Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue 2020 Community Report by tmfpd

2020-2021 COMMUNITY REPORT

Committed to Excellence, service And the Protection of life and property In our community.

Hello from the Chief Message from the Chair (Fire Commission) Adopted Strategic Plan (NEW) Statistics: 2014-2019 Call Types Acres Burned Station Information w/map of location New station 33 brief Mutual Aid/Auto Aid update Volunteers? Apparatus update (NEW) Peer Support and Chaplain Program (NEW) New Logo and branding message (NEW) Fire Prevention and Related programs Defensible Space Green Waste Tree Recycling Ash Cans Public education events Training Special Teams Improvement to services

Our agency serves Washoe County citizens with 205 dedicated men and women who serve as professional and volunteer firefighters. We maintain constant readiness all times of the year and respond to many types of emergencies, not just fires. Our career staff are highly trained and certified in paramedicine, wildland and structural firefighting, hazardous materials and technical rescues.

Preventing ﬁres is equally as important and we thank everyone who takes an active role in creating a safer community. The pages that follow highlight our operation and services and I especially want to take a moment to say thank you for supporting our District and Staff.

- Chief Moore

HELLO FROM THE CHIEF

On behalf of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the men and women of Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, I am pleased to offer this Report to the Community and tell you about the exceptional work and commitment of our Fire District in its service to you, our citizens.

Since July 2012, the District has completed many new improvements. To mention a few, we have hired paramedic firefighters, implemented Paramedic EMS services at every career fire station, improved our equipment and revitalized our fleet of emergency vehicles so that we are able to offer you a reliable and professional emergency response.

We have added new stations and replaced aging equipment without accumulating debt. Our stations have been staffed 24/7 without exception.

Effective ﬁre services cannot exist without community partnerships. Defensible space is a key factor in structure survivability during a wildﬁre. Last year, the District launched a pilot program to collect and dispose of green waste so that pile burning could be minimized and to make it easier for you to create defensible space around your homes. An estimated 1,000 tons of green waste was collected, which was then reduced in volume through chipping and mastication and transported to composting facilities where it was turned back into soil. We are proud of our homeowners who partnered with us to reduce risk.

We place a high commitment to financial stewardship of the monetary resources you provide us. Our area is growing rapidly and active engagement with the firefighters of IAFF Local 2487 helps plan for the future and to make wise expenditures of the financial resources you provide us.

As your Fire Chief, I enjoy hearing from you and look forward to enhancing your services going forward.

Charles A. Moore Fire Chief

STRATEGIC PLAN

2014-2019 STATISTICS - CALL TYPES- ACRES BURNED- SOCIAL MEDIA STATS9,500+ Followers 8,000+ Followers #+ Followers #+ Followers #+ Followers

21,229,763 30,000 9,052,817 69,000 959,064 31,340,644

EXPENDITURES

BEGINNING

14,955,851 6,966,602 4,591,693 13,340 26,527,486

17,017,381 10,381,533 5,668,009 33,066,923 (4,400,000) 4,400,000

(900,000) 900,000

(731,000) (620,000) 3,077,279 2,343,059 1,196,802 499,721 3,077,279 10,141,897 7,798,838 8,995,640 8,495,919 7,798,838 8,995,640 8,495,919 5,418,640

SUMMARY

FISCAL

Actual Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Actual Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Estimated Current Year Ending 2019/2020 Final Approved Budget Year Ending 2020/2021 REVENUES Taxes Licenses & Permits Intergovernmental Charges for Services Miscellaneous Total Revenues

17,731,359 80,380 10,286,727 22,993 462,968 28,584,427 Salaries Employee Beneﬁts Service & Supplies Capital Outlay Total Expenditures OTHER SOURCES/USES Transfer to Other Funds Contingencies Total Other Sources/Uses NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE

18,467,318 36,123 9,906,554 6,743 946,838 29,363,576 FUND BALANCE ENDING FUND BALANCE

20,093,318 47,617 10,385,133 48,480 592,014 31,166,276

15,214,222 8,126,428 4,826,124 28,166,774 - GENERAL FUNDS -

15,644,285 9,551,085 5,370,627 200,000 30,765,997

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

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BOARD

OF COMMISIONERS

STATION INFORMATION

- DISTRICT MAPService area and stations

The jurisdiction of Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District is approximately 1000 square miles. The District also provides service north into unincorporated Washoe County and provides oversight of County volunteer stations. Costs of that response are paid by the County. Truckee Meadows is a large and geographically dispersed service area, and therefore it is critical to maintain stafﬁng of our stations at all times. The District has kept its stations open 100% of the time, since July 1, 2012 when service contract with the City of Reno was negated.

