City of Surrey Financial Plan 2020-2024

FIRE 

2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INCLUSION

 Continued to work on behalf of the City Manager and the Regional Administrator Advisory Committee (RAAC) and BC Emergency Health Services to establish pilot projects in relation to an alternative, more efficient approach for Fire Services and Ambulance Services involvement in responding to medical emergencies in Surrey.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

PUBLIC SAFETY  The Community Property Safety Team (CPST) treats distressed properties with an immediate focus on unsecured or breached abandoned residential properties by ensuring that property owners maintain their properties in order to reduce the risk of fire, loss of life or injury: 611 Properties identified by the CPSTeam since inception, 338 Properties demolished as a direct result of the CPSTeam actions, 63 Properties re-invested, 160 Properties secured. These continued efforts have decreased fire rates by almost half rate from 3.8 fires per 100 abandoned homes in 2018 to 1.9 fires per 100 abandoned homes in 2019. 18% 

 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 25% in 2006 to 62% in 2019;  Inspected 8,187 business properties and provided 7,812 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 incidents;  In collaboration with engineering/GIS,

Increase  in smoke alarm verificaƟons completed in 2019 compared to 2018

occupants in the identified at risk properties ;   The 2019 residential fire rate of 0.6 fires per 1,000 residential structures have decreased by 72% from 2006;  The residential fire rate of death/injury per 10,000 residents has decreased by 57% from 2006 from 10.9 casualties per 10,000 residents to 4.7 for 2019.;  Delivered 12 Surrey Emergency Preparedness presentations to 565 attendees. In addition, staffed 23 emergency preparedness booths at various fairs resulting in exposure to 4,877 additional individuals;

all properties with potential urban/ wildland fire risk were identified. A smart fire educational brochure was designed and mailed out to all

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