c. Fire Rescue personnel continued to work with Sarasota County area fire departments developing regional operating guidelines.

February 2019 Monthly Report

I. Emergency Operations 1. February Highlights

a. Fire Rescue personnel continue to use the Image Trend Fire and EMS reporting system.

b. Fire Rescue personnel continued with “Standard Operating Guideline” committee to update and develop S.O.G.’s.

c. Fire Rescue personnel continued to work with Sarasota County area fire departments developing regional operating guidelines.

d. Fire Rescue personnel continue to submit pictures and video to the City PIO for posting on the City web site.

e. Fire Rescue personnel completed live fire training in Englewood.

f. Fire Rescue personnel attended traffic incident management meeting at the Manatee County EOC.

g. Fire Rescue personnel attended several pub ed events in the city.

h. Fire Rescue personnel completed the new hire orientation process for four (4) newly hired Firefighters.

i. Fire Rescue personnel attended the badge pinning ceremony.

j. Fire Rescue personnel completed CPR recertification.

k. Fire Rescue personnel attended joint fire training with Englewood fire department.

l. Fire Rescue personnel conducted a meeting with North Port CERT Teams concerning prescribed burn at E. Price and Raintree.

m. Fire Rescue personnel attended admin staff meeting.

n. Fire Rescue personnel completed a tour of station 81 for city staff and Big Brothers

and Big Sisters.

February 2019 Monthly Report

II. Division of Administrative Services and Emergency Management 1. Administrative Services

a. A request for quotations for additional equipment for the new ladder truck was resent to the original three quoters and received. Staff is working with Finance in closing out this project through the ordering of the remaining equipment.

b. Fire Rescue staff continues to work multiple purchase requests to outfit vehicles that are going through the purchasing process.

c. Fire Rescue staff inspected and received three (3) new ambulances that will become front-line rescues.

d. Administrative staff is working with Fire Rescue division managers on their FY2019-20 budget requests. Once received and collated, meetings with each manager will be held to review their requests and supporting documentation.

These requests will then be reviewed for development of the Operations and Capital budgets.

e. An item scheduled for Commission’s February 26th’s meeting; consideration of a seven-year preventative maintenance and repair service agreement with Stryker Medical for the new stretcher lifting systems and stretchers was approved. The agreement will cover the new Power-Load stretcher lifting systems for the four ambulances currently on-order and one new Power-Pro stretchers delivered in March. The Agreement includes: (1) unlimited service calls (i.e., labor and travel), (2) replacement of most parts, and (3) one annual preventive maintenance inspection by Stryker Medical’s “ProCare” field service team personnel. The total cost of the seven-year agreement is $32,432 which will come from approved FY2018-19 funds in the Emergency Medical Services budget within the General Fund.

f. Motorola radio purchase request was scheduled for the February 26th commission meeting to meet the needs of additional vehicles. This agenda item was also approved.

g. Fire Rescue staff met with leadership from Sarasota County Fire Department to

determine North Port Fire Rescue’s needs at Station 26. This includes working

with the Information Technology department on communication needs.

February 2019 Monthly Report

2. Emergency Management

a. An application for a new generator at City Hall to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under their Hazard Mitigation Grant Program review by the Florida Division of Emergency Management has been completed. The City has been awarded an HMGP grant for the work to be completed on the generator.

b. Staff continues to work with Rostan Solutions on processing reimbursement

requests for expenditures related to Hurricane Irma. FEMA staff have developed

projects for the expenditures from personnel overtime and damage to City

facilities and is preparing to move them to the next step of review at their

centralized management center. This movement marks a significant milestone

towards reimbursement.

February 2019 Monthly Report

III. Financial Overview 1. EMS

a. Revenue: EMS transport revenues are above budget projections at 59%, which is 24% higher than this time last year. Overall revenues are at 44% collected.

b. Expenses: Personnel and Capital expenditures are under budget projections at an average at 34%. Operating is right on target at 43%.

2. Fire Rescue District

a. Revenue: Assessment revenues are at 83%, which is 2% higher than this time last year, overall revenue is at 62% collected.

b. Expenses: Personnel, Operating and Capital expenditures are slightly under projections at an average of 35%.

3. Impact Fees

a. Revenue: Residential fees are below budget projections at 28% collected.

Commercial fees are also below projections at 14% collected.

West Villages are at 30% collected.

