FY2022

• As of 10/15/2020, the ICFD has responded to 139 fires, with a total property loss experience of $1.2 million. • Rising service demands continue to provide the ICFD with protection and response challenges. As recently as 2014, overlapping emergency incidents occurred 22 percent of the time. By 2018, that number had risen to 62 percent of the time. For 2019 and year-to-date in 2020, the number has fallen to just less than 50 percent. This is due to emergency response demands trending away from clusters and toward a more consistent experience throughout all hours of the day. Overlapping calls for service negatively affect response reliability when a response vehicle is already committed. Response times to the emergency are longer because a more distant unit must respond to the emergency. • In 2018, the ICFD signed automatic aid agreements with the Coralville and North Liberty Fire Departments. All three departments have areas along municipal borders which represent challenges to rapid response. This agreement allows the departments to provide quick aid to one another in designated response areas where the ability to assemble an effective response force is hindered. Since implementation, automatically- dispatched cooperative resources proved to be of great utility to all communities and has signaled a significant step-forward in regional collaboration.

Recent Accomplishments: • Purchase of a new 2021 Pierce Enforcer • Enhanced operational capabilities as a result of the new training center

Upcoming Challenges: • Replacement of TIC’s in 2023, 2024, 2025 • Replacement of all self-contained breathing apparatus in fiscal year 2027 • Determine exhaust removal solutions for all ICFD fire stations • Staffing & deployment challenges: to-date in 2020, the ICFD has critical response deficiencies in 9 of 17 census tracts / response management zones

Staffing:

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

Total FTE’s

59.00

59.00

59.00

Staffing Level Change Summary: There are no staffing level changes in the fiscal year 2022 budget.

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