FIRE SUPPRESSION

Led by Assistant Chiefs Derek Boyer, William Schreiner, and Travis Dagenais, Fire Operations prioritizes a safe, effective, and efficient fire suppression program to protect the community from injury or death and to reduce property loss.

 All ladder trucks staffed with three persons.

CONTAINMENT OF FIRE Accomplishments

 Operational staff realigned to improve coverage and balance across all three shifts

 Promoted three assistant chiefs to improve span of control and management oversight.

 Tiller Truck was added to increase access to downtown areas

 Mutual or automatic aid provided 3,444 times.

 Data was reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) – world’s largest, national, annual database of fire incident information.

Building Fires - Four Year Trend

Contained to building of origin, 23%

Contained to floor of origin, 6%

Beyond building of origin, 4%

Not reported, 1%

Contained to object of origin, 14%

Contained to room of origin, 51%

111 - Building fire - Structure involved

111F - Fire in a building not involving the structure (regardless of size) or out on arrival

121 - Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence

Most common call types - FIRE Suppression

Total Fire Loss - Four Year Trend

Total Fire Loss (combines property and content). Building and mobile home fires within Sarasota County Fire Department jurisdiction. Excludes mutual and automatic aid given.