City of Chula Vista - File #: 14-0011

• File #: 14-0011
• Name: Fire Facility Master Plan
• Type: Action Item
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 1/28/2014
• Final action: 1/28/2014
• Title: CONSIDERATION OF A NEW FIRE FACILITY MASTER PLAN, FIRE FORCE RESPONSE STANDARD AND FULL-TIME FOUR-PERSON ENGINE CREWS RESOLUTION NO. 2014-018 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING A NEW FIRE FACILITY MASTER PLAN WITH MODIFICATIONS, UPDATING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE RESPONSE STANDARDS, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE FIRE FORCE RESPONSE STANDARD, AND APPROVING A POLICY FOR MOVING TO FULL-TIME FOUR-PERSON ENGINE CREWS

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/28/2014	City Council	adopt	Fail

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CONSIDERATION OF A NEW FIRE FACILITY MASTER PLAN, FIRE FORCE RESPONSE STANDARD AND FULL-TIME FOUR-PERSON ENGINE CREWS

RESOLUTION NO. 2014-018 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING A NEW FIRE FACILITY MASTER PLAN WITH MODIFICATIONS, UPDATING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE RESPONSE STANDARDS, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE FIRE FORCE RESPONSE STANDARD, AND APPROVING A POLICY FOR MOVING TO FULL-TIME FOUR-PERSON ENGINE CREWS

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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Recommended Action
Council adopt the resolution.

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SUMMARY
The Fire Department is currently operating under a Fire Facility Master Plan that was developed in 1997. This Master Plan called for a nine-station network. Since the adoption of the 1997 Master Plan, increased development densities have been added to the City's General Plan. The City contracted Emergency Services Consulting Incorporated (ESCi) to develop a new Fire Facility Master Plan taking these changes into consideration. ESCi examined future development in accordance with the current General Plan and reasonably expected future growth as envisioned by the City through the year 2030 to evaluate the "issues" and "opportunities" that exist to provide Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to the city in a manner that provides the high quality services that the citizens of Chula Vista expect from their fire department. The analysis also includes the additional development anticipated under the Letters of Agreement (LOA) with the developers of the University Villages.
The recommendations set forth in the Master Plan prepared by ESCi indicate the Fire/EMS delivery system within the City of Chula Vista can be expanded to meet the expected growth of the community with the expansion of one existing station and the addition of three new fire stations for a total of 12 fire stations The recommendation from the Consultant is to close Station 9 after building the Stations in the Millenia, Bayfront, and Vil...