February 2019 Monthly Report

IV. Emergency Operations – Activities Report

1. Fire Rescue responded to a total of 668 incidents during the month of February.

2. Alarm Stats are listed by National Fire Protection Association category. The report is provided and run through National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

3. February emergency alarm responses (668) have decreased 4.70% over the same reporting period for 2018 (February 2018 – 701 Alarms).

4. February emergency alarm responses (668) have increased by 12.67% from last month’s total alarms (January – 765 Alarms). This is normal trending for this time of year.

5. Station 82 was the busiest station in February and for the year with 43.27% of the emergency alarm responses in the District. Station 84 was the second busiest with 22.12% of the calls, and Station 81 was the third busiest with 17.52% of the alarms.

6. The following graphs below illustrate the above statements and show types of alarms by percentage for a specific reporting period and then, they also show the actual value for the types of alarms indicating to how many of each type of incident we responded.

Monthly Alarms

Responded to Fire Explosion EMS Haz.

Cond. Svc

Call Good

Intent False

Alarm Special Weather Total

December, 2018 11 0 557 0 59 41 43 0 0 711

January, 2019 18 2 585 6 67 36 51 0 0 765

February, 2019 10 2 516 5 65 34 36 0 0 668

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Monthly Alarms

11, 2%

0, 0%

557, 78%

0, 0%

59, 8%

40, 6%

43, 6%

0, 0%

0, 0%

December, 2018

Fire Explosion EMS Haz. Cond.

Svc Call Good Intent False Alarm Special Weather

18, 2%

2, 0%

585, 76%

6, 1%

67, 9%

36, 5%

51, 7%

0, 0%

0, 0%

January, 2019 _Fire

Explosion EMS Haz. Cond.

Svc Call

Good Intent

False Alarm

Special

Weather

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7. The graphs below illustrate the number of monthly alarms by station.

Monthly Alarms by Station

Alarms Station 81 82 83 84 85 Total

December, 2018 114 275 68 159 94 710

January, 2019 138 336 67 155 69 765

February, 2019 113 284 41 162 68 668

8. The graph below illustrates the number of “year to date” incidents by station.

Year to Date Incidents by Station

Alarms Station 81 82 83 84 85 Total YTD

January, 2019 138 336 67 155 69 765 765

February, 2019 113 284 41 162 68 668 1433

March, 2019 0 1433

April, 2019 0 1433

May, 2019 0 1433

June, 2019 0 1433

July, 2019 0 1433

August, 2019 0 1433

September, 2019 0 1433

October, 2019 0 1433

November, 2019 0 1433

December, 2019 0 1433

Totals 251 620 108 317 137 1433

Percent of Total 17.52% 43.27% 7.54% 22.12% 9.56% 100.00%

0 100 200 300 400

Station 81 82 83 84 85

February, 2019

January, 2019

December, 2018

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V. Fire Training

1. Annual Fire Training completed for ISO included Fire Pre-Plans, Company Training, Officer Development Training, Facility Training, Driver Training, and Hazardous Materials Training.

2. Station Officers and personnel conducted Company Training individualized to Station and crew needs this month.

3. Each Station Officer was to ensure that each member of their crew participated in 22 hours of Company Training.

4. This month all crews participated in a minimum of two hours pre-planning commercial buildings in their response areas.

5. Each member was to perform and document a minimum of 1.5 hours of driver training.

6. Each Officer was to participate in a minimum of 1.5 hours of officer training.

7. All personnel were to review requirements for annual ISO training documentation to ensure that they are in line with what has been assigned and/or to catch up in any areas of delinquency caused by time off or missed training.

8. Other training conducted as assigned by individual shift and station officers.

9. Lt Kyle Dent coordinated a mutual aid water shuttle drill that was a huge success.

Departments that participated were Sarasota County Fire, Charlotte County Fire and Nokomis Volunteer Fire.

10. Live Fire Evolutions were completed for all department personnel.

11. Department of Education Journeyman Program agreement update sent to the State for

approval. North Port’s Technical Rescue Team #645 participated with Sarasota County

Fire in a live trench rescue refresher.

February 2019 Monthly Report

12. February Fire Training occupied a total of 4,780 hours for the Department or an average

of 43.06 hours of fire training per person.

