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Home My Public Portal AboutExhibit D.tifEXHIBIT D OPTION D ESTABLISHMENT OF A KEY BISCAYNE FIRE/RESCUE SERVICE Prepared by Key Biscayne Volunteer Fire Department David R Johnson, Chief February 19, 1991 Option D - Establishment of a Key Biscayne Fire/Rescue Service During the January 27 meeting of the Fire and Rescue Committee a draft report was submitted outlining the basics for establishing a Fire/Rescue Department for the Village of Key Biscayne The Key Biscayne Volunteer Fire Department has reviewed this report Prior to the submission of this report committee members representing the Key Biscayne Volunteer Fire Department were asked to research the concept of providing fire/rescue service by expanding the operations of the KBVFD to provide similar services currently being offered by Station 15 Various volunteer fire departments in the State of Florida were contacted and questioned about their level of fire service, population base, organizational structure,operational procedures, costs of equipment , costs of operation, etc Contacts were made with Avon Park, Coral Springs LaBelle, and Pembroke Pines Fire Departments initially by telephone followed up by personal visitations in some cases The information provided by these departments was used to formulate a Fire/Rescue concept unique to the needs of Key Biscayne The basis of this concept requires a review of the fire and rescue calls responded to on Key Biscayne as it appears in the report submitted April 1991 to the Key Biscayne Council Included as Tables la and lb in this report they demonstrate that 80% of the calls on Key Biscayne are for emergency medical or rescue calls and 20% are fire calls, with an average of 15 structure fires per year occurring during the past five years This indicates that the major emphasis should be placed on providing an improved emergency medical response capability to the Village of Key Biscayne by adding a second rescue vehicle manned by volunteer emergency medical personnel The concept presented /n- this report has restructured the KBVFD to provide this capability by utilizing a combination of paid and volunteer positions as presented by Table 2 The paid rescue personnel would man the firehouse on a 24 hours basis with three shifts consisting of an officer and two paramedics One additional paramedic would be hired to provide sick time/vacation relief Firefighting personnel would also man the firehouse on a 24 hour basis with three shifts consisting if an officer, a engineer/driver, and two firefighters The purpose of having these personnel in the fire house on a 24 hr basis is to ensure rapid response times on both fire and rescue calls A Fire Chief and an Assistant Fire Chief would work overlapping 40 hour work weeks to provide seven day coverage for fire command, administration, inspection , training and daily coordination functions These are paid positions and could be utilized as additional relief personnel to fill any of the aforementioned positions on an as needed basis These positions would be expected to maintain pager/call capability during off duty hours Additional fire suppression and emergency medical personnel requirements would by provided by twelve volunteer officer and firefighter positions Incentive programs featuring a monthly vehicle and uniform allowance and an annual pension annuity purchase would be linked directly to fire scene responses and attendance at weekly training sessions to ensure maintaining maximum department standards Table 3 presents the costs of implementing the plan on an annual basis, or 1 8 million dollars The costs of purchasing two new fire suppression apparatus and two new rescue vehicles has been amortized over a five year period to facilitate comparison with the City of Miami proposal However considering the quality of this equipment and the low annual millage potential consistent with the limited size of Key Biscayne an eight or ten year schedule would be more realistic for the fire apparatus The personnel and vehicle cost projections were taken from Dick Henderson's report and adjusted to meet the requirements of Table 2 The communications equipment, apparatus maintenance, and vehicle supplies costs were from the City of Miami proposal Station administration supplies, station maintenance and utility costs were from the Coral Springs material The consulting costs would cover outside expertise such as arson investigation , and training costs which include the possibility of specialized training requirements The costs for communication dispatch is an estimate for leasing dispatch capabthty from an existing local fire service operation partly based