DATE: June 13, 2018

TO: Honorable Mayor Jerry Smith City Council

FROM: Patty Hoppenstedt, Interim City Manager Eric Hicks, Fire Chief

SUBJECT: Fire Department Service Level Review.

I. Summary

The Fire Department reviews service level needs on a routine basis to ensure it is effectively providing emergency service to the citizens and visitors of the City in a safe and expedient fashion.

As the mission statement of the Fire Department states:

“We are committed to providing the highest level of service to the citizens of DeKalb and those who visit. We strive to continuously seek innovative and effective ways to protect the lives and property of those we serve through suppression, emergency medical services, education, prevention, and training.”

Emergency medical services provided by the Fire Department continue to increase and enhancements in pre-hospital care provided in the field are always evolving. Fire operations and special teams continue to provide needed emergency service to the citizens and businesses in our community. Public Education remains an essential component to lowering a community's fire losses. The Fire Department strives to find ways to reach citizens and teach fire safety to the community. Vehicle maintenance and respiratory protection teams assist the department in keeping the aging fleet and aging equipment in top working order and keep repair costs at a minimum.

The Fire Department currently has seven vehicles nearing or at the end of their service life. Two emergency advanced life support ambulances are aged beyond their serviceable life. Capital equipment replacement needs continue to multiply each year as a result of unfunded replacement of capital needs. The City instituted the Commercial Building Inspection program in June of 2015 and the Fire Department became responsible for the commercial building inspection program as well as all commercial building outside property maintenance inspections and complaint follow-up for commercial and industrial properties.

Staffing and the non-personnel budget remain below the 2008 levels, yet the Fire Department continues to perform efficiently and effectively with increased workload, call volume and added unfunded mandates to the budget. The Fire Department has achieved this by reducing training, reducing public education, reducing special team equipment replacement, and eliminating youth firesetter intervention supplies

However, due to the dedication of the professionals working in the Fire Department, service has not diminished, it has been enhanced, as shown in the attached Fire Department Annual Report.

II. Prior Council Action

On January 8, 2018, City Council supported a new budget process for the FY2019 Budget to clearly tie the City Council’s goals to budget action plans.

. On January 24 and February 20, 2018, City Council identified and prioritized goals to set five short-term goals to be completed in 12 to 18 months and five long-term goals that extend beyond 18 months.

. On March 20, 2018, the Police and Information Technology Departments presented service level reviews for City Council. City Council deferred the line item budget options discussion to the March 26, 2018, Regular City Council meeting.

. On March 26, 2018, Finance Director Talkington presented City Council with several options for incorporating a review of the FY2018 Budget as part of the FY2019 Budget Workshops. Council reached a consensus that line item review utilizing the detailed budget report (presented as Attachment B) is preferred.

. On April 4, 2018, City Council reviewed the City Manager’s Office service level presentation and the Fiscal Year 2018 line item budget for Legislative and the City Manager’s Office.

. A review of the Community Development Department service level was completed by the City Council on April 17, 2018. Additional information was requested on service delivery with additional resources and tax increment financing for smaller projects.

. The Budget Basics video was debuted at the April 17, 2018, Special Council meeting. This video is an overview of what services the City of DeKalb provides and how an annual budget is created to provide those services.

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. City Council provided direction on modifications to the Architectural Improvement Program for smaller projects within Tax Increment Financing districts at the City Council Meeting of the Whole on May 14, 2018.

. On June 6, 2018, City Council reviewed the Finance and Public Works Departments service level presentations and the Police and Information and Technology Department line item budget reports.

III. Discussion

1. Emergency Medical Services

The Fire Department provides emergency pre-hospital care of the sick and injured, responding with advanced life support (ALS), state-of-the-art equipped ambulances. Paramedic licensure (EMT-P) is the highest Emergency Medical Service (EMS) level that the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) offers. The Fire Department is a member of the Kishwaukee Emergency Medical Services System, which is a part of Northwestern Medicine EMS. The Fire Department operates six ALS ambulances and three ALS fire engines. Ambulances are staffed with two paramedics and fire engines are staffed with one paramedic and one EMT. This ensures there is a paramedic on every response. Of the 57 sworn personnel in the Fire Department, 53 are paramedic certified.

Over the last decade, EMS has seen a steady increase in requests for service for primary health care. Coupled with a lack of state resources in mental health care, prescription drug coverage, and less home health care availability, paramedics routinely treat and transport patients suffering from lack of mental health care, illness due to unavailable primary health care, and assisting the elderly and disabled with falls and other mobility issues. In 2009, the Fire Department responded to 217 calls relating to mental health. In 2017, that number increased to 423 calls, a 94.93% increase.

Nationwide, the United States has seen it opioid addiction problems skyrocket due to illicit drugs such as heroin and narcotic prescription abuse. DeKalb Paramedics long have been trained to handle such overdoses but have seen a steady rise in opioid abuse calls.

Emergency medical services provided by the Fire Department include:

. Routine Medical Care: Treatment of patients due to various injuries or illness.

. 12-Lead Echocardiogram (ECG): Advanced diagnosis of cardiac origin illness which may result in long-term injury or death.

. Trauma Care: Care for patients that sustained injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. Treatment includes advanced airway, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiovascular support, and pain management.

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. Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): Paramedics are certified in ACLS to identify heart attacks, stroke, and abnormal heart rhythms and to treat using medications and defibrillator.

. Pediatric Life Support (PALS): Paramedics are certified in PALS which is a systematic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of PALS is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

. Mass Casualty Incident Care: Personnel are trained to systematically triage, treat, and transport volumes of victims injured during a disaster.

. Code STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction): Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital is a STEMI center for the treatment of acute heart attacks and boosts a 56- minute door to cardiac catheter lab time. This is well below the 90-minute national timeframe. DeKalb Paramedics are trained for early detection, treatment, and rapid transport of heart attacks, which is a critical link in raising the patient’s survivability.

. Stroke Alert (Code BAT – Brain Attack Team): Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital is an acute stroke ready hospital with a timeline to upgrade to a primary stroke center in 2018. DeKalb Paramedics receive semi-annual training focusing on identification, treatment, and activation of the stroke protocol. This is a critical link in raising the patient’s survivability. The Brain Attack Team responds to patients suspected of having a stroke and includes a coordinated team.

. Sepsis Alert: Early identification, treatment, and reporting for Sepsis for advanced care of the systematically ill patient. DeKalb Paramedics receive regular training to treat sepsis, which is the presence of bacteria, other infectious organisms, or toxins created by infectious organisms in the bloodstream, which spread throughout the body that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death.

. Tactical Medicine: Paramedics are specially trained and equipped to treat and transport multiple patients and other first responders injured from gun fire as part of a hostile encounter.

. Advanced Pain Management Protocol: Paramedics are trained and equipped with a variety of pain-reduction medications for the treatment of pain, which is proven to improve a patient’s long-term outcome.

. Athletic Medicine: Paramedics are specially trained to handle trauma involved in high school and collegiate sports and provide EMS standby at such events for the treatment and transport of athletes.

. Biohazard/Chemical Warfare/Hazardous Materials EMS: Paramedics have the ability to identify, medically treat, decontaminate, and transport patients that have been exposed to lethal chemicals, whether for industrial use or used as a weapon of mass

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destruction. Special procedures, medical directives, medications, and personal protective equipment are used for these types of incidents.

EMS advancements in the past 5 years:

. Video Laryngoscopes: A camera with a microprocessor used to view the interior of a patient’s throat to secure an airway to provide oxygenation.

. Active shooter protocols, procedures, and equipment purchases.

. Lucas 2 CPR compression devices

. New heart monitors, which diagnose and transmit heart rhythms to the hospital within minutes of paramedic arrival to the patient’s side.

. New Standing Medical Orders in 2018, which include the following treatment modalities:

o Drug assisted intubation/advanced airway management protocol.

o Advanced Hemorrhagic/Shock Treatment: Paramedics have the ability to slow or stop severe hemorrhagic bleeding using medications, medical procedures, and fluid resuscitation.

o Medicinal Sedation Protocol: The ability to sedate extremely violent or medically compromised patients to provide appropriate medical treatment.

. New Patient Care Reporting Software: In process of implementing use of new software to document patient care, medical procedures used, medicines and supplies, and patient disposition as part of their overall medical record. The software is a part of state and federal requirements to accurately document treatment for billing and statistical purposes.

2. Fire Operations

Structure Fires

Fire in a structure is a violent, fast paced, and extremely destructive incident that plagues America, killing and injuring thousands of people, causing billions of dollars in property loss, and economic strife annually. Structural firefighting is essentially a systematic process of constant incident evaluation and team operations to prioritize and execute actions in an effort to save lives and conserve property. Because of the arduous labor involved in firefighting, firefighters work in teams called “companies” to accomplish incident tasks. Working in a coordinated effort directed by the Incident Commander, the

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Fire Department accomplishes the following tasks simultaneously or in a compressed time frame.

. Incident Command: This person directs all on-scene resources to extinguish the fire, prevent the spread of fire, rescuing victims, while conserving as much property as possible. The Incident Commander also oversees firefighter safety and requests mutual aid fire resources to assist with the operations.

. Fire Extinguishment: The deployment of fire hose throughout the structure to the seat of the fire for extinguishment. Much of the time, this is accomplished with zero visibility because of the thick smoke that is produced. This search of the fire occurs in in many different structure configurations, various layout, and fire load (belongings and contents). Structure fires occur in residential, commercial, and industrial settings with various life safety issues.

. Ventilation: The systematic removal of products of combustion (smoke and heat) from the building to make the structure more tenantable. The act of ventilation is accomplished for two reasons - life safety of victims or for firefighter safety. Ventilation is accomplished horizontally by making openings through doors and windows and letting natural wind current remove the smoke. Vertical ventilation is completed by laddering a roof, cutting a hole(s), and letting the natural buoyancy of the heated gases escape through the hole. Removal of smoke is also accomplished by mechanical (fans) or hydraulically (water stream) means.

. Search and Rescue: Searching and removing victims from a burning building is at the very core of the fire service. Firefighters enter a zero-visibility atmosphere that is completely unknown to them and systematically search for downed victims, remove them from danger, and provide life-saving emergency medical care. Search and rescue must occur immediately because of the dangers of burns, inhalation of super-heated toxic gases, and a deteriorating structure.

. Forcible Entry: Because of a property owner or occupant’s desire to keep their belongings safe, structures are designed to keep unwanted people out. Unfortunately, these same designs are major obstacles for firefighters to enter and extinguish the fire. Firefighters use special equipment and techniques to force their way into a building and allow the engine company to extinguish the fire.

. Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for Firefighter Safety: Because firefighters work in low- visibility, toxic environments where the structure is compromised, a separate rescue team is designated for firefighter rescue and safety, which is required by OSHA. RIT is responsible for total situational awareness of company locations, staging of specialized equipment, and creating egress points in the event a stricken firefighter needs assistance from the structure.

. Overhaul: After a structure fire, the phenomenon of “rekindle” is very real. Fire can continue to burn in the void spaces of a building. Overhaul is the act of looking for

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hidden fires after the main body of fire has been extinguished. Generally, this requires opening walls, floors, ceilings, pipe chases, and attic spaces for smoldering materials. This must continue until the fire is completely extinguished.

. Property Conservation: Often firefighters can confine a fire to an area of the structure before it consumes the entire building. One of the goals of the Fire Department is to conserve property. If a fire is held to a portion of a building, firefighters will relocate or cover belongings, equipment and/or merchandise to lessen the damaging effects of heat, smoke and water. Fire loss is calculated as not only what is consumed by fire, but also lost from water damage, damage by fire operations, loss of contents, cost to replace belongings and restore the property to its previous functional use. It is a Fire Department priority to minimize fire loss.

. Fire Investigation: By state law, the Fire Chief is responsible for ensuring every fire is investigated for its cause and origin. This is especially critical when the act of fire setting is intentional for the purpose of fraud, to inflict harm onto someone else, or to conceal a crime. Fire and arson investigators use proven methods to determine the starting point of the fire, fire spread path, what item(s) were first ignited, and purpose of the fire. When firefighters are injured in the act of firefighting, if the fire is purposefully started, it is a criminal act. Lastly, when fires are ruled accidental, it is important to find links that can be used by the federal government for safety recalls.

. After the Fire: The Fire Department works with American Red Cross and occupants to provide temporary housing, when needed. Also, the Fire Department is the liaison to insurance agents, claims adjusters, and investigators.

Other Critical Fire Services

Firefighters provide a variety of other services to the community for hazardous conditions that requires the use of personal protective equipment, specialized tools, and specialized training that only the Fire Department can offer.

. Extinguishment of other fires such as outside nuisance fires, transportation fires, and brush/grassland fires.

. Investigation and isolation of electrical hazards inside of buildings and outside. This can occur from power surges and brownouts, faulty wiring, downed power lines, and disrupted electrical boxes and transformers.

. Water related emergencies include search and rescue efforts in flood areas, specialized water and ice rescue, and victim evacuation resulting from severe weather. Firefighters also isolate water problems in buildings from damaged fire suppression systems, accidental flooding, or structural deterioration.

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. Air quality monitoring needed for reports of flammable gas leaks, carbon monoxide alarms, and other noxious odors that cannot by identified by civilians. Firefighters use specialized air quality monitors to pinpoint sources and determine levels of various gases. When the source of the leak, spill, or odor is found, it is isolated until remediation can be completed.

. Vehicular/Machinery Extrication: In the event that victim(s) are trapped in a vehicle due to a motor vehicle accident or a victim is entangled in machinery in an industrial/agricultural setting, firefighters use specialized hydraulic equipment and other tools to free the victim from the vehicle/machine. Special training and knowledge are needed for these types of evolutions.

. Citizen Assists are non-emergent assistance to the public such as locked in or out of rooms, lift assists for the elderly, smoke detector assistance, assistance with animals, elevator entrapment, and a multitude of other minimally evasive acts to help people.

. Assistance to Other Public Agencies: The Fire Department assists other entities such as the DeKalb Police Department, the DeKalb County Sherriff’s Office, DeKalb County Animal Control, the DeKalb County Coroner’s Office, and the NIU Department of Public Safety with equipment and personnel when needed.

3. Special Teams

The Fire Department supports the following special teams:

Hazardous Materials Team

A hazardous materials incident occurs when a dangerous chemical escapes its protective container and endangers life or the environment through direct contact or through noxious gases. The Hazardous Materials Team has 13 firefighters trained to the hazardous materials technician level. By federal statute, only technicians are permitted to conduct offensive measures to contain and control hazardous materials releases. All members of the Fire Department are trained to the operations level, permitting them to conduct defensive measures. The Hazardous Materials Team is trained and prepared to respond to and manage commercial, industrial, transportation and residential hazardous materials releases. In addition, the team is trained to respond to hazardous materials incidents resulting from international and domestic terrorism events.

Technical Rescue Team

A technical rescue is a type of rescue that requires advanced skills and knowledge in the use of specialized equipment beyond what is found on a fire engine. When this type of incident is encountered, a Technical Rescue Team is required to affect the rescue. There are 14 Fire Fighters who are specifically trained to deal with specialized rescues in the following disciplines: high angle, confined space, trench collapse, structural collapse, and grain bin entrapment. All fire personal are trained to the Technical Rescue Awareness

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The Fire Department is responsible for the delivery of fire protection, rescue, emergency medical services, and hazardous materials response at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (DTMA). The Fire Department uses an apparatus called an ARFF truck to respond to aircraft incidents. The ARFF truck has multiple high-capacity water turrets that are operated from inside the cab to deliver water, foam, or dry chemical extinguishing agent to the incident.

Public Education Team

Public Education is an essential component to lowering a community's fire losses. The Fire Department strives to find ways to reach the citizens and teach fire safety to the community. Fire station tours and safety presentations are provided by all firefighters. There is a Public Education Team that is comprised of firefighters who excel in public presentations. These firefighters provide fire education in all public schools in DeKalb, NIU Greek organizations, and at many community events. Additionally, members of the Public Education Team offer quarterly American Heart Association CPR/First Aid certificate training.

As a subsidiary to the information put forth by the Public Education Team, the Fire Department utilizes social media to get the word out to the public. Information provided to the public includes education on fire safety, public health tips, weather warnings, and consumer product recalls. We share with the public happenings on the Fire Department such as service anniversaries, fire department statistics, firefighter training, and other interesting news and activities.

Fire Investigation Team

The Fire Investigation Team is responsible for determining the cause and origin of fires in the city of DeKalb and the DeKalb Fire Protection District. The Fire Investigation Team consists of six state-certified fire investigators. The Fire Department Investigation Team also uses outside agencies when necessary. The DeKalb Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and State Fire Marshal, are utilized on an “as needed” basis.

The Youth Fire Setter Intervention Program is a statewide-standardized program to provide prevention education/intervention and referrals if warranted for the children and families of Illinois to reduce the frequency and severity of fires set by youths. Partnering with the fire service, this program provides a coordinated referral center for the assessment and treatment of youth fire setters and their families, thereby slowing down the often-devastating results of fire setting. Prevention education can quell the youth fire problem, but only when properly targeted, designed, and delivered. The behaviors

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causing the problem must be considered because what motivates their behavior is the surest clue to solving the youth fire-setting problem. Vehicle Maintenance Team

The Fire Department vehicle maintenance team is responsible for care, maintenance, and repairs of all apparatus in the Fire Department’s fleet. The team is comprised of one team coordinator and eight mechanics, all of which have vehicle maintenance experience. Our fleet consists of four fire engines, two aerial ladder platform trucks, six ambulances, two light-duty squads, one heavy rescue, six administrative/command vehicles, one semi- tractor trailer, one airport crash truck, one hazardous materials decontamination truck, one boat, and multiple trailers and light towers.

In addition to the rolling stock, the team is responsible for numerous small engines including chain saws, hydraulic pumps, positive pressure fans, and generators. Complex repairs and preventive maintenance are subcontracted to private shops in the area. On- duty personnel or members of the maintenance team handle smaller repairs such as electrical issues and light cosmetic repairs. When emergency repairs occur at night or on weekends, team members are utilized to make repairs, resulting in minimized downtime.

The team is also responsible for annual testing of ground ladders, aerial ladders, and water pumps that are carried on fire apparatus. This testing is recommended by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and is necessary to maintain the City’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating.

Respiratory Protection Team

The Fire Department respiratory protection team maintains all respiratory protection equipment utilized by the department. This equipment includes all SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus), mobile and stationary air supply systems, all personal protective face pieces, N-95 masks, and particulate masks. The technicians on this team also maintain department battery supplies and provide respiratory protection training to all personnel.

4. 2017 Fire Department Accomplishments

The 2017 Fire Department Annual Report (attached) provides an overview of all department accomplishments.

5. 30-year Staffing History

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2012 2017 Number of Fire Stations 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 Minimum on Duty 10 10 11 12 13 14 13 13 Number of Admin Chiefs 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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Training Officer 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Fire Prevention Lieutenant 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Number of Shift Personnel 40 40 45 48 51 55 48 53 Emergency Responders 43 43 49 52 56 60 52 57

In FY1990, the Fire Department had 2,620 requests for service with minimum daily staffing of 10 between two Fire Stations. A Captain oversaw the Shift. Station 2 had three personnel that jumped between the Engine and Ambulance depending on the type of call received. Station 1 had six personnel, three people assigned to the ambulance and three assigned to the engine. When the 1990 Grumman aerial ladder truck was placed in service, it was cross-staffed with the ambulance company. Each shift was staffed with 14 firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, and two full-time clerical positions. Fire Department workload consisted of fire suppression, cause and origin investigation, public education, emergency medical service response, hazardous materials response team, vehicle maintenance, and buildings and grounds.

