City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

FIRE

FUTURE INITIATIVES, GOALS & OBJECTIVES

INCLUSION

• Proceed to work on behalf of the City Manager with the 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 Central Training Facility classroom and office building to expand training opportunities through partnership with other fire departments, external agencies and educational institutions.

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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.

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Surrey Firefighters on scene

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

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

ECOSYSTEMS

• Continue to use the available technology in upcoming apparatus purchases to further identify opportunities to minimize fuel use in support of the City’s aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

City of Surrey | 2021—2025 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | Fire

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