FY2023 Adopted Operating and Capital Budget

FY2023 Adopted Budget Organizational Budgets

Fire and Rescue Services Division

Strategic Goals

Improve cost effectiveness of fleet management

County Strategic Goal Alignment: Good Governance Continue to implement the established apparatus and equipment replacement schedule to reduce maintenance costs and out of service time for emergency apparatus

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022* FY 2023

Annual Maintenance costs of County owned Fire Engines (Pumpers)

Target Actual

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30,000

22,146

28,370

29,164

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*As documented in FASTER software as of February 10, 2022

County Strategic Goal Alignment: Improve the reliability of fire and emergency medical response services Community Needs and Growth Monitor growth and response trends to ensure citizens receive timely and effective emergency services

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022* FY 2023

Fire/Rescue's Response Time Success by unit response ( *As of January 31, 2022)

Target Actual

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98.50%

97.33% 97.83% 98.00%

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This metric looks at the fire department's ability to respond within acceptable time frames. The county is broken into areas by population density and response times tracked. Those geographic areas are defined as; urban with a response within 4 minutes, suburban with a response within 6 minutes, and rural with a response within 8 minutes.

Reduce emergency medical response to chronic health conditions

County Strategic Goal Alignment:

Community Needs and Growth

Continue to build partnerships with Public Health, Social Services, and Frederick Health Hospital to deliver "home-based" paramedical service to chronically ill patients

FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022* FY 2023 75.00% 75.00% 75.00% 80.00%

Reduction in EMS usage after discharge from the MCH Program

Target Actual

69.66% 67.33% 81.00%

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*through February 10, 2022 This metric looks at three of the county's top EMS systemutilizers and the percent reduction in their use of 911 services upon their discharge from the mobile community healthcare program.

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