In FY1995, the Fire department had 2,883 requests for service with minimum daily staffing of 12 between three Fire Stations. A Captain oversaw the Shift. Station 2 and 3 each were staffed with three personnel that jumped back and forth between the Engine and Ambulance, depending on the type of call received. Station 1 had five personnel, three assigned to the ambulance and two assigned to the engine that were cross-staffed with the ladder truck and the rapid response vehicle. The squad went on all ALS calls needing additional staffing in the entire city. Each shift was staffed with 15 firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, one Fire Prevention Lieutenant, and two full-time clerical positions. Workload of the Fire Department was expanded to include a Rope team, formalizing the Public Education Team, fire and life safety inspections, rooming house inspections, reviewing submitted site and suppression system plans, testing of fire alarm and suppression systems, and elevator inspection follow-up.

In FY2005, the Fire Department had 4,109 requests for service with a minimum daily staffing of 13 between three Fire Stations. A Captain oversaw the Shift. Station 2 had three personnel that jumped back and forth between the Engine and Ambulance depending on the type of call received. Station 3 had four personnel, two assigned to the ambulance and two assigned to the engine. Station 1 had five personnel, three assigned to the ambulance and two assigned to the engine that were cross-staffed with the ladder truck and the squad. The engines were used to respond for additional staffing on all ALS calls in the city. Each shift was staffed with 17 firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, one Fire Prevention Lieutenant, one Training Captain, and two full-time clerical positions. Workload of the Fire Department

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was expanded to include a Technical Rescue Response Team, and in FY2000, a juvenile Firesetter intervention program.

In FY2008, the Fire Department had 4,977 requests for service with a minimum daily staffing of 14 between three Fire Stations. A Battalion Chief oversaw the Shift. Each shift was staffed with 18 firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, one Fire Prevention Lieutenant, one Training Captain, and two full-time clerical positions. Fire Department workload consisted of fire suppression, cause and origin investigation, public education, emergency medical service response, hazardous materials response team, vehicle maintenance, buildings and grounds, Public Education Team, fire and life safety inspections, rooming house inspections, reviewing submitted site and suppression system plans, testing of fire alarm and suppression systems, elevator inspection follow-up, Technical Rescue Response Team, a juvenile Firesetter intervention program, and Airport Rescue Firefighting Response Team.

In FY2012, the Fire Department had 5,220 requests for service with a minimum daily staffing of 13 between three Fire Stations. Each shift was staffed with 16 firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, one Fire Prevention Lieutenant, and one full-time clerical position. This was the fiscal year that realized the end result of firefighter and clerical layoffs, attrition of retired employees that began in FY2010, and overtime growing to over $750,000.

In FY2014, the Fire Department had 5,263 requests for service with a minimum daily staffing of 13 between three Fire Stations. The Fire Department instituted a Swing Shift. Swing Shift created two positions that could be assigned to any shift to cover short staffing needs created by training, illness, injury, etc. Each shift was staffed with 17 firefighters and the swing shift had two firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, one Fire Prevention Lieutenant, and one full-time clerical position.

In FY2017, the Fire Department had 5,573 requests for service with a minimum daily staffing of 13 between three Fire Stations. Each shift was staffed with 17 firefighters and the swing shift had two firefighters. Fire Department administration consisted of one Fire Chief, two Deputy Chiefs, one Fire Prevention Lieutenant, one full-time clerical position, one part-time clerical position, and one part-time intern to assist with the Commercial Building inspection program. The City instituted the Commercial Building Inspection program in June of 2015 and the Fire Department became responsible for all commercial outside property maintenance inspections and complaint follow-up for commercial and industrial properties. Additionally, the Fire Prevention Lieutenant was moved to the Building Department. As a result, the Fire Department has been reduced by a full-time employee and has lost the ability to manage this employee’s workload. Additionally, the work the Fire Prevention Lieutenant performed when the position was housed at the Fire Department has now had to be absorbed by Fire Administration.

In summary, from FY2008 through FY2017, the Fire Department call volume increased 11.97%, minimum daily staffing decreased 7.7%, shift staffing decreased 1.8%, and

Page | 12 administrative staffing decreased 14.28%. While shift staffing, daily staffing, and administrative staffing decreased during this period, the workload increased, and the call volume increased 11.97%. This increased workload includes the Commercial Building Inspection program, responsibility for all Outside Property Maintenance Inspections and complaint follow-up for all commercial and industrial properties. On Duty Staffing

As depicted in Response, Staffing, and Budget Yearly Comparison (attached), the Fire Department staffing remains below 2008 levels by three full-time sworn positions. The Fire Department currently has a minimum daily staffing of 13, this is below the 2008 staffing level and below the recommended staffing level of the ICMA and the NFPA.

The ICMA Green Book: Managing Fire and Emergency Services* states, “The most important concept in staffing – whether for fire or non-fire emergencies – is the assembly of an effective firefighting force.” It then goes on to state the basics of NFPA 1710 that within 10 minutes after call is received at PSAP, there should be 14 in place on scene, four of which need to be on scene in place within six minutes of the call being received at PSAP.

The NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, 20th Edition** recommends the following minimum numbers of firefighters/officers to do the job safely. If this sounds like a lot, keep in mind that firefighters will always work in pairs, if not more, to complete several tasks to get the job done as safely as possible. This includes such tasks as water supply, search and rescue, ventilation, rapid intervention, and so on. Between 19 and 23 personnel typically constitute the first-alarm assignment to a confirmed single-family dwelling fire, as observed by evaluation teams.

Not fewer than 24 firefighters and two chief officers, one or more safety officers, and a rapid intervention team(s) should respond to high-hazard occupancies (schools, hospitals, nursing homes, explosive plants, refineries, high-rise buildings, and other high- life hazard or occupancies with large fire potential).

Not fewer than 16 firefighters, one chief officer, a safety officer, and a rapid intervention team should respond to medium-hazard occupancies (apartments, offices, mercantile, and industrial occupancies not normally requiring extensive rescue or firefighting forces).

Not fewer than 14 firefighters, one chief officer, a safety officer, and a rapid intervention team should respond to low-hazard occupancies (one, two or three-family dwellings and scattered small businesses and industrial occupancies).

At least 12 firefighters, one chief officer, a safety officer, and a rapid intervention team shall respond to rural alarms (scattered dwellings, small businesses, and a farm building). The table below illustrates the number of firefighters needed to maintain certain minimum on duty staffing levels.

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Total Minimum # on Shift Needed Firefighters Sworn On Duty (Vac & Kelly) Per Thousand Personnel DeKalb Current 13 17 (with 2 float) 57 1.29

ICMA* 14 19 61 1.385

NFPA ** 14-24 61-81

Firefighters Per Thousand in Comparable Cities

Total Line # of Sworn Cities Population Personnel Per Calls FFs Thousand Served Lake Zurich 3,987 56 19,967 2.80462

Freeport 4,842 48 26,443 1.81522 Fire 2,334 Granite City 53 29,375 1.73617 EMS 4,758 Morton Grove 3,962 40 23,571 1.69700

Charleston (EIU) 4,784 358 21,133 1.66 Rock Island 5,925 58 38,210 1.52 (Augustana) Evanston 6,431 110 74,895 1.47 (Northwestern) Buffalo Grove 4,757 58 41,613 1.39679

Urbana (U of I) 4,510 57 42,014 1.36

DeKalb 5,573 57 44,030 1.29

Edwardsville (SIU) 3,052 32 14,554 1.28

Lombard 6,592 60 47,500 1.26315

Normal (ISU) 5,318 68 54,264 1.25

Champaign (U of I) 7,902 103 86,637 1.19

Carbondale (SIU) 1,244 29 26,179 1.11

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Streamwood 4,000 45 40,865 1.10118

Macomb (WIU) 1,946 20 18,352 1.09

Villa Park 2,850 24 22,073 1.08730

Wheeling 4,685 45 42,000 1.07142

6. Swing Shift Reallocation of Budget Monies

In 2008, the Fire Department reached 18 firefighters per shift and had, at that time, maintained a minimum of 13 daily staffing. In 2009, 14 minimum daily staffing was achieved, but could not be sustained due to the recession. The Strategic Financial Evaluation Report prepared in 2008, when staffing of the Fire Department was at its highest level and presented to Council in a memo dated May 1, 2009, and further discussed at a Committee of the Whole meeting on July 27, 2009, by Executive Partners, Inc., recognized that DeKalb’s firefighters per thousand was lower than the average of the benchmark cities and that the Fire Department could be more efficient if there were more firefighters on duty handling calls. This report recommended reducing overtime by hiring additional firefighters. However, with the recession came staffing reductions. So, instead of increasing staffing, the Fire Department, through attrition, reduced staffing, as did all departments in the City.

In 2012, Fire Department staffing was again addressed with Council. Discussion included the correlation between minimum daily staffing levels remaining the same with shift staffing levels decreasing resulting in off-duty firefighters required to work fill-in to maintain minimum shift staffing levels. As a result, a plan was negotiated and included in the IAFF contract to allow for swing shift firefighters. The sole purpose of swing shift firefighters was to reduce fill-in overtime. Swing shift began in FY2014 and overtime savings were realized.

FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 $743,737 $441,432 $330,056 $340,365 $387,499

Budget Reductions

In 1997, Fire Administration began tracking non-personnel spending. This budget tracking data goes back to 1995 (see attached Budget History). In 1995, the non-personnel budget of the Fire Department was $431,046. In 1995, the only items paid from the non-personnel budget were vehicle and facility maintenance, training and equipment.

Over the years, the Fire Department has incurred many additional expenses (unfunded mandates) requiring payment from the non-personnel budget, without increase of funding

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to the non-personnel budget. These expenditures were originally paid from other funds or departments and added to the Fire Department. These items include:

. telephone and technology expenses such as data, cell phones, and landlines; . fuel; . copy machines; . copy paper; . ambulance billing company charges; . contractual physicals; and . contractual training.

These additional expenses were placed into the Fire Department budget without any increases to offset the additional expenses, thus further reducing spendable non- personnel funds.

As a direct result of non-personnel budget reductions over the years, equipment purchases to replace worn equipment, public education programs, juvenile firesetter program, training, and special team response training and equipment replacement have suffered. Items needed, that are not in the budget include:

. EMS book replacement . EZ IO guns and kits for engines . EMS training supplies . Youth Firesetter program DVDs, forms, and handouts . Essentials DVD set . Turnout gear extractor . Incident Safety Officer training . Replacement office chairs . Hazmat Incident command training . Dues for Fire Department Safety Officer Association . Dues for Illinois Society of Fire Service Instructors . FireHouse records management system training conference . Fire Department Instructor conference . Fire Rescue International symposium . 12 sets of Scott SCBA fittings for SAR line . 14 helmets . 4 Scott SCBA bottles

As shown in the attached budget spreadsheet FY95 to FY18, funds available for firefighting equipment, ambulance supplies, public education, etc. have continued to decline.

Below is a snapshot of four of those years.

FY1995 FY2010 FY2017 FY2018 $343,083 $120,201 $100,416 $116,738

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While funds available to budget for firefighting equipment and ambulance supplies are reduced to continually make room for unfunded mandates, requests for service increase, prices increase, and the need to purchase more supplies and equipment increases in order to be able to meet the demand for service. Therefore, each year, the Fire Department must reduce or eliminate funding in other areas to attain its designated budget.

As was discussed with Council during the FY2017 budget talks, this type of budget may be possible to achieve for one year, if there are no surprises or catastrophes, without reducing service, but it is not sustainable long term. The FY2017 budget was approved allocating $100,416 to firefighting equipment, ambulance supplies, etc. The FY2018 budget was approved, increasing this amount to $116,737. Some additional funding was placed into the FY2018 budget to purchase much needed replacement equipment for special teams. Without a large investment in training and new team members, as well as further funding for continued replacement equipment, the teams will soon need to be disbanded.

7. Training

The training program at the Fire Department is based on standards, regulations, and requirements set forth on the minimum number of training hours needed annually. These standards, regulations, and requirements are mandated by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Insurance Services Office (ISO), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA), and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). The non-personnel budget for training through the years is illustrated below:

FY2006 FY2009 FY2012 FY2015 FY2018 Admin $11,035 $4,800 $1,534 $3,003 $3,510 Operations $82,178 $52,600 $20,149 $15,193 $38,180 Total $93,213 $57,400 $21,683 $18,196 $41,690

As illustrated in the above table, funds for training have decreased continuously since 2006. The additional funds in 2018 were allocated to begin training new technical rescue team members to replace retired members. Also, funds were added to begin training fire firefighters to obtain fire inspector certification from the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

As part of the International Association of Firefighters Local 1236 collective bargaining agreement (CBA), five training tiers were established for members:

Tier 1 - Training the DeKalb Fire Department requires for all firefighters:

. Firefighter 2 . Haz Mat Operations . Vehicle Machinery Operations

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. Fire Apparatus Engineer . Fire Service Vehicle Operator . Technical Rescue Awareness

Tier 2 – Required training for special team members:

. Technical Rescue o Rope Operations o Rope Technician o Confined Space Operations o Confined Space Technician o Trench Operations o Trench Technician o Structural Collapse Operations o Structural Collapse Technician o Hazardous Materials Incident Command

. Hazardous Materials o Hazardous Materials Tech A o Hazardous Materials Tech B o Hazardous Materials Incident Command

. Public Education o Instructor 1 o CPR/AED Instructor . Fire Investigator o Fire and Arson Investigation I: Modules 1, 2, and 3

Tier 3 – Elective training, available each year to a rotating 50% of firefighters.

Tier 4 – Fire Officer certification training:

. Fire Officer 1 o Tactics & Strategy 1 o Leadership 1 o Leadership 2 o Fire Prevention Principles o Instructor 1

. Fire Officer 2 o Tactics & Strategy 2 o Leadership 3 o Leadership 4 o Instructor 2 Tier 5 – Training events one day or less in duration.

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All of this training is expected to be accomplished with a budget of $41,690 for FY2018, approximately $770 per firefighter.

The non-personnel budget cost to send a firefighter to a 40-hour class, not including overtime for class or backfill of the position at the Fire Department while the firefighter is in class:

Tuition (average) $500 Hotel $400 Meals $150 Total $1,050

The training division is responsible for managing and providing training to department members. Training falls into two different types of programs: internal (interdepartmental) continuing education and outside training.

Internal continuing education is conducted to refine and master the basic skills needed. This training is divided into five sub-categories:

Fire: Training on the aspects of firefighting from preparing equipment prior to the call to cleaning up equipment after the call and everything in between.

EMS: Ongoing refresher, in-service of new equipment, and standard operating guidelines reviews. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) requires paramedics to complete 100 hours of training every four years and EMT-Basics are required to have 60 hours of training every four years.

Rescue: Activities related to the processes needed to rescue someone from car accidents, high angle situations, confined space incidents, trench collapses, building or structural collapses, and grain bin entrapments.

Hazardous Materials: Prepares and refreshes the firefighters on what is needed for dealing with incidents that involve hazardous materials.

Leadership: Prepares personnel for promotions and leadership roles within the department.

8. Building and Grounds

DeKalb’s three fire stations, which were built in 1957, 1972, and 1994, are maintained by Fire Department staff. Daily and weekly maintenance, as well as minor station repairs, are handled by on-duty DeKalb firefighters. Daily cleaning chores (housework) are

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completed by duty shift personnel 365 days a year. Crews are also tasked with performing minor repairs to maintain station systems. Major repairs and significant maintenance are handled by Public Works and local private contractors, which specialize in their respective fields.

9. Fleet

DeKalb Firefighters provide care, maintenance, and repairs to all fire apparatus in the Fire Departments fleet. The fleet consists of four fire engines, two ladder truck, six ambulances, three light duty squads, one heavy rescue, six administrative or command vehicles, one semi tractor-trailer, an airport crash truck, and three trailers. In addition to the rolling stock, the team also is responsible for numerous small tools such as chain saws, rotary saws, positive pressure fans, and generators. Major repairs are outsourced to local vendors.

The ICMA Green Book: Managing Fire and Emergency Services states, “the service life of fire department fleets is difficult to compare with other fleets because:

. Most miles are incurred when responding to emergencies resulting in rapid acceleration and deceleration, hard turns, and quick stops – placing extreme demands on a vehicle.

. Pumping and aerial operations require long periods of high engine speeds.

. Emergency vehicles must be reliable and backup units add additional minutes to the response.

. Fire apparatus are always bearing their maximum load.

For these reasons, a replacement plan should consider the age of the technology on the vehicle, reliability of the vehicle, activity level, funding availability, firefighter safety, and vehicle use. The Fire Department currently has seven vehicles nearing or at the end of their service life. Two advanced life support ambulances are in need of replacement.

Fire Department Vehicles Needing Immediate Replacement

Vehicle Mileage Year Car 4 126,655 2001 Engine 4 81,091 2001 Medic 5 104,614 2006

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Fire Department Vehicles Needing Replacement in the Next Three Years

Vehicle Mileage Year Medic 6 97,678 2005 Engine 3 88,273 2007 Car 5 109,186 2001 Car 6 105,426 2004

10. Fire Prevention

The Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for the enforcement of the International Fire Code and the City of DeKalb Municipal Code.

General fire inspection responsibilities that the Fire Department has jurisdiction over are inspecting all businesses within the city of DeKalb, and additional authority to review plans for, and perform inspections of, all new building construction and fire protection installations and alterations that occur within the city.

Rooming houses, fire/life safety, hotel/motel, and gas stations inspections, are part of a yearly license program. These are comprehensive inspections looking for life safety violations, property maintenance concerns, and checking to ensure required maintenance has been completed.

The Commercial Building Inspection Program provides a means for commercial buildings to be inspected that were not already being inspected under the current city licensing avenues. For this program, a commercial building is one that contains any type of business, manufacturing facility, storage, or retail. This also includes the inspection of commercial buildings that are vacant. Along with the inspection, a fire pre-plan is completed. A fire pre-plan contains information gathered on the building to assist the Fire Department when there’s an emergency incident at that location. This information is entered into a database, which is merged into the City’s computer aided dispatch (CAD) system and allows the Fire Department access to the information on the emergency scene.

The Fire Prevention Lieutenant was moved to the Building Department in 2017. As a result, the Fire Department has been reduced by one full-time employee and has lost the ability to manage this employee’s workload. Work the Fire Prevention Lieutenant performed when the position was housed at the Fire Department has had to be absorbed by Fire Administration.

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11. Communications

The communications program is responsible for maintaining, researching, updating, and administration of communication equipment for the Fire Department. Currently, there are 42 mobile radios, 84 portable radios, three aviation radios, three Starcomm MABAS radios, five base station radios, nine base station radio remotes, three station alerting devices, three station public address systems, 68 personal pagers, 21 mobile computers, two Lifenet devices, five Sierra communications mobile hot spot devices, and two MiFi communication devices in the Fire Department communications cache.

The Fire Department, along with other emergency response entities in DeKalb County, is in the process of transitioning to a P25 digital high band system to:

1. have radios with Statewide talk groups to help coordinate major responses to and from different MABAS divisions across all 3 bandwidths;

2. improve interoperability between emergency response entities;

3. comply with the State of Illinois Communications Interoperability Plan; and

4. dramatically improve the safety and security of all first responders of the City of DeKalb.

12. Capital Equipment

As the attached Fire Department Capital Inventory spreadsheet illustrates, over half of all fleet and equipment is due for replacement. Capital equipment replacement needs continue to multiply each year as a result of unfunded replacement of capital needs.

Some costly items needing replacement include:

. SCBA bottles and packs . Stretchers . 2 Heart monitors . Stair chairs . Replacement of all tough books

Items mentioned above are equipment and fleet the City already owns. There is another area of Fleet and Capital Equipment that also needs to be addressed – items needing purchase due to upgrades in safety and technology. Some of these items include:

. Stryker Power loads . FireHouse Software upgrades

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IV. Goals

With ever increasing demands placed on the Fire Department for emergency service to the community, there is a need to adequately staff, equip, and supply the Fire Department with emergency responders, tools and equipment, vehicles, and training. Earlier this year, City Council identified their top 10 goals for the City. Below are two of those goals and how they relate to the Fire Department:

Government Operations: Evaluate City Structure/Organization

The Fire Department reviews service level needs on a routine basis. Service level is directly correlated to the structure and staffing of the department. Fire Department staffing remains below 2008 levels by three full-time sworn positions. The Fire Department currently has a minimum daily staffing of 13, which is also below the 2008 staffing level and below the recommended staffing level of the ICMA and the NFPA. ICMA and NFPA recommend a minimum of 14 on duty. To accomplish this, additional staffing would be needed.