Station 13 - Stead 10575 Silver Lake Blvd., Stead Station 14 - Holcomb Ranch 470 Foothill Road Station 15 - Sun Valley 110 Quartz Lane, Sun Valley Station 16 - East Washoe Valley 1240 East Lake Blvd., Washoe Valley Station 17 - Spanish Springs 500 Rockwell Blvd., Spanish Springs Station 18 - Cold Springs 3680 Diamond Peak Dr., Reno, NV

Station 30 - West Washoe Valley 3905 Old Hwy 395, Washoe Valley Station 35 - Mogul 10201 W 4th St, Mogul Station 36 - Arrowcreek 13500 Thomas Creek Rd., Reno Station 37 - Hidden Valley 3255 Hidden Valley Dr., Reno Station 39 - Galena Forest 4000 Joy Lake Rd., Reno

PEER SUPPORT & CHAPLAIN PROGRAM

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District now has a fully trained peer support team on board. Spearheaded by Truckee Meadows Fire Captain Derek Reid, the District has fully embraced endeavors by the International Association of Fire Fighters and Truckee Meadows Firefighters Association IAFF 2487 in developing a peer support program that will serve to benefit the mental health and spiritual needs of Truckee Meadows Firefighters and support personnel. And through collaborative efforts with the newly formed Northern Nevada peer Support Network, the program will also serve to support many fire agencies in northern Nevada.

Training for peer support members began in 2019, and included role playing, seminars, and expert speakers from the IAFF and major ﬁre departments throughout the nation.

The stresses faced by firefighters and paramedics throughout their careers – tragedies such as the events of September 11, 2001, the Boston Marathon bombing, and everyday emergencies such as house fires and car accidents – can have a cumulative impact on their mental health and well-being. Our local region has experienced its share of tragedies involving first responders to include the Reno Air Race crash and Carson City IHOP shooting, both in 2011. Unexpectedly gruesome sights, mass causalities or loss of friends can severely traumatize fire personnel.

In the past, the general culture of the fire service has made it difficult for firefighters to seek emotional support. In one study, 92 percent of firefighters said that stigma was a barrier to behavioral health treatment. Approximately 20 percent of firefighters and paramedics have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD can have devastating consequences if untreated and is often associated with other behavioral health problems, such as depression, substance abuse, family dysfunction, violence and increased risk of suicide.

Peer support programs have been demonstrated to be an effective method for providing support to occupational groups, including firefighters. An active peer support program has created a support network for the mental and physical health of our first responders, with trained assistance. Strong mental health translates to improved public service.

-NEW-

TMFPD peer support program also includes Fire Chaplains who will look out for the mental and spiritual needs of our ﬁreﬁghters and personnel. (L-R): Captain Derek Reid, Chaplain Misty Reid, Chaplain Julie Vucurevich, Chaplain Steve Vucurevich and Deputy Chief Alex Kukulus

STATION INFORMATION

- VOLUNTEERS -

The District uses volunteer firefighters as a force multiplier and supplement to the overall response. This is particularly helpful during periods of peak demand such as lightning storms that can touch off multiple fires or incidents that have an extended operational period. Volunteer firefighting requires a commitment to training and to staffing during peak demands. The work is very rewarding and many current career staff got their start as volunteer firefighters.

There are also opportunities for service as a volunteer that don’t require actual firefighting duties. The District seeks volunteers to assist with certain fire prevention efforts including the green waste program and many other logistical needs. The duties and amount of commitment are variable.

If you are interested, please contact volunteerprogramlead@tmfpd.us

NEW STATION

The District completed construction of its newest ﬁre station at 470 Foothill Road. The station replaces the station near the Damonte Wal-Mart. The old station was dilapidated and the truck bays ﬂooded in most rainstorms. The new state of the art station will house more equipment and was designed for an additional crew in the future. The station is approximately 10,000 square feet and features landscape that characterizes defensible space concepts.

MUTUAL AND AUTOMATIC AID

Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and the City of Sparks Fire Department have instituted new dispatch protocols that ensure the closest ﬁre truck responds to emergencies regardless of jurisdiction. The two agencies have enhanced their mutual and automatic aid relationships and are working on reﬁning dispatch technology that will assist dispatchers through GPS communication to the individual emergency vehicle that will make this effort even more precise in the future. Mutual aid agreements exist with all other local, state and federal response agencies in northern Nevada and the mutual aid system provides additional resources for large incidents

BRANDING MESSAGE

In January 2020, the Board of Fire Commissioners adopted a new logo, designed with internal feedback from Fire District personnel and support from OCG Creative, a local digital and design agency.

