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Fire Chief J. Taylor Message From the Fire Chief
Setting a tone of success at all levels is what we are about at PFD, and this passion fits well into the direction of our city leadership. We are fortunate to have elected officials and city management team who have a passion for public safety and provide solid direction, support, and leadership to our organization. That winner’s mindset is infectious and creates excitement when PFD team members are provided opportunities to share our advocacy for our great city staff, as well as our dynamic community.
Beginning in FY22, our forward-thinking city council approved implementation of a GPS based routing system that will coordinate responding fire apparatus with 110 traffic lights within our community. This implementation was completed in FY23 and is already yielding reduced response times, especially during time frames when high traffic congestion is encountered. The result is safer roadways for all vehicles during our approximately 14,000 emergency responses each year.
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