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Denver Fire Department
2021 Budget
The Denver Fire Department is dedicated to: providing quality, timely, and professional emergency services to those who live in, work in, and visit the City and County of Denver;
respecting each other through trust, pride, diversity, integrity, and training; and working together to achieve the highest levels of preparedness, prevention, and
community involvement with a dedication to purpose.
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Agency wide Expenditures & FTE Changes
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1,010.00 1,047.00 1,062.00 923.00
40.00 45.58 47.00 43.000
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1,500
2018 Actuals 2019 Actuals 2020 Revised 2021 Proposed
Total FTE
Uniform FTE Civilian FTE
140.3M147.4M 153.3M
124.1M
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2018 Actuals 2019 Actuals 2020 Revised 2021 Proposed
Total Expenses * 134 uniform positions moved to an Internal Services Special Revenue Fund to support Airport Operations
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Year Over YearRevenue Change
37.2M 38.3M 36.7M
18.4M
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2018 2019 Revised2020
Proposed2021
Annual Revenue
Annual Revenue
• $18.1M change in revenue due to moving all Airport Operations to a Special Revenue Fund
• $11M Intergovernmental agreements for Englewood, Glendale, Sheridan and Skyline
• $2M for Conveyance program• $1.8M for Inspection program• $1.7M for Fire Permit program• $1.9M for all other programs
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Emergency Medical
Response
Life & Fire Safety
Fire Suppression
Budget Methodology
• Maintain essential services and programs when possible– Fire Response, Emergency Medical Response, Fire Safety through Permitting and Inspection
services
• Ensure employees can deliver services effectively and safely with adequate support, supplies and resources
• Consider all equity and social justice impacts to our community and department, and minimize or eliminate any negative effects
• Adjust services and supplies budget to meet essential spending and department needs
• Mitigate budget impacts by leveraging special revenue funds
CORE SERVICES
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Fire Department Organizational Structure
Operations and Airport = Operational Budget Control Level
All other Divisions = AdministrationBudget Control Level
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Personnel ($11,654,000)
Services & Supplies ($1,550,100)
Capital Equipment ($0)
Internal Services ($0)
Includes 42 uniform positions, 4 CSA positions, 24 recruits
Agency Reductions
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Year Over YearBudget Change
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Administration Operations
2018 Actual 2019 Actual 2020 Budget 2021 Budget
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Year Over Year Full Time Employee (General Fund) Change
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176.00
874.00
186.58
906.00
183.00
926.00
177.00
789.00
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Administration Operations
2018 Actual 2019 Actual 2020 Budget 2021 Budget
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Freeze Vacant PositionsBudget Reduction
Expenditures FTE Duration-$4,108,400 36 Temporary
Temporary reduction in workforce without a reduction to authorized strength: Estimating 32 firefighter vacancies will be created by attrition for 2021, in addition 4 support positions already vacant (2-Fire Prevention Uniform, 1-Arson Uniform, 1 CSA Accounting Supervisor).
Effective Strength: number of hired positions that are fully trained
Adjusted Effective Strength: number of positions that are able to work considering injuries/modified duty
Authorized Strength: number of budgeted positions
Actual Strength: number of hired positions on payroll
DENVER FIRE STAFFING OPTIMIZATION
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Fire Administration1. Fire Prevention Building Inspections, Plan
Reviews, Marijuana & Hazmat Unit, Conveyance, Fire Safety Permits and Licenses
2. Technical Services Dispatch, Communications, Facility Maintenance, Warehouse, Fleet
3. Administration Services Finance, Community Services/Public Information, Recruiting, Human Resources, Arson
4. Safety and Training Wellness, New Recruit Training, Safety Program
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Fire PreventionKey Strategic Metric
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Fire Safety Inspections: The Denver Fire Department conducts inspections of the City’s 24,000 commercial occupancies (businesses, schools, institutions, apartment buildings, etc.) to ensure that conditions at those properties are in compliance with the Denver Fire Code.
97% 98% 95%
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2018 Actual 2019 Actual 2020 Estimated
Percent of Annual Inspections Completed
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The Denver Fire Department is evaluated at a top rating of “1” by ISO Mitigation, used by insurance
underwriters to set commercial and residential rates in a city. This high
rating results in lower insurance rates for residential and
commercial property.
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Fire Administration ReductionsPersonnel Summary
Personnel Expenditures FTE
-$1,796,500 6 ( 3 CSA & 3 Uniform)
Strategies to reduce budget with minimal impact to core essential services:1. Redeploy support firefighter positions to reduce backfill and related overtime costs at fire
stations2. Temporarily freeze 4 support positions (1 Finance CSA, 1 Arson Technician-Uniform, 2 Fire
Prevention Technicians -Uniform)3. Utilize special revenue funds for personnel expenditures (2 positions - 2 CSA)
Equity & Mitigation Framework
Firefighters will be redeployed to Operations to ensure equitable coverage throughout the City.