Budget/Finance/Fiscal Planning: Reduce Operating Costs to Those Within Our Means

The Fire Department has reduced operating costs over the years through attrition of employees and elimination of non-personnel expenses. As illustrated in the attachments and earlier in this memo, the non-personnel budget for the Fire Department is about one- third of the 1995 non-personnel budget. Yet, the Fire Department has incurred many additional expenses (unfunded mandates) requiring payment from the non-personnel budget.

As a direct result of non-personnel budget reductions over the years, equipment purchases to replace worn equipment, public education programs, juvenile firesetter program, training, and special team response training, and equipment replacement have suffered.

While funds available to budget for firefighting equipment and ambulance supplies are reduced to continually make room for unfunded mandates, requests for service increase, prices increase, and the need to purchase more supplies and equipment increases to be able to meet the demand for service. Therefore, each year, the Fire Department has to reduce or eliminate funding in other areas to attain its designated budget.

Capital equipment replacement and fleet needs continue to multiply each year as a result of unfunded replacements.

However, the Fire Department remains committed to providing the highest level of service to the citizens of DeKalb and those who visit and will continue to seek innovative and effective ways to protect the lives and property of those served through suppression, emergency medical services, education, prevention, and training.

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Fire Department

Fire Chief

Fire Prevention Administrative Lieutenant Analyst

Fire Intern (PT) Office Associate (PT)

Deputy Chief Deputy Chief Training and Fire Operations Prevention

Shift 1 Shift 2 Shift 3

Battalion Chief Battalion Chief Battalion Chief (1) (1) (1)

Captain (1) Captain (1) Captain (1)

Lieutenant (3) Lieutenant (3) Lieutenant (3)

Firefighter Firefighter Firefighter Paramedic Paramedic Paramedic (12) (12) (12)

Swing Shift Firefighter Paramedic (2)

City of DeKalb 109 Adopted Budget FIRE DEPARTMENT - SUMMARY FY2016 FY2016.5 FY2017 FY2017 FY2018 ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ESTIMATE BUDGET

01-25-00-100-8101 REGULAR WAGES 4,965,576 2,564,528 5,184,043 5,188,974 5,278,511 01-25-00-100-8102 OVERTIME 347,667 253,107 387,499 350,000 445,575 01-25-00-100-8103 PART-TIME WAGES 20,822 16,561 41,392 41,059 41,392 01-25-00-100-8112 WELLNESS BONUS 3,300 0 4,000 2,850 3,500 01-25-00-100-8113 LONGEVITY 43,132 22,537 48,969 43,432 45,347 01-25-00-100-8119 EDUCATION BONUS 4,875 4,625 5,000 5,000 5,000 01-25-00-100-8171 FICA 79,477 42,698 90,291 85,059 92,252 01-25-00-100-8172 POLICE/FIRE PENSION 2,158,156 2,512,631 2,990,000 2,990,000 3,463,310 01-25-00-100-8173 IMRF 11,338 7,104 14,340 14,153 13,896 01-25-00-100-8174 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 45,333 43,667 45,600 42,267 45,533 01-25-00-100-8175 HEALTH INSURANCE 972,791 532,736 1,013,267 1,013,267 1,073,041 01-25-00-100-8178 WORKERS COMPENSATION 601,925 300,963 290,577 290,577 290,577 TOTAL PERSONNEL 9,254,392 6,301,155 10,114,978 10,066,638 10,797,934

01-25-00-200-8202 PRINTED MATERIALS 2,695 448 388 1,339 1,029 01-25-00-200-8204 OFFICE SUPPLY 1,833 1,277 1,781 1,100 1,500 01-25-00-200-8210 BUILDING MECH SYS- MAINTENANCE 7,170 1,835 6,119 7,603 9,500 01-25-00-200-8226 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & PARTS 21,323 11,039 20,100 19,000 21,828 01-25-00-200-8237 HOSPITAL PATIENT SUPPLIES 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-00-200-8240 FIREFIGHTING SUPPLY/EQUIP 48,809 37,418 36,555 39,000 37,450 01-25-00-200-8241 AMBULANCE SUPPLY/EQUIP 33,780 19,875 33,000 34,500 42,000 01-25-00-200-8245 OIL GAS & ANTIFREEZE 31,563 17,117 27,345 36,620 32,625 01-25-00-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 402 626 3,900 1,361 2,600 01-25-00-200-8291 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 6,330 5,730 7,000 5,343 6,500 01-25-00-200-8295 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT 75 134 250 250 500 TOTAL COMMODITIES 153,981 95,500 136,438 146,116 155,532

01-25-00-300-8305 FREIGHT & POSTAGE 95 39 84 112 150 01-25-00-300-8310 EQUIPMENT - MAINTENANCE 2,716 789 2,000 1,745 6,000 01-25-00-300-8311 BUILDING MECH SYS- MAINTENANCE 9,967 4,900 8,500 8,739 8,500 01-25-00-300-8315 VEHICLES - MAINTENANCE 75,720 68,350 70,810 67,000 72,320 01-25-00-300-8330 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 11,993 6,319 12,000 9,547 5,985 01-25-00-300-8337 TELEPHONE SYSTEM 16,670 8,797 16,066 17,149 17,544 01-25-00-300-8345 PSYCH & MEDICAL SERVICES 26,459 16,500 34,200 27,471 20,508 01-25-00-300-8348 BUILDINGS - MAINTENANCE 8,323 9,330 7,775 8,500 7,500 01-25-00-300-8355 UTILITIES 2,335 2,272 2,540 2,365 2,460 01-25-00-300-8373 MARKETING ADS & PUBLIC INFO 1,872 2,836 1,530 1,500 4,975 01-25-00-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 2,408 2,006 4,289 5,200 6,575 01-25-00-300-8376 TRAINING, EDUC, & PROF DVLP 52,097 28,288 48,760 48,800 41,690 01-25-00-300-8399 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0 0 0 51,176 53,748 TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 210,655 150,425 208,554 249,304 247,955

01-25-00-400-8450 CONTRACTED SERVICES 553 522 800 800 800 TOTAL OTHER SERVICES 553 522 800 800 800

01-25-00-600-8510 OFFICE FURNITURE & EQUIP 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-00-600-8580 TELEPHONE & RADIO EQUIPMENT 5,055 3,515 6,558 6,910 5,158 01-25-00-600-8599 OTHER EQUIPMENT 239,209 1,273 0 129,798 0 TOTAL EQUIPMENT 244,264 4,788 6,558 136,708 5,158

TOTAL FIRE DEPARTMENT 9,863,844 6,552,390 10,467,328 10,599,566 11,207,379

City of DeKalb 110 Adopted Budget Fire Department FY2016 FY2016.5 FY2017 FY2017 FY2018 Administration ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ESTIMATE BUDGET

01-25-26-100-8101 REGULAR WAGES 433,826 227,936 463,702 463,701 463,701 01-25-26-100-8103 PART-TIME WAGES 20,822 16,561 41,392 41,059 41,392 01-25-26-100-8171 FICA 10,640 6,339 13,999 13,635 13,999 01-25-26-100-8172 POLICE/FIRE PENSION 113,587 132,244 157,368 157,368 182,279 01-25-26-100-8173 IMRF 11,338 7,104 14,340 14,153 13,896 01-25-26-100-8174 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400 01-25-26-100-8175 HEALTH INSURANCE 68,795 40,257 77,507 77,507 81,493 01-25-26-100-8178 WORKERS COMPENSATION 42,925 21,463 20,722 20,722 20,722 TOTAL PERSONNEL 704,333 454,302 791,430 790,545 819,882

01-25-26-200-8202 PRINTED MATERIALS 292 0 108 650 132 01-25-26-200-8204 OFFICE SUPPLY 1,833 1,277 1,781 1,100 1,500 01-25-26-200-8226 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & PARTS 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-200-8245 OIL GAS & ANTIFREEZE 31,563 17,117 27,345 36,620 32,625 01-25-26-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL COMMODITIES 33,688 18,395 29,234 38,370 34,257

01-25-26-300-8305 FREIGHT & POSTAGE 95 39 84 112 150 01-25-26-300-8310 MAINTENANCE CHARGES 833 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-300-8315 VEHICLES - MAINTENANCE 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-300-8330 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 11,993 6,319 12,000 9,547 5,985 01-25-26-300-8337 TELEPHONE SYSTEM 16,670 8,797 16,066 17,149 17,544 01-25-26-300-8345 PSYCH & MEDICAL SERVICES 1,575 1,105 1,800 1,278 1,500 01-25-26-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 2,018 0 2,240 1,800 2,125 01-25-26-300-8376 TRAINING, EDUC, & PROF DVLP 6,373 1,834 2,600 2,800 3,510 01-25-26-300-8399 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0 0 0 51,176 53,748 TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 39,557 18,093 34,790 83,862 84,562

TOTAL Fire Department: Administration 777,579 490,790 855,454 912,777 938,701

City of DeKalb 111 Adopted Budget Fire Department FY2016 FY2016.5 FY2017 FY2017 FY2018 Operations ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ESTIMATE BUDGET

01-25-27-100-8101 REGULAR WAGES 4,531,750 2,336,593 4,720,341 4,725,273 4,814,810 01-25-27-100-8102 OVERTIME 347,667 253,107 387,499 350,000 445,575 01-25-27-100-8112 WELLNESS BONUS 3,300 0 4,000 2,850 3,500 01-25-27-100-8113 LONGEVITY 43,132 22,537 48,969 43,432 45,347 01-25-27-100-8119 EDUCATION BONUS 4,875 4,625 5,000 5,000 5,000 01-25-27-100-8171 FICA 68,836 36,359 76,292 71,424 78,253 01-25-27-100-8172 POLICE/FIRE PENSION 2,044,568 2,380,387 2,832,632 2,832,632 3,281,031 01-25-27-100-8174 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 42,933 41,267 43,200 39,867 43,133 01-25-27-100-8175 HEALTH INSURANCE 903,996 492,479 935,760 935,760 991,548 01-25-27-100-8178 WORKERS COMPENSATION 559,000 279,500 269,855 269,855 269,855 TOTAL PERSONNEL 8,550,058 5,846,853 9,323,548 9,276,093 9,978,052

01-25-27-200-8202 PRINTED MATERIALS 2,403 448 280 689 897 01-25-27-200-8204 OFFICE SUPPLY 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-27-200-8210 BUILDING MECH SYS- MAINTENANCE 7,170 1,835 6,119 7,603 9,500 01-25-27-200-8226 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & PARTS 21,323 11,039 20,100 19,000 21,828 01-25-27-200-8237 HOSPITAL PATIENT SUPPLIES 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-27-200-8240 FIREFIGHTING SUPPLY/EQUIP 48,809 37,418 36,555 39,000 37,450 01-25-27-200-8241 AMBULANCE SUPPLY/EQUIP 33,780 19,875 33,000 34,500 42,000 01-25-27-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 402 626 3,900 1,361 2,600 01-25-27-200-8291 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 6,330 5,730 7,000 5,343 6,500 01-25-27-200-8295 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT 75 134 250 250 500 TOTAL COMMODITIES 120,293 77,106 107,204 107,746 121,275

01-25-27-300-8310 EQUIPMENT - MAINTENANCE 1,882 789 2,000 1,745 6,000 01-25-27-300-8311 BUILDING MECH SYS- MAINTENANCE 9,967 4,900 8,500 8,739 8,500 01-25-27-300-8315 VEHICLES - MAINTENANCE 75,720 68,350 70,810 67,000 72,320 01-25-27-300-8345 PSYCH & MEDICAL SERVICES 24,884 15,395 32,400 26,193 19,008 01-25-27-300-8348 BUILDINGS - MAINTENANCE 8,323 9,330 7,775 8,500 7,500 01-25-27-300-8355 UTILITIES 2,335 2,272 2,540 2,365 2,460 01-25-27-300-8373 MARKETING ADS & PUBLIC INFO 1,872 2,836 1,530 1,500 4,975 01-25-27-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 390 2,006 2,049 3,400 4,450 01-25-27-300-8376 TRAINING, EDUC, & PROF DVLP 45,724 26,454 46,160 46,000 38,180 TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 171,098 132,331 173,764 165,442 163,393

01-25-27-400-8450 CONTRACTED SERVICES 553 522 800 800 800 TOTAL OTHER SERVICES 553 522 800 800 800

01-25-27-600-8510 OFFICE FURNITURE & EQUIP 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-27-600-8580 TELEPHONE & RADIO EQUIPMENT 5,055 3,515 6,558 6,910 5,158 01-25-27-600-8599 OTHER EQUIPMENT 239,209 1,273 0 129,798 0 TOTAL EQUIPMENT 244,264 4,788 6,558 136,708 5,158

TOTAL Fire Department: Operations 9,086,265 6,061,600 9,611,874 9,686,789 10,268,678

City of DeKalb 112 Adopted Budget Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund FY2016 FY2016.5 FY2017 FY2017 FY2018 ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ESTIMATE BUDGET

28-00-00-008-3185 MISCELLANEOUS TAXES 46,581 45,876 45,000 45,000 45,000 28-00-00-008-3970 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 126 0 0 0 0 TOTAL OTHER INCOME 46,706 45,876 45,000 45,000 45,000

TOTAL Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund REVENUES 46,706 45,876 45,000 45,000 45,000

28-00-00-200-8210 BUILDING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-200-8219 BUILDING SUPPLIES 16,555 14,002 6,000 6,000 6,000 28-00-00-200-8240 FIREFIGHTING SUPPLIES 12 823 10,000 5,000 10,000 28-00-00-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 2,757 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-200-8295 SMALL TOOLS & EQPT 0 746 0 51 0 TOTAL COMMODITIES 19,324 15,572 16,000 11,051 16,000

28-00-00-300-8342 AUDIT 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-300-8348 BUILDING - MAINTENANCE 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-300-8373 MKTG, ADS, & PUBLIC INFO 0 2,103 0 463 0 28-00-00-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 1,512 571 1,521 1,500 1,521 TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 1,512 2,674 1,521 1,963 1,521

28-00-00-600-8510 OFFICE FURNITURE & EQPT 1,920 5,700 5,200 11,000 5,200 28-00-00-600-8540 MCHNRY, IMPLMTS, MJR TOOLS 1,738 0 5,000 5,000 5,000 TOTAL EQUIPMENT 3,658 5,700 10,200 16,000 10,200

28-00-00-650-8625 REMODELING & RENOVATION 8,621 0 6,500 6,500 6,500 TOTAL PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS 8,621 0 6,500 6,500 6,500

TOTAL Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund EXPENSES 33,115 23,946 34,221 35,514 34,221

NET FUND TOTALS - SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) 13,592 21,930 10,779 9,486 10,779

City of DeKalb 152 Adopted Budget DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 54 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

FUND: GENERAL FUND

------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET

FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES FD ADMINISTRATION DIVISION PERSONNEL & BENEFITS 01-25-26-100-8101 REGULAR WAGES 0 0 463,702 249,685 463,701 463,701 FIRE CHIEF 148,629.00 DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF (2) 259,313.00 ADMININSTRATIVE ANALYST 67,352.00 Budget Reduction: NBU Pay Incr -11,593.00 01-25-26-100-8102 OVERTIME 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-100-8103 PART-TIME WAGES 0 0 41,392 19,787 41,059 41,392 OFFICE ASSOCIATE 29,475.00 INTERN 12,636.00 Budget Reduction: NBU Pay Incr -719.00 01-25-26-100-8113 LONGEVITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-100-8171 FICA 0 0 13,999 7,045 13,635 13,999 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 55 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

FUND: GENERAL FUND

------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES FD ADMINISTRATION DIVISION PERSONNEL & BENEFITS FICA - 6.20% OF WAGES 6,787.00 MEDICARE - 1.45% OF WAGES 7,537.00 Budget Reduction: NBU Pay Incr -325.00 01-25-26-100-8172 POLICE/FIRE PENSION 0 0 157,368 81,642 157,368 182,279 182,279.00 01-25-26-100-8173 IMRF 0 0 14,340 7,535 14,153 13,896 IMRF EMPLOYER - 14.71% OF WAGE 14,243.00 Budget Reduction: NBU Pay Incr -347.00 01-25-26-100-8174 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 0 0 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400 PER CONTRACT 2,400.00 01-25-26-100-8175 HEALTH INSURANCE 0 0 77,507 45,213 77,507 81,493 81,493.00 01-25-26-100-8178 WORKERS COMPENSATION 0 0 20,722 12,089 20,722 20,722 20,722.00 ------TOTAL PERSONNEL & BENEFITS 0 0 791,430 425,396 790,545 819,882

COMMODITIES 01-25-26-200-8202 PRINTED MATERIALS 0 0 108 493 650 132 Business cards 132.00 01-25-26-200-8204 OFFICE SUPPLY 0 0 1,781 141 1,100 1,500 Office Supplies 1,300.00 including, but not limited to, commendation awards, dividers, plaques, clip boards, ink, flags, staples, staplers, dispensers, tape, CDs, CD sleeves, binder clips, sheet protectors labels, pencils, envelopes, banker's boxes, folders, pens, correction tape, writing pads, markers, adding machine tape, folders, cds for fire investig 200.00 01-25-26-200-8226 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & PARTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-200-8245 OIL GAS & ANTIFREEZE 0 0 27,345 15,633 36,620 32,625 Diesel fuel 19,265.04 Unleaded fuel 13,200.00 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 56 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES FD ADMINISTRATION DIVISION COMMODITIES 2 cycle fuel 160.00 rounding -0.04 01-25-26-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------TOTAL COMMODITIES 0 0 29,234 16,267 38,370 34,257

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 01-25-26-300-8305 FREIGHT & POSTAGE 0 0 84 64 112 150 Postage 150.00 01-25-26-300-8310 MAINTENANCE CHARGES 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moved to PW Facilities 01-25-26-300-8315 VEHICLES - MAINTENANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-300-8330 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 0 0 12,000 5,507 9,547 5,985 F1BC copier lease 1,200.00 F3 copier lease 1,200.00 copier page charges 3,000.00 F2 copier lease 1,200.00 F1 basement copier lease 6,000.00 Budget Reduction: Copier Reduc -6,615.00 01-25-26-300-8337 TELEPHONE SYSTEM 0 0 16,066 9,074 17,149 17,544 Telephones - local charges 6,540.00 MDBs/cell phones 10,032.00 Telemetry 972.00 01-25-26-300-8345 PSYCH & MEDICAL SERVICES 0 0 1,800 528 1,278 1,500 Physicals - chiefs 1,500.00 01-25-26-300-8373 MARKETING ADS & PUBLIC INFO 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 0 0 2,240 760 1,800 2,125 National Notary Assoc - Lemay 60.00 IFCA - dept membership 600.00 FDSOA - McMaster - cut IAFC - Hicks 210.00 AHIMTA - Lemay - cut IFSAP - Lemay 55.00 ISFSI - Zarek - cut MABAS 1,200.00 Hicks - Local Government News. 01-25-26-300-8376 TRAINING, EDUC, & PROF DVLP 0 0 2,600 855 2,800 3,510 Contingency sem/conf - McMaste 500.00 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 57 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES FD ADMINISTRATION DIVISION CONTRACTUAL SERVICES Contingency sem/conf - Zarek 500.00 Contingency sem/conf - Hicks 500.00 Contingency sem/conf - Lemay 250.00 IFCA conference - Hicks 150.00 IFCA conference - McMaster 150.00 Chamber, DCEDC, etc. cut H&SO tuition - Zarek 300.00 FH users training seminar tuit ISFSI conference - Zarek cut FDIC - Hicks cut FDIC - Zarek cut MABAS conf - Zarek cut FRI conf - Zarek - cut IFSAP conference - Lemay cut FH air - Lemay cut FH Lodging - Lemay cut EFO meal ticket - Zarek 300.00 EFO parking - Zarek 100.00 EFO luggage - Zarek 50.00 FDIC meals - Zarek cut Health & Safety Officer - Zare 500.00 ISFSI per diem - Zarek cut FDIC hotel - Zarek cut MABAS conference - Hicks 60.00 Health & Safety Officer per di 150.00 MABAS conference per diem - Za 01-25-26-300-8377 EDUCATION TUITION REIMBURSEMNT 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-300-8378 TRAVEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-26-300-8399 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0 0 0 21,323 51,176 53,748 Andres Medical Billing 53,748.00 ------TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0 0 34,790 38,111 83,862 84,562 TOTAL FD ADMINISTRATION DIVISION 0 0 855,454 479,774 912,777 938,701

