City of Surrey 2017 - 2021 Financial Plan

Fire

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

 Continue to expand online service offerings available to the public as well as ability to pay invoices online.

 To maintain operations based fleet capacity, vehicles with tenure at or

beyond useful life will be replaced with several vehicles providing economic, social and environmental benefits; and

ECOSYSTEMS

 Continue to incorporate the use of the Auxiliary Power Units in upcoming 2017 Apparatus purchases to capture opportunities to further minimize fuel use caused in support of anti-idling and the City’s aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

EDUCATION & CULTURE

 Commencement of an internal recruit training program in partnership with the University of the Fraser Valley (“UFV”). Internal delivery will better prepare firefight- ers to work in the City of Surrey while removing barriers and increasing inclusivity. Partnering with UFV is a key component of the fire department’s career long learning program.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

 Build on 2016 Pilot Program of “Heart Outcomes Prevention and Evaluation - 4” which leverages first responder presence in the community to promote, educate and link cohorts to appropriate medical channels to improve community health.

2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN

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