1. City of Dania Beach
Fire-Rescue Department
“Advancing Service Through Caring “
To: J.R. Fernandez, Fire Chief
From: Michael Cassano, Deputy Fire Chief
Date: November 10th
, 2010
Re: Monthly Report – October 2010
Chief Fernandez, provided herein is the monthly report for October 2010. I have additionally provided within this report,
comparative October data over the previous several years. The report focuses on all aspects of; Emergency
Operations, Administration, and Customer Service. Information provided in this report was taken from various data
elements that are continually reviewed with respect to overall; productivity, timeliness, service delivery benchmarks,
NFPA recommendations, and Insurance Service Organization (ISO) standardization requirements.
PILLARS: OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE, HEALTH, SAFETY, WELLNESS,
AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
New (9) personnel SAFER
Grant employees and (3)
employees replaced due to
mid-year retirements,
activated into full time duty as
of October 11, 2010. The
employees were paced
through a two week
orientation process with
focused areas of; necessary
training competencies,
assurance of physical
conditioning, Emergency
Medical Service operations.
Dania Beach service delivery
model, fire suppression and
equipment familiarization,
along with organizational
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2. theory and delivering great customer service that is directed around the core departmental values and a MISSION to
serve the public with passion.
PILLARS: OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE
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3. Operational Improvement
Professional Development
Customer Service / Community Outreach
October 2010 Total Hours: 2109
Pillar:
TRAINING
EO Training
Computer
Training
Auto pulse
Command and
Communication
Physical
Fitness
Protocol
Training
Extrication
Vehicle
Maintenance
Behavioral
Emergencies
Premise
surveys
OtherEMSFire
October 2009 Total Hours: 1461
EO Training
Probationary
EmployeeAuto Pulse
Command and
Communications
Tablet PCRNew Protocols
Ropes and
Knots
Vehicle
Maintenance
StrokePremise Survey
OtherEMSFire
DANIA BEACH FIRE RESCUE GRANT AWARD STATUS:
 SAFER GRANT: Starting date of October 11th
2010. In all 9 SAFER Grant employees hired, 3 employees hired
as replacements for personnel who had retired during the past budget year. All Human Resource related
activities, fire equipment, personal protective clothing, measured, ordered, and delivered to each of the 12 new
employees. All the required field training, competencies in both areas of fire and medical services were
reviewed.
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4.  MEDICAL CARTS:
Dania Beach Fire
Rescue has taken
delivery of the first of
two very specialized
and EMS customized
medical carts that
were won as part of a
county-wide grant
application process
that EMS Division
Chief Ben Rudbeck
developed. There
was seen to be an
ongoing need for fire
rescue personnel to
utilize a medical
transport cart to reach
patients in need of
medical treatment
during community
events, seeing that
need, the department
designed and
developed an
Emergency Medical
competitive grant
application. The picture is that of a medical cart, completely customized to serve our citizens and visitors, built
around ease of scene access, room for an official stretcher, and paramedics to perform treatments as required.
The medical cart is now set to be used at our community and public events.
During the month of October, Dania Beach Fire Rescue took delivery of our second Pierce Velocity, 75’ Ladder
Quint. This apparatus is specifically designed to affect higher rescues efforts, on some of the newer building
designs, also providing for additional cabinet storage space for advanced medical equipment, extrication supplies,
ISO and NFPA required equipment, and improved overall vehicle safety standards.
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5. Through an ongoing effort to reach firefighters with a monthly safety tip, Captain Bruce Liem developed and instituted
“THE SAFETY ZONE” The whimsical approach to firefighter safety tips is presented each month to all personnel
through the on-shift Battalion chief. The idea is captured through the to use of a poster and message to drive home a
critical safety principal. This month the theme, that of using Premise Surveys to familiarize firefighters to the possible
dangers found within differing structures around Dania Beach.
Along with it’s safety principals, the usage of an active Premise Survey Program fulfills principals within our Fiscal
Responsibility PILLAR, with both improvements to a future ISO rating and company officer inspection revenue.
