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Description
Chief Loy Senter and staff updated the Board of Supervisors on various initiatives and fire and emergency medical services trends over the past fiscal year.
A
B
Afternoon,
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board,
Dr
Casey.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
come
before
you
to
provide
the
Fire
EMS
annual
update,
we're
here
a
little
bit
earlier
this
year
than
in
previous
years.
So
we
may
not
have
had
enough
opportunity
to
do
a
deep
dive
in
some
of
our
data
that
we're
going
to
be
presenting
today,
but
some
of
the
data
products
that
you'll
see
are
going
to
be
very
familiar
to
you.
B
Others
may
be
new
if
it
requires
if
your
questions
require
any
additional
research,
we'll
be
happy
to
to
follow
up
with
you.
After
after
our
session
today,
I'm
being
joined
today
by
a
few
individuals,
I
have
assistant,
Chief,
Keith
Chambers
who's
over
there
on
the
back
row.
If
we
have
any
questions
concerning
Community
risk
reduction,
we
have
battalion
chief
Justin
Adams
is
here,
I
know
we're
going
to
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
EMS
and
some
of
our
Innovations
there.
And
finally,
we
have
Captain
Joe
Harvey
from
the
Fire
Marshal's
Office
who's.
Here.
B
You
may
remember
that
earlier
this
year
that
we
received
a
favorable
ruling
from
vrs
for
firefighter
recruit,
Tyvon
Eldridge
and
that
his
death
was
seen
as
resulting
in
the
performance
of
his
duties,
As
A
Firefighter,
in
accordance
with
the
line
of
duty
act,
and,
as
you
heard
earlier,
when
I
was
talking
about
Captain
selhorse
he's
worked
very
closely
with
the
family
to
apply
for
a
public
safety
officer
benefits
at
the
federal
level.
We're
still
waiting
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
B
If
those
benefits
are
awarded,
he
will
be
eligible
for
placement
on
the
national
Fallen
Firefighters
Memorial
in
Emmitsburg
Maryland,
and
will
continue
to
work
with
the
family.
In
that
regard,
we
after
tyvon's
death,
we
pulled
together
a
cross-functional
investigative
team
from
other
jurisdictions
to
help
us
out
here
locally,
and
we
have
implement
minute
all
seven
recommendations
from
that
report.
I'm
happy
to
say
we
did
that
very
quickly
and
those
are
in
place
and
we're
still
awaiting
the
first
draft
of
a
report
from
the
National
Institute
of
occupational
safety
and
health.
B
Just
prior
to
the
one-year
anniversary
of
the
death
of
firefighter
Alicia
Monahan,
the
Human
Resources
Director
was
notified
that
the
Virginia
retirement
system
ruled
Alicia's
death
to
be
the
result
of
her
employment,
As
A
Firefighter
under
the
line
of
duty
act,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
work
with
that
family
as
well
on
any
future
benefit.
Applications.
B
The
very
essence
of
Chesterfield
Fire
and
EMS
Dr
Casey's
been
very
supportive
of
our
peer
support
efforts
and,
in
particular
its
integration.
With
a
contract
clinician
and
over
the
past
couple
of
years,
that's
been
very
important
as
we've
worked
through
these
tragedies
and
as
individuals
have
dealt
with
just
day-to-day
issues
here
on
the
job
and
at
home,
and
these
efforts
have
no
doubt
saved
a
couple
of
lives.
B
As
you
know,
we
had
to
suspend
a
lot
of
our
in-person
recognition
during
covet
and
we've
finally
got
our
feet
back
underneath
us
and
are
moving
ahead
and
over
the
coming
years.
We
will
do
these
in
Combined
sessions.
We'll
have
a
combined
Awards
and
promotion
ceremony
and
we'll
do
two
of
those
per
year,
one
in
October,
one
in
April,
so
watch
for
those
invites
to
put
on
your
calendars.
B
We
also
received
several-
you
know
national
awards
and
I
know
in
October,
actually
in
August,
we'll
be
back
before
the
board
with
many
other
awardees
here
in
the
county
for
the
Naco
Awards,
there
were
four
that
fire
and
EMS
was
a
part
of
our
extensive
efforts
to
provide
lithium
ion
battery
training
for
fires
and
for
firefighters
and
how
to
deal
with
those
situations.
That's
been
a
very
significant
effort
over
the
past
year
and
we'll
continue
into
the
future.
B
Our
paramedic
in-house
Paramedic
program
received
recognition
through
the
Emergency
Medical
Services
training
facility
award
a
work
performance
evaluation
that
we
do
every
year
on
firefighters,
to
make
sure
that
they're
in
good
physical
condition
to
perform
the
job
that
received
an
award
and
also
we
work
at
the
IST
department
on
the
citizen,
emergency
services
and
interaction
improvements,
and
that
allows
us
to
get
some
real-time
feedback
from
our
customers.
When
we
respond
to
incidents
out
in
the
field.
B
B
In
order
to
provide
quality
services,
you
have
to
be
able
to
retain
and
recruit
a
high
performing
Workforce
during
FY
2023.
Our
Department's
total
turnover
rate
inch
back
up
near
pre-pandemic
levels,
but
I'm
happy
to
report
that
certainly
retirements
are
are
remaining
low
as
a
reason
for
separations
in
our
department,
and
that
is
due
in
large
part
to
the
efforts
of
this
board
and
implementing
the
public
safety
pay
plan
and
some
of
the
other
adjustments
that
have
occurred
over
the
past
couple
of
years.
B
That
has
really
served
as
a
very
good
retention
tool
for
our
most
valued
most
senior
employees,
where
we
continue
to
have
a
lot
of
turnover
is
at
the
lower
levels.
You
know
one
to
five
year
range
where
individuals
are
seeking
other
occupations,
some
of
it's
for
better
opportunities,
better
pay
and
others
are
leaving
for
better
work-life
balance.
B
I
am
very
happy
to
report
that
we're
heading
in
the
right
direction
for
mandatory
overtime.
You've
heard
me
talk
about
this
over
a
period
of
years
and
with
your
support
and
support
of
Matt
Harris
and
and
Gerard
Durkin
in
the
budget
office,
we've
been
able
to
make
some
significant
Headway
and
we'll
be
able
to
continue
to
do
that
over
the
next
year
and
adding
more
staff
to
make
sure
that
we're
appropriately
staffed
so
that
we're
not
relying
as
heavily
on
overtime
in
a
particular
mandatory
over
time.
