Eugene Springfield Fire Eugene/Springfield, Oregon COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT February 2020 Community Risk Assessment Eugene Springfield Fire TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents............................................................................................................................... i Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................ iv Methodology .................................................................................................................................... v The Cities of Eugene & Springfield ..................................................................................................... 2 Weather & Climate .................................................................................................................................... 2 Regional Demographics ............................................................................................................................ 3 Population................................................................................................................................................. 3 Economic and Jobs Information ................................................................................................................ 5 Select Demographics ................................................................................................................................ 6 Organizational Overview ................................................................................................................... 9 City of Eugene ........................................................................................................................................... 9 City of Springfield ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Eugene Springfield Fire ............................................................................................................................. 9 Programs & Services ............................................................................................................................... 10 Organizational Structure—Administrative ............................................................................................... 11 Organizational Structure—Operations/Prevention/Training ................................................................... 12 Vision, Mission, & Values .......................................................................................................................... 13 Emergency Management ......................................................................................................................... 13 ESF Fire Prevention Division ................................................................................................................... 14 Funding Sources .......................................................................................................................................15 Responses by Incident Type ..................................................................................................................... 17 Temporal Variation ................................................................................................................................. 18 Response Time Performance .................................................................................................................. 21 EMS Service Delivery .............................................................................................................................. 23 Spatial Analysis of Service Demand ........................................................................................................ 25 Fire Prevention Staffing Survey ............................................................................................................... 29 Community Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................... 33 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Organizational Vulnerabilities ................................................................................................................. 36 Defining Risk ...................................................................................................................................38 Natural Hazards & Vulnerabilities ..................................................................................................... 42 Human-Caused Hazards & Vulnerabilities ......................................................................................... 50 Technological Hazards & Vulnerabilities ...........................................................................................56 i Community Risk Assessment Eugene Springfield Fire Risk by Geographical Planning Zone and Incident Type .....................................................................61 Fire Planning Zone Methodology ............................................................................................................ 61 Target Hazard Locations ......................................................................................................................... 62 Community Risk Reduction ..............................................................................................................76 Fire Code Enforcement ............................................................................................................................ 77 Pre-Incident Planning and Fire Safety Audits .......................................................................................... 79 Community Outreach and Education ...................................................................................................... 79 Community Growth & Risk .............................................................................................................. 80 Future Development ............................................................................................................................... 80 Projected Population Growth .................................................................................................................. 81 Summary & Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 84 Continue a Targeted Wildfire Prevention/Mitigation Program ................................................................ 84 Increase Fire Prevention Staff and Inspections ........................................................................................ 84 Improve Radio/Data Communications System Planning and Interoperability ......................................... 85 Standardize Administrative Policies, Procedures, and Processes ............................................................ 85 Increase Collaboration and Coordination Between Emergency Management & ESF ............................... 86 Address the Unhoused Issue ................................................................................................................... 86 Appendix A: Hazard Vulnerabilty Matrices ........................................................................................87 Appendix B: Table of Figures ............................................................................................................93 Appendix C: References .................................................................................................................. 96 ii Community Risk Assessment Eugene Springfield Fire INTRODUCTION In March 2019, Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) retained ESCI to conduct a Community Risk Assessment. This effort was undertaken subsequent to the implementation of an interlocal agreement between the cities to facilitate the joint delivery of fire and life safety services. The new organization, now known as Eugene Springfield Fire, is tasked with providing Fire, EMS, and Life Safety services to both communities. As part of this consolidation, ESF realized that there was little data related to commercial occupancies in the City of Springfield, as well as incomplete and obsolete occupancy data for the City of Eugene. Subsequently, ESF was awarded an Assistance for Firefighters Fire Prevention & Safety (AFG FP&S) grant to conduct an occupancy survey in both cities and complete a Community Risk Assessment, which was performed by ESCI. During the summer of 2019, ESCI representatives analyzed the consolidated ESF organization, including service delivery, current Fire Prevention Division resources, community demographics, and known hazards. As part of this effort, ESCI conducted a Hazard Vulnerability Assessment with representatives from ESF, City of Eugene Emergency Management, and City of Springfield Emergency Management. Subsequently, ESCI representatives conducted a site visit to further learn about ESF operations, community hazards, and response planning. Representatives from the City of Eugene, Lane County Emergency Management Division, Lane County Health Department, and Lane County 911 were interviewed as part of this effort. The analysis of ESF operations, resource allocation,