City of Surrey Financial Plan 2020-2024

FIRE 

FUTURE INITIATIVES, GOALS & OBJECTIVES

INCLUSION

 Proceed to work on behalf of the City Manager with the Regional Administrator Advisory Committee (RAAC) and BC Emergency Health Services to advance 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

 Leverage the new Fire Central Training Facility classroom and office building to expand training opportunities through partnership with other fire departments, external agencies and educational institutions.

PUBLIC SAFETY

 Maintain and review effectiveness of various programs that target at risk properties and populations using evidence of higher than average fire activity and less than average outcomes such as casualty rates at incidents.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

online applications processes as a preferred alternative to increase users use of the more streamlined and cost efficient service delivery method.

 To maintain operations based on fleet capacity, vehicles with tenure at/or beyond useful life will be replaced with several vehicles providing economic, social and environmental benefits; and  Continue to promote the City’s

ECOSYSTEMS

 Continue to use the anti-idling power units technology in upcoming apparatus purchases to further identify opportunities to minimize fuel use in support of anti-idling

and the City’s aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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