B
So
at
the
at
the
end
of
the
second
quarter
of
FY
2023,
we've
reached
a
high
of
nine
mandatories
a
day
on
average,
okay
and
that
was
not
sustainable.
Over
the
past
six
months,
we've
seen
some
improvements.
One
of
those
areas
we
did
receive
12
new
positions
in
FY
2023,
for
you
know
minimum
Staffing
and
we
were
able
to
release
10
of
those
who
had
previous
medical
training.
We
were
able
to
get
those
folks
out
in
the
field
in
May
and
that's
made
a
big
difference
already.
B
We
have
36
positions
that
the
board
approved
for
this
fiscal
year.
We've
worked
with
Matt
and
and
Gerard
to
spread
those
out
over
three
successive
schools.
We
can't
do
36
in
one
school,
and
so
we've
got
a
very
workable
solution
to
to
work.
Those
new
positions
in
the
department
get
them
onboarded
over
the
next
next
year
and
if
we
find,
for
example,
when
we
get
to
the
the
January
school
that
we
have,
some
more
openings
Matt
has
agreed
to
consider
maybe
moving
some
of
those
positions
up
a
little
bit
sooner.
B
So
by
the
time
we
get
to
Mid
2025,
we
should
be
in
a
good
place
regarding
our
relief
Factor.
What
your
goal
is
to
get
to
a
1.32
relief
Factor.
You
may
recall
in
some
previous
meetings,
Dr
Casey
has
mentioned
that
once
we
get
to
that
point,
that
may
still
not
be
enough
when
you
consider
some
of
the
improvements
that
we've
had
in
and
and
leave
opportunities
and
some
of
the
other
mandates
that
we've
had
from
the
state
and
local
government.
B
We'll
have
to
continue
to
look
at
our
leave
utilization
year
over
year,
and
we
may
have
to
make
some
adjustments
there.
Another
thing
that
we're
going
to
have
to
talk
about
with
adding
these
positions
is
that
we're
going
to
have
to
create
more
opportunities
for
people
to
use
their
leave
right
now,
we're
pretty
much
locked
into
a
maximum
during
High
leave
utilization
time
periods
of
18
positions,
things
that
we
allow
offer
scheduled
leave
scheduled
plan,
leave,
whether
it's
PTO
or
a
vacation,
or
something
like
that.
B
We
need
to
increase
the
number
of
Lee
slots
that
we
have
in
the
future
and
that
will
have
to
be
factored
into
that
decision
down
the
road.
But
this
is
good
news
and
again
I
appreciate
the
support
of
the
board
on
this
effort.
You,
you
said
you
were
going
to
make
this
happen
and
you
did
and
I
know
that
the
firefighters
really
appreciate
that
they're
starting
to
see
the
benefits
of
that.
B
We
try
to
get
a
little
bit
better,
handle
this
spring
on
how
many
people
are
likely
to
retire
over
the
next
four
years
and
based
on
the
survey
responses
that
we
got
we're
expecting
upwards
of
about
47
retirements
over
the
next
four
years
that
averages
out
to
about
12
retirements
per
year,
and
so
that
again
is
not
out
of
line
from
what
we've
seen
in
the
past
five
years,
which
is
averaging
about
10.
So
that's
pretty
manageable.
B
Now
we
did
have
about
a
dozen
individuals
that
didn't
respond
to
the
survey
and
there's
always
opportunities
for
individuals,
conditions
to
change
or
circumstances
to
change.
They
may
better
get
a
better
opportunity
for
a
retirement
job
and
may
make
a
move
or
their
family
circumstances
may
change,
and
they
may
decide
to
move
a
little
bit
sooner.
But
right
now
we
see
that
our
retirement,
you
know,
process
for
the
next
couple
of
years,
is
going
to
be
pretty
manageable,
but
among
those
individuals
that
are
eligible
for
retirement
over
the
next
five
years.
B
I
often
get
questions
on
how
we're
doing
in
firefighter
Recruitment
and
I'm
happy
to
say
that
we're
doing
pretty
well
and
we're
not
getting
the
numbers
of
applicants
that
we
used
to
see
in
previous
years.
You
know
and
many
times
we
would
see
upwards
of
a
thousand
applicants.
We
don't
see
those
types
of
numbers
anymore,
but
this
is
not.
This
is
not
unique
to
Chesterfield
a
lot
of
other
fire
departments
in
Virginia
are
seeing
similar
numbers
to
to
ours
in
the
recruitment
process.
B
This
past
spring
that
set
the
candidates
for
the
current
recruit
Academy.
That's
in
session
right
now
we
received
400
in
tokens
and
then,
of
course,
we've
hired
about
26
of
those
we
even
had
enough
and
we'll
talk
about
that
in
a
minute
to
be
able
to
issue
some
conditional
job
offers
for
the
next
recruit
Academy.
We
work
with
Mary
on
that,
and
that
was
very
helpful
as
we
move
forward
so
again,
I'm
feeling
very
good
about
this.
We
always
keep
an
eye
on
it.
B
A
few
years
ago
we
did
have
situations
where
we
were
not
able
to
fill
all
of
our
openings,
but
now
we're
doing
fairly
well,
we
can
fill
all
of
our
vacancies.
We're
filling
all
of
our
double
fills
in
any
new
positions
that
we've
been
approved.
For
so
let
me
highlight
some
of
our
successes
in
the
most
recent
hiring
process
for
recruit,
School
67.
It
began
on
the
end
of
June
and
will
graduate
they
will
graduate
in
December
late
December.
B
We
hired
nine
military
veterans
or
reservists,
and
let
me
give
you
a
breakdown
of
some
of
those.
We
have
two
Army
Rangers.
We
have
a
marine
who
was
assigned
to
hmx1,
which
is
the
Squadron
for
the
presidential
helicopter,
also
known
as
Marine
one
and
a
Navy
corpsman.
We
also
did
a
deferred
hiring
for
a
Navy
SEAL
when
he
gets
discharged
and
will
start
in
the
January
school
all
very
good
candidates
and
will
be
good
members
of
our
department.
We
hired
five
volunteer
firefighters.
