![]() They’re staying on scene for hours waiting for ambulances to show up … They’re there to help save people’s lives. “The fire department is so much more than just putting out fires. “Our fire department is absorbing the cost of an EMS service that’s not showing up on scene,” the Ward 2 councillor told Postmedia Sunday, adding she believes the provincial government is downloading costs of first response onto municipalities. Wyness said she wasn’t surprised by the scale of investment needed in CFD, given their role in responding to medical calls amid a crisis in EMS response times. It added no comparable Canadian municipality’s fire department meets the NFPA standards.Ĭouncil’s executive committee is scheduled to receive and discuss the report Wednesday. “CFD could use NFPA 1710 as an aspirational guiding document, but it is not feasible as a response standard for Calgary,” the city report read. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A capital investment of $231 million would also be needed, as well as the addition of 1,276 firefighters. Hitting the more rigorous NFPA benchmarks would require increasing the annual CFD operating budget by $214.5 million, the city said currently, the department’s annual budget is about $237 million. The NFPA standards include a target response time of six minutes and 20 seconds for fires, compared to Calgary’s current seven-minute target response time CFD is currently failing to meet either target, responding to fire calls within seven minutes and 40 seconds 90 per cent of the time in 2021. Jennifer Wyness introduced a notice of motion in March to assess what steps are needed to ensure adequate fire response times amid growing staffing pressures. The next issue of Calgary Herald Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way. ![]()
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