ACTIVITY SUMMARY
DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT
PROGRAM/ACTIVITY FIRE PREVENTION
MISSION/PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Fire Prevention Division has a key role in improving the safety and quality of life of the citizens served. Fire Prevention personnel are responsible for a wide variety of enforcement, inspection, mitigation of hazards, investigation, and public education efforts to minimize property damage or loss due to fire and other emergencies. Fire Prevention coordinates activities with other DeSoto departments, private companies and governmental agencies to ensure fire and life safety issures are addressed in new construction and building remodels. The Fire Marshal is liasion for requests and information regarding code issues, assists in emergency management, storm watch, and Emergency Operations Center, as well as serves as Fire Department Public Information Officer.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
* Conducting routine inspections on all commercial occupancies in DeSoto- enforcement of adopted fire codes and ordinances. * Educating citizens on fire and life safety. * Conducting fire investigations. * Conducting building plan reviews for fire safety compliance (existing and new construction) PERFORMANCE MEASURES/SERVICE LEVELS
Actuals FY 2021
FY 2022 Target
Quantifiable Factor(s)
Actuals FY 2021 Actuals FY 2021
Activity Demand/Workload Number of commercial occupancies Number of commercial inspections made Number of comercial re-inspects made
1100 1000
1,352
1,352
1,112 1,020
866 492
866 492
200
223
10
Number of fire investigations
20
20
9
Number of fire investigations with determination of cause
12
12
6
10
Number of investigations resulting determination of arson
2
2
1
0
50 10
Number of building plans received and reviewed Number of fire prevention/training programs
18 38
18 38
58
1
Efficiency/Effectiveness Measures M&O budget per capita M&O Budget % of General Fund Budget Average number of attendees per program
$
0.18
$
0.08
$
0.17
$
0.11
0.00%
0.00% 0.00%
0.00%
50
50
50
25
Average time (in Days) to completion of building plan review 8
8
6
6
90%
90%
91%
90% 100%
Percentage of commercial inspection completed Percentage of fire reports completed within 72 hours Average completion time (days) for building plan reviews
100%
100%
100%
10
10
8
8
170
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