B
Three
of
our
recruits
have
previous
medical
experience
and
we
hired
two
firefighters
from
other
career
to
fire
career
fire
departments.
One
was
the
Virginia
Beach,
Fire
Department
and
another
was
the
North
Hudson
Regional
fire
service
in
New
Jersey.
So
again,
this
really
goes
to
the
fact
that
the
the
importance
this
board
has
placed
on
starting
salary
and
keeping
it
competitive.
Certainly
here
in
the
region,
has
made
made
a
big
difference
in
our
ability
to
attract
new
candidates
and
good
people
in
that.
B
So
far
as
our
activities
over
the
past
year
call
volume
actually
kind
of
went
flat
on
us
at
the
end
of
of
the
fiscal
year,
we
were
on
a
very
fast
track.
Early
in
the
fiscal
year
call
volume
was
increasing
at
a
pretty
fast
rate
and
then
things
kind
of
leveled
off
and
we
had
a
very
slow
spring.
So
we
only
saw
about
a
point:
seven
percent
increase
in
total
call
volume.
B
Things
have
picked
up
again
in
July
and
we're
seeing
you
know
we're
on
currently
on
track
to
to
exceed
50
000
incidents
in
the
current
fiscal
year
of
FY
2424.
The,
Five-Year
growth
and
call
volume
has
been
around
3.5
percent.
On
average,
Which
is
higher
than
the
average
population
growth
in
each
of
those
years
and
as
you
you
recall
in
many
of
my
previous
presentations,
nearly
80
percent
of
our
call
volume
is
related
to
Medical
emergencies.
B
So
far
as
Emergency
Medical
Services
is
concerned,
during
FY
2023,
we
transported
25
153
patients
to
local
medical
facilities,
a
number
that
increased
by
3.8
percent.
Eight
points,
three
point:
eight
percent
year
over
year
and
13.2
percent
over
the
previous
five-year
period,
our
average
patient
age
continues
to
increase.
It
was
at
58.2
in
2023
and
that
again
exemplifies
the
shifting
in
our
population,
where
the
fastest
growing
demographic
of
those
that
are
going
to
be
65
years
of
age
and
older,
and
so
our
patient
load
is
continuing
to
get
older.
B
Our
mobile
Integrated
Health
Program
our
mih
program
and
Mr
Winslow
I,
know
you're
very
you've
been
spending
some
time
with
them
over
the
years.
They
continue
to
experience
increased
volumes
in
both
patients
and
those
with
substance
abuse
that
represents
a
17.3
percent
and
19
percent
growth
year
over
year
respectively,
and
about
a
year
ago,
Matt
Harris
approached
us
with
an
opportunity
to
bolster
our
staffing
levels
and
needs
in
mih,
with
some
arpa
funding
to
get
these.
These
positions
kicked
off.
B
We
had
five
districts
that
saw
you
know
some
pretty
significant
increased
growth,
the
airport,
Clover
Hill,
Bonaire,
Phillips
and
Wagstaff
areas
saw
some
some
growth
and
we've
only
had
time
to
really
drill
down
and
look
at
where
the
call
increase
is
coming
for
the
airport
district,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
here
in
the
County
Government
Center,
whether
it's
Lucy
core,
whether
it's
the
some
of
the
other
facilities
here,
the
the
jail
and
then
we
had
two
residential
addresses
in
their
first
due
area
or
emergency
response.
District.
B
That
saw
some
significant
increases
in
call
volume
of
10
or
more
calls
a
year
and
those
would
be
normally
flagged
for
our
mih
program
to
follow
up
on.
So
those
are
some
things
that
happened
and
can
really
shift
your
call
volume
in
one
particular
area.
So
it's
kind
of
interesting
to
see
how
this
moves
around
a
little
bit
in
certain
areas.
Some
of
our
top
five
busiest
districts
and
top
five
busiest
stations
were
not
surprising
to
us.
Those
are
the
typical
ones
that
you
see:
Beaufort,
Chester,
Dale,
Clover,
Hill
and
Midlothian.
B
One
area
concern
is
our
volunteer
activity.
We
continue
to
keep
the
door
open
for
our
volunteers
and
and
encourage
volunteerism
wherever
possible,
but
across
the
country,
volunteerism
is
on
a
decline
and
people
don't
have
the
time
with
you
know,
with
the
careers,
their
family
demands
to
to
put
the
time
into
getting
all
the
additional
training
and
commit
the
hours
to
stay
proficient
in
their
skills
and
to
answer
the
calls
for
service,
and
so,
while
all
of
most
all
of
our
volunteer
agencies
saw
a
decline
in
Staffing
hours
over
the
last
year.
B
The
one
that's
the
most
concern
to
us
is
the
Manchester
Volunteer
Rescue
Squad
station
during
FY
2023.
They
were
Staffing
only
about
40.9
hours
per
week
on
average,
and
if
you
look
at
the
chart
on
the
right
of
the
screen,
you'll
see
that
there
are
unit
reliability,
in
other
words,
the
percentage
of
time
that
they
are
in
service
and
staffed
and
available
to
respond
to
a
call
has
continued
to
drop
to
about
22
percent.
So
that's
pretty
concerning
our
goal.
B
And
what
you
see
here
are
there
are
benchmarks
for
the
urban
area
where
most
of
our
population
resides
and
most
of
our
calls
occur,
and
our
goal
is
to
be
on
scene,
seven
minutes
from
the
911
of
the
time
for
the
highest
priority
emergencies
to
have
a
first
unit
on
there.
A
fire
engine
will
stop
the
clock
on
that
metric
for
both
fire
and
EMS
calls,
given
the
training
that
they
have
and
the
equipment
that
they
carry
on
board
so
again
having
that
on
the
on
scene
within
seven
minutes.
B
Ninety
percent
of
the
time,
if
you
look
at
where
we're
at
you
know
we're
about
three
and
a
half
minutes
longer
in
meeting
our
stated
goal
at
the
90th
percentile,
we
also
are
seeing
increases
in
that
year
over
year.
We
need
to
do
a
little
bit
deeper
dive
into
those
those
data
metrics
and
try
to
determine
what's
going
on,
there's
a
number
of
factors
that
can
be
at
play
here
and
we'll
follow
up
with
you
once
we
do
that.
