“Alan, It’s the cities responsibility to build their own fire station not the County of Riverside.”
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com
From:
Alan Kapanicas <ak********@ci.us>
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Gaines, Kevin@CALFIRE <Ke**********@fi**.gov>
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Hawkins, John@CALFIRE <Jo**********@fi**.gov>; Alex Gregg <al********@fi**.gov>; Bill Aylward <ba******@ci.us>; Frank Coe <fc******@gm***.com>; Kyle Warsinski <ky***@be*********.gov>
Subject:
RE: A new Comcate eFM case has been created and you are the owner
Date:
Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:37:01 -0800
Thinking out of the box, please also include the cost, timing and location that County Fire would chose if it built the fire station and charged it back to the City as a facilities and vehicle charge. We could put up a “coming Soon” sign sooner.
As you mentioned, Beaumont has in the past owned the station and equipment, due in part to having a prior City Department.
Currently, new home fire mitigation balances are nearly $3M for which could be used for annual facilities and equipment charges; this would allow a quicker route to that new station.
Thanks, Alan Kapanicas
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Alan Kapanicas <ak********@ci.us>
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Gaines, Kevin@CALFIRE <Ke**********@fi**.gov>
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RE: A new Comcate eFM case has been created and you are the owner
Date:
Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:14:25 -0800
Thank you for the update.
Please send data on Beaumont #66 calls to other Agencies and Banning and Calimesa calls to Beaumont in the same format as below, to show the benefits of Regional Fire Service. A breakout of all Station 20 calls would also be appreciated.
From the power point:
County Fire Sta. #22 responded into Beaumont City 545 times in 2013 (64.2% in under 5 min.) 132 calls are over 5 min. response time.
Beaumont City # 66 responded into Beaumont City 1468 times in 2013 (76.4% in under 5 min.) 241 calls are over 5 min. response times.
Calimesa City Sta.#21 responded into Beaumont City 148 times in 2013 (36.2% in under 5 min.) 76 calls are over 5 min. response time.
Banning Engine #20 responded into Beaumont City 897 times in 2013 ( Contracted at 1/3 cost) 93 calls are over 5 min. response time.
542 calls into the city were greater than 5 min. response time.
1590 calls (52%) in Beaumont City are run by other city or county stations.
It more accurate to say that 693 calls (23%) were from others as Beaumont assists in the funding of Station 20 as passed by Council.
Calimesa had discussed Beaumont participating in their Summer Wind Fire station until their project stalled. At that time, the three cities developed approaches to placing and paying for fire stations regionally based on per-capita. It is assumed that we are still leaning in that direction, but I will contact the other City Managers once I have your updated data.
Alan Kapanicas
Al***@Ci.US
Al***@Be***********.com
951-769-8520
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Subject: RE: A new Comcate eFM case has been created and you are the owner
Alan,
It’s the cities responsibility to build their own fire station not the county of riverside. With the city employees such as planning department, inspectors, fire marshal, I think the city would be able to do it cheaper. The County Fire Chief and I do not support the idea of a Paramedic only operation. The cost of 6 personnel (2 per day) on a very limited paramedic squad vs. 8 personnel (3 per day) on an all-risk, fully supplied paramedic engine is minimal when you compare their capabilities. The cost for an 8 person fully staffed paramedic engine would be the same as what the cost is for Sta. 66. Attached is the Power Point we provided in the meeting we had with your staff. The presentation gives you the calls for each station and shows that 52% of the calls in Beaumont City are being handled by other fire stations. Riverside County Fire station 22 in Cherry Valley responded 542 times into the city and the cost of the paramedic supplies were paid for by the county. There is also a map with colored dots to visually show the responses to the tournament hills and fairway canyon communities. By adding a 2nd fire station you will also provide better services to not only the tournament hills and fairway canyon communities but you will have faster response times and service to the Solera, Oak Valley, and Stetson communities. We are still working on actual incident time for these areas but the maps I provided to you show the general response times well outside of the NFPA standard 1710 of 4 minutes. The timing for a 2nd Beaumont City fire station is way overdue and should be a high priority for the city.
Kevin Gaines
Division Chief
Oak Glen Camp
909-797-5418 office
951-377-8186 cell