COS Financial Plan 2018 - 2022

FIRE

2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INCLUSION

 Surrey Fire Service developed a cadre of City of Surrey Community Engagement Volunteers to deliver important emergency preparedness, smoke alarm, and fire and fall prevention messages to community groups.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

 Electrical Fire Safety Initiative Team’s (EFSI) ongoing contributions to improved environmental conditions included 51 inspections, 10 illegal grow operations detected, and 46 electrical repair notices issued. The EFSI team is responsible for inspecting properties

33% increase in smoke alarm verifications completed in 2017 compared to 2016

showing indications of escalated likelihood of safety contraventions.

PUBLIC SAFETY

 Inspected 7,699 business properties and provided 7,249 safety educational inspection pamphlets to the business proprietors. This ongoing initiative bolsters the City’s efforts to improve the resiliency of businesses in the event of a disaster or major incident;  Delivered 57 Surrey Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness presentations to 1,192 attendees. In addition, staffed 36 emergency preparedness booths at various fairs, resulting in exposure to 12,312 additional individuals. The Business Emergency Preparedness Program, included delivery of 6,686 targeted disaster recovery educational pamphlets;

 Reduced fire related death and injuries in residential properties through the continued refinement of the Home Safe Program;  Smoke alarm verifications, comprised of assessing whether the smoke alarm unit was functioning at the time of a residential fire, have increased from 15.7% in 2011 to 45.7% in 2017;  The residential fire rate of death/injury per 10,000 residents has decreased by 77% from 2006;  The residential fire rate per 1,000 residential structures has decreased by 58% from 2006;

the future lives here.

2018-2022 Financial Plan

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