on the Coral Springs material The ultimate dictates of fire service dispatch must be coordinated with police service dispatch and will be addressed in the resolution of the police protection issue Training cost s were based on those of other departments In summary this concept doubles the rescue capability currently being provided by Station 15, and being offered in the City of Miami proposal at a reduced cost The concept of expanding an existing volunteer fire department offers flexibility in the use of personnel and equipment This provides the ability to dispatch two suppression units simultaneously and reduces startup/training time and expense 3 3 TABLE la STRUCTURE FIRES HANDLED BY STATION 15 - KEY BISCAYNE METRO DADE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALENDAR YEAR 1986-1990 CALENDAR APARTMENT OTHER TOTAL YEAR HOME CONDO BUILDING BUILDING 1986 3 11 5 19 1987 3 7 6 16 1988 4 3 4 11 1989 1 3a 1 5 1990 _ MOMAJZMNO _I_ _la_ Total 14 28 19 61 - Two apartments with over 20 units l2 - Include one hotel Note • 1. This table is derived from a list of alarms sorted by zone. 2. This is a small variation from the aggregation of type of alarm by Zone; this is due to various programming ; that is, some of these incidents subsequently may not be a building fire. 3. Apartment, Condo may include some structures four stories or higher • Type Situation Handled by Station 15, Rey Biscayne Calendar Fire Fire Medical Other Total Year Build Other Rescue Alarm Alarms 1988 14 53 515 -231 : 813 1989 3 30 514 148 = 695 1990 7 28 533 178 a 746 Note. The alarms include activity within the total area served from Station 15. (Excerpted from Dick Henderson s draft report dated 1/27/92) TABLE lb Total alarm activity in the area served by Station 15, -Including Cape Florida, Crandon Park, Virginia Key, and the proposed village of Key Biscayne, in CY 1990 follows • Total Alarms: 746 Fire: 35 fires Rescue: 533 medical rescues Other Alarm. 178 other incidents A summary of activity in the area of the Village of Key Biscayne for CY 1990 follows• • Total Alarms: 597 Fire- 26 fires Rescue: 427 medical rescues Other Alarm. 144 other incidents Key Biscayne Proposed Village Metro Dade Fire Department Calendar Year 1990 1.1 Tvve Situation Found by Zone FDZ Zone Fire Build Vehicle Other Medical Rescue Other Alarm Alarm Total 511 512 Total Percent 1 5 6 1.0% 0 0 0 0.0 10 10 20 3 4 159 268 427 71.5 56 88 144 24.1 226 371 597 100% 1.2 Medical Rescue by Probable Cause FDZ Injury Injury Zone Vehicle Other Other Cardiac Medical Rescue Total 511 512 Total Percent 15 49 38 100 53 149 12.4% 34.9 15 32 47 11.0 80 98 178 41.7 159 268 427 100% The frequency of various situations in this include: Fire Rescue. Other Alarm. All Alarms. area 1 fire every 14 days 1 medical rescue every 20.5 hours 1 other incident every 61 hours 1 alarm every 14.7 hours (acerpted from Dick Henderson s drift report dated 1/27/92) TABLE 2 ( Expanded Organization Chart Key Biscayne Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Asst Fire Chief ( B Shift - Rescue Captain A Shift 2 Paramedics Rescue Lieut t f IJ 12 Paramedics Rescue Lieut. C Shift I 2 Paramedics i Fire Captain A Shift I 1 Eng/Dnver 2 Firefighters Fire Lieut. B Shift 1 , 1 Eng/Dnver 2 Firefighters Fire Lieut. `` C Shift L 1 Eng/Dnver 2 Firefighters r Volunteer Captain Company A 5 Firefighters Volunteer Lieut Company B 5 Firefighters TABLE 3 Annual Operation Costs for Village of Key Biscayne Fire and Rescue Services ( i Personnel Costs * 1,293 600 Consulting Costs 10,000 Equipment Costs 1 Squirt equipped 335,000 1 Pumper equipped 260,000 Rescue Vehicle #1 115,000 Rescue Vehicle #2 115,000 Spare Volunteer Vehicle 25.000 850,000 - 5 years 170,000 Vehicle Maintenance 105,000 Communications Dispatch Lease 50,000 Communications Equipment Maintenance 25,000 Station Utilities 50,000 Station Maintenance and Repair 15,000 Adnurustration S upplies/Pnnting 10,000 Vehicle Supplies 25,000 Training Costs 25,000 Operations Contingency 21.400 1,800,000 *See Table 3a TABLE 3a Personnel Costs for Village of Key Biscayne Fire and Rescue Services Benefits @ Position Total a�, l yr 40% of Salary Comp. Comp. (1) Fire Chief 45,000 18,000 63,000 63,000 (1) Assistant Fire Chief 42,000 16,800 58,800 58,800 (1) Rescue Captain 40,000 16,000 56,000 56,000 (2) Rescue Lieutenants 38,000 15,200 53,200 106,400 (7) Paramedics 35,000 14,000 49,000 343,000 (1) Fire Captain 40,000 16,000 56,000 56,000 (2) Fire Lieutenants 38,000 15,200 53,200 106,400 (4) Dnver/Engineers 35,000 14,000 49,000 196,000 6) Firefighters 31,000 12,400 43,400 260,000 (12) Volunteer Firefighters * ** 4,000 48.000 1,293,600 *Vehicle/uniform allowance 1,500 **Annuity/Worlanan's Comp 2,500