February 2019 Monthly Report

VI. EMS, Safety & Health Division Training Report

1. EMS Assigned Training Completed During February 2019 a. Classroom & Practical Skills EMS Training

i. BLS Health Care Provider Renewal Courses: EMTs and Paramedics completed BLS (CPR, AED, and Choking) courses for renewal of their certifications.

2. Company Officer Assigned Training Completed during February 2019 a. Company Officer assigned Computer Based Training

i. NFPA 1021 Information Management: This course provided a review of information management in the fire service and reinforced the importance of correctly completed reports and recording keeping practices.

3. Safety & Health Assigned Training Completed During February 2019 a. Safety & Health EMS Assigned Computer Based Training

i. Back Injury Prevention: This course focused on the knowledge and skills needed for the prevention of back injuries that may occur while lifting and/or moving patients.

4. EMS Recorded Training Hours During February 2019

TAGS Total Hours

EMS Training 759.50

5. Physical Fitness Recorded Training Hours During February 2019

TAGS Total Hours

Physical Fitness Training 704.50

February 2019 Monthly Report

6. North Port Fire Rescue EMS Patient Transport Statistics for February 2018 and February 2019.

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

January 2018 January 2019

Sarasota Memorial Hospital - North Port Fawcett Memorial Hospital Bayfront Health Port Charlotte Englewood Community Hospital Venice Regional Bayfront Health Bayfront Health Punta Gorda Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota Tampa General Hospital Lee Memorial Hospital Bayfront Health St. Petersburg All Children’s Hospital Doctors Hospital Blake Memorial Hospital

Destination Hospital January 2018 January 2019

Sarasota Memorial Hospital - North Port 248 260

Fawcett Memorial Hospital 68 80

Bayfront Health Port Charlotte 32 51

Englewood Community Hospital 15 15

Venice Regional Bayfront Health 25 30

Bayfront Health Punta Gorda 0 0

Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Sarasota 9 15

Tampa General Hospital 0 0

Lee Memorial Hospital 1 0

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg 0 1

All Children’s Hospital 1 0

Doctors Hospital 1 1

Blake Medical Center 0 0

Totals 400 453

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7. Patient Age Breakdown – February 2019

8. EMS Runs by Day of the Week - February 2019

Age 0 - 1, 2 Age 1 - 9, 10

Age 10 - 19, 16 Age 20 - 29, 27

Age 30 - 39, 24

Age 40 - 49, 31

Age 50 - 59, 61

Age 60 - 69, 88 Age 70 - 79, 96

Age 80 - 89, 81 Age 90 - 99, 43 Age 100 -

120, 1

Patient Age Breakdown - February 2019

84

98

85 78 74

84

74

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

EMS Runs by Day of the Week - February 2019

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9. Patient Gender – February 2019

10. EMS Calls by Hour of Day – February 2019

Female, 265 Male, 216

Patient Gender - February 2019

10 10 16

11 5

16 15 24

34 29

38 47

32 35 36 27

31 31 27

31

17 25

14 16

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

00: 00: 00 - 00: 59: 59 01: 00: 00 - 01: 59: 59 02: 00: 00 - 02: 59: 59 03: 00: 00 - 03: 59: 59 04: 00: 00 - 04: 59: 59 05: 00: 00 - 05: 59: 59 06: 00: 00 - 06: 59: 59 07: 00: 00 - 07: 59: 59 08: 00: 00 - 08: 59: 59 09: 00: 00 - 09: 59: 59 10: 00: 00 - 10: 59: 59 11: 00: 00 - 11: 59: 59 12: 00: 00 - 12: 59: 59 13: 00: 00 - 13: 59: 59 14: 00: 00 - 14: 59: 59 15: 00: 00 - 15: 59: 59 16: 00: 00 - 16: 59: 59 17: 00: 00 - 17: 59: 59 18: 00: 00 - 18: 59: 59 19: 00: 00 - 19: 59: 59 20: 00: 00 - 20: 59: 59 21: 00: 00 - 21: 59: 59 22: 00: 00 - 22: 59: 59 23: 00: 00 - 23: 59: 59

EMS Calls by Hour of Day - February 2019

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11. Disposition Transport Mode from Scene – February 2019