OPERATIONS DIVISION DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 58 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION PERSONNEL & BENEFITS 01-25-27-100-8101 REGULAR WAGES 0 0 4,720,341 2,603,741 4,725,273 4,814,810 BATTALION CHIEF (3) 321,058.00 FIRE CAPTAIN (3) 307,334.00 FIRE LIEUTENANT (9) 891,325.00 FIRE LIEUTENANANT-FIRE PREVENT 105,091.00 FIREFIGHTER (38) 3,190,002.00 01-25-27-100-8102 OVERTIME 0 0 387,499 173,716 350,000 445,575 Standby Convo Center 34,850.00 Department Physicals 4,628.00 Department Recalls 21,944.00 Standby DHS Football 8,364.00 Fill-in Short Shift 136,500.00 Fire Investigation 468.00 Fire Prevention - hotel inspec 750.00 Pub Ed Presentations 3,392.00 Haz Mat Administration 507.00 Haz Mat qtrly meeting/drill 11,648.00 Shift Holdover 17,420.00 Misc overtime 312.00 Standby - NIU Football 11,284.00 Officer Staff Meetings 5,757.00 Standby - Other Events 6,708.00 EMT - P Instructor 104.00 Communications Maintenance cut Shift Commander Early Arrival 9,862.96 Shift Recall 52,000.00 Vehicle Maintenance 7,240.00 SCBA meeting cut 12 hours TRT qtrly drill/training 19,968.00 TRT Administration 561.30 Pub Ed - Get Fired Up for Safe 3,200.00 Pub Ed - Community CPR Classes 1,000.00 Early shift personnel needs 624.00 EMT P continuing ed 4,680.00 EMT B continuing ed 780.00 Fire Investigation con ed trai 5,200.00 Confined Space Tech for 3 8,736.00 Commercial Building Inspection 31,200.00 University Village Inspection DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 59 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION PERSONNEL & BENEFITS HR required training 16,536.00 Communications - Administratio 503.01 Communications training Fire Investigation qtrly meeti 507.00 Peer Fitness Trainer cut 30 Pub Ed Administration 507.00 Pub Ed Fire Extinguisher Train Pub Ed qtrly team meeting 507.00 SCBA Administration 265.47 SCBA Maintenance cut 20 hours Vehicle Maintenance Team qtrly Vehicle Maintenance Administra 251.50 Incident Safety Officer for 3 Fireground Command Officer for Command & General staff for 10 NFA Multi-Alarm for 11 cut 616 Management 2 for 2 cut 112 hou Management 1 for 2 5,824.00 Fire Prevention Principlies 2,912.00 Instructor 1 cut 56 hours VMO for 3 8,736.00 TRA 416.00 HMIC for 2 (not HM or TRT) cut HMIC for 5 (TRT) cut 280 hours Fire Prevention 7g inspector m Tactics 1 - class cut Instructor 1 - class cut FAE for 3 8,736.00 Haz Mat Ops 2,912.00 Rope Tech for 2 5,824.00 Confined Space Ops for 2 5,824.00 Trench Ops for 3 8,736.00 Trench Tech for 3 8,736.00 Collapse Ops for 4 11,648.00 Collapse Tech for 6 17,472.00 Inspector 1 for 11 16,016.00 Haz Mat Tech A for 2 5,824.00 Haz Mat Tech B for 2 5,824.00 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 60 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION PERSONNEL & BENEFITS rounding 0.76 Budget Review -54,206.00 Budget Reduction: Cultural Com -16,500.00 Budget Reduction: Fire Inspect -17,925.00 Budget Reduction: Training -10,000.00 01-25-27-100-8112 WELLNESS BONUS 0 0 4,000 2,850 2,850 3,500 WELLNESS BONUSES PAID IN JANUA 3,500.00 01-25-27-100-8113 LONGEVITY 0 0 48,969 24,047 43,432 45,347 PER CONTRACT 45,347.00 01-25-27-100-8119 EDUCATION BONUS 0 0 5,000 0 5,000 5,000 5,000.00 01-25-27-100-8171 FICA 0 0 76,292 38,254 71,424 78,253 MEDICARE - 1.45% OF WAGES 78,253.00 01-25-27-100-8172 POLICE/FIRE PENSION 0 0 2,832,632 1,469,569 2,832,632 3,281,031 3,281,031.00 01-25-27-100-8174 CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 0 0 43,200 39,866 39,867 43,133 PER CONTRACT 43,133.00 01-25-27-100-8175 HEALTH INSURANCE 0 0 935,760 545,860 935,760 991,548 991,548.00 01-25-27-100-8178 WORKERS COMPENSATION 0 0 269,855 157,416 269,855 269,855 269,855.00 01-25-27-100-8179 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-27-100-8180 PEHP PLAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------TOTAL PERSONNEL & BENEFITS 0 0 9,323,548 5,055,319 9,276,093 9,978,052

COMMODITIES 01-25-27-200-8202 PRINTED MATERIALS 0 0 280 397 689 897 PALS/ACLS manuals 497.00 NFPA manual - cut Fire prevention forms 400.00 Misc Fire book replacement - c misc EMS book replacement JFS dvds, forms and handouts c Brochures and handouts for aft IFC codes - cut Essentials DVD set cut 01-25-27-200-8204 OFFICE SUPPLY 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 61 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION COMMODITIES 01-25-27-200-8210 BUILDING MECH SYS- MAINTENANCE 0 0 6,119 4,386 7,603 9,500 Building Mechanical System R&M 9,500.00 including, but not limited to, building parts, electric parts appliances, plymovent, hvac, other building and mechanical 01-25-27-200-8226 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & PARTS 0 0 20,100 7,191 19,000 21,828 Repair and replacement parts 21,828.00 for all FD vehicles & engines including, but not limited to, body parts, antennas, brakes, ignitions, electrical, belts, fasteners, switches, batteries, compressors, graphics, oil filters, bulbs, blades, fluids, exhausts, motor parts, small motors, tires, alternators, pumps, including, but not limited to, ladder maintenance chassis, drive train and shop supplies 01-25-27-200-8237 HOSPITAL PATIENT SUPPLIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 moved to 8241 01-25-27-200-8240 FIREFIGHTING SUPPLY/EQUIP 0 0 36,555 7,786 39,000 37,450 Firefighting Supply/Equip 37,450.00 including, but not limited to, inside vehicle compartment lighting, equipment bags, equipment located on engines, squads, battalion, rescue, TRT haz mat vehicles or trailers, sensors, bottled water, investigation tools hose repair, gaskets, coupling biosolve gear repair, turnout gear gloves, hoods, boots, helmets DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 62 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION COMMODITIES and helmets manuals, bags ropes, tools and equip for TRT and Haz Mat teams 01-25-27-200-8241 AMBULANCE SUPPLY/EQUIP 0 0 33,000 10,134 34,500 42,000 Ambulance Supply/Equip 33,000.00 including, but not limited to, any equipment or supplies needed for patient care any equipment needed for ambulance storage cabinets adapters, inhalants seals, airways, suction, stat pack, cables, cases, immobilizers, casts, batteries electrodes, sharps containers, equipment bags, lancets, stethoscopes, penlights, hand sanitizer, bp cuffs, chart paper, sensors, shears, bandages, gauze, exam gloves, rental, gluco strips and test medical oxygen and cylinder aed and lifepak supplies and medications ez io guns and kits for engine Knox drug box 9,000.00 01-25-27-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 0 0 3,900 785 1,361 2,600 uniforms (dress and work) 2,600.00 01-25-27-200-8291 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 0 0 7,000 3,082 5,343 6,500 Janitorial Supplies 6,500.00 including, but not limited to any and all supplies necessary for personnel cleanliness any and all supplies necessary to clean the inside and outsid of all fire stations and appar such as scouring pads DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 63 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION COMMODITIES disinfectant, bleach, tile cle toilet bowl cleaner, laundry detergent, garbage bag soap dispenser, soap, shampoo, glass cleaner, hand conditione paper towels, toilet paper, mops, car wash, detergent, 01-25-27-200-8295 SMALL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT 0 0 250 0 250 500 locking toolboxes 500.00 ------TOTAL COMMODITIES 0 0 107,204 33,761 107,746 121,275

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 01-25-27-300-8310 EQUIPMENT - MAINTENANCE 0 0 2,000 1,006 1,745 6,000 Gas monitor calibration 500.00 Pager batteries 450.00 Pager parts and repairs 500.00 Radio repairs 500.00 Radio parts and repairs 1,850.00 Portable radio batteries 2,200.00 01-25-27-300-8311 BUILDING MECH SYS- MAINTENANCE 0 0 8,500 5,041 8,739 8,500 Hydrotest scba bottles 1,600.00 Contingency for scba parts and 1,000.00 Compressor air test - qtrly 400.00 Fire extinguisher maintenance 1,000.00 Air compressor annual maintena 1,000.00 Flowtest maintenance 3,000.00 Batteries - aaa, aa, c, d, 9v 500.00 01-25-27-300-8315 VEHICLES - MAINTENANCE 0 0 70,810 22,455 67,000 72,320 Outside repairs 72,320.00 including, but not limited to vehicles, aeds, lifepaks, monitors amkus equipment, pumps, small engines, ladders, stair chairs, stretchers, contingency for other outside repairs DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 64 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION CONTRACTUAL SERVICES renewal licenses for ambulances and emts rust repair ladder testing 01-25-27-300-8345 PSYCH & MEDICAL SERVICES 0 0 32,400 6,193 26,193 19,008 Firefighter Physicals 19,008.00 01-25-27-300-8348 BUILDINGS - MAINTENANCE 0 0 7,775 4,110 8,500 7,500 Repairs to buildings 7,500.00 including, but not limited to plymovent, appliances, doors, building repairs, hvac, windows, operating parts to buildings 01-25-27-300-8355 UTILITIES 0 0 2,540 788 2,365 2,460 Sewer all 3 stations 1,460.00 Nicor 1,000.00 01-25-27-300-8373 MARKETING ADS & PUBLIC INFO 0 0 1,530 115 1,500 4,975 plastic helmets 1,140.00 Propane for extinguisher train 100.00 Stickers 500.00 Coloring books 520.00 Pens 570.00 Red wreath program replacement 30.00 Fire Prev Week banners 200.00 pencils 150.00 Liquid Smoke 100.00 promotional supplies contingen 1,665.00 01-25-27-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 0 0 2,049 2,595 3,400 4,450 Genium sds subscription ICC membership IL Fire Inspectors Assoc - cut IAAI for FINV team 90.00 Fire/EMS Academy 2,865.00 NFPA codes online 1,495.00 01-25-27-300-8376 TRAINING, EDUC, & PROF DVLP 0 0 46,160 15,168 46,000 38,180 Awards and recognitions 100.00 Labor management meeting - cut Instructor 1 (1) - cut DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 65 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION CONTRACTUAL SERVICES Hazmat ops tuition (1) 330.00 Vehicle machinery ops - tuitio 1,650.00 Tier 3 training 3,000.00 trt drills supplies and props 1,000.00 Fire scene expendables 500.00 TRA tuition (1) 150.00 Management 1 tuition (2) 700.00 hzmt drills (8) 1,000.00 FINV continuing ed for team 1,200.00 Tier 4 training 3,000.00 Tier 5 tuition 3,000.00 EFO luggage - Faulhaber 50.00 Extrication supplies 500.00 HMIC tuition for 2 - cut HMIC per diem for 2 - cut HMIC hotel - cut Night drill supplies - cut VMO hotel 1,000.00 EFO meal ticket - Faulhaber 300.00 EFO parking - Faulhaber 100.00 Day drill supplies - cut C&GS hotel (5) - cut Management 1 per diem 300.00 Mobile training tower supplies Management 2 hotel - cut HM Ops per diem - cut Management 2 for 2 - cut Tactics 1 hotel - cut Tactics 1 per diem - cut Management 1 hotel 500.00 NFA Multi-Alarm meal ticket f C&GS per diem for 10 - cut Fireground Company Officer hot Fireground Company Officer per Incident Safety Officer hotel Incident Safety Officer per di Fireground Company Officer (2) Incident Safety Officer (3) cu DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 66 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION CONTRACTUAL SERVICES Tactics 1 cut Instructor 1 per diem cut Fire Prev Prin tuition 350.00 Fire Prev Prin per diem 150.00 Fire Prev Prin hotel 500.00 Instructor 1 hotel - cut Management 2 per diem (2) cut Inspector 1 tuition 3,850.00 Inspector 1 per diem Fire Prev Lt training per diem 200.00 Fire Prev Lt training hotel 500.00 Fire Prev Lt training tuition 500.00 Inspector 1 hotel Haz Mat Tech A hotel 500.00 Haz Mat Tech B hotel 500.00 Haz Mat Tech A per diem 300.00 Haz Mat Tech B per diem 300.00 Haz Mat Inc. Command for 7 cut Haz Mat Inc Command hotel for Trench Tech hotel 1,000.00 Trench Tech per diem 450.00 Rope Tech per diem 300.00 Rope Tech hotel 500.00 Conf Space Ops per diem 300.00 Conf Space Ops hotel 500.00 Confined Space Tech per diem 450.00 Confined Space Tech hotel 1,000.00 Structural Collapse Ops hotel 1,000.00 Trench Ops hotel 1,000.00 Structural Collapse Ops per di 600.00 Structural Collapse Tech per d 900.00 Structural Collapse Tech hotel 1,500.00 Haz Mat Inc. Cmd TRT for 5 cut Haz mat Inc Cmd TRT hotel 3 cu Trench Ops per diem 450.00 Haz Mat Ops per diem 150.00 EMS training supplies - cut FINV con ed lodging 1,000.00 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 67 TIME: 09:54:09 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OPERATIONS DIVISION CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FINV con ed per diem 600.00 FINV con ed per diem VMO per diem 450.00 01-25-27-300-8377 EDUCATION TUITION REIMBURSEMNT 0 0 0 0 0 0 01-25-27-300-8378 TRAVEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0 0 173,764 57,471 165,442 163,393

OTHER SERVICES 01-25-27-400-8450 CONTRACTED SERVICES 0 0 800 0 800 800 Pest control - contingency 400.00 weed control 400.00 ------TOTAL OTHER SERVICES 0 0 800 0 800 800

EQUIPMENT 01-25-27-600-8510 OFFICE FURNITURE & EQUIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 office chair replacement 2 cut classroom tables 12 - cut classroom chairs 24 cut smartboard for classroom - cut 01-25-27-600-8580 TELEPHONE & RADIO EQUIPMENT 0 0 6,558 3,986 6,910 5,158 Dixon Ottawa radio maintenance 2,808.00 Tone to text alert system (e-D 2,350.00 01-25-27-600-8599 OTHER EQUIPMENT 0 0 0 129,798 129,798 0 ------TOTAL EQUIPMENT 0 0 6,558 133,784 136,708 5,158 TOTAL OPERATIONS DIVISION 0 0 9,611,874 5,280,335 9,686,789 10,268,678 TOTAL FIRE DEPARTMENT 0 0 10,467,328 5,760,109 10,599,566 11,207,379

PUBLIC WORKS EXPENSES DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 119 TIME: 09:54:10 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------BEGINNING BALANCE 0 FUND DEPT REVENUES REVENUES OTHER TAXES 28-00-00-008-3185 MISCELLANEOUS TAXES 0 0 45,000 0 45,000 45,000 anticipated revenue 45,000.00 28-00-00-008-3970 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------TOTAL OTHER TAXES 0 0 45,000 0 45,000 45,000 TOTAL REVENUES 0 0 45,000 0 45,000 45,000 TOTAL REVENUES: FUND DEPT 0 0 45,000 0 45,000 45,000 EXPENSES EXPENSES COMMODITIES 28-00-00-200-8210 BUILDING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-200-8219 BUILDING SUPPLIES 0 0 6,000 3,254 6,000 6,000 building supplies contingency 6,000.00 28-00-00-200-8240 FIREFIGHTING SUPPLIES 0 0 10,000 3,424 5,000 10,000 Firefighting Supplies 10,000.00 28-00-00-200-8270 WEARING APPAREL 0 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-200-8295 SMALL TOOLS & EQPT 0 0 0 50 51 0 ------TOTAL COMMODITIES 0 0 16,000 6,728 11,051 16,000

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 28-00-00-300-8342 AUDIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-300-8348 BUILDING - MAINTENANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 28-00-00-300-8373 MKTG, ADS, & PUBLIC INFO 0 0 0 462 463 0 28-00-00-300-8375 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 0 0 1,521 1,181 1,500 1,521 Comcast cable - station 1 528.00 comcast cable - station 3 408.00 comcast cable - station 2 408.00 chronicle 177.00 ------TOTAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 0 0 1,521 1,643 1,963 1,521

EQUIPMENT 28-00-00-600-8510 OFFICE FURNITURE & EQPT 0 0 5,200 10,959 11,000 5,200 Chairs 2,800.00 Mattresses 2,400.00 28-00-00-600-8515 TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE: 01/08/2018 CITY OF DEKALB PAGE: 120 TIME: 09:54:10 DETAILED BUDGET REPORT ID: BP430000.WOW

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------2017 ------2018-- ACCOUNT --2015-- --2016-- 7 MO. REQUESTED NUMBER ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGETED ACTUAL PROJECTED BUDGET ------FUND DEPT EXPENSES EXPENSES EQUIPMENT 28-00-00-600-8540 MCHNRY, IMPLMTS, MJR TOOLS 0 0 5,000 0 5,000 5,000 machinery and major tools 5,000.00 ------TOTAL EQUIPMENT 0 0 10,200 10,959 16,000 10,200

PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS 28-00-00-650-8625 REMODELING & RENOVATION 0 0 6,500 6,214 6,500 6,500 Remodeling contingency 6,500.00 ------TOTAL PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS 0 0 6,500 6,214 6,500 6,500 TOTAL EXPENSES 0 0 34,221 25,544 35,514 34,221 TOTAL FUND DEPT 0 0 34,221 25,544 35,514 34,221

TOTAL FUND REVENUES & BEG. BALANCE 0 0 45,000 0 45,000 45,000 TOTAL FUND EXPENSES 0 0 34,221 25,544 35,514 34,221 FUND SURPLUS (DEFICIT) 0 0 10,779 (25,544) 9,486 10,779 DeKalb Fire Department Capital Inventory ID No. (Assigned by Industry Trend of Useful Life (Yrs) Age (Yrs) Finance)

Estimated Project Name Purchase Price NOTES FE01 15 18 PIERCE SABER - ENGINE 4$ 450,000 Needs immediate replacement FA1206 8 13 FORD AMBULANCE$ 150,000 Needs immediate replacement FB01 8 18 CHEVY SUBURBAN $ 40,000 Needs immediate replacement FE07 15 12 ALEXIS FIRE ENGINE #3$ 400,000 Needs replacement in next 3 years FA3405 8 14 INTERNATIONAL NAVISTAR$ 150,000 Needs replacement in next 3 years FB01A 8 18 CHEVY SUBURBAN $ 40,000 Needs replacement in next 3 years FB04B 8 15 DODGE DURANGO $ 40,000 Needs replacement in next 3 years 10 1 Radio Portable HT1250 (35) and vehicle charger$ 25,000 must be purchased in 2019 if not purchased in 2018 10 11 Radio Mobile CDM1250 (35)$ 47,000 must be purchased in 2019 if not purchased in 2018 10 15 LifePak 12 Monitor (2)$ 50,000 must be replaced in 2019 10 11 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 7 sets$ 14,000 must be replaced in 2019 15 16 SCBA haz mat 60 minute bottles - Draeger (7)$ 7,700 must be replaced in 2019

