North Shore Fire/Rescue November 9 Weekly Departmental Update

Departmental Weekly Update

Weekly Summary

After several years of coming in second place, the Fire Department won The Brick Pub and Grill's Annual Chili Cook-off against the Glendale Police Department. Thank you to The Brick who donates part of the proceeds for the day to both the police and fire department. Nice job making the chili by Firefighter/Paramedic Cal Chapman, Captain David Meyer, Battalion Chief John Maydak and Lieutenant Dan Tyk. Cal's Chili Dog Chili took home the winning trophy.
Five people were injured in a crash on Southbound I-43 at Good Hope Rd on November 7. One person had to be extricated from the vehicle. All were transported to Froedtert Hospital.
The Fire Commission met November 6 to interview candidates to establish eligibility lists for the position of Captain and Heavy Equipment Operator. The Commission also interviewed two Firefighter Interns who were offered conditional offers of promotion to Career Firefighter positions and three people applying for Firefighter Intern positions.
The Fire Commission began it's recruitment for Firefighters in conjunction with the Cities of West Allis and Wauwatosa.
The Department held it's quarterly company officer meetings. Company Officers are field supervisors for the Department. Meetings are held to review current issues, field suggestions and provide training to the officers.
Employee Open Enrollment Information responses are due Friday November 30, 2018.
Fox 6 ran a story this week of fire departments billing for clean-up services related to automobile accidents. North Shore Fire/Rescue has billed for this service for many years. The 2018 Budget projects revenue for these services at $55,000. These fees are used to offset the cost of services to the municipality/taxpayers.

Calls for Service This Week

Incident Type	Incident Count
Fire/Rescue/Service Weekly Average (2017)	34 39
Emergency Medical Weekly Average (2017)	115 113

Priority 1 & 2 Calls Meeting Response Goal of 7:02	87% (goal of 90%)
Average Response Time Priority 1 & 2 Calls	5 minutes 27 seconds (goal of 6 minutes)

*Priority 1 & 2 calls are calls for service which the Department sends an initial responding unit to a scene with lights and sirens operating. Priority 3 calls are responses that are considered non-emergent.

Documents of Interest

2019 Preliminary Budget NEW

2019-2021 Capital Improvement Plan NEW

2018 Department Strategic Plan

2018 Approved Budget

2017 Annual Report

Long Range Financial Plan Report 2017-2025

Long Range Financial Plan PowerPoint for Board

20th Anniversary Review of Department by Public Policy Forum

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