12. Disposition Transport Mode from Scene – February 2019

398

183

53

5 0

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

Non-Emergency No Transport Emergency Non-Emergency

Upgraded to Emergency

Disposition Transport Mode from Scene

398

183

53

5 0

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

Non-Emergency No Transport Emergency Non-Emergency

Upgraded to Emergency

Disposition Transport Mode from Scene

February 2019 Monthly Report

VII. Fire Marshal - Fire Prevention Division

1. During the month of February 2019, Fire Prevention Division personnel completed 271 total inspections. Division personnel completed nineteen (19) commercial plan reviews, two (2) Major Area Site Plan Review, four (4) Pre-Application for Staff Development reviews, one (1) Development Master Plan review, one (1) Infrastructure Plan review, one (1) Final Plat/Re-Platting, one (1) Variance Request, one (1) Subdivision Concept Plan, one (1) Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Large Scale), one (1) Rezoning, one (1) Text Amendment and four (4) Special Event Permit reviews. Attended four (4) Pre-Application Plan Meetings and one (1) Pre-Construction Meeting. In addition, personnel attended weekly Staff Development Reviews and continued with Re-Certification Training.

2. Fire Prevention personnel participated in: Newcomer Day, seven (7) station visits and tours, Bobcat Farmers Market, MOPARS Chariots for Charities car show, Community Health & Wellness event along with conducting inspections for - Woofstock event put on by the City, the Valentines Fest – Arts & Craft Show and the St. Sava Church Fesitval.

3. Fire department personnel visited fifty-five (55) residences this month checking over 262 detectors, replacing 234 batteries and installing twenty-nine (29) detectors.

4. The following chart shows the top ten (10) violations of annual life and fire safety inspections completed by fire prevention personnel:

Violations by Type Count

Emergency Lighting Performance 13

Address Identification 2

Fire Extinguisher Maintenance 9 Exit Sign Illumination 11 Fire Sprinkler Maintenance & Testing 9

Ceiling Assemblies Maintained 3

Egress Maintenance 3

Access/Knox Key Box 5

Electrical Covers 3

Fire Alarm Maintenance & Testing 3 61 FEBRUARY 2019 # of Homes

Serviced # of Detectors

Checked # of Batteries

Replaced # of Detectors Installed

55 262 234 29

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5. The following chart shows the number and type of inspections completed by fire prevention personnel:

13

2

9

11 9

3 3

5

3 3

Violations by Type February 2019

Total 61

Emergency Lighting Performance Address Identification Fire Extinguisher Maintenance Exit Sign Illumination

Fire Sprinkler Maintenance &

Testing

Ceiling Assemblies Maintained Egress Maintenance

Access/Knox Key Box Electrical Covers

Fire Alarm Maintenance &

Testing

Inspection Type Count

Annual 63

Certificate of Occupancy 2

Code Research and Review 1

Commercial Hood Suppression Acceptance Test 8

Complaint or Referral 4

Consultation 7

Fire and Life Safety 8

Fire Alarm Final 7

Fire Sprinkler Final 6

Fire Sprinkler Rough-Hydro 7

Fire Underground Rough-Hydro 1

Food Truck 1

Hood Duct Insulation Wrap 1

Hood Duct Light Test 3

Re-Inspection/Follow Up 119

Site Visit 30

Special Event Inspection 3

271

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63

21 8 4 7 8 7 7 6 1 1 3 1 119

30 3

Fire Inspections by Type February 2019

Total 271

Annual

Certificate of Occupancy Code Research and Review

Commercial Hood Suppression Acceptance Test Complaint or Referral

Consultation Fire and Life Safety Fire Alarm Final Fire Sprinkler Final Fire Sprinkler Rough-Hydro Fire Underground Rough-Hydro Food Truck

Hood Duct Insulation Wrap

Hood Duct Light Test

Re-Inspection/Follow Up

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VIII. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS

1. Resolution 2018-R-31 of the City Commissioners of North Port, FL adopting the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan as the formal guide for the City of North Port’s Emergency Management Activities; providing for severability, providing for conflicts; and providing an effective date is scheduled for the Commission meeting on 04/23/19.

2. EMS Week Proclamation will be read at the Special Commission meeting on 05/02/19.

3. National Hurricane Preparedness Proclamation will be read at the Special Commission meeting on 05/02/19.

4. Presentation by Fire Department at the Special Commission meeting on 09/05/19.

5. Fire Prevention Week Proclamation will be read at the Special Commission meeting on 10/03/19.

6. Purchase of new ladder truck from Ten-8 Fire Equipment for WVID - a budgeted cost is

scheduled for the Commission agenda meeting on a date to be determined.