Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Emergency Management ........................................................................................................................... 7 Fire Prevention ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Training ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 Emergency Response Staffing .................................................................................................................. 18 Current Financial Analysis............................................................................................................ 21 Economic Conditions ................................................................................................................................ 21 Historical Revenue & Expense .................................................................................................................. 22 City of Pinole Fire Department ................................................................................................................. 28 Capital Assets & Improvements .................................................................................................................35 Apparatus/Vehicles .................................................................................................................................. 39 Critical Tasking ......................................................................................................................................... 42 Service Demand & Incident Staffing Performance .......................................................................... 55 Service-Demand Study ............................................................................................................................. 55 Distribution Study .....................................................................................................................................70 PFD Goals Distribution .............................................................................................................................. 77 Concentration & Effective Response Force Capability Analysis ................................................................ 79 Concurrency ............................................................................................................................................. 81 Performance Summary ............................................................................................................................ 83 Future System Demand Projections ............................................................................................. 93 Incident Workload Projection ................................................................................................................... 93 Community Risk Factors ........................................................................................................................... 94 Overall Geospatial Characteristics ............................................................................................................ 95 Geographic & Weather-Related Risks ....................................................................................................... 96 Wildfire Risk ............................................................................................................................................ 105 Transportation Risks................................................................................................................................ 110 Demographics ......................................................................................................................................... 119 PAGE i Regional Fire Service Delivery Study City of Pinole Fire Department SECTION II: PUBLIC WORKSHOP & STAKEHOLDER INPUT ..........................................................122 Public Input ............................................................................................................................... 123 SECTION III: OPTIONS FOR SHARED SERVICES .......................................................................... 138 Shared Services Options ............................................................................................................ 139 SECTION IV: OPTIONS FOR DELIVERY OF FIRE-BASED SERVICES ............................................... 142 Options .................................................................................................................................... 143 Option A: Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District .................................................................................. 143 Option B: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District .......................................................................... 144 Option C: Expansion of Pinole Fire Department System ......................................................................... 148 Option D: Staffing of Station 74 Service Area Utilizing Two-Person Unit ................................................. 152 SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................. 155 Key Findings ............................................................................................................................. 156 Short-Term Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 157 Mid- to Long-Term Recommendations ................................................................................................... 159 Implementation Plan ................................................................................................................ 160 SECTION VI: APPENDICES ........................................................................................................ 161 Appendix A: Proposal from Contra Costa FPD ............................................................................. 162 Appendix B: Table of Figures ..................................................................................................... 165 PAGE ii Regional Fire Service Delivery Study City of Pinole Fire Department ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) would like to acknowledge that without the assistance and support of the City of Pinole Fire Department executive and administrative staff, Labor leadership, City Manager, City officials, and others, this project could not have been successfully completed. PAGE iii Regional Fire Service Delivery Study City of Pinole Fire Department EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To be completed following initial client review. PAGE iv Regional Fire Service Delivery Study City of Pinole Fire Department Section I: EVALUATION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS PAGE 1 Regional Fire Service Delivery Study City of Pinole Fire Department CURRENT CONDITIONS Organizational Overview ESCI combined data provided by the participating fire agencies with information collected in the course of our field work and used to develop an overview of the organizations. The purpose of the following organizational overview is two-fold. First, it verifies the accuracy of the baseline information and ESCI’s understanding of each agency’s composition—the foundation from which the feasibility analysis is developed. Second, the overview serves as a reference for the reader who may not be familiar with the details of each agency’s operations. City of Pinole Fire Department Governance & Lines of Authority The City of Pinole was incorporated in 1903 and commenced providing fire protection the same year. Policy direction for the Pinole Fire Department (PFD) is provided by five elected City Council members (Council). The Council is provided the necessary power and authority to govern the provision of fire protection and emergency services. The Council appoints a City Manager who is responsible for implementing Council policy and overseeing the operation of the Organization. The City Manager appoints the Fire Chief to oversee the Fire Department operations. The Pinole Fire Department (PFD) service area is comprised of the City of Pinole and two informally contracted areas of Contra Costa County, as depicted in the following figure. The Rodeo-Hercules