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PRESENTATION REGARDING BARRIE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
Bill Boyes, Fire Chief provided a presentation concerning the Barrie Fire and Emergency Service (BFES) 2016 Annual Report.
Fire Chief Boyes discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The organizational structure of the BFES;
• The strategic priorities of the BFES;
• Highlights from the 2016 Annual Report;
• Graphs illustrating the following:
o The total incident response over the past eight years;
o The percentage increase in incident volumes over the past six years;
o The 2015/2016 number of incidents by month;
o The percentage of time that the six minutes incident response was achieved between 2010-2016;
o The number of fires with dollar loss for the past seven years;
o The total dollar loss between 2010-2016;
o 2016 BFES incident response by type;
o The five year average versus 2016 by incident response type;
• A map illustrating the location of 2016 fires;
• An outline of the BFES Promising Practices Study prepared by Susan Braedley; and
• The significant findings from the BFES Promising Practices Study.
In conclusion, Fire Chief Boyes commented that Barrie Fire and Emergency Service is moving in the right direction and is striving to be one of the most progressive fire departments in Canada. In closing, Fire Chief Boyes complimented staff of the Barrie Fire and Emergency Service and thanked the Executive Management Team and City Council for their support.
Members of the Community Services Committee asked several questions regarding the presentation and received responses from staff.