B
But
we
continue
to
watch
this
and
we'll
give
you
more
detail,
as
we
do
a
little
deeper
dive
on
this
as
well
so
far
as
significant
incidents.
I
know
that
throughout
the
year
you'll
hear
about
these
these
incidents
we
had
33
incidents
where
there
was
a
loss
of
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
we
unfortunately
had
four
civilian
fire
deaths.
Two
of
those
and
do
you
wanna
Keith?
B
C
Of
the
board
Dr
Casey,
the
four
civilian
fire
deaths
that
occurred
in
this
fiscal
year,
which
is
also
this
calendar
year.
Two
of
them
were
elderly
females.
One
was
as
a
result
of
a
homicide,
actually
an
arson
case
and
the
other
one
is
a
result
of
smoking.
Inherently
over
the
past
15
years,
smoking
has
been
the
a
number
one
cause
of
all
of
our
fire
fatalities,
45
from
the
last
15
years
and
38
residential
fatal
fires.
C
88
percent
of
them
occur
between
eight
o'clock
at
night
and
eight
in
the
morning,
and
94
of
them
occurred
on
Friday
and
Saturday
and
Sunday
nights.
So
we
were
really
trying
to
put
our
educational
efforts
out
there
to
notify.
You
know
those
citizens,
you
know
where
the
bulk
of
the
fire
fatalities
occur.
So
the
number
one
reason
we
can
try
to
prevent.
These
are
smoke
alarms.
C
Looking
back
through
some
of
the
history
of
last
fiscal
year,
just
108
incidents
or
31
percent
of
our
residential
fires,
a
smoke
alarm
actually
alerted
an
occupant
and
had
them
taken
action
to
get
out
of
the
house.
So
we
know
they
work
one-third
of
the
time,
at
least
so.
We're
trying
to
put
a
good
educational
effort
on
that
as
well
and.
C
Which
is
probably
no
secret
to
anyone
this
year,
as
well
as
previous
years,
cooking
kitchen
related
fires.
40
percent
of
our
fires
occur
in
that
kitchen,
the
kind
of
far
gap
down
below
that
20
percent
It's,
a
combination
of
smoking,
open
flames,
hot
Embers
and
Ashes
candles
grills,
and
that
such
thank
you.
B
B
Who've
really
worked
very
hard
on
this
particular
incident,
working
with
our
state
agencies
that
are
responsible
for
the
mediation
efforts
for
this
event,
as
well
as
to
keep
the
community
as
informed
as
they
can,
based
on
what
we
know
from
from
the
state
agencies.
As
most
residents
in
Chesterfield
know,
there's
a
long
history
here
with
the
county
and
coal
and
some
of
the
first
commercially
mined.
B
In
many
cases,
and
if
you
didn't
know
they
were
there,
you
would
just
think
it
would.
It
was
a
hill
that
was
there
that
you
were
crossing
this.
Is
you
unique
I've
not
been
able
and
talking
a
lot
of
folks
that
have
been
around
for
a
long
time
find
any
type
of
situation
like
this
has
occurred
in
the
in
the
past.
We
still
don't
quite
have
a
a
good
idea
of
what
started
this
there's
a
couple
of
options
or
possibilities.
It
could
be
spontaneous
heating
from
deep
inside
the
pile.
B
You
know
we've
further
discussions
with
our
state
Partners.
This.
This
thing
could
have
been
burning
for
for
a
period
of
years.
We
just
don't
know
this.
You
know
give
you
a
little
bit
of
information
and
background
on
the
timeline.
The
first
9-1-1
calls
we
started
receiving
involved
odors
a
strong
odor
in
the
area,
particularly
at
colber
and
black
Road
area,
and
so
that
that
started
occurring
on
March
6th,
the
winter
pot.
B
We
started
you
know
the
Winter
Park
Fire
Station
responded
down
on
a
couple
of
calls
there
and
couldn't
find
anything,
and
ultimately
the
Fire
Marshal's
Office
got
involved
and
I'll.
Let
Joe
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
their
efforts
here
in
a
minute,
but
the
the
Gob
fire
was
reported
to
Virginia
energy
by
a
nearby
resident
on
March
8th.
This
is
before
we
actually,
you
know,
were
able
to
find
out
what
was
exactly
going
on
and
a
god
fire
means
garbage
of
bituminous
coal.
Is
that
correct?
That's
the
geological
terms.
B
B
Representatives
from
the
abandoned
mine
land
project
that
works
for
Virginia
energy,
they
were,
they
were
coming
on
site
and
we
were
able
to
get
a
handle
on
what
was
going
on.
So
they
brought
in
contractors
in
in
March
and
tried
to
exact
some
immediate
remediation
efforts.
They
completed
their
first
attempts
on
March,
25th
Joe
and
his
team
went
back.
They
kept
monitoring
the
site
for
a
period
of
time.
They
found
the
pile
smoldering
again
on
April,
26th
and
AML
completed
their
second
remediation
efforts
on
May
24th.
E
Good
afternoon
I
spoke
with
a
representative
from
Virginia
energy
this
afternoon.
They
are
there
on
site
currently
and
they
have
removed
all
of
the
Timber
from
the
pile
itself.
So
they
feel,
like
part
of
the
problem,
has
been.
Is
that
the
root
systems
for
the
trees
have
been
supplying
this
smoldering
coal,
with
fuel,
along
with
the
coal
and
as
a
causes
it
to
continue
to
burn.
E
E
B
It's
interesting
if
you
go
into
the
the
geospace
from
the
County's
GIS
system
and
you
look
at
the
the
parcel
layers.
There's
one
there
for
topographical
parcels
and
you
can
actually
see
the
and
you
can
see
other
places
along
this
area
in
winterpock,
where
there
are
other
coal
spoiled
piles
like
this
pretty
interesting.
B
But
but
again
one
I
know.
One
of
the
frustrating
things
for
the
residents
is
that
the
fire
department
has
no
authority
over
over
the
situation
and
we
have
responded
regularly
to
911
calls
complaints
voter
smoke
in
the
area.
We
do
monitor
it
very
closely
to
make
sure
the
fire
is
not
spreading
and
again
Joe
and
his
folks
are
really
on
top
of
that
and
they've
done
a
very
good
job.
There.
E
E
A
E
So
we
there
are
no,
there
is
no
public
order
out
there.
