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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 1/27/2025 Item No.: 7.a. Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Fire Department Future Staffing Review 1 2 Background 3 The Roseville Fire Department has been serving the City of Roseville since 1944. After nearly 75 years 4 as a predominantly paid-on-call/volunteer organization, the fire department began a transition to full-time 5 on-duty staffing in 2015. The fire department has slowly transitioned over the course of the last nine 6 years to now be a complement of 24 full-time firefighters in 2025, not including the Assistant Fire Chief 7 and Fire Chief. The fire department is facing significant challenges in managing the growing demand for 8 emergency services. This is a serious issue for the community as emergency response times and the 9 ability to provide adequate and equitable response and services are critical to the safety and well-being 10 of the community and are currently being negatively impacted by a lack of adequate resources. 11 12 In May 2024, the fire department presented to the City Council the high emergency call volume that has 13 been placed on our current staffing model’s inability to fully meet the demand of the community. This 14 presentation showed quantitative and qualitative review of the demand. The high demand is leaving our 15 fire station empty of available response units for additional calls as well as delaying our response to 16 additional emergency incidents. Council and fire administration discussed several different statistical 17 items such as the number of calls per on-duty firefighter, number of calls per on-duty response unit, the 18 high number of instances of multiple calls occurring simultaneously and/or overlapping, and the 19 instances in which we have no available units in the fire station to respond to any additional requests. 20 The demand for service from the fire department has grown exponentially since 2020 and is attributed to 21 an increase in both Fire and EMS incidents. Total annual call volume has grown more than 36% in just 22 the last five years; from 5,528 in 2020 to 7,544 in 2024. The call volume in 2024 is in excess of a 9% 23 increase over 2023 (6907). Some of this growth can be attributed to increased multi-family and 24 population density. The City of Roseville has increased multi-family housing by more than 25% of the 25 total units since 2017. Furthermore, it is believed that the rise in demand is also linked to societal 26 expectations and demands for emergency and essential services at the local level. 27 28 At the May 2024 meeting City Council requested the Fire Chief to seek staffing consultants and inquire 29 on deliverables and cost to perform a department staffing study; this was however, not an official request 30 for proposal (RFP). Multiple consultants were contacted and two provided fire administration with th 31 deliverables and cost for a staffing study. At the August 5, 2024 Council meeting the Fire Chief 32 presented information on the consultants, their deliverables and cost for providing the City a staffing 33 study. At this meeting, the Council instructed the Fire Chief to, in lieu of a formal staffing study 34 conducted by a third-party organization, allocate the next several months to the development of a 35 staffing plan that incorporates both short-term and long-term considerations and bring that back to the 36 Council. The plan should also include recommendations for the implementation and timing of staffing 37 adjustments. 38 39 A thorough evaluation of current and future staffing needs, call volume trends, emergency needs, and Page 1 of 6 Qbhf!7!pg!363