City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

FIRE

apparatus. This will bolster data driven decision making surrounding the ongoing procurement of apparatus equipped with anti-idling units. The investments in these units aim to minimize fuel use in support of anti-idling and the City’s aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

EDUCATION & CULTURE

• 17 staff identified as eligible for 2020 Enrollment of the Diploma Program offered in partnership with the University of the Fraser Valley. This program offers employees pathways to complete post-secondary education as part of their Surrey Fire Service training.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Double employee engagement to 378 participants in the online medically monitored health portal. Added an online monthly educational component to maintain increased engagement. This tool assists in confidentially enabling members to conveniently manage their individual health portfolios; and Collaborated with Fraser Health, Police and BCEHS to continue to support the mitigation of the opioid crisis through real time overdose tracking and improved resource deployment. To respond and activate an Emergency Operations Centre (“EOC”) in a highly impactful disaster, the ongoing Surrey Emergency Program’s Training Initiative leveraged the activation of the Surrey EOC for response to the global pandemic, resulting in added functional training of 73 staff; and

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Example of Educational posters distributed to Fire Halls to support Staff’s management of their health

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• Completed training and advancement of experience for 65% of staff targeted for the overall goal of improving City’s Emergency preparedness through increased EOC training.

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