If
we
utilize
water,
we
have
to
either
draft
out
of
a
site
or
we
bring
water
in
a
in
a
tanker
truck
and
then
deliver
it
and
then
draft
out
of
a
portable
Pond.
Virginia
energy
is
and
does
have
a
permit
through
DEQ
to
pump
water
out
of
winterpock
Creek
for
the
small
amount
of
water
that
they're
using
on
a
daily
basis,
they're
just
using
a
gasoline
pump
and
actually
pumping
water
out
of
winter
pot.
Creek.
B
And
I
think
there's
there's
only
been
a
couple
of
days
where
we've
actually
had
an
extensive
water
shuttle
operation
with
our
tankers
going
on
to
give
them
some
added
water,
and
that
was
probably
during
the
second
efforts
to
remediate
the
the
pile
as
it
stands.
Right
now
we're
just
responding
on.
You
know
any
type
of
911
call
for
smoke
in
the
area
again
either
the
fire
company
or
one
of
Joe's
folks
goes
out
and
checks
it
on
a
periodic
basis
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
have
any
concerns
of
fire
spread.
A
And
then
also
connected
with
that,
how
is
this
area
different
than
the
mines
in
other
areas
of
the
county?
I
mean
I'm?
Thinking,
of
course,
the
Midlothian
a
lot
more
houses
around
there
and
those
kind
of
things
so
I'm
curious
to
know
if
there
are
any
proactive
approaches
we
need
to
take
to
avoid
such
issues
when
we
have
that.
B
We've
talked
to
Virginia
energy
about
some.
You
know
further
discussion
that
needs
to
take
place.
You
know,
based
on
this,
is
there
anything
we
need
to
think
about
as
a
county
to
let
other
land
owners
know
to
be
careful
and-
and
maybe
there's
some
other
efforts
that
we
can
put
in
place
to
prevent
something
like
this
from
happening.
B
F
A
B
We
don't
know
for
sure,
and
our
our
contacts
at
the
state
really
haven't
given
us
a
specific
cause.
There's
some
we've
discussed
some
possibilities.
It
could
be
again,
it
could
be
internal.
You
know
a
spontaneous
heating
from
inside
the
pile
in
a
naturally
occurring
phenomenon,
or
it
could
be
an
external
source
that
happened.
We
just
don't
know
I,
don't
think
we'll
ever
know
that
for
sure,
unfortunately,
Mr.
F
E
In
the
in
the
beginning
of
the
process
process,
we
brought
everybody
to
the
table,
EPA
DEQ
that
we
felt
needed
to
be
involved
in
the
process.
We
were
at
the
time
using
the
monitors
that
we,
as
a
fire
department,
have
and
we're
monitoring
the
air.
The
only
time
we
would
get
any
kind
of
alert
on
our
monitors
is
were
when
we
were
right
there,
either
near
the
smoke
next
to
the
Smoke.
E
We
did
have
some
citizens
that
were
concerned
about
that
and
we
would
go
to
their
houses,
monitor
their
houses
and
we'd
get
complete
zeros
on
all
of
our
monitors
and
then
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks
we
picked
out
four
or
five
areas
around
the
Winter
Park
area
within
Black,
Road,
River,
Road,
coldboro
road-
that
we
would
monitor
every
day
three
times
a
day,
just
to
make
sure
that
there
was
nothing.
You
know
in
the
air
that
would
affect
these
folks
and
again
through
that
two
weeks
we
got
zeros
on
the
monitor.
B
B
D
Chief
I
know
that
there
is
a
mine
shaft
in
that
area
and,
if
I'm
talking
with
you
and
staff,
there's
nothing
to
indicate
at
least
a
deq's
perspective
or
our
perspective
that
that
mine
shaft
is
on
fire.
Because
of
this
incident.
That's
question
number
one
and
number
two
in
our
discussions
with
DEQ,
since
we
have
been
putting
a
lot
of
water
on
on
the
fire
in
that
area
and
that
water
is
actually
draining
in
the
winter
pot
Creek
and
at
winter
pot.
D
E
So
I
know
that
DEQ
is
involved
through
this
permitting
process.
That's
going
on
now,
I
think
that
there
will
be
some
of
that.
Obviously
there
have
been
silk
fences
put
in
place
and
then
on
a
conference
call
that
I
was
on
the
other
day.
They
talked
about
that
a
lot
of
this
stuff
that
would
come
off.
This
pile
has
been
going
into
the
groundwater
for
Years
anyway,
but
I
do
believe
that
DEQ
will
do
some
of
that
in
the
future.
E
B
Getting
back
to
your
first
question:
Mr
Carroll,
we've
not
gotten
any
information,
and
you
know
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
of
any
new
details
that
you've
had
today
We've,
not
gotten
any
information
from
our
state
agencies
that
we've
been
dealing
with,
that
there's
any
concern
that
it
has
entered
the
mine
again
as
they
start
digging
down
and
they
look
into
the
actual
source
of
this.
You
know
we
may
know
more,
but
right
now,
we've
not
heard
that
as
a
a
concern
relayed
to
us.
So.
D
E
The
one
there
are
two
I
guess
what
I
would
call
shafts
one
up
on
top
of
the
pile
and
one
over
on
the
side.
Today,
I
was
told
that
they're
not
100
sure
that
the
one
on
the
top
of
the
pile
is
a
shaft,
because
they
said
it
has
a
sliding
board
slope
which
would
not
be
indicative
of
a
mine
shaft.
It
may
just
be
some
sort
of
air
vent,
but
the
other
one
I
was
told
it
is
full
of
water
so
and
the
one
on
top.
E
B
Thank
you
and
Mr
Carol.
Thank
you
for
all
your
support
and
interest
in
this
this
situation
and
we
appreciate
having
you
come
out
and
and
see
it
firsthand
it
it's
going
to
be
helpful,
for
you.
I
know,
explain
it
to
your
constituents
as
we
continue
to
work
through
this,
and
it
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
a
situation
that
we're
going
to
have
to
deal
with
for
at
least
the
next
four
to
six
months
likely
so
we'll
keep
you
posted.
D
On
that
well
and
I
appreciate
everything
you
all
have
done,
especially
to
put
on
social
media
into
in
the
neighborhood
Facebook
pages.