1 Fire Station Repairs$ 30,000 10 Key fob door lock system for all Fire Stations$ 19,800 10 Panasonic Tough Pads (6)$ 36,000 10 Classroom furniture (12 tables & 24 chairs)$ 10,100 10 FireHouse Mobile Response$ 32,000 10 Station Alerting System$ 30,000 1 FireHouse 24/7 customer support$ 4,800 10 Firehouse Cloud Service$ 10,618 10 Classroom Smart Boart for Station 1$ 15,000 10 Stryker Power Load (4)$ 100,000 20 Electronic Gate/Fence for Station 1$ 16,100 10 10 Stretchers - 6$ 150,000 FHMT99 20 20 HAZMAT TRAILER UNIT $ 10,000 15 15 Hydraulic Tools - 4 sets$ 60,000 10 9 LifePak 1000 AED$ 3,000 15 14 Radio Pagers Minitor 5 (73)$ 48,000 15 15 Stair Chairs - 5$ 17,000 15 14 Stair Chair$ 3,400 FA13 8 6 AEV FIRE AMBULANCE$ 150,000 FC00 20 19 AIRPORT CRASH TRUCK - E-1 TITAN$ 600,000 FE06 15 13 ALEXIS FIRE ENGINE - ENGINE 2$ 400,000 10 8 LUCAS 2 FOR MEDIC 3$ 15,000 10 7 LUCAS 2 FOR MEDIC 1$ 15,000 FMCT88 30 31 MASS CASUALTY TRAILER UNIT$ 5,000 FTRT98 20 21 TIMBERWOLF TRAILER SPILL 6$ 3,200 10 14 Laerdal Heart Stream - 2$ 6,000 10 13 LifePak 1000 AED$ 3,000 10 12 LifePak 1000 AED$ 3,000 10 11 LifePak 1000 AED$ 3,000 10 10 LifePak 1000 AED$ 3,000 10 15 LifePak 500 AED$ 3,000 10 14 LifePak 500 AED - 2$ 6,000 10 15 LifePak CR Plus - 2$ 6,000 10 14 Phillips Heart Start AED - 2$ 6,000 10 1 Radio Portable HT1000 (31) and vehicle charger$ 55,800 10 1 Radio Mobile Radius M1225 (2) $ 2,400 10 19 Radio Mobile Kenwood (1)$ 1,200 10 16 Radio Base Station Equipment MTR2000 (4)$ 32,000 10 19 Radio Aviation ICON IC-A200 (2)$ 1,450 10 12 Radio Mobile Motorola Astro (1)$ 1,200 10 11 SCBA Packs (36) $ 180,000 10 16 SCBA Packs (4)$ 20,000 10 18 Zoll AED Pro - 2$ 6,000 FA09 8 10 FORD AEV AMBULANCE$ 150,000 FB07 8 12 CHEVROLET TAHOE $ 45,000 FS98 10 21 CHEVY ONE TON TRUCK - SQUAD 4$ 40,000 FTRT85 15 34 HESSE BEVRG RCK SEMI TRAILER - RESCUE 6 $ 50,000 FS02 10 17 DODGE RAM CC SQUAD 1$ 40,000 FT08 20 11 Aerial Ladder Truck$ 840,000 DeKalb Fire Department Capital Inventory ID No. (Assigned by Industry Trend of Useful Life (Yrs) Age (Yrs) Finance)

Estimated Project Name Purchase Price NOTES MTT16 20 3 Mobile Training Tower$ 237,110 10 2 Zoll X Series Defibrillator$ 178,754 FBT07 20 12 ALUMACRAFT BOAT$ 10,000 FBT07A 20 12 SHORELANDER TRAILER HM6$ 1,000 FSE100 15 19 ALLMAND LIGHT TOWER$ 10,000 10 3 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 13 sets$ 48,860 10 4 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 8 sets$ 26,590 10 4 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 12 sets$ 39,984 10 12 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 4 sets$ 6,280 being replaced in 2018 10 7 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 9 sets$ 14,130 10 5 Turnout Gear (coats and pants) 5 sets$ 7,850 10 6 Fire Helmets - 57$ 14,250 15 11 SCBA 30 minute bottles - Scott (52)$ 41,600 15 11 SCBA 60 minute bottles - Scott (4)$ 4,400 20 16 SCBA Air Compressor$ 30,000 15 10 SCBA 30 minute bottles - Scott (3)$ 2,400 15 9 SCBA 30 minute bottles - Scott (11)$ 8,800 15 8 Stair Chair$ 3,400 FA17A 8 2 FORD AMBULANCE$ 150,000 FA17B 8 2 FORD AMUBLANCE$ 150,000 FB16 8 3 FORD EXPEDITION$ 40,000 FB14A 8 5 FORD EXPLORER$ 40,000 FB14B 8 5 FORD EXPLORER$ 40,000 FE13 15 6 ALEXIS FIRE ENGINE - ENGINE 1$ 400,000 FR04 20 15 ALEXIS RESCUE TRUCK - RESCUE 1$ 300,000 FS04 20 15 STERLING ACTERRA - RESCUE 6$ 30,000 FT90 29 GRUMMAN AERIAL LADDER TRUCK$ - 10 4 Lucas 2 for MEDIC 2$ 15,000

Totals$ 5,138,476.00 DeKalb Fire Department Response, Staffing, and Budget Comparison

1980 1990 1995 2000 2008 2010 2015 2016 2017

Response Totals 2,272 2,620 3,454 4,040 6,999 7,463 9,144 9,428 9,343 Requests for Service 2,272 2,382 2,883 3,368 4,977 4,926 5,328 5,535 5,573 Fire Responses 669 1,092 1,434 1,595 2,908 3,129 3,948 4,084 3,977 EMS Responses 1,603 1,528 2,020 2,445 4,091 4,334 5,196 5,344 5,366

Daily Staffing 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13

Shift Staffing 13 14 15 16 18.33 17 17.66 17.66 17.66

Line Personnel 39 42 45 48 55 51 53 53 53

Fire Prevention/Training Officer 111222 1 1 1 Chief Officers 333332 3 3 3 Admin Support Staff (FT) 122222 1 1 1 Admin Support Staff (PT) 12 2 Total Department Staff 44 48 51 55 62 57 59 60 60

Total Budget $ 1,623,639 $ 2,430,167 $ 3,285,040 $ 4,429,762 $ 8,243,834 $ 8,743,893 $ 9,308,910 $ 9,624,635 $ 10,612,474 Overtime Cost $ 140,296 $ 324,077 $ 375,785 $ 770,242 $ 618,197 $ 330,056 $ 347,667 $ 365,334 Personnel Cost $ 2,853,994 $ 4,088,088 $ 7,759,528 $ 8,309,687 $ 8,993,456 $ 9,254,392 $ 10,094,927 Non‐Personnel Cost $ 431,046 $ 341,674 $ 484,306 $ 434,206 $ 315,454 $ 370,244 $ 335,273 Non‐Personnel % of Budget 13.121% 7.713% 5.875% 4.966% 3.389% 3.847% 3.159%

Additional expenses taken out of Fire budget not included in 2017 non‐personnel total above:

Ambulance $129,798.12 Ambulance billing contract $52,475.81 DeKalb Fire Department Budget History

FY95 Bdgt FY00 Bdgt FY05 Bdgt FY10 Bdgt FY15 Bdgt Actual Non-Personnel Spent $ 431,046 $ 341,674 $ 460,287 $ 434,206 $ 315,455 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair $ 35,235 $ 84,659 $ 67,982 $ 51,540 $ 67,514 Facility Maintenance and Repair $ 52,728 $ 39,569 $ 68,908 $ 29,756 $ 25,471 Telephone $ - $ 33,864 $ 40,533 $ 41,127 $ 19,712 Gas (fuel) $ - $ 12,200 $ 28,917 $ 36,292 $ 42,403 CAD/Zoll $ - $ 13,874 $ - $ - Elevator Inspections and Board Ups $ - $ 82 $ 4,359 $ 3,808 Andres Medical Billing $ 6,302 Kishwaukee Expendable Supplies $ - $ - $ 25,992 $ 37,856 $ 23,262 Apparel (uniform & clothing allowance) n/a $ 32,557 $ 37,255 $ 46,623 personnel cost Copy Machines Medical (physicals) n/a $ 28,261 $ 29,861 $ 38,493 $ 25,490 Training (contractual beginning FY03) n/a $ 36,155 $ 89,614 $ 28,511 $ 18,195 What was left for Normal Department Non- Personnel Spending(ie firefighting equipment,ambulance supplies, pub ed, office supplies, etc.) $ 343,083 $ 60,453 $ 66,866 $ 120,201 $ 87,106

Overtime Budgeted $ 314,855 $ 380,700 $ 490,000 $ 821,936 $ 275,000 Overtime Actual $ 324,077 $ 375,785 $ 832,284 $ 618,197 $ 330,056 Overtime Difference $ (9,222) $ 4,915 $ (342,284) $ 203,739 $ (55,056)

Total Budget $ 3,366,100 $ 4,415,096 $ 6,436,929 $ 9,196,769 $ 9,414,000 Actual Spent $ 3,285,040 $ 4,429,762 $ 6,896,536 $ 8,743,892 $ 9,308,910 Difference $ 81,060 $ (14,666) $ (459,607) $ 452,877 $ 105,090 Total Budget % Inc/Dec over prev year 6.61% 9.49% 2.84% 5.63% Percent Saved/Overage current year -2.41% 0.33% 7.14% -4.92% -1.12%

Non-Personnel Budgeted $ 477,298 $ 329,833 $ 374,903 $ 424,837 $ 415,028 Non-Personnel Actual $ 431,046 $ 341,674 $ 460,287 $ 434,206 $ 315,455 Non-Personnel Difference $ 46,252 $ (11,841) $ (85,384) $ (9,369) $ 99,574 Total Budget % Inc/Dec over prev year -0.16% 13.30% 0.00% -9.51% Percent Saved/Overage current year -9.69% 3.59% 22.77% 2.21% -23.99% Non-Personnel Actual % of Total 13.12% 7.71% 6.67% 4.97% 3.39%

Personnel Budgetd $ 2,888,802 $ 4,085,263 $ 6,062,026 $ 8,771,932 $ 8,998,972 Personnel Actual $ 2,853,994 $ 4,088,088 $ 6,436,249 $ 8,309,686 $ 8,993,456 Personnel Difference $ 34,808 $ (2,825) $ (374,223) $ 462,246 $ 5,516 Total Budget % Inc/Dec over prev year 7.20% 9.26% 2.98% 6.46% Percent Saved/Overage current year -1.20% 0.07% 6.17% -5.27% -0.06%

Admin Chiefs 33323 Clerical 22221 Intern Sworn Firefighters 46 50 53 53 54 Total 51 55 58 57 58

Total Calls 2883 3368 4109 4926 5395 Budget Cost Per Call $ 1,139.45 $ 1,315.25 $ 1,678.40 $ 1,775.05 $ 1,725.47

L:\Budget\Budget Trends for staffing memo Revised 6/7/2018 DeKalb Fire Department Budget History Past 10 Year Past 5 Year Average Average Average CY18 Requested FY1995 to FY2009 to FY2014 to CY17 Bdgt 2018 2018 2018 Actual Non-Personnel Spent $ 335,273 $ 416,060 $ 389,818 $ 403,353 $ 361,329 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair $ 87,282 $ 94,647 $ 70,572 $ 81,093 $ 80,716 Facility Maintenance and Repair $ 26,102 $ 25,960 $ 42,570 $ 27,812 $ 27,517 Telephone $ 27,094 $ 17,544 $ 26,960 $ 26,189 $ 20,627 Gas (fuel) $ 35,155 $ 32,625 $ 28,406 $ 42,882 $ 39,719 CAD/Zoll $ 4,371 $ - $ - Elevator Inspections and Board Ups $ 2,754 $ 3,713 $ - Andres Medical Billing $ 52,476 $ 53,748 $ 27,018 $ 31,473 $ 34,491 Kishwaukee Expendable Supplies $ 17,973 $ 32,358 $ 30,361 Apparel (uniform & clothing allowance) personnel cost personnel cost$ 42,812 $ 47,316 $ 53,576 Copy Machines $ 10,109 $ 12,600 $ 11,467 $ 11,845 $ 11,845 Medical (physicals) $ 28,165 $ 20,508 $ 31,004 $ 32,716 $ 26,164 Training (contractual beginning FY03) $ 32,448 $ 41,690 $ 41,411 $ 31,291 $ 34,030 What was left for Normal Department Non- Personnel Spending(ie firefighting equipment,ambulance supplies, pub ed, office supplies, etc.) $ 36,443 $ 116,738 $ 107,930 $ 86,035 $ 74,997

Overtime Budgeted $ 387,499 $ 490,000 $ 475,994 $ 556,694 $ 349,481 Overtime Actual $ 335,273 $ 490,000 $ 559,219 $ 546,739 $ 387,425 Overtime Difference $ 52,226 $ - $ (83,225) $ 9,955 $ (37,944)

Total Budget $ 10,467,328 $ 11,271,403 $ 6,777,824 $ 9,508,153 $ 9,960,024 Actual Spent $ 10,430,200 $ 11,271,403 $ 6,786,864 $ 9,370,830 $ 9,933,117 Difference $ 37,128 $ - $ (9,039) $ 137,324 $ 26,906 Total Budget % Inc/Dec over prev year 7.52% 7.68% Percent Saved/Overage current year -0.35% 8.07%

Non-Personnel Budgeted $ 352,350 $ 416,060 $ 390,153 $ 416,263 $ 415,301 Non-Personnel Actual $ 335,273 $ 416,060 $ 389,818 $ 403,353 $ 361,329 Non-Personnel Difference $ 17,077 $ - $ 334 $ 12,910 $ 53,972 Total Budget % Inc/Dec over prev year -18.89% 18.08% Percent Saved/Overage current year -4.85% 0.00% Non-Personnel Actual % of Total 3.21% 3.69%

Personnel Budgetd $ 10,114,978 $ 10,855,343 $ 6,387,672 $ 9,091,891 $ 9,544,723 Personnel Actual $ 10,094,927 $ 10,855,343 $ 6,397,045 $ 8,967,477 $ 9,571,788 Personnel Difference $ 20,051 $ - $ (9,374) $ 124,413 $ (27,065) Total Budget % Inc/Dec over prev year 8.75% 7.32% Percent Saved/Overage current year -0.20% 0.00%

Admin Chiefs 333$ $ 2 $ 3 Clerical 1.5 1.5 $ 2 $ 1 $ 1 Intern 0.5 0.5 $ - $ - $ - Sworn Firefighters 54 54$ 53 $ 53 $ 54 Total 59 59$ 57 $ 57 $ 59 $ - Total Calls 5573 5674 $ 4,293 $ 5,292 $ 5,498 Budget Cost Per Call $ 1,871.56 $ 1,986.50 $ 1,532 $ 1,769 $ 1,804

$129,798.12 ambulance $52,475.81 ambulance billing pd but not in budget L:\Budget\Budget Trends for staffing memo Revised 6/7/2018 DeKalb Fire Department

2017

Annual Report

Professionalism | Trust | Respect | History | Tradition

Table of Contents

Message from the Fire Chief ………….3 Support Services

What We Do …………………….……...4  Firefighting Equipment & Supplies...46

Mission Statement/ Core Values …..…5  EMS Equipment and Supplies……..47

Medal of Honor……………………….....6  Communications………………….....48

ISO 2……………………………...……...7  Respiratory Protection……………...49

Operations……………………………...8 Facilities and Fleet

 Fire Suppression…………………..15  Building and Grounds……………...50

 EMS……………………………...….20  Fleet and Apparatus………………..51

 Station and Personnel………...…..25 Career Highlights

 Fire Investigations…….…………...30  Welcome New Firefighters………...56

 Youth Firesetter………………...….31  Promotions…………………………..57

Special Teams  Retirement…………………...……...59

 Technical Rescue………………....32 Alternative Funding…………………..…60

 Hazardous Materials.……………..33 Budget and Revenue…………………...61

 Airport Rescue Firefighting...….....34 IAFF 1236…………………………….….63

Public Education…..……………….….35 AFFI Honor Guard………………………65

Social Media…………………………...37 Highland Guard……………………….…66

Training…………………………..…….38 Pension…………………………………..67

Fire Prevention Bureau………….....42 Foreign Fire………………………….…..68

 Licensed Properties……………....44 Historical Foundation…………….……..69

 Commercial/Industrial………….....45 How To Become A Firefighter………....70

Message From The Fire Chief Eric Hicks Fire Chief

The members of the DeKalb Fire Department are pleased to present the Fire Department Annual Report for calendar year 2017. As you read through this report, you can see 2017 was a very busy year for the department. I welcome your comments, suggestions, and feedback.

In 2017, your firefighters responded to 5,573 calls for service compared to 5,584 calls in 2016. Emergency Medical Service responses (4,139 calls) accounted for 74.27% of the overall call volume, while fire responses (1,434 calls) accounted for 25.73% of the overall call volume.

Community risk reduction is a priority for our organization. To ensure City residents and visitors were kept safe in 2017, 2,313 inspections were conducted by Fire Department personnel, finding 5,989 safety violations.

On November 20, 2017, the City was notified that our department’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) score improved from a Class 4 to a Class 2 rating. The Fire Department is one of 1,324 fire departments nationwide to receive an ISO rating of 2. Within the state of Illinois, only 80 of the over 2,057 communities/fire departments have a Class 2 rating. The new rating was made possible by the dedicated personnel in the Fire, Police/ Dispatch and Water Departments. The last ISO evaluation took place in 2012

Public education is an important factor in reducing fires and educating our children on how to protect themselves. This year fire personnel attended 95 different events, providing fire safety education to over 6,300 participants.

Another department priority is operational readiness. I believe our personnel, fleet, and equipment need to be in top condition to meet the needs of those we serve. Highlights this year include completion of over 20,834 hours of fire and ems training, placing into service a reserve ladder truck to assist with the ISO rating, the replacement of the fire command vehicle and the upgrading of some personnel protective equipment.

In closing, I want to thank the Mayor, City Council, Staff, and the citizens for their ongoing support.

I am honored to lead this organization and I am very proud of the members of this department for the service that they provide and their dedication to the community and residents we serve.

Respectfully,

Eric Hicks Fire Chief What We Do

 Fight fires to save lives and minimize property and environmental damage

 Provide emergency medical services

 Provide specialty rescue services such as vehicle extrication, technical rescue, hazardous materials response and water/ice rescue

 Investigate cause and origin of fires

 Enforce public safety codes

 Conduct fire safety education and events

Personnel Overview

Title Occupied Positions

Fire Chief 1 Deputy Chief 2 Battalion Chief 3 Captain 3 Lieutenant 9 Fire Prevention Lt. 1 Firefighter 38 Administrative Analyst 1 Office Associate (part-time) 1 Intern (part-time) 1 TOTAL 60 54 of the 60 positions (90%) are “boots on the ground” personnel providing direct services to the public.

Total Years of Experience Average Years of Experience Per Personnel: 744.13 years 12.40 years

MISSION STATEMENT

We are committed to providing the highest level of service to the citizens of DeKalb and those who visit. We strive to continuously seek innovative and effective ways to protect the lives and property of those we serve through suppression, emergency medical services, education, prevention, and training.

CORE VALUES

PROFESSIONALISM We are a career professional organization dedicated to providing the best possible customer service 24/7 365 days of the year. Our commitment is reflected through highly trained, hardworking, and competent members.

TRUST & RESPECT We are committed to the community and maintaining public trust is a key part of this. We are honored to be members of the DeKalb Fire Department and hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards. Self-discipline is the foundation for managing quality behavior.