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Fire AdministrationCapital Equipment & Supplies
Replacement Capital Equipment
Description Financial Change
Heavy vehicle column lifts for fleet $68,000
Communications Equipment (Voc-alarm Rack Radios) 1 of 3 year
phased replacement plan $46,400
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Services and Supplies Reductions-24% reduction of services and supplies ($840,000) to Administration control level
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Budget Reduction Percentage by Program
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Recruit Academy and Equity Framework Summary
Budget Equity Framework SummaryThe manner in which we ensure equity to residents and/or customer – internal or external.• All proposals are equity neutral to our community and department. • Hiring of new recruits that are representative of our community has the greatest
impact on improving our membership diversity in our department. For example, half of our 30 newest members are either ethnic minorities or female.
Mitigating Actions to Deliver Service:The manner in which we continue to provide service with reduction in resources• Redeploying support members temporarily to fire stations will minimize the impact
to our core essential services of fire and emergency medical response. • This restructuring will reduce the need for overtime and lower personnel costs• Hosting one new fire academy of 24 recruits in 2021 will allow us to maintain
minimum staffing levels at a cost of $1,148,970.
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Fire Operations
1. Fire Suppression Fire Station Staffing and Operations, Medical Unit, Wildland firefighting, Colorado Task Force
2. Airport (to be funded under special revenue fund beginning in 2021) DEN firefighting and rescue operations, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Fire Station Staffing and Operations
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Fire OperationsKey Strategic Metrics
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Fire Operation’s Core Services are measured by volume, 1-minute turnout time standard, and 4-minute response time standard when a crew has arrived on scene.
91% 91% 91%
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2018 Actual 2019 Actual 2020 Estimated
Percent of Calls within the 60-sec Turnout Time Standard
Turnouttime isthe timefromwhen acrew isassignedto thetime acrew isen route
75% 75% 77%
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2018 Actual 2019 Actual 2020 Estimated
Percent of Calls within the 4-minute Response Time Standard
Responsetime is thetime fromwhen acrew is enroute untilthe crewhas arrivedon scene
119,287
123,428
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2018 Actual 2019 Actual 2020 Estimated
Number of Fire Suppression and Emergency Responses
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Fire Operations ReductionsSummary
Personnel Expenditures FTE Services & Supplies
-$9,441,200 40 (1 CSA / 39 Uniform) -$400,000
Strategies to reduce budget with minimal impact to core essential services:1. Temporarily freeze positions planned to be vacated by retirements and separations2. Redeploy support positions to reduce backfill and related overtime costs at fire stations3. Reduce budgeted leave payout account by 2021 projected savings4. Utilize Special Revenue Funds for personnel expenditures (8 positions - 1 CSA and 7 Uniform)5. Adjusting services and supplies budget to meet essential spending and department needs
Equity FrameworkFirefighters will be redeployed to Operations to ensure equitable coverage throughout the City.
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Overtime Savings –Support members to Suppression
Personnel Expenditures-$3,674,300 (Total department wide)
-$2,584,000 (operations level)
Redeploying fire uniform support staff to suppression with goal to reduce overtime expenditures. Savings realized will be the difference between overtime and straight pay rates.
Key Impacts:• Reduce overtime
costs for fire stations, maintaining critical emergency services.
• Resources pulled from support services
• Minimal revenue impact
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Targeted Programs Reduced FTE’s
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Budgeted Savings –Leave Payout Account
Personnel Expenditures-$1,500,000
Budgeted savings of $1.5m in our Leave Payout-Uniform account based on prior year utilization and projected sick balances that need to be paid in January 2021. As our membership gets younger, we have seen an increased frequency of using sick time as it is earned, rather than paying out unused time at the end of the year.
48,844 47,196 42,300
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Denver Fire DepartmentAgency wide Expenditures �& FTE ChangesYear Over Year�Revenue ChangeBudget MethodologyFire Department �Organizational StructureSlide Number 6Year Over Year�Budget ChangeYear Over Year Full Time Employee (General Fund) ChangeFreeze Vacant Positions�Budget Reduction Fire Administration Fire Prevention�Key Strategic MetricFire Administration Reductions�Personnel SummaryFire Administration�Capital Equipment & SuppliesRecruit Academy and �Equity Framework SummaryFire Operations Fire Operations�Key Strategic MetricsFire Operations Reductions�SummaryOvertime Savings – �Support members to Suppression�Budgeted Savings – �Leave Payout Account�
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