In order to brand the organization, initial steps included the adoption of a new logo and graphic standards to help promote and raise awareness of the Fire District.

The logo includes colors of the District’s new apparatus; red, black and gold. The icon of the logo are the gold letters “TM” representing the brand name of the Fire District, and the gold standard in the ﬁre service.

History and tradition is important to Truckee Meadows Fireﬁghters. The icon TM is enclosed inside a traditional Fire Maltese Cross, and includes the established year of the Fire District, 1972; the year 2022 will be the 50th Anniversary of the Fire District.

It was important to create landscape speciﬁc to Washoe County and the Truckee Meadows. The snowcapped mountain in the new design represents Slide Mountain, located in the District and seen throughout the region. Few places in the western United States offer the stunning sunrise and sunsets that are experienced in the Truckee Meadows; the gradient sky design represents the western sunset.

Finally, and most noticeably, was an overwhelming consensus to brand the organization as Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue. While fighting fires is the most visible and high profile function our firefighters perform, the adjective “rescue” serves to raise the awareness of the Truckee Meadows Fire brand. Responding to medical emergencies, auto extrications, water and ice rescues, back country rescues that may include rope rescues, and even animal rescues are just some of the many responses Truckee Meadows Firefighters perform every day for Washoe County residents and visitors.

- DEFENSIBLE SPACE & GREEN WASTE COLLECTION -

Our firefighter's daily job duties are to suppress fire – but with every need, there is an opportunity.

Our firefighters have turned their efforts toward solving a critical problem not related to fire suppression. In the high desert environment of northern Nevada, Washoe County homeowners are keenly aware that defensible space will help them survive a wildfire. The problem they experience in creating defensible space is what to do with the high volume of harvested vegetation. The amount of vegetation from defensible space clearing is too large to dispose of in routine trash disposal services. Pile burning creates problems of its own, particularly in the dangers of escaped fires and air pollution.

Truckee Meadows Fire District Firefighters have provided a solution on select days of the year by accepting green waste at certain fire stations at no charge to the citizens. Fire stations with adjacent vacant land are used to receive and stage the green waste harvested by homeowners’ defensible space construction and maintenance. Firefighters then masticated the green waste to reduce the volume. Mat rial was transported to a recycler for composting. Hundreds of homeowners have taken advantage of the program. In years 2018 and 2019, the District measured 5,000 cubic yards equating to 100 acres treated of green waste. That is 100 acres where the wildfire threat has decreased!

Additionally, the Fire District partners with the local non-proﬁt, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful during their annual Christmas Tree Recycle Event. The District provide drop-off locations at Truckee Meadows Fire Stations to reduce the threat of ﬁre from dry trees while helping to protect the environment by reducing the disposal of dry trees in the wildland.

FIRE PREVENTION

(L-R): Captain Derek Reid, Chaplain Misty Reid, Chaplain Julie Vucurevich, Chaplain Steve Vucurevich And Deputy Chief Alex Kukulus

APPARATUS UPDATE

In 2019, Truckee Meadows Firefighters took part in push-in ceremony to celebrate the operation of the Fire District’s latest fire engine that sports the newest paint design on all future firefighting apparatus, clearly distinguishing Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue from other local fire jurisdictions.

The Fire District purchased two ﬁre engines to replace current engines that have exceeded their useful life. The 2019 Pierce Quantum PUC Type 1 Fire Engine is one of the latest state-of-the art ﬁre apparatus. The District also purchased two new water tenders.

Push-in ceremonies are symbolic of the early days of hand drawn ﬁre engines, ladder wagons and hose carts, that had to be pushed back into the station by hand. Backing in by hand became obsolete when the self-propelled motorized engines went into service. The “push-in” is similar to a christening ceremony ship launching.

TMFPD is the first fire agency in the region to bring this technology to the citizens of Washoe County. The engine includes a 750-gallon water tank pumping at 1,500 gallons per minute. The Engine is equipped with approximately 100 cubic feet more storage space than previous Truckee Meadows Fire Engines allowing fire and rescue crews to store specialized equipment such as a full complement of battery powered vehicle extrication equipment, gear for swift water rescues and rope rescues, and tactical gear for active shooter incidents. The engine is also equipped with the latest digital technology that allows fire officers access to the most current information while responding to a call, and documenting incidents.