HISTORY & TRADITION We are rich in tradition. We are very respectful of those who have served before us and the sacrifices they made. Firefighters are a close-knit family. Our lives depend on each other and we take that very serious. We strive to make the organization better for those who follow.

30+ Year History of Growth 1985 1990 2000 2008 2010 2017

Requests for Service 2,049 2,382 3,308 4,977 4,964 5,573

Number of Fire Stations 2 2 3 3 3 3

Number of Chief Officers 3 3 3 3 1 3

Number of Shift Personnel 40 40 48 55 54 53

Minimum on Duty 10 10 12 13 14 13 Average Weekly Work 56 56 52 52 51.69 51.33 Hours Civilian Staff 2 2 2 2 1 1.75

Firefighter Medal of Honor

DeKalb Firefighter/Paramedic Jared Thorp received the Firefighter Medal of Honor on May 9, 2017 at the 24th Annual Firefighting Medal of Honor Ceremony held in Springfield, Illinois. The Medal of Honor is the highest award given by the State of Illinois to a firefighter for an act of outstanding bravery or heroism, by which the firefighter has demonstrated in great degree the characteristics of selflessness and personal courage above and beyond the call of duty, under adverse conditions, with the possibility of extreme personal risk. These are very moving ceremonies and we are honored to have our members recognized

The below listed DeKalb firefighters were recognized at the award ceremony for their actions at the same incident. They received the Unit Citation Award.

Engine Company #2 Aerial Ladder Truck Company #1 Lieutenant/Paramedic Brett Gautcher Captain Mike Thomas Firefighter/Paramedic Tim Stiker Firefighter/Paramedic Andrew Romano Firefighter/Paramedic Todd Adamson Firefighter /Paramedic Matt Holuj Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Krupa Firefighter/Paramedic Jon Ritter

Engine Company #3 Matt Klotz

ISO 2

The Insurance Services Office (ISO) of Commercial Risk Services regularly performs surveys of all communities and fire protection districts. The ISO rating is one of the primary elements used by the insurance industry to develop fire protection premium rates for homes and businesses. The scale is based on a relative scale of 1 through 10 (1 represents exemplary public fire protection, 10 indicates the public fire protection does not meet minimum standards). The lower the ISO rating is for the City means the amount of fire insurance you pay may be less. In addition, the ISO rating provides a reflection of standards developed over many years from the study of pertinent fire protection conditions and performance standards.

The DeKalb Fire Department is one of only 1,324 fire departments nationwide to receive an ISO rating of 2. Within the state of Illinois, only 80 of the over 2,057 communities/fire departments have a Class 2 rating. ISO reviews over 46,000 communities/fire departments across the country. This places the City of DeKalb into the top 3.4% of department’s in the nation.

The previous ISO review was in 2012 and the City’s ISO rating was a 4.

The ISO rating is only one of many variables insurance companies could use to calculate a premium rate. Since there are so many variables involved in the calculation of a premium, it is almost impossible for a consumer to predict their premium savings.

According to a local insurance broker, the average homeowner might save an average of $18 in annual fire insurance premium and a commercial building owner might save approximately $180 each year in annual fire insurance premium. Assuming 50% of the 6,637 homes, 416 apartment buildings, 65 rooming houses, and 260 commercial buildings in DeKalb have an insurance company using ISO as a variable in calculating insurance premiums, then those homeowners could cumulatively save a total of $60,000 and those commercial building owners could cumulatively save a total of $67,000.

Therefore, as the City’s ISO rating changes, residential and commercial property owners are encouraged to contact their insurance agent and ask for a comparison review on their individual fire insurance premium.

Operations Jeff McMaster Deputy Chief

The Operations Division of the DeKalb Fire Department consists of three Battalion Chiefs, three Captains, nine Lieutenants, and thirty-eight Firefighters for a total of fifty-three personnel. Operations personnel are divided into three 24-hour shifts. Currently, a minimum of 13 firefighters per day are assigned for emergency response duties. Operations personnel respond to emergencies and perform a variety of emergency functions through Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Services, and Special Team Operations.

The DeKalb Fire Department was dispatched to a total of 5,573 incidents during 2017. Fire personnel handled an average of 15.27 incident responses every day through the year.

Requests for Service By Year and Type of Call 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Fires 168 151 155 148 139 Overpressure Exces- 6 11 7 14 14 sive Heat Rescue and Emer- EMS 3610 3615 3701 3810 3831 gency Medical Ser- Motor Vehicle Accidents 250 315 335 328 291 vice Incidents (4,139) Rescue 11 15 20 12 17 Hazardous Conditions 183 179 187 167 183 Public Service 258 350 330 415 423 Good Intent 146 161 141 169 193 False Alarms 570 526 500 520 481 Weather 7 2 4 1 1

Total 5209 5325 5392 5584 5573 Operations High Profile Events

Fire Fire Date Incident Type Dollar Date Incident Type Dollar Loss Loss Extrication of Jan 17 victim from Sept 1 Building Fire $14,000 vehicle

Feb 24 Building Fire $10,000 Sept 12 Equipment Fire $40,000

Extrication of Feb 27 victim from Sept 16 Building Fire $225,000 machinery

Mar 27 Building Fire $8,000 Sept 18 Building Fire $20,600

Tractor-Trailer May 4 $126,500 Oct 15 Building Fire $40,000 Fire

Extrication of May 12 victim from Oct 17 Building Fire $80,000 vehicle Extrication of May 17 victim from Oct 18 Vehicle Fire $7,600 machinery Extrication of Jun 14 victim from Oct 27 Building Fire $102,000 machinery

Jun 22 Building Fire $75,000 Nov 26 Building Fire $140,000

Extrication of Jul 3 Building Fire $500,000 Nov 30 victim from building Extrication of Aug 1 victim from Dec 4 Building Fire $170,000 vehicle

Aug 19 Building Fire $100,000 Operations

1995 - 2017 Requests for Emergency Service with a 10 Year Projection

6,000

5584 5573

5,500 5392 5325 5224 5213 5106 50485028 5,000 4963 4859

4,500 4403

Requests 3925

4,000 3688

3,708 3562 3554

3,500 3,426 3308

3,042 2,998 3,000 2,914

2,500

2,000 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 Operations Operations

Operations

Incidents By Time Of Day

12:01 AM to 1:00 AM 181

1:01 AM to 2:00 AM 185

2:01 AM to 3:00 AM 179

3:01 AM to 4:00 AM 132

4:01 AM to 5:00 AM 130

5:01 AM to 6:00 AM 154

6:01 AM to 7:00 AM 133

7:01 AM to 8:00 AM 188

8:01 AM to 9:00 AM 218

9:01 AM to 10:00 AM 243

10:01 AM to 11:00 AM 270

11:01 AM to 12:00 PM 296

12:01 PM to 1:00 PM 322

1:01 PM to 2:00 PM 291

2:01 PM to 3:00 PM 285

3:01 PM to 4:00 PM 296

4:01 PM to 5:00 PM 301

5:01 PM to 6:00 PM 303

6:01 PM to 7:00 PM 283

7:01 PM to 8:00 PM 264

8:01 PM to 9:00 PM 247

9:01 PM to 10:00 PM 261

10:01 PM to 11:00 PM 221

11:01 PM to 12:00 AM 190

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Operations

NUMBER OF TIMES 2 OR MORE DIFFERENT EMERGENCY INCIDENTS OCCURRED SIMULTANEOUSLY 3000

2500 2316 2315 2228 2137 2079 2129 2106 2127 2000 2018 2052 1878 1676 1500

1268

1161 Calendar Year 1000 1000 955 912

500

0

Number Calls Simultaneously More During or Number of Two Times Occurred

CY08 CY12 CY01 CY02 CY03 CY04 CY05 CY06 CY07 CY09 CY10 CY11 CY13 CY14 CY15 CY16 CY17 Calendar Year Operations Fire Suppression

The response to fire is a coordinated effort that can vary from a single fire engine responding to a car fire to multiple pieces of equipment responding to a structure fire. The initial response to a reported structure fire is two engines, one ladder truck, one ambulance, and one Shift Commander. Fire suppression apparatus are equipped to handle extrication from vehicles or machinery, water rescue, minor hazardous materials incidents, and minor technical rescue incidents. At times, personnel assigned to fire suppression apparatus will also supplement staffing needs on emergency medical calls.

Response to a Fire Every 2 ½ days

Structure Fire Re- sponse Every 6 days

13 Civilian Fire Inju- ries & 1 Fatality This Year

False Alarm Every 18 Hours

Operations Fire Suppression

Structure Fires

Fire in a structure is a violent, fast paced, and extremely destructive incident that plagues America, killing and injuring thousands of people, causing billions of dollars in property loss, and economic strife annually. Structural firefighting is essentially a systematic process of constant incident evaluation and team operations to prioritize and execute actions in an effort to save lives and conserve property. Because of the arduous labor involved in firefighting, firefighters work in teams called “companies” to accomplish incident tasks. Working in a coordinated effort directed by the Incident Commander, the fire department accomplishes the following tasks simultaneously or in a compressed time frame.

Incident Command: This person directs all on-scene resources to extinguish the fire, prevent the spread of fire, rescuing victims, while conserving, as much property as possible. The Incident Commander also oversees firefighter safety and requests mutual aid fire resources to assist with the operations.

Fire extinguishment: Is the deployment of fire hose throughout the structure to the seat of the fire for extinguishment. Much of the time, this is accomplished with zero visibility because of the thick smoke that is produced. This search of the fire occurs in in many different structure configurations, various layout, and fire load (belongings and contents). Structure fires occur in residential, commercial, and industrial settings with various life safety issues.

Ventilation: Is the systematic removal of products of combustion (smoke and heat) from the building to make the structure more tenantable. The act of ventilation is accomplished for two reasons; life safety of victims or for firefighter safety. Ventilation is accomplished horizontally by making openings through doors and windows and letting natural wind current remove the smoke. Vertical ventilation is completed by laddering a roof, cutting a hole(s), and letting the natural buoyancy of the heated gases escape through the hole. Removal of smoke is also accomplished by mechanical (fans) or hydraulically (water stream) means.

Search and Rescue: Searching and removing victims from a burning building is at the very core of the fire service. Firefighters enter a zero-visibly atmosphere that is completely unknown to them and systematically search for downed victims, remove them from danger, and provide life-saving emergency medical care. Search and rescue must occur immediately because of the dangers of burns, inhalation of super-heated toxic gases, and a deteriorating structure.

Operations Fire Suppression

Forcible Entry: Because of a property owner or occupant’s desire to keep their belongings safe, structures are designed to keep unwanted people out. Unfortunately, these same designs are major obstacles for firefighters to enter and extinguish the fire. Firefighters use special equipment and techniques to force their way into a building and allow the engine company to extinguish the fire.

Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for Firefighter Safety: Because firefighters work in low -visibility, toxic environments where the structure is compromised, a separate rescue team is designated for firefighter rescue and safety, which is required by OSHA. RIT is responsible for total situational awareness of company locations, staging of specialized equipment, and creating egress points in the event a stricken firefighter needs assistance from the structure.

Overhaul: After a structure fire, the phenomenon of “rekindle” is very real. Fire can continue to burn in the void spaces of a building. Overhaul is the act of looking for hidden fires after the main body of fire has been extinguished. Generally, this requires opening walls, floors, ceilings, pipe chases, and attic spaces for smoldering materials. This must continue until the fire is completely extinguished.

Property Conservation: Often firefighters can confine a fire to an area of the structure before it consumes the entire building. One of the goals of the fire department is to conserve property. If a fire is held to a portion of a building, firefighters will relocate or cover belongings, equipment, merchandise, to lessen the damaging effects of heat, smoke, and water. Fire loss is calculated as not only what is consumed by fire, but also lost from water damage, damage by fire operations, loss of contents, cost to replace belongings, and restore the property to its previous functional use. It is a fire department priority to minimize fire loss.

Fire Investigation: By state law, the Fire Chief is responsible for ensuring every fire is investigated for its cause and origin. This is especially critical when the act of fire setting is intentional for the purpose of fraud, to inflict harm onto someone else, or to conceal a crime. Fire and arson investigators use proven methods to determine the starting point of the fire, fire spread path, what item(s) were first ignited, and purpose of the fire. When firefighters are injured in the act of firefighting, if the fire is purposefully started, it is a criminal act. Last, when fires are ruled accidental, it is important to find links that can be used by the federal government for safety recalls.

Operations Fire Suppression

Operations Fire Suppression

Other Critical Fire Department Services

Firefighters provide a variety of other services to the community for hazardous conditions that requires the use of personal protective equipment, specialized tools, and specialized training that only the fire department can offer.

Extinguishment of other fires such as outside nuisance fires, transportation fires, and brush/grassland fires.

Investigation and isolation of electrical hazards inside of buildings and outside. This can occur from power surges and brownouts, faulty wiring, downed power lines, and disrupted electrical boxes and transformers.

Water related emergencies include search and rescue efforts in flood areas, specialized water and ice rescue, and victim evacuation resulting from severe weather. Firefighters also isolate water problems in buildings from damaged fire suppression systems, accidental flooding, or structural deterioration.

Air quality monitoring needed for reports of flammable gas leaks, carbon monoxide alarms, and other noxious odors that cannot by identified by civilians. Firefighters use specialized air quality monitors to pinpoint sources and determine levels of various gases. When source of the leak, spill, or odor is found, it is isolated until remediation can be completed.

Vehicular/machinery extrication: In the event that victim(s) are trapped in a vehicle due to a motor vehicle accident or a victim is entangled in machinery in an industrial/ agricultural setting, firefighters use specialized hydraulic equipment and other tools to free the victim from the vehicle/machine. Special training and knowledge is needed for these types of evolutions.

Citizen Assists are non-emergent assistance to the public such as locked in or out of rooms; lift assists for the elderly, smoke detector assistance, assistance with animals, elevator entrapment, and a multitude of other minimally evasive acts to help people.

Assistance to Other Public Agencies: The fire department assists other entities such as DeKalb Police, DeKalb County Sherriff Office, DeKalb County Animal Control, DeKalb County Coroner’s Office, and NIU Department of Public Safety with equipment and personnel when needed.

Operations Emergency Medical Services

The DeKalb Fire Department provides immediate pre-hospital care of the sick and injured, responding with 6 state-of-the-art ALS ambulances and is a member of the Northwestern Medicine EMS Kishwaukee Emergency Medical Services System. DeKalb Chief Officers attend and participate in all regional and local EMS specific agency meetings and assist with the creation and implementation of EMS policies and procedures.

EMS accounts for 74% of our requests for service to the citizens of DeKalb, the DeKalb Fire Protection District, and Northern Illinois University. The DeKalb Fire Department provides integral community relations, education, training, and brings EMS expertise to every emergency call within the department’s jurisdiction. Emergency Medical Technicians maintain the integrity of the health care continuum, starting in the pre- hospital setting, as well as responses to fires, mass casualty incidents, CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives) events, WMD (weapons of mass destruction) events, and natural events. We strive to provide the best and most cost-effective service possible.

1 Patient Transported to the Hospital by Ambulance

Every 2.6 Hours

1 Patient Treated with Advanced Life Support Every 4.6 Hours

1 Patient Treated with Basic Life Support Every 5.75 Hours

1 Patient Refuses Ambulance Transport to the Hospital Every 17 Hours

Motor Vehicle Accident Occurs Every 30 Hours

53 Paramedics 6 Ambulances

Operations Emergency Medical Services

Routine medical care: Treatment of patients due to various injuries or illness

12 -lead Echocardiogram (ECG): Advanced diagnosis of cardiac origin illness which may result in long-term injury or death.

Trauma Care: Care for patients that sustained injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. Treatment includes advanced airway, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiovascular support, and pain management.

Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): Paramedics are certified in ACLS to identify heart attacks, stroke, and abnormal heart rhythms and to treat using medications and defibrillator.

Pediatric Life Support (PALS): Paramedics are certified in PALS which is a system- atic approach to pediatric assessment, basic life support, treatment algorithms, effective resuscitation, and team dynamics. The goal of PALS is to improve the quality of care provided to seriously ill or injured children, resulting in improved outcomes.

Mass Casualty Incident Care: Personnel are trained to systematically triage, treat, and transport volumes of victims injured during a disaster.

Code STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction): Northwestern Medicine Kish- waukee Hospital is a STEMI center for the treatment of acute heart attacks and boosts a 56-minute door to cardiac catheter lab time. This is well below the 90-minute national timeframe. DeKalb paramedics are trained for early detection, treatment, and rapid transport of heart attacks which is a critical link in raising the patient’s survivability.

Operations Emergency Medical Services

Stroke Alert (Code BAT – Brain Attack Team): Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital is an acute stroke ready hospital with a timeline to upgrade to a primary stroke center in 2018. Paramedics receive semi-annual training focusing on identification, treatment, and activation of the stroke protocol. This is a critical link in raising the pa- tient’s survivability. The Brain Attack Team responds to patients suspected of having a stroke and includes a coordinated team.

Sepsis Alert: Early identification, treatment, and reporting for Sepsis for advanced care of the systematically ill patient. Paramedics receive regular training to treat sepsis; the presence of bacteria, other infectious organisms, or toxins created by infectious or- ganisms in the bloodstream which spread throughout the body that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death.

Tactical Medicine: Paramedics are specially trained and equipped to treat and transport multiple patients and other first responders injured from gun fire as part of a hostile encounter.

Advanced pain management protocol: Paramedics are trained and equipped with a variety of pain-reduction medications for the treatment of pain which is proven to im- prove a patient’s long-term outcome.

Athletic medicine: Paramedics are specially trained to handle trauma involved in high school and collegiate sports and provide EMS standby at such events for the treatment and transport of athletes.

Biohazard/chemical warfare/hazardous materials EMS: Paramedics have the ability to identify, medically treat, decontaminate, and transport patients that have been ex- posed to lethal chemicals whether for industrial use or used as a weapon of mass de- struction. Special procedures, medical directives, medications, and personal protective equipment are used for these types of incidents.

Operations Emergency Medical Services

EMS Advancements in the past 5 years

 Video Laryngoscopes: A camera with a microprocessor used to view the interior of a patient’s throat to secure an airway to provide oxygenation.

 Active shooter protocols, procedures, and equipment purchases

 Lucas 2 CPR compression devices

 New heart monitors, which diagnose and transmit leads to hospital within minutes of paramedic arrival to the patient’s side.

 New Standing Medical Orders in 2018

 Drug assisted intubation/advanced airway management protocol

 Advanced hemorrhagic/shock treatment: Paramedics have the ability to slow or stop severe hemorrhagic bleeding using medications, medical procedures, and fluid resuscitation.

 Medicinal sedation protocol: The ability to sedate extremely violent or medically compromised patients to provide appropriate medical treatment.

 New Patient Care Reporting Software: In process of implementing use of new software to document patient care, medical procedures used, medicines & supplies, and patient disposition as part of their overall medical record. The software is a part of State and Federal requirements to accurately document treatment for billing and statistical purposes.