The
information
updating
the
community,
what's
going
on
with
with
this
and
and
I
would
say
that
in
the
future,
if
you
could,
if
you
have
some
additional
information,
if
you
forward
it
to
our
media
people
as
well,
and
we
can
actually
help
facilitate
that
and
push
it
out
to
the
community
even
in
a
larger
scale
just
so
they
know
what's
going
on.
Thank.
B
D
E
D
B
B
Any
other
questions:
okay
moving
along
just
to
give
you
an
update
on
some
of
the
technology
that
we
use.
First
and
foremost,
we
have
pulse
point.
I
talked
about
this.
We
rolled
this
out
back
in
2022
and
since
we've
continued
to
Market
this
to
community
I,
appreciate
you
continuing
to
Market
this
to
your
constituents.
This
basically
allows
residents
who
have
CPR
training
to
sign
up
for
the
app
and
to
place
themselves
available.
B
If
a
sudden
Cardiac
Arrest
occurs
in
a
public
place,
they
would
get
alerted
if
they're
nearby
and
it's
very
important
that
we
get
somebody
on
scene
to
do
CPR
and
get
an
AED
on
scene
as
soon
as
as
soon
as
possible
when
somebody
suffers
cardiac
arrest.
So
we
continue
to
see
we've
seen
about
a
33
percent
increase
in
monthly
users
and
we've
tripled
the
number
of
users
who
have
their
CPR
alerts
enabled
so
that's
been
a
good
program
as
well.
B
We
talked
to
you
in
some
of
our
previous
meetings,
our
221
meetings
about
our
emergency
medical
dispatch
protocols
and,
and
very
recently,
back
in
September.
We
implemented
pro-qa,
which
is
again,
is
a
electronic
form
of
our
emergency.
Medical
dispatch
system
that
that
our
911
dispatchers
use
to
triage
and
prioritize
what
type
of
resources
are
sent
to
Medical
emergencies
and
we've
had
some
real
good
success.
With
this
program,
Pro
QA
is
used
by
many
of
the
same
EMS
agencies
in
this
area
that
we
partner
with
and
Nationwide
over
3
700
agencies
use
pro-qa.
B
It
provides
consistent,
pre-arrival
information
to
callers,
it
provides
documentation
for
an
audit
Trail
and
it
sends
the
closest
appropriate
resource
and
keeps
critical
services
available
for
True
emergencies.
It
also
avoids
unnecessary
over
dispatch
of
limited
resources,
and
so
the
graph
that
you
see
on
the
left
is
sort
of
the
breakdown
of
call
dispatches
by
Advanced
life,
support
versus
basic
life
support
and
what
we've
found
over
the
years
when
you
have
a
lot
of
variability
between
dispatchers
that
are,
their
screening
calls.
B
You
have
a
lot
of
variability
in
how
those
calls
are
classified,
and
so
in
many
cases
it
defaults
to
the
the
dispatcher
May
default
to
the
worst
case
scenario,
and
we
may
be
over
dispatching
resources.
So
if
you
have
a
very
serious
medical
emergency,
you
may
be
sending
a
fire
engine
and
an
ambulance
when
really
all
you
needed
to
do
was
send
an
ambulance,
and
you
may
even
need
to
send
it
non-emergency
because
it
wasn't
a
true
emergency,
and
so
you
see
that
spread
there
between
the
ALS
and
BLS.
B
So
we're
now
seeing
that
we
have
more
of
our
calls
or
more
of
our
medical
emergencies
are
being
classified
as
basic
life
support,
which
is
a
good
thing.
The
biggest
Telltale
story
is
on
the
right
where
you
can
see
after
Pro,
QA,
hot
versus
cold
response,
so
hot
would
be
red
lights
and
siren
cold
would
be
normal,
driving,
no
red
lights
and
siren,
and
you
see
a
big
shift
in
where
we've
come
with
how
we
dispatch
and
respond
to
calls,
and
so
more
often
than
not.
B
Now
our
EMS
calls
are
involving
cold
response,
which
that's
a
good
thing,
because
that's
less
wear
and
tear
and
rrb
Vehicles.
It
involves
sending
fewer
Vehicles
out
of
the
door
from
the
fire
station
for
a
given
call
and,
more
importantly,
it
improves
the
safety
for
not
only
our
members
but
also
those
in
the
public
that
we
might
encounter
on
the
roadway
if
we're
running
red
lights
and
siren.
B
That
is
a
very
risky
operation
and
so
the
less
often
we
have
to
do
that,
the
better
it
is
for
our
members
and
our
civilians,
so
we're
having
good
success
with
Pro
QA
in
that
regard.
Also,
another
big
success
story
has
been
our
Peak
demand
ambulance.
This
is
another
program
that
was
made
possible
by
some
arpa
funding.
We
were
able
to
hire
six
firefighter
EMTs.
We
have
an
opportunity
for
a
shift
schedule
or
a
schedule.
That
is,
is
not
a
24-hour
shift.
They
work
in
10-hour
days.
B
They
work
40
hours
a
week,
and
so
some
firefighters
have
found
that
very
a
very
nice
change
from
a
24-hour
shift.
They
may
have
child
care
issues,
and
so
that's
that's
a
good
option
for
those
folks,
but
really
it
allows
us
to
put
additional
units
in
service
during
Peak
demand
time
periods
during
the
weekdays
to
take
off
some
of
that
call
volume
from
our
other
24-hour
staffed
ambulances.
And
so,
since
we
placed
those
units
in
service
in
January,
these
ambulances
have
covered
collectively
over
955
transports
and
their
unit
hour
utilization.
B
In
other
words,
the
percentage
of
time
that
they
are
actually
responding
to
treating
or
transporting
the
patient
is
between
0.30
and
0.332,
in
other
words
30
or
32
percent
of
the
time.
That
is
pretty
consistent
with
what
we're
seeing
from
some
of
our
busiest
ambulances
in
the
system,
so
they're
placed
in
the
right
places.
B
They're
they're,
making
an
impact
on
our
patient
volume
and
I
see
this
as
an
opportunity
in
the
future
to
kind
of
keep
up
with
demand,
and
so
we
might
be
able
to
put
some
more
of
these
Peak
ambulances
on
the
street
at
lower
cost
than
a
full
24-hour
unit.
But
this
has
been
a
good
news
story,
for
us
telemedicine
been
a
little
less
successful.
