City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

FIRE

• Utilized the Surrey Fire Service Central Training Facility as a venue to deliver planned annual training for staff. Continued to attract client business through facil ity rental.

Surrey Fire Regional Dispatch Centre

Staff training sessions at the CTF

ECOSYSTEMS

• Published two peer-reviewed research paper illustrating the evidence-based decision making used for strategic planning and emergency activity: Community Fire Risk Reduction: Longitudinal Assessment for HomeSafe Fire Prevention Program in Canada and Cancer in female firefighters: The clinicobiological, psychological, and social perspectives; • Initiated multi-year strategy to increase availability and appropriate

Continued to evaluate electric vehicle options available in the marketplace when considering new apparatus purchases while communicating responsible idling practices to emergency vehicle operators to support the City’s initiative to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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sizing of personal protection equipment assigned to Fire Suppression staff to expand the focus on cancer prevention and Firefighter safety; and

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