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40 dynamics of the City of Roseville, was conducted with input from internal and external stakeholders as 41 well as the utilization of the International Association of Fire Fighters GIS department for data analysis 42 and comparison. As a result of this assessment, it is our recommendation that the necessary adjustment 43 to our staffing model is to staff at least one additional emergency vehicle on a daily basis. The additional 44 staffed apparatus has been identified to be our existing ladder truck. The ladder truck provides for a 45 versatile vehicle that allows for effective and professional fire and EMS response. During the evaluation, 46 we assessed the feasibility of staffing additional apparatus, such as medical response vehicles. 47 However, these options were deemed unsuitable because they did not address all aspects of the 48 community’s needs and current department operational shortcomings. 49 50 This more modern and enhanced staffing model will promptly enhance our ability to respond to multiple 51 concurrent calls, provide flexibility and enhanced creativity in our overall response strategy, and facilitate 52 improved fire response and coverage. This proposal addresses the current drawbacks of our existing 53 staffing model. A primary concern for fire administration is the high call volume and overlapping calls, 54 which strain our sole fire apparatus (the fire engine). This workload reduces its availability for fire 55 emergencies and critical apparatus-specific emergencies leaving the department and thereby the 56 community in a vulnerable position. By implementing a ladder truck response, we can effectively 57 manage the anticipated and current EMS call volume. Additionally, this strategy will provide an 58 accessible firefighting resource, enhancing our long-term fire response capabilities and ensuring the 59 community’s safety. This staffing model will necessitate adjustments to our current operational 60 procedures. It will directly alleviate resource strain, optimize response times, and ensure that emergency 61 services can meet the evolving demands of the community while also helping to align daily staffing to 62 national standards. 63 64 With the implementation of a ladder apparatus, we can modify and refine our current response plans and 65 deploy more appropriate responses to emergencies. This modification will allow us to redirect certain call 66 types that typically require the response of a fire engine or medic vehicles and transitioning that demand 67 to the ladder apparatus. This will allow for a more balanced response workload for the existing staffed 68 vehicles. In addition, we believe with an EV Fire Engine (starting in 2025), the workload of the engine 69 may increase slightly to better handle the call volume demand, taking some of the demand off of the 70 medic vehicles for EMS response. With the addition of the ladder truck and an increased call load for our 71 EV Fire Engine the disbursement and distribution of calls will be better balanced among all staffed 72 apparatus. For an example, currently both staffed medic vehicles and the fire engine are dispatched and 73 respond to a vehicle fire. This takes ALL available units out of service for additional calls while we 74 mitigate the vehicle fire. In the future, staffing the ladder apparatus will allow us to implement a revised 75 response strategy that enables us to dispatch both the engine and ladder for vehicle fires. This approach 76 will allow us to maintain the availability of two vehicles, ensuring that we are prepared to respond to 77 multiple calls simultaneously. By adopting this strategy, we can effectively meet the increased volume of 78 calls while maintaining a state of readiness. 79 80 With the addition of a staffed ladder, daily staffing levels will need to be increased. On a daily basis, 81 staffing levels will need to be between 10 and 13 firefighters on-duty. The 10 personnel would be the 82 minimum staffing level, and 13 would be the maximum staffing level. This staffing level will allow us to 83 meet the staffing needs of all apparatus and to better meet the revised staffing and response model. 84 This will result in the need to hire 15 additional fire department personnel. This staffing level will allow for 85 an immediate (short-term) impact and improvement to our response capacity and capability to better 86 serve the community. Additionally, it will build in a staffing model that can handle future call volume 87 growth. The fire department will continue to staff our two medical response vehicles with two personnel 88 each, increase the staffing on our fire engine from a minimum of 2 to a minimum of 3 for manpower, and 89 allow more effective response from our fire engine. Finally, the ladder apparatus will be staffed with a 90 minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 personnel which is consistent with national standards. 91 92 The Battalion Chief position is pivotal to the overall supervision and incident command of the 93 department. Given our current minimum staffing level of six firefighters on-duty, the Battalion Chief is 94 required to supervise and staff the fire engine for an extended period of over 70% of their on-duty hours, 95 primarily due to the need to accommodate leaves, vacations, paid-time off, and training requirements. Page 2 of 6 Qbhf!8!pg!363