Operations Emergency Medical Services

Patients By Response Level Refusal, 513, 13%

ALS1, 1738, 44%

BLS, 1525, 39%

ALS2, 164, 4%

ALS1 ALS2 BLS Refusal

Patients By Outcome

No Treatment Treated, Transferred Care, 2, 0% DOA, 41, 1% Required, Refused Transport, 346, 9% Treated, Refused Transport, 329, Patient Refused Care, 8% Refused Transport, 189, 5%

Treated and Transported, 3036, 77%

DOA No Treatment Required, Refused Transport Patient Refused Care, Refused Transport Treated and Transported Treated, Refused Transport Treated, Transferred Care

Operations Stations and Personnel Assignments (as of December 2017)

Fire Station #1 700 Pine Street

Administration

Fire Chief Eric Hicks Deputy Chief Jeff McMaster Deputy Chief Jim Zarek

Admin Analyst Traci Lemay Office Assoc Beth Patrick Intern Sam Schrader

Shift #1 Shift #2 Shift #3 Battalion 1 Battalion Chief Battalion Chief Battalion Chief Don Faulhaber Jeff Jossendal Bart Gilmore Truck 1 Capt. Luke Howieson Capt. Todd Stoffa Capt. Mike Thomas Engine 1 Sean Freeman Tom Conley Eric Blanken Medic 1 Travis Karr Chris Krupa Jim Morton Matt Klotz Todd Adamson Kevin Palazzola Float Lt. Wade Schneck Lt. Jason Pavlak Lt. Brian Andrus Joe Ritter Don Zuniga Dan Franklin Coltin Phelps Pat Cicogna Matt Neiert Anthony Marzulli Vincent Laudicina Joe Long Swing Christian Dagenais Trevor Chilton

Operations Stations and Personnel Assignments (as of December 2017)

Fire Station #2 1154 S. 7th Street

Shift #1 Shift #2 Shift #3

Engine 2 Lt. Tim Morey Lt. Jim Carani Lt. Chris Ziola Noah Millard Tim Stiker Bob Terry

Medic 2 Harley Siddall Andrew Romano Greg Thornton Adam Miller Matt Holuj Zak Prielipp Operations Stations and Personnel Assignments (as of December 2017)

Fire Station #3 950 W. Dresser Road

Shift #1 Shift #2 Shift #3 Engine 3 Lt. Keith Fritz Lt. Jim Ruhl Lt. Brett Gautcher Steve Cruz Don Zuniga Adam Karolus

Medic 3 Mike Anderson Pat Eriksen Colin Juraska Jared Thorp Joe Wempe Joe Fisher

Operations Fire Station Locations

Operations

Fire Investigations Chris Ziola Lieutenant

The DeKalb Fire Investigation Team is responsible for determining the cause and origin of fires in the City of DeKalb and the DeKalb Fire Protection District. The Fire Investigation Team consists of 6 state-certified fire investigators. The DeKalb Fire Department Investigation Team also uses outside agencies when necessary. The DeKalb Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and State Fire Marshal are utilized on an “as needed” basis. There is no additional cost to the DeKalb Fire Department when outside agencies are requested.

Fire Investigators are required to maintain their certification with the State of Illinois using a point/criteria system. Fire Investigators are awarded hour-for-hour continuing education for investigating fires and attending seminars/classes. Each fire investigator is required to obtain 100 hours of continuing education to maintain his certification. Sixty hours of training and forty hours of scene investigation are necessary during the four-year cycle.

2017 Accomplishments

 Received a Grant from FM Global for fire investigation tools

Amount Percentage

Value of Fire Response Properties $17,591,070 100.00%

Fire Losses $ 1,734,700 9.86%

Property Saved $15,856,370 90.14%

Youth Firesetter Intervention Chris Ziola Lieutenant

The Youth Fire Setter Intervention Program is a statewide-standardized program to provide prevention education/intervention and referrals if warranted for the children and families of Illinois to reduce the frequency and severity of fires set by youths. Partnering with the fire service, this program provides a coordinated referral center for the assessment and treatment of youth fire setters and their families, thereby slowing down the often

devastating results of fire setting. Prevention

education can quell the youth fire problem, but only when properly targeted, designed, and delivered. The behaviors causing the problem must be considered because what motivates their behavior is the surest clue to solving the youth fire-setting problem.

The DeKalb Fire Department has six state certified Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialists.

2017 Accomplishments

 Several youths were referred to the program

Technical Rescue Team (TRT) Todd Stoffa Captain

The Technical Rescue Team is comprised of 14 members from the DeKalb Fire Department who are specifically trained to deal with specialized rescues in the following disciplines: high angle, confined space, trench collapse, structural collapse, and grain bin entrapment. The DeKalb Fire Department team is also part of the 26 member MABAS Division 6 Technical Rescue Team, which is a regional and statewide response team for technical rescue incidents comprised of members throughout DeKalb County. Further, this team is part of the Illinois Statewide Disaster Plan. In the event of a major incident anywhere in the state, this team can be called upon to respond for assistance.

The team responds with two vehicles, both of which are owned by the DeKalb Fire Department. The equipment carried on the vehicles ranges from simple pieces of wood cribbing for shoring to sophisticated electronics used in search and rescue. The majority of the equipment carried on Rescue 6 was given to the team through a grant from the Illinois Terrorism Task Force.

Initial training to be a team member consists of eleven classes. Ten of these classes are

40 hours in length and one is 80 hours. The members must pass tests given through the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal and become certified in each of the specialties taught in these classes.

2017 Accomplishments

 Held quarterly training drills for the entire team

 Appointed Lt. Pavlak as the team training coordinator

 Received a new search camera from MABAS

 Integrated a monthly CE training program

 Completed all training for 2 members

 On going training for 3 other members

Hazardous Materials Response Team Tom Conley Firefighter/Paramedic

The Hazardous Materials Team has 12 firefighters trained to the hazardous materials technician level. By Federal statute, only technicians are permitted to conduct offensive measures to contain and control hazardous materials releases. All members of the fire department are trained to the operations level, permitting them to conduct defensive measures. The Hazardous Materials Team is trained and prepared to respond to and manage commercial, industrial, transportation, and residential hazardous materials releases. In addition, the team is trained to respond to hazardous materials incidents resulting from international and domestic terrorism events. The DeKalb Fire Department team is part of the 20 member MABAS Division 6 Hazardous Materials Team, which is a regional and statewide response team for hazardous materials incidents comprised of members throughout DeKalb County. Further, this team is part of the Illinois Statewide Disaster Plan. In the event of a major incident anywhere in the state, this team can be called upon to respond for assistance.

One of the quarterly team drills conducted in 2017 focused on the use of the HazMat ID system in the detection of unknown materials. The HazMat ID is a highly specific tool that measures how chemical samples interact with infrared light. Each chemical has its

own unique infrared fingerprint, which, when analyzed by the HazMat ID, is compared

against an onboard library database to provide identification in less than 20

seconds. In another drill scenario, while the HazMat Technicians were dressed in full Level A ensemble, the team members were required to solve the ‘Leak Monster.’ The ‘Leak Monster’ is a series of connected pipes that have multiple leaks; water is used to simulate a leaking fluid. The technicians are then required to stop the leak using the tools and equipment they carry to a scene in the Hazmat Trailer. Also, while dressed in the Level A ensemble, technicians were required to perform a rescue of a downed person.

2017 Accomplishments

 Continued training on the use of the HazMat IQ System

 Advanced hands-on training, while dressed in Level A suits

 In depth, hands-on training using the Hazmat ID, & Area Rae Monitoring System

Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Todd Stoffa Captain

The DeKalb Fire Department is responsible for the delivery of fire protection, rescue, emergency medical services, and hazardous materials response at the DeKalb Tay- lor Municipal Airport (DTMA). This emergency response capability is generally re- ferred to as ARFF.

2017 Accomplishments

 Completed basic training for probationary new hired members

 Provided ARFF stand by duties as requested

 Provided stand by for medical flight hot fueling operation on cross country flight

 Responded to 1 aviation incident on the run way

 Implemented ARFF MABAS box card for airport emergencies

Public Education Pat Eriksen and Noah Millard Firefighters/Paramedics

Public Education is an essential component to lowering a community's fire losses. The DeKalb Fire Department strives to find ways to reach the citizens and teach fire safety to the community. Station tours are an excellent way to familiarize the members of the community with the fire department and help them learn their role in fire safety. We always enjoy the community contacting us to schedule a tour, meet our members, and learn about fire safety. In addition to station tours and safety presentations, the fire department also participates in the fire education in all public elementary schools in DeKalb as well as Northern Illinois University sororities, and fraternities. Additionally, members of the DeKalb Fire Department attend events in the community as requested to further the fire and life safety message of the Fire Department.

2017 Accomplishments

The DeKalb Public Education Team visited all 3rd grade classes in DeKalb and taught the students fire safety using a combination of presentations and hands-on training in the Fire Safety trailer, showing children and teachers how to get out of a fire situation. The CPR program began in the fall; the public was taught and certified in CPR and AED use. We also educated all students in DeKalb High School Driver’s Ed classes on driver safety.

The following lists just a few of the events, projects, and functions in which the Public Education team participated.

 National Night Out  Family Fun Fest

 Fire Prevention in all 3rd grade classes  Public Service Announcements on Government Access Cable Channel  NIU STEM Fest 14, as well as weekly Fire and EMS Safety tips on Social Media  RAMP Participation  Annual Pancake Breakfast  Tours of DFD Facilities to various groups  NIU Safety Awareness Night

 Kishwaukee Fest

 Representative Pritchard’s Senior Fair

 District 428 Clinton Rosette Wellness Fair

 Parades

 University Village Camp Power Participation

Public Education Pat Eriksen and Noah Millard Firefighters/Paramedics

Adults Children Activities

CPR/AED Training 24 0 2

Elementary/Pre-School Presentations 1049 4508 26

Fire Drills 35 225 9

Other Activities 33 46 4 Parades 5 Station Tours 106 415 24 Touch A Truck 1092 1793 25 Total 2,339 4,004 95

Social Media Pat Eriksen Firefighter/Paramedic

Facebook is one avenue used to get information out to the public. Some of the many items shared on Facebook are listed below:

 Every Wednesday: An EMS/Health related topic is published to help educate the public on health-related issues, life safety measures, and other health related topics.

 Every Friday: A fire-related topic is published to help educate the public on fire safety related issues for homes, business, schools, etc.

 Line Of Duty Death: Firefighter and Medic line of duty deaths are posted to show our support and inform the public.

 Weather: In the event of severe weather in and approaching our area, the public can be notified to ensure safety for themselves and the community.

 Service Anniversaries: DeKalb Fire Department employees’ service anniversaries are posted to illustrate the long-term commitment to the community of our members.

 Product Recalls: In conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, up- to-date product recalls are shared. We also publish product recalls that are informative from various media outlets throughout the United States.

 Training: DeKalb Fire Department seeks out any and all training opportunities to practice and improve their skills to insure the ultimate protection of the citizens of DeKalb. Photos of training are posted, if available.

Training Division Jim Zarek Deputy Chief

The training division is responsible for managing and providing training to department members. Training falls into two different types of programs: internal (interdepartmental) continuing education and outside training.

Internal continuing education is conducted to refine and master the basic skills needed. This training is divided into five sub-categories:

Fire - training on the aspects of firefighting from preparing equipment prior to the call to cleaning up equipment after the call and everything in between.

EMS - ongoing refresher, in-service of new equipment, and standard medical order reviews. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) requires paramedics to complete 100 hours of training every 4 years and EMT-Basics are required to have 60 hours of training every 4 years.

Rescue - activities related to the processes needed to rescue someone from car accidents, high angle situations, confined space incidents, trench collapses, building or structural collapses, and grain bin entrapments.

Hazardous Materials - prepares and refreshes the firefighters on what is needed for dealing with incidents that involve hazardous materials.

Leadership - prepares personnel for promotions and leadership roles within the department.

Outside training is classes held away from the DeKalb Fire Department. Typically, these classes provide the initial training to members of the department in the aspects of their job. These classes include Basic Operations Firefighter, Paramedic, Fire Officer I, plus many more. Additionally, firefighters may enroll in elective courses such as Advanced Technician Firefighter School, Smoke Divers, and others. These classes are typically weeklong classes at different locations around the state or at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Once completed, many of these classes offer the opportunity for the member of the department to earn a certification from the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office in the subject they studied.

The training program at the Fire Department is based on standards, regulations, and requirements set forth on the minimum number of training hours needed annually. These standards, regulations, and requirements are set forth by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Insurance Services Office (ISO), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA), and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Training Division

Required Training Standard Required By Reference

Structural Firefighting 16 hours per month ISO/OSHA/NFPA 1910.156/1500 SCBA 1 class per quarter OSHA/NFPA 1910.134/1404 Drivers Training 12 hours annually ISO/NFPA 1451/1500 Lock out/Tag out 1 class per year OSHA 1910.147 Officer Training 12 hours annually ISO/NFPA 1501/1021 Pre-plans 12 hours annually ISO Protective Clothing 1 class per year OSHA/NFPA 1910.132/1500

Blood Borne Patho- 1 class per year OSHA/NFPA 1910.103/1581 gens

Rescue Training 1 class per year OSHA/NFPA 1910.156/1500

Hazard Communica- 1 class per year OSHA 1910.120/1910.195 tion/Hearing Protec- tion

CPR 25 hours annually IDPH EMS continuing edu- 25 hours annually/ IDPH cation Paramedic 15 hours annually/ EMT

Fit Test N95/Annual OSHA 1910.134

SCBA SCBA/Annual OSHA 1910.134

APR APR/Annual OSHA 1910.134 Peer Fitness Assess- Annually ments

Hose Testing Annually NFPA 1962 HIPAA Annually Health Insurance Portability and Ac- countability Act of

1996

Training Division

The following personnel are recognized for attaining Office of the State Fire Marshal certifications during the 2017 calendar year.

Jim Carani Fire Officer II

Patrick Cicogna Fire Apparatus Engineer

Christian Dagenais Fire Apparatus Engineer Structural Collapse Operations Trench Operations Trench Technician

Dan Franklin Fire Apparatus Engineer

Brett Gautcher Fire Officer I

Bart Gilmore Fire Inspector I

Vincent Laudicina Fire Apparatus Engineer

Bill Lynch Fire Inspector I

Matt Neiert Fire Apparatus Engineer

Kevin Palazzola Fire Service Instructor I

Zak Prielipp Rope Operations Structural Collapse Operations Trench Operations Trench Technician

Jared Thorp Rope Operations Trench Operations

Joe Wempe Advanced Technician Firefighter

Chris Ziola Fire Officer II

Training Division

2017 Accomplishments

 14 members received 21 new certifications from the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal

 2 members graduated from the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program

 Extensive training was conducted utilizing the department’s Mobile Training Tower in order to achieve credit from the Insurance Service Organization (ISO) towards the department’s Class 2 certification

In Service, 37, HOURS AND PERCENTAGE OF TIME 0% SPENT TRAINING BY CATEGORY

Haz Mat, Rescue, Non- 616.75, 3% 1196.75, 6% emergency Driving, 1692.11, 8% EMS, 2280.34, 11% Daily, Apparat 9232.78, 44% us Physic al Fire Checks, 4557.9… Fitness Training, , … 6020.62, 29%

SCBA, 1360.29, 6% Outside Training, 1430.83, 7%

20,815.07 Hours of training completed 19,384.24 Hours of internal training completed Members were sent to 56 outside training classes 1,430.83 Hours of outside training completed Fire Prevention Eric Hicks Fire Chief

The Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for the enforcement of the 2015 International Fire Code and the City of DeKalb Municipal Code. The City adopted the entire 2015 International code set in 2017. These codes prescribe regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practices for the safeguarding of life, property, and environment from the risks of fire, explosion, and other hazardous conditions, which may prove hazardous to life and property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises.

Under the Chapter 5 of the City of DeKalb Municipal Code, the Fire Department has jurisdiction to inspect all businesses within the City of DeKalb, and has additional authority to review plans and perform inspections of all new building construction, fire protection installations and alterations that occur within the City. The goal of the DeKalb Fire Department is to educate and maintain positive relationships with all local business owners and community members by gaining compliance before any legal action becomes necessary. It has been proven that compliance in codes will reduce risk, save lives and protect property.

2017 Accomplishments

 Moved the physical location of the Fire Prevention Lieutenant into the Building Department to improve the quality and continuity of inspections. The Fire Prevention Lieutenant will act as a member of the building department with daily supervision by the Chief Building Officer and the Fire Chief.

 Assisted the City of DeKalb Building Board of Appeals in the implementation and adoption of the 2015 edition of the International Code Council code set

 Continued with the “7G” inspection program which utilizes off-duty firefighters to perform initial and follow up inspections on hotels, commercial and industrial properties.

 Assisted displaced residents with post-incident follow-up.

Initial Re- Total CY17 Inspections Inspections inspections Inspections Violations

Fire Pump Test 4 0 4 0

Outside Property Maintenance Inspection 347 172 519 433

Final Occupancy Inspection 14 3 17 18

Commercial Industrial Building Inspection 476 219 695 1,337

Rooming House Inspection 67 119 186 1,632

Fire Life Safety Inspection 184 178 362 1,924

Hotel/Motel Inspection 6 12 18 99

Gas Station Inspection 20 30 50 341

Special Inspection 0 0 0 0

School Inspection 0 0 0 0

Citizen Complaint Inspection 2 3 5 19

Fire Complaint: Fire Life Safety Inspection 4 6 10 147

Other Complaint: Inspection 2 1 3 0

Other Fire Life Safety Complaint Inspection 1 0 1 44

Fire Suppression System Test 3 0 3 0

Alarm System Test 7 3 10 5

Ansul System Test 7 0 7 0

Total Inspections By Fire Personnel 1,144 746 1,890 5,999

Licensed Property Inspections Bill Lynch Lieutenant

Rooming houses, fire/life safety, hotel/motel, and gas stations inspections are part of a yearly license program. This program requires the occupancies to fill out a registration form each year and submit to an inspection performed by the Fire Prevention Officer. These are comprehensive inspections looking for life safety violations, property maintenance concerns, and checking to ensure required maintenance has been completed.

Fire prevention is also used during emergency responses as a liaison to the owners and occupants to assist in salvage of personal affects, securing the property, and relocation of the occupant(s).

 CO incident follow up

 Hood suppression acceptance

 Sprinkler acceptance testing

 Sprinkler hydro test

 Underground flush

 Hood suppression inspection review

 Fire hydrant area flow

 Fire alarm acceptance

 Fire drill witness

 Hood suppression test

 Knox Box maintenance

Commercial and Industrial Property Inspections Jim Zarek Deputy Chief

The commercial building inspection program began in 2015 by City Ordinance. The purpose of this program is to provide a means for commercial buildings to be inspected that were not already being inspected under the current city licensing avenues. For the purpose of this program, a commercial building is one that contains any type of business, manufacturing facility, storage, or retail. This program also includes the inspection of commercial buildings that are vacant. Buildings are on a 3-year inspection cycle, which means they will be inspected every three years. Some of the items noted during an inspection include, but are not limited to, exit and emergency lights, fire extinguishers, electrical hazards, aisle spacing, property maintenance issues. However, vacant buildings are inspected annually and buildings requiring more than 2 inspections are inspected again the following year.

The program begins with a commercial building registration form. Buildings are registered annually, to ensure emergency contact information remains up-to-date. Inspections are scheduled in advance with the property owner and local representative and performed by either fire department 24 hour shift personnel or one of the 7G inspectors. 7G inspectors are a group of firefighters that report back to work to perform inspection on their non-shift days, at a reduced rate of pay. If violations are noted during the inspection, a violation notice is sent to the property owner requesting repairs be made. A second inspection is scheduled for 30+ days from the original inspection date to check on the status of the violations. Subsequent inspections will be scheduled until all violations have been repaired.

Along with the inspection, a fire pre-plan is completed. A fire pre-plan contains information gathered on the building to assist the fire department when there is an emergency incident at that location. This information includes, but is not limited to: floor plans, building size, building construction, fire detection and protection systems, utility shut offs, nearest fire hydrants, and much more. This information is entered into fire department’s record management software program and then placed into the city’s computer aided dispatch (CAD) system, which allows emergency vehicles retrieval access of the information obtained.

The entire program encompasses approximately 250 properties representing 863 occupancies that must be inspected. One third of those properties are inspected each year.

2017 Accomplishments

 695 commercial building inspections were completed on 476 occupancies. This represented 476 initial inspections and 219 re-inspections.

 657 pre-plans were also completed.

