City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

FIRE

• The 2023 projected residential structure fire rate of 0.65 fires per 1,000 residential structures has decreased by 69% from 2006 as depicted in the chart below:

250,000

2.5

200,000

2

150,000

1.5

100,000

1

50,000

0.5

0

0

2006

2010

2014

2018 0.85

2023 0.65

Fire Rate

2.1

1.2

1

Units

148,838

166,506

179,891

194,626

220,698

Fire Rate

Units

Linear (Fire Rate)

Source: Fire Department, BC Office of Fire Commissioner

The Business Emergency Preparedness Program included delivery of 7,735 disaster recovery educational pamphlets; and

• Coordinated 23 Level 1 Emergency

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Support Service (“ESS”) responses for 66 displaced residents at single family dwellings.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

Surrey Fire Regional Dispatch Centre upgraded dispatch phone system is currently being used in the TELUS onboarding to Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1). Surrey Fire Regional Dispatch was the first in B.C. to perform a live NG9-1-1 test call using this new system;

• Installed 568 smoke alarms at single- family residences during HomeSafe inspections, including 10,442 smoke alarm verification tests; • Operated a well-managed in-house Dispatch Services unit strategically allows for increased control of quality and costs of service for Surrey and client agencies; and

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City of Surrey | 2024—2028 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | Fire

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