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Recommendation to Receive the Final Report and Recommendations from the Community Risk Assessment and Standards of Cover Study for the Alameda Fire Department. (Fire)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In July of 2022, the City of Alameda (City) entered into a service provider agreement with AP Triton, LLC (Triton) to conduct a Community Risk Assessment (CRA) and Standards of Cover (SOC) Deployment Analysis for the Alameda Fire Department (AFD) utilizing the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) model. Triton completed this analysis by adopting industry best practices, National Fire Protection Association guidelines and standards, and general concepts from CPSE. The final report was completed in April 2024 and utilizes information from City departments, an on-site evaluation, interviews with key stakeholders, and a public survey. Exhibit 1 provides a summary of the report and Exhibit 2 includes the complete final report.
AFD will use the report's information to set/update performance standards, determine optimal apparatus and staffing patterns, assess workload and unit utilization, gauge service delivery performance, support internal department strategic planning and policy development, establish service objectives, and plan for future facility needs. This report is intended to be a starting point for AFD as it strives for excellence and continuous improvement. The next step is for AFD to analyze the findings further and develop an implementation strategy.
BACKGROUND
In June 2022, AFD issued a request for proposals (RFP) to complete a comprehensive analysis of community risk and AFD's ability to address the risk. After assessing responses to the RFP, AFD retained Triton. Their scope of work was to conduct a CRA/SOC to define appropriate levels of service based on a comprehensive analysis of historical performance, expectations, existing and projected community risk fa...
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