It's
still
a
good
tool
for
us.
We
implemented
it
in
April.
We
did
some
testing
and
then
we
did
full
implementation
in
February.
B
Since
that
time,
we've
only
done
about
143
consultations
out
of
the
individuals
that
were
eligible
for
this,
that
represents
about
half
of
a
percent
of
our
patient
population
that
we
saw
last
year.
It's
a
good
tool
in
the
cases
where
we
did
use
it.
64
of
those
that
participated
did
not
require
transport
to
a
medical
facility,
but
I,
don't
don't
think
the
public
is
really
taking
it
and
grasp
it.
B
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
anything
else
to
add
on
telemedicine,
it's
just
not
a
something
that
when
people
call
9-1-1
they're
not
looking
for
this
they're
looking
for
a
ride
to
the
hospital
in
many
cases
and
so
they're
not
often
willing
to
take
advantage
of
a
telemedicine
conference.
But
again,
this
is
something
that
we'll
probably
you
know,
keep
in
our
in
our
toolbox
for
the
future.
But
I
don't
see
this
really
expanding
and
becoming
a
very
popular
opportunity.
B
I
know
we've
been
talking
to
you
the
past
few
years
about
the
et3
program,
the
the
emergency,
triage
treatment
and
transport
program
that
was
pushed
out
a
few
years
ago
by
CMS
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services.
This
was
basically
a
pilot
program
to
test
some
new
strategies
for
pre-hospital
care,
as
well
as
looking
at
a
different
way
for
reimbursing
for
pre-hospital
services.
B
We
were
one
of
120
EMS
agencies
that
were
originally
selected
to
participate,
but
this
program,
not
surprisingly
it's
a
federal
program,
has
been
plagued
with
some
challenges
and
and
first
and
forem
foremost,
we
had
the
delays
due
to
covid
that
pushed
things
off
quite
a
while.
We
had
a
number
of
onerous
Federal
requirements
for
some
of
the
agreements
that
we
had
to
sign.
There
were
an
inadequate
number
of
local
suppliers.
B
We
had
discussed
the
possibilities
of
alternative
transport
with
some
of
our
our
urgent
care
centers
in
the
area
they
were,
they
were
on
board
at
first
and
then
covet
hit,
and
they
were
no
longer
interested
after
the
fact
and
a
lot
of
our
colleagues
and
other
localities
have
had
similar
challenges.
That's
resulted
in
a
low
participation
rate
in
alternative
Services
by
the
public,
Nationwide
and
very
low
number
of
interventions,
Nationwide
from
from
which
CMS
can
do
the
calculations
to
make
some
determinations
on
changing
their
their
reimbursement
model.
B
So
they've
decided
to
terminate
the
program
effective,
December
31st.
We
don't
know
exactly
what
that
means
and
how
this
is
going
to
wind
down.
It
really
has
no
direct
implant
impact
at
all
on
us.
We've
been
participating,
trying
to
help
them
out
to
come
up
with
a
sustain
model
for
the
future,
but
we'll
continue
to
monitor
this
I
know.
B
There's
going
to
be
some
conference
calls
going
forward
to
figure
out
how
this
all
gets,
Unwound
and
and
how
we
move
forward
to
the
future,
but
it
is,
it
is
concerning
the
feds
need
to
change
the
way
they
they
do.
The
reimbursement,
the
private
Services
out
there
are
having
real
challenges:
the
private
Port
for-profit,
the
the
reimbursement
model
is
not
keeping
up
with
costs
for
labor
and
supplies,
and
so
therefore
they
they
need
to
change
the
the
reimbursement
model.
Nationwide.
B
Just
a
quick
update
on
Med
flight
at
the
May
Board
of
Supervisors
meeting.
You
all
approved
a
new
MOA
with
the
Virginia
State
Police,
which
allows
us
to
take
over
all
the
clinical
Staffing
on
the
helicopter,
and
the
state
police
will
reimburse
us
for
our
costs.
That
transition
happened,
July
1
without
a
hitch,
we've
got
the
new
team
in
place
and
we
continue
to
work
very
closely
with
Virginia
State
Police,
going
forward
with
VCU
pulling
out
of
the
program.
B
We
lost
our
supplier
for
our
whole
blood,
so
we've
worked
with
the
Nova
Blood
Bank
Blood
Bank
up
in
Northern
Virginia
to
provide
whole
blood
for
the
helicopter,
and
we
see
that
as
a
real
opportunity
for
the
future.
We'll
probably
be
talking
to
you
about
that
in
a
few
months
about
offering
whole
blood
here
in
the
county
on
some
of
our
units
and
so
more
details
to
follow.
B
As
we
work
on
that
strategy,
we
also
continue
to
work
with
our
local
Health
Care
Systems
I
would
love
to
see
at
least
one
more
full
service
hospital
here
in
the
county.
In
the
meantime,
a
stop
Gap
measure
our
freestanding
emergency
departments.
They
are
very
effective
as
patient
catchment
areas
for
our
our
emergency
crews
out
there.
They
can
get
there
quickly,
they
can
drop
their
patients
off
and
get
back
in
service
in
their
response
districts.
B
We
work
with
Bon
Secours
to
get
approval
for
the
the
Chester
freestanding
Ed,
that's
been
a
very
successful
program,
a
very
successful
facility
there
in
Mr
Ingalls
District,
it's
the
fourth
busiest
for
transports
for
us
and
it's
the
busiest
freestanding
Ed
in
the
Bon
Secours
Richmond
Market.
Similarly,
we
work
with
HCA
to
establish
and
get
approval
for.
A
freestanding
emergency
department
will
be
right
here
across
the
street.
B
They've
gotten
copn
or
certificate
of
public
need
approval
already
from
the
health
commissioner,
it
will
be
on
Ironbridge
Road
near
the
extension
of
Nash
Road
they've
already
purchased
a
land
they're
waiting
for
corporate
approval.
That
should
happen
very
quickly
and
they
anticipate
that
they
could
start
construction
as
early
as
December
of
this
year,
take
about
18
months
to
build
that
facility
and
get
it
open,
but
that'll
be
a
very
welcomed.
Improvement
here
in
the
courthouse
area,
a
very
central
location
to
the
county.
