Adopted Budget FY 2018-2019

Fire
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Performance Measures
Actual Goal Estimated Goal
FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 17-18 FY 18-19
Inputs:
Number of firefighting authorized positions 163 171 171 174
Number of inspectors 8 8 8 8
Number of Airport assigned firefighters 15 15 9 9
Number of Public Education Officers 1 1 1 1
Number of firefighting authorized apparatus 19 19 19 19
Number of pumper companies with
minimum three (persons) 10 10 10 10
Department Expenditures $ 18,509,749 $ 18,468,715 $ 19,012,249 $ 19,293,260
Outputs:
Fire Alarms
Total Alarm Responses 7,350 6,300 7,500 7,400
Alarms out of city 209 18 118 120
Multiple Alarms 7 7 10 4
Airport Alerts 4 10 2 2
Operations Division
Number of vehicles maintained by fire service
personnel
52 52 50 51
Total Man hours @ fires 3,215.00 3,100 3,200 3,000
Water pumped (gallons) @ fires 147,000 150,000 148,000 140,000
Fire Hydrant Maint. (Man hours) 2,100 2,200 2,150 2,250
General Maint. (Man hours) 34,000 36,000 35,000 36,000
Fire Prevention Division
Fire Prevention Presentations 167 220 168 200
Total Audience 28,092 75,000 32,500 35,000
Fire Prevention Inspections 3,017 4,750 4,500 4,750
Fire Prevention Investigations 24 18 20 18
Training Division
Training Man hours-In Service 9,842 10,000 12,531 12,600
Continuous Education 10,981 11,000 12,383 4,800
Hazardous Material 420 450 409 700
Aircraft Rescue Firefighting 980 1,050 942 1,125
Emergency Care Attendant 2,200 2,300 2,200 2,500
Effective Measures:
Average response times (minutes) 5:50 5:00 5:20 4:45
Reported to dispatch :45 :30 :30 :25
Response to arrival (travel time) 3:30 5 4:10 3:30
Percent estimated property fire loss 4.2% 4.5% 4.4% 4.0%
Efficiency Measures:
Operating cost per capita $122.00 $125.00 $127.00 $128.00
Average number of inspections per inspector
per month
31.5 75 40.0 45
Number of firefighters per 1000 residents 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3
Number of firefighters per square mile 3.51 3.4 3.6 3.7
Department expenditures per capita $122.00 $120.20 $130.52 $125.00
Notes: *Includes 7 pumpers, 2 trucks and 1 rescue.
4384 hydrants at 10 minutes each times 3 persons.
Description:
The Fire
Administration/ EOC
is located between N.
21st St. & Cedar,
McAllen, TX. The
Department is
comprised of: (173)
civil service
employees/active
firefighter personnel,
(1) Fire Chief, non-civil
service employee, (17)
civilian employees,
administrative
personnel, (85) hazmat
technicians, (7)
sub-stations located
throughout the city,
(52) total fleet (e.g. fire
trucks, pumpers,
ladder trucks,
vehicles).
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