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7. Emergency Responses
Total Calls For Service October 2010 = 567
Total Calls For Service October 2009 = 594
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8. FIRE PREVENTION & LIFE SAFETY DIVISION: Presented below are the Fire Prevention Division productivity figures
for October 2010, with previous year comparatives for trending assessment purposes. The report which tracks a
current “turn-around-time” for plan reviews, has reached a “customer friendly” processing rate of a plan review done in
just one day!
Inspected Properties:
2010: 253
2009: 254
2008: 332
Square Footage Reviewed # Plans Time Spent Turn-around Time Back to Customer
2010: 208,000 42 40 hrs 1.1 Days
2009: 1.9 Million 49 30 hrs 1.4 Days
2008: 2.9 Million 72 74 hrs 3.1 Days
Fees:
Submitted October to Finance (without impact fees / matches H.T.E.):
2010: $21,000.00
2009: $19,000.00
2008: $25,000.00
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9. PILLAR: FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
OPERATIONAL ACCOUNT BALANCES
Vehicle Maintenance
001-2201-522.46-30
BALANCE
$83,849.22,
48%
AMOUNT
USED
$3,350.78,
2%
BUDGET
$87,200.00,
50%
BUDGET
AMOUNT USED
BALANCE
Equipment Maintenance
001-2201-522.46-10
BUDGET,
$16,400.00,
50%
AMOUNT
USED,
$2,333.56,
7%
BALANCE,
$14,066.44,
43%
BUDGET
AMOUNT USED
BALANCE
Building Maintenance
001-2201-522.46-40
BALANCE,
$25,220.45,
48%
BUDGET,
$26,160.00,
50%
AMOUNT
USED,
$939.55, 2%
BUDGET
AMOUNT USED
BALANCE
Office Suppies
001-2201-522.51-10
BALANCE,
$12,600.00,
40%
AMOUNT
USED,
$3,000.00,
10%
BUDGET,
$15,600.00,
50%
BUDGET
AMOUNT USED
BALANCE
Miscellaneous Supplies
001-2201-522.52-20
AMOUNT
USED,
$14,893.99,
17%
BUDGET,
$44,712.00,
50%
BALANCE,
$29,818.01,
33%
BUDGET
AMOUNT USED
BALANCE
Uniforms
001-2201-522.52-50
AMOUNT
USED,
$34,311.06,
31%
BUDGET,
$56,200.00,
50%
BALANCE,
$21,888.94,
19%
BUDGET
AMOUNT USED
BALANCE
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10. PILLAR: FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT DATA ELEMENTS
Transport Totals
3,283 3,377 3,316 3,462 3,286 3,286 3,382
-
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FYTD
2009
FYTD
2010
Collections/Deposits Analysis
$608,137
$798,741
$734,236
$808,781$789,756 $820,252
$793,908
$-
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
$700,000
$800,000
$900,000
FY
2004
FY
2005
FY
2006
FY
2007
FY
2008
FY
2009
FYTD
2010
Fiscal Year Comparison
$793,908 $820,252
$-
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
$700,000
$800,000
$900,000
FYTD 2010 FYTD 2009
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11. Transport Comparison by Month
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
O
ct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
M
ar
Apr
M
ay
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
BLS & ALS Ratios
35% 33% 34% 32%
26%
21%
64% 66% 65% 66%
73% 77%
1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 2%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
BLS ALS1 ALS2
Monthly Collection Comparison for FY05 - Present
$0
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
O
ct
N
ov
D
ec
Jan
Feb
M
ar
Apr
M
ay
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010
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12. Charge Mix
Medicare
25%
Medicaid
21%Insurance
22%
Self Pay
32%
Payor Mix
Medicare
30%
Medicaid
11%
Insurance
53%
Self Pay
6%
The October 2010 Report is submitted herein for your review and comment.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Cassano, Deputy Fire Chief
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