Firefighting Equipment and Supplies Bart Gilmore Battalion Chief

Firefighting equipment and supplies are overseen by the Shift 3 Battalion Chief. Shift 3 officers are responsible for all logistical considerations of firefighting equip- ment and supplies used by firefighters. Some areas include:

 Fire apparatus equipment—all equipment stored on fire engines, ladder trucks, squads, and rescue vehicles

 Fire extinguishers

 Fire hose

 Structural firefighting turnout gear

 Personal protective equipment

2017 Accomplishments

 Purchased 14 sets of new structural firefighting turnout gear to replace aging turnout gear, to meet the standards of NFPA 1500. As gear is replaced, each firefighter will have two sets of gear. The old gear will provide the firefighter with a clean, temporary set of structural firefighting turnout gear to be used while front- line gear is being cleaned to reduce the exposure of personnel to cancer causing chemicals produced during fires. The old gear is only to be used temporarily as it is past its 10 year operational lifespan according to NFPA standards. This is currently being run as a pilot program. If this proves to be a successful program, and as gear continues to be replaced, others will keep their gear as well.

 A system for inventorying and tracking of firefighting supplies was also developed this year. That includes a formal inventory list of all items that we keep in order to monitor the usage of firefighting supplies. An inventory will be conducted every third Monday. The goal is to keep a clearer picture of how much inventory the department has on hand and reduce excessive purchases or shortages of needed equipment.

EMS Equipment and Supplies Jeff Jossendal Battalion Chief

EMS equipment and supplies are overseen by the Shift 2 Battalion Chief with assistance from the Fire Department’s support staff. Two Lieutenants from Shift 1 assist the Battalion Chief with all logistical considerations of EMS equipment and supplies used by personnel. Some areas include:

 Equipment stored on ambulances

 Automated external defibrillators

 Stretchers and stair chairs maintenance and repair

 Medical supplies

 Personal Protective Equipment

2017 Accomplishments

 EMS services continued to be the majority of calls for service in 2017, and as usual DeKalb Fire Department responded with excellent professional service.

 Ongoing research continued into new equipment and suggestions from members on different items o improve customer service.

 No new equipment or procedures were placed into service in 2017, however we received great continuing education from Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Community Hospital.

Communications Keith Fritz Lieutenant

The communications program is responsible for maintaining, researching, updating, and administration of communication equipment for the DeKalb Fire Department. Currently, there are 42 mobile radios, 84 portable radios, 3 aviation radios, 3 Starcomm MABAS radios, 5 base station radios, 9 base station radio remotes, 3 station alerting devices, 3 station public address systems, 68 personal pagers, 21 mobile computers, 2 Lifenet devices, 5 Sierra communications mobile hot spot devices, and 2 MiFi communication devices in the Fire Department communications cache.

2017 Accomplishments

 Continued to perform preventive maintenance functions and repairs on the equipment to keep it in the highest working order

 Created and implemented backup communications plan and trained members

 Researched P25 radio requirements

 Attended County wide radio upgrade meetings

 Reprogrammed and distributed portable radios to all members

Respiratory Protection Brett Gautcher Lieutenant

The DeKalb Fire Department respiratory protection program maintains all respiratory protection equipment utilized by the department in accordance with OSHA and NFPA standards. This equipment includes all breathing apparatus, mobile and stationary air supply systems, all personal protective face pieces, N-95 masks, and particulate masks. The technicians in this program also maintain department battery supplies and provide respiratory protection training to all personnel.

2017 Accomplishments

 Completed quarterly air quality test of compressor

 Completed monthly maintenance of air compressor

 Conducted annual flow testing of all self -contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)

 Performed hydrostatic testing of SCBA bottles

 Coordinated Scott SCBA repairs with Scott service technician

 Performed annual respirator fit testing of all firefighters

 Inspected all SCBA

 Maintained department battery supply levels

 Conducted all compressor maintenance and repairs

 Purchased replacement parts for re- pairing and maintaining face pieces and air packs

Buildings and Grounds Eric Hicks Fire Chief

The Fire Chief has the responsibility for oversight of repairs and maintenance of DeKalb’s three fire stations, which were built in 1957, 1972, and 1994. Daily cleaning chores, snow removal, light landscaping, and minor station repairs are completed by on-duty shift personnel 365 days a year. Major repairs, significant maintenance, and grounds keeping are handled by the City of DeKalb Public Works and local private contractors, which specialize in their respective fields.

2017 Accomplishments

 Station 1 had new LED lighting added in the apparatus bay, which improved safety and made the station more energy efficient. The station apparatus floor also was updated receiving new paint on the ceiling and walls, this portion of the building had not been painted since 1972, when the station was originally built.

 Station 2 received no major repairs in 2017.

 Station 3 saw the main furnace experience a catastrophic failure of the heat exchanger causing Carbon Monoxide to enter the station. The furnace was evaluated and found to be in good condition so only the heat exchanger was replaced.

Fleet Tim Morey Lieutenant

The DeKalb Fire Department maintenance team is responsible for care, maintenance, and repairs of all apparatus in the Fire Department’s fleet. The team is comprised of 1 team coordinator and 8 mechanics, all of which have vehicle maintenance experience. Our fleet consists of 4 fire engines, 2 aerial ladder platform trucks, 6 ambulances, 2 light-duty squads, 1 heavy rescue, 6 administrative/command vehicles, 1 semi-tractor trailer, 1 airport crash truck, 1 hazardous materials decontamination truck, 1 boat, and multiple trailers and light towers. In addition to the rolling stock, the team is responsible for numerous small engines including chain saws, hydraulic pumps, positive pressure fans, and generators. Complex repairs and preventive maintenance are subcontracted to private shops in the area. This protects the City of DeKalb from liability. On-duty personnel or members of the maintenance team handle smaller repairs such as electrical issues and light cosmetic repairs. When emergency repairs occur at night or on weekends, team members are utilized to make repairs, resulting in minimized downtime.

The team is also responsible for overseeing annual testing of ground ladders, aerial ladders, and water pumps carried on fire apparatus. This testing is recommended by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and is necessary to maintain the City’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating.

2017 Accomplishments

 Completed Truck 2 repairs and upgrades in preparation for ISO

 Conducted aerial and ground ladder testing

 Conducted water pump testing on all pumping fire apparatus

 A new fire pump assembly on the department brush truck was installed

 Placed two new ambulances into service

 Placed a new command vehicle into service

 Established new communication methods with team member and admin to reduce vehicle down time and redundant efforts

Apparatus

Ladder Truck These apparatus rarely respond alone. They typically respond with Engines and other apparatus. Along with rescue and ventilation equipment, they carry cutting equipment, a full set of extrication tools, and numerous ladders. On fire scenes, ladder companies are generally responsible for ladders, overhaul, ventilation, entry, rescue, salvage, and utilities.

Truck 1: 2008 Pierce Quantum, Station 1, 105’ Truck 2: 1990 Grumman Aerial Cat, Station 1, 102’

Engines The core firefighting vehicle. These apparatus are capable of pumping water from their own tanks. They carry hose and emergency medical equipment. The primary purpose of an engine is to transport firefighters to an emergency incident, provide a limited supply of water and the ability to pump water from fire hydrants. They also carry all the hose, tools, and equipment needed by firefighting personnel such as ground ladders, pike police, axes, floodlights, and SCBA.

Engine 1: 2013 Alexis, Station 1 Engine 2: 2006 HME Spectre Chassis, Station 2 Engine 3: 2007 HME Chassis, Station 3 Engine 4: 2001 Pierce Sabre, Station 3

Apparatus

Squads The DeKalb Fire Department Squads provide for brush and field firefighting capabilities and are used to pull equipment trailers to emergency incidents.

Squad 1: 2002 Dodge PU, Station 1 Squad 4: 1998 Chevy K-3500, Station 1

Heavy Rescue Rescue 1 is a heavy rescue apparatus acquired through a grant from FEMA in 2004. This vehicle responds as needed for vehicle extrication, confined space, structural collapse, and other technical rescue incidents.

Rescue 1: 2004 HME 1871 P Series Chassis, Station 1 Rescue 6: 2004 Sterling Acterra, Tractor/Trailer, Airport

Apparatus

Ambulances Stationed throughout the city, the DeKalb Fire Department’s ambulances respond quickly to medical emergencies. All ambulances are equipped for paramedic level advanced life sup- port emergencies.

Medic 1: 2017 Ford E-450, Station 1 Medic 2: 2009 Ford E-450, Station 2 Medic 3: 2017 Ford E-450, Station 3 Medic 4: 2013 Chevy AEV Chassis, Station 1 Medic 5: 2006 Ford E-450, Station 3 Medic 6: 2005 International, Station 3

Command and Administrative Vehicles These vehicles are used for Incident Command.

Chief 1: 2014 Ford Explorer, Station 1 Chief 2: 2014 Ford Explorer, Station 1 Chief 3: 2007 Chevy Tahoe, Station 1 Battalion 1: 2016 Ford Expedition, Station 1 Car 4: 2001 Chevy Suburban K-1500, Station 1 Car 5: 2001 Chevy Suburban K-2500, Station 1 Car 6: 2004 Dodge Durango, Station 1

Apparatus

Airport Rescue and Firefighting Truck Serving the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, Crash 6 has a wide range of features that make it ideal for airport rescue and firefighting.

Crash 6: E-One, Airport

Additional Support Vehicles

Mass Casualty Trailer Safety Trailer Hazardous Materials Trailer (2) Mobile Training Tower Technical Rescue Trailer Incident Management Trailer HazMat Decontamination Truck

Career Highlights Welcome New Members To DeKalb Fire Department

Vincent Laudicina Anthony Marzulli 2/13/2017 7/31/2017

Coltin Phelps Joseph Long 2/13/2017 4/24/2017 Career Highlights—Promotions

Bill Lynch promoted to Fire Prevention Lieutenant/Paramedic 1/2/2017

Jason Pavlak promoted to Lieutenant/Paramedic 1/1/2017

Don Faulhaber promoted to Battalion Chief 3/19/2017 Career Highlights—Promotions

Wade Schneck promoted to Lieutenant/Paramedic 3/19/2017

Luke Howieson promoted to Captain 3/19/2017 Career Highlights—Retirement

Battalion Chief Tony Cox retired March 14, 2017

Hired July 19, 1993 Lieutenant September 29, 2002 Captain August 8, 2010 Battalion Chief August 30, 2012

Paramedic until November 7, 2004

Committees and Teams Haz Mat Team 1996 – 2009 Honor Guard 1996-2011 Pub Ed Team 1997 – 2009 (past coordinator) Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist 1997-2002 Vehicle Spec Committee 2001-2004 Firefighting Supplies 2006 ARFF 2008 - retirement Safety Committee 2010 Training Committee 2011-2014 Local 1236 Trustee 2011 Building and Grounds Coordinator 2012 – 2015 SCBA Technician 2012-2013 Inventories 2016 CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) member Alternative Funding

3M FOUNDATION A $2,500 grant from the 3M Foundation was awarded to make repairs and improvements to the Fire Safety trailer.

FM Global A $995 grant was awarded to purchase fire investigation tools.

KIDDE Kidde provided 25 CO alarms to the fire department to distribute to citizens as needed.

Budget and Revenue

Budget and Revenue

AMBULANCE REVENUE

Billed Collected

$2,482,344.96

$2,006,465.18

$1,636,028.35

$1,589,158.95 $1,588,832.29 $1,540,851.04

$972,273.86

$952,968.24

$883,566.57

$843,948.63 $825,581.06 $807,687.51

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

PERCENTAGE OF AMBULANCE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PATIENTS REVENUE BY SOURCE TRANSPORTED BY EACH REVENUE SOURCE

SELF-PAY, 2.33% SELF-PAY, 15.46% MEDICARE, 27.05% MEDICARE, 32.94% PRIVATE, 29.08% PRIVATE, 52.75% MEDICAID, MEDICAID, 28.41% 11.98%

IAFF LOCAL 1236 Luke Howieson Union President

DeKalb Firefighters Local 1236 takes great pride in their active roll within our community. The DeKalb Firefighters support various community groups and organizations throughout the year.

DeKalb Firefighters Local 1236 donated over $25,000 to local and national organizations and charities.

$5,200 was raised to help battle neuromuscular diseases through our local "Fill the Boot" campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

DeKalb Firefighters in conjunction with the DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association were able to give away over 50 brand new coats to kids in the DeKalb community.

DeKalb Firefighters, DeKalb Police officers, and DeKalb school district staff raised funds for the third annual Police and Fire versus DeKalb School district staff basketball game. There were $1,250 worth of toys donated to the Toys for Tots program.

DeKalb Firefighters continue to increase their support for Salvation Army's "Lets talk Turkey". This past year, DeKalb Firefighters donated $2,500 between cash and turkey's.

Donated 4 sponsorship's to local boys and girls athletic programs through the DeKalb Park District.

IAFF LOCAL 1236 Luke Howieson Union President

Supported or donated funds to several local churches and religious organizations.

Supported many local families through different foundation efforts.

DeKalb Firefighters raised over $3,000 to the Associated Firefighters of Illinois Warrior Program. DeKalb Firefighters are some of the most active within the statewide program.

The membership continues to offer a $500 scholarship through Kishwaukee College for students pursuing a degree in Fire Science or an Allied Health related field of study.

DeKalb Firefighters continued donations to the DeKalb Historical Foundation, along with participation in the annual Pancake breakfast to support the goal of having a fire museum in DeKalb.

Participated in RAMP fundraisers with donations of over $500.

Supported DeKalb High School Athletic Boosters through different fundraisers.

Participated in the Big Brothers and Big Sisters "Bowl for Kids Sake" and also contributed an event sponsorship with Sycamore Firefighters Local 3046.

AFFI Honor Guard

The Mission of the AFFI Honor Guard shall be to promote the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, the Locals therein, and the fire service as a whole, to the public, in a positive and proper fashion. To Provide, as a line of duty death benefit, dignified, honorable services for fallen AFFI members, their surviving family members, and union brothers and sisters through organization of and participation in funeral and memorial services.

DeKalb Fire Department Local 1236 Honor Guard members Jeff Jossendal, Coordinator Keith Fritz Eric Blanken Tom Conley Jim Morton Travis Karr Joe Fisher

Associated Firefighters of Illinois Honor Guard members Jeff Jossendal Keith Fritz Eric Blanken Tom Conley Jim Morton

2017 Ceremonies Fallen Firefighter Memorial and Medal of Honor Ceremony Numerous Line of Duty Deaths throughout the State Other police and fire related funerals throughout the State

Highland Guard

The DeKalb Fire Department Highland Guard represents the fire department at ceremonies, and acts as a goodwill ambassador for the Fire Department and the City of DeKalb. The role of the Highland Guard is to bring a sense of tradition, dignity, and decorum to those events at which they participate, reflecting the high level of discipline, honor, and professionalism that is inherent in the American Fire Service.

DeKalb Fire Department Highland Guard Members Tom Conley Eric Blanken

2017 Events and Ceremonies

 Memorial Day Parade

 Funerals

 Fatty’s for St. Patrick’s Day

 Veteran’s Club in Sycamore

Firefighters Pension Fund Pat Eriksen Board President

The DeKalb Firefighters’ Pension Fund Board of Trustees is composed of two active firefighters, one retired firefighter, and two mayoral appointees. Terms of office are three years and officers are appointed annually.

Existing trustees are required to complete 16 hours of pension and ethics training annually. New members are required to complete 32 hours of training during their first year of their three year term. Additionally, all trustees are required to complete Open Meetings Act training.

The powers and duties of the Board of Trustees of the DeKalb Firefighters’ Pension Fund are stated in 40 ILCS5/4-123 through 4-129.1 and include, but are not limited to, control and management of the fund, enforce contributions, hear and determine applications and to order payments, make rules, pay expenses, invest funds, and keep records.

The Board of Trustees schedules regular quarterly meetings in January, April, July, and October.

2017 Accomplishments

 Pension Fund Rules and Regulations were updated to include record retention policy, gift ban, and travel expense control

 4 new members were added to the fund

 1 new Pensioner was approved

 Request for Proposals (RFP) were issued for fixed income managers. Eight replied to the RFP. Three were asked to present to the Board. The firm of Segall, Bryant, and Hamill was awarded the contract.

2017 Board members Pat Eriksen President, and active membership representative Chris Ziola Secretary, and active membership representative Bill Kalal Retiree representative Eric Hicks Fire Chief, mayoral appointee Pastor Ray Krueger Fire Chaplain, mayoral appointee

Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board Jason Pavlak Chairman

The Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Fund was created in 1992 by the City Council in compliance with applicable state statute provisions. A 2% tax is imposed on the gross receipts of the fire insurance premiums on property located in the City provided by insurance companies not located within Illinois. These taxes, along with similar taxes imposed by most Illinois municipalities, are collected by the state and distributed to municipalities on a per capita basis. In accordance with State Statute, the Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Board members include the Fire Chief and 6 additional members elected by the Fire Department from its active membership. This board is empowered to expend Foreign Fire Insurance Tax proceeds for the “maintenance, benefit, and use of the Fire Department.” Expenditures from this fund are used to purchase items the Fire Department operating budget cannot support including station improvements, station repairs, furniture for fire stations, personal protection equipment, and physical fitness equipment. those who visit. We strive to continuously seek innovative and effective ways to protect the lives and property of those we serve through suppression, emergency medical services, education, prevention, and training.

2017 Purchases  Stairmaster for Station 2  Abdominal wheel for each station

 Lat pulldown machine  Radio straps

 Kitchen table for Station 2  DeKalb Chronicle newspaper subscrip- tion for each station  Kitchen supplies  Picnic table for Station 1  Jackets for new firefighters  Laundry facilities for Station 1  Maintenance of workout equipment at each station  Park bench for each station

 Chairs  Salt spreader for each station

 Mattresses for beds  Stretch straps for each station

 ALS training simulator

2017 Board members Jason Pavlak Chairman Joe Wempe Treasurer Jared Thorp Secretary Matt Klotz Matt Neiert Bill Lynch Eric Hicks

DeKalb Firefighters Historical Association Todd Stoffa Captain

The DeKalb Firefighters Historical Foundation was formed to proudly protect and preserve the long standing history and tradition of the DeKalb Fire Department and its equipment that have served the City of DeKalb for over 150 years. The foundation was started with numerous items of memorabilia, newspaper articles, and photographs. We have since had our 1951 Mack fire engine generously donated to the foundation. Our goal is to restore the Mack fire engine back to its original beauty and obtain a location to create a museum for the DeKalb Community. We believe the restored engine and our expanding inventory of memorabilia would make a great beginning for something very special for our community.

2017 Accomplishments

 Held and sponsored annual pancake breakfast and open house

 Participated with the STEAM Center work group project

 Presented historical presentation at the Ellwood House on the history of the DeKalb FD

How To Become A Firefighter

APPLY At the time of application, each applicant must:  Possess a valid driver's license (not necessarily an Illinois license),

 Be a graduate of a senior high school or have acquired the equivalency diploma through GED.

 Provide evidence showing State of Illinois (IDPH) Paramedic License (EMT-P).

 Be certified as a Firefighter Basic (Firefighter II) or Advanced (Firefighter III) by the Illinois State Fire Marshall’s Office.

 Successfully complete the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) with Ladder Climb (certification conducted by a licensed agency within twelve (12) months prior)

 Applicants must be 21 years of age prior to taking any test leading to employment as a Firefighter/Paramedic in the City of DeKalb, or 20 years old if they meet the Special Qualifications.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS INCLUDES  Successful completion of a thorough medical evaluation including medical examination, vision screening, psychological evaluation, and polygraph to assess their fitness to perform the duties of the position sought.

 Demonstration of proof of having successfully completed any position or department specific physical testing as may be outlined in the Rules and Regulations.

 Applicants taking any test leading to employment as a Firefighter/Paramedic in the City of DeKalb must not have reached their 35th birthdate by the job application deadline.

 The age requirements of this Section shall be amended or waived as required under the applicable and then-current provisions of 65 ILCS 10-2.1-6 or 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1- 6.3 (or other applicable Illinois statute). For purposes of any age exception that is based upon previous service to the City as a firefighter in the regularly constituted fire department of the City, such service must have been within the five years preceding application to be creditable. Unless otherwise required by law, no applicant shall have reached his or her 50th birthday prior to application.

STAY IN SHAPE Since the fire service demands optimal physical fitness, pursue an exercise regimen with a focus on both strength training and improving aerobic capacity.

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY AGAIN! Firefighting is a competitive career. Do not give up if you don’t get the job on your first attempt.