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PRESENTATION CONCERNING THE 2017 BARRIE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE (BFES) ANNUAL REPORT
Cory Mainprize, Fire Chief provided a presentation concerning the 2017 Barrie Fire and Emergency Service (BFES) Annual Report.
Fire Chief Mainprize discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The organizational structure of the BFES;
• The strategic priorities of the BFES;
• Highlights from the 2017 Annual Report;
• Charts illustrating the following topics:
o Total incident response and incidents over the past nine years;
o The percentage increase in incident volumes over the past nine years;
o The number of incidents by month for the years 2016 - 2017;
o The six minutes road response percentages between 2010 - 2017;
o The 2017 percentages of incidents by type;
o The percentages of incident response types for a five year average versus 2017;
o The number of incident responses by type for a five year average versus 2016;
o The number of fires with a dollar loss between 2010 - 2017;
• A map illustrating the location of 2017 fires;
• A chart illustrating the total dollar losses between 2010 - 2017; and
• Future initiatives associated to education, planning, procedure reviews, staff training and support programs.
Members of the Committee asked a number of questions regarding the presentation and received responses from City staff.