Fire Department Attrition Reduction Plan Update - City of Columbia

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Report of Mayor-Elect Steve Benjamin’s Transition Team; Page 84 Fire Department/Services and EMS • Substantial pay cuts for employees and services • Compensation Discrepancies • Firefighters are working many hours that continue to increase annually, yet not fairly compensated • Outstanding tests, classes, and certification examinations attended and taken off duty without pay • No funding for specialized training that is required by OSHA Report of Mayor-Elect Steve Benjamin’s Transition Team June 30 th , 2010 City of Columbia; Office of the Fire Chief
Report of Mayor-Elect Steve Benjamin’s Transition Team; Page 85 Attrition • Cost over the 3 years - $1.75million • In the last 6 months the department has lost 20+ people • It costs an additional $400,000 to replace the last 20 people • Experienced loss of 65 firefighters • Availability of qualified personnel to fit leadership capacities are lacking • Losing best and brightest—remain for short period of time; then leave for greater opportunities in larger metropolitan areas (CLT, ATL) • Incentive Programs to retain and/or attract best people • Healthcare: Irmo Fire District has recently upgraded to provide fully paid healthcare for employee retention purposes Report of Mayor-Elect Steve Benjamin’s Transition Team June 30 th , 2010 City of Columbia; Office of the Fire Chief
Page 1 and 2: Columbia Fire Department Employee A
Page 3 and 4: Nationally recognized for its surve
Page 5 and 6: Phase One and Phase Two: A previous
Page 7 and 8: • 44% of former CFD employees wou
Page 9 and 10: Phase Three of the study surveyed H
Page 11 and 12: • CFD 6 Year Average Attrition Ra
Page 13 and 14: Annual Compensation $90,000 $80,000
Page 15 and 16: • $1.89 million spent in 2012 for
Page 17 and 18: •A/C of Professional Services was
Page 19 and 20: $1,200,000.00 2006-2012* Attrition
Page 21 and 22: Salary ranges have an established m
Page 23 and 24: Hourly rates • Fire Flow technici
Page 25 and 26: • In 2008, The Public Safety Rete
Page 27 and 28: 100% 75% 50% 25% 8 HOUR POLICE FIRE
Page 29 and 30: 600 500 400 300 CFD Annual Hours Re
Page 31 and 32: PAY CLASS CALENDAR FYI ONLY DEFAULT
Page 33 and 34: • 11 Battalion Chiefs • 29 Capt
Page 35: Report of Mayor-Elect Steve Benjami
Page 39: Funding Sources City of Columbia; O

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