The new Fire Engines will be put into service at TMFPD Fire Stations 32 (E Washoe Lake) & 40 (Verdi-Mogul).

The Fire District also took posses sion quintuple combination pumper, or quint that we will take delivery of this month and put in service later this year. The quint, or ladder truck will have a 100-foot aerial platform, and carry 250 gallons of water capable of pumping 2,000 gallons per minute. It will also be equipped with advanced extrication equipment and more tools for rescue and ﬁreﬁghting.

FIRE PREVENTION

- FUTURE PLANNING -

In addition to standing ready to respond to the day-to-day emergencies, TMFPD also looks to the future health of the organization. Priorities going forward include working with citizens through Defensible Space education, hiring more firefighters and expanding equipment and fleet resources in order to meet the growth and demand especially as industrial development continues in East Truckee Canyon.

TMFPD is committed to building strong relationships with our regional partners. We maintain excellent collaborations with federal, state and local agencies. The Sierra Front Interagency Center dispatches resources like aircraft and hand crews expediently. Those collaborations are particularly valuable given the nature of wildland ﬁres in the

IMPROVEMENT TO SERVICES

Advanced Life Support is now in all stations. This vital resource can make the difference between life and death. TMFPD assisted with drafting and implementing regional EMS protocols and completed the following improvements:

- EMS UPGRADES -

• Lucas CPR devices on every engine. TMFPD became the first fire department in Washoe County to equip every fire engine with automatic chest compression devices and brand new cardiac monitors. New cardiac monitors provide cardiac arrest patients with the greatest chance for survival by ensuring minimal interruption in chest compressions, and the most efficient scene operations possible.

• McGrath airway devices on every engine.

• Implemented ePCR software program.

• Cyanokits on every engine. A Cyanokit is an antidote to cyanide poisoning that can be administered at the scene and is largely successful in reversing the deadly effects of the poison associated with smoke inhalation from structure ﬁres.

- TRAINING -

• TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) Training. The course, offered as a collaboration with TMCC, provides employees with the skill-set needed to effectively respond to active shooter or mass casualty type incidents while working in one cohesive unit with law enforcement. TMFPD engines have all been equipped with rapid trauma kits that can be utilized during these events. TMFPD is constantly looking to expand response capability within Washoe County and to regional mutual aid partners.

• Hosted EP level Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses

A MESSAGE TO THE ACADEMY

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TRUCKEE MEADOWS FIRE PROTECTION DEPARTMENT 1001 E. Ninth Street, Reno NV 89512 | 775.326.6000

FIRE PREVENTION

- ASH CANS -

Improper ash disposal causes thousands of fires every year, including the Washoe Drive Fire in 2012. With continued use of wood burning fireplaces and stoves, along with an increasing use of outdoor fire pits, the TMFPD continues to provide Ash Cans at no charge to Washoe County residents in need. Nearly 500 Ash cans have been issued since the autumn of 2018.

Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue (TMFR) appreciates the support of Commissioner Vaughn Hartung for his leadership in supporting public funding for additional Ash Cans for our citizens throughout the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District. The proper use of ash cans serve as an important tool when it comes to disposing ashes from wood burning ﬁreplaces, stoves, and pile burns. The funding from Commissioner Hartung’s discretionary funds will purchase approximately 300 additional cans to be distributed to residents of unincorporated Washoe County.

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Safe Haven, also known as Protection of Children from Abuse and Neglect, is a Nevada law that allows a parent to safely surrender their baby if they can no longer care for him/her. As long as the baby is younger than 30 days old and has not been abused, the parent may surrender him or her without arrest or prosecution.

The purpose of the Safe Haven law is to protect babies from being injured or otherwise harmed due to unsafe and illegal abandonment by providing distressed parents a safe, anonymous option for surrender of their newborn baby.

A distressed parent who is unable to care for their baby can safely, legally, and anonymously forfeit custody. The only requirements are that the infant is younger than 30 days old, shows no signs of abuse, and is taken by the parent to a Safe Haven provider. Safe Haven providers include hospitals, law enforcement agencies, ﬁre stations, and emergency medical services (EMS). Once the parent surrenders the infant, the parent is free to leave.

All Truckee Meadows Fire Protection Fire Stations are a Safe Haven location.

For conﬁdential information 24-hours a day call 1-800-992-5757 (Answered by the Crisis Call Center of Nevada)