B
Hca
is
also
very
interested
in
the
growth
that's
happening
in
the
western
part
of
the
county,
and
we
appreciate
Mr
Carroll's
efforts
to
to
help
them
look
at
some
other
options
there
with
the
growth
that
continues
to
head
to
the
West
with
their
success
at
the
Swift
Creek
Emergency
Center,
which
is
Hancock
Center
right
now
they
are
kind
of
landlocked.
They
would
like
to
expand
that
facility
and
add
some
bids,
and
so
they
have
filed
a
copn
application
with
the
health
commissioner
to
allow
them
to
relocate
and
expand
their
facility.
B
They've
purchased
some
land
across
the
Magnolia
green
along
Hull
Street,
which
will
be
near
the
eventual
connection
with
the
Poway
Parkway,
so
that
project
right
now
will
have
to
get
through
the
copn
process
and
we've
issued
letters
of
support.
I
know
that
the
board
has
as
well
as
Dr
Casey
and
as
well
as
myself,
and
we
stand
ready
to
testify
in
support
of
that
move.
When
the
hearing
comes
up,
another
update
on
our
capital
projects,
the
new
Matoaca
fire
station,
Mr,
Carroll
I,
know
you're,
probably
happy
to
see
this
is
moving
along
very
nicely.
B
We
started
construction
started
moving
Earth
back
in
September
of
2022.
We
had
a
groundbreaking
ceremony
in
October
and
the
way
things
are
going
right
now.
We
anticipate
that
we'll
begin
operating
out
of
the
station,
probably
in
the
third
quarter
of
FY
2024
this
current
fiscal
year.
So
good
news
there
we've
got
a
great
contractor
and
things
are
moving
along
very
well.
I
also
had
a
question
from
the
board
about
training
facility
needs.
You
probably
remember
this.
This
slide
from
some
of
our
previous
presentations.
B
As
you
know,
the
public
safety
departments
have
two
state-of-the-art
public
safety
training
facilities
here
in
the
county
of
eanes
Pittman
facility.
Here
at
the
courthouse
complex
that
was
opened
in
the
early
to
mid
90s,
and
then
we
have
the
Enon
Public
Safety
Training
Center
that
was
opened
in
the
early
to
mid
2000s
as
it
stands
right
now.
The
Enon
Public
Safety
Training
Center
facility
has
never
been
fully
completed.
A
couple
of
things
on
the
fire
side
that
we
have
to
complete
out
there,
of
course
completing
some
of
the
roadways
parking
curbs
gutters.
B
B
Most
of
these
training
facilities
were
developed
and
opened
at
a
time
when
our
Public
Safety
organizations
were
much
smaller
than
they
are
today
and
also
did
not
include
the
sheriff's
office
in
the
first
go
round
of
these
facilities.
So
there'll
be
more
information
to
come
I'm
sure
during
this
year,
we'll
we'll
have
this.
This
new
study
done
and
have
a
better
idea
of
what
the
future
may
hold
for
this
any
particular
questions
on
on
any
of
our
training
needs
at
those
facilities.
B
Use
this
as
well,
so
the
Enon
Public
Safety,
Training
Facility.
They
have
the
driving
track,
they
have
the
firing
range
and
I
believe
there's
a
small
classroom
there.
They
certainly
would
be
welcome
to
use
any
of
our
classroom
space
there
if
they
needed.
You
know
if
they
had
to
do
some
some
training
evolutions
and
we
weren't
using
the
The
Bays
that
we
have
sort
of
designed
in
this
this
conceptual
drawing
here.
They
could
certainly
use
something
like
that
as
well.
We
work
very
well
and
very
close
together,
so
yeah.
B
But
this
again
is
it's
been
a
lower
priority.
You
know
our
big
priority
in
in
recent
years
has
been
fire
stations
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
we're
serving
the
public.
We
know
that
for
the
next
seven
years
the
the
debt
capacity
is
going
to
be
pretty
tied
up
with
the
bond
referendum.
We
have
some
big
projects
that
will
be
going
forward.
B
Fire
has
40
million
dollars,
I
believe
in
in
different
projects,
and
that
includes
the
Chester
Fire
Station,
the
Ettrick
fire
station,
as
well
as
remodels
at
the
Dutch
Gap
and
Clover
Hill
stations,
and
so
that's
going
to
keep
us
pretty
busy,
probably
for
the
next
seven
years.
So
these
this
project
here
has
not
been
as
high
on
the
priority
list
and
it's
been
pushed
out.
B
Some
other
improvements
that
we
made
over
the
past
year
with
the
support
of
the
board.
Certainly
our
fire
hose
and
nozzle
replacement
project.
We
worked
with
with
Matt
and
Gerard
at
the
end
of
I
believe
it
was
FY
2022
with
some
results
of
operation
money
that
was
available,
close
to
one
million
dollars
was
allocated
for
our
fire
hose
and
nozzle
replacement.
Much
of
those
products
have
already
been
purchased.
We're
going
through
the
training
exercise
now
we'll
make
a
wholesale
shift
and
change
out
of
all
that
equipment.
B
This
is
equipment
that
will
replace
some
nozzles
that
we're
getting
up
close
to
30
years
of
age.
The
hose
was
about
10
years
of
age,
and
this
new
hose
is
much
lighter.
It
allows
to
allows
us
to
operate
in
lower
pressures
and
deliver
more
water
with
with
less
nozzle
reactions.
So
it's
much
easier
to
work
with
this
will
be
a
very
big
Improvement
for
for
our
firefighters.
Also,
we've
had
some
real
challenges
with
Supply
chains
and
demand
that
create
long
wait
times
for
deliveries
of
ambulances
and
fire
trucks.
B
So
we've
changed
the
design
on
our
our
ambulances
and
we've
gone
to
a
different
type
of
chassis,
and
many
of
our
colleagues
have
done
the
same.
This
is
a
Ford
F-550.
You
probably
remember
the
larger
chassis
that
we
had
the
the
international
or
the
the
Freightliner
chassis
there.
Those
are
almost
impossible
to
get
now
with
its
supply
chain
issues
and
delays.
B
That's
that's
built
by
Pierce
down
in
Florida
that
will
allow
us
to
get
these
vehicles
in
two
years,
as
opposed
to
four
but
Mr.
Holland.
I
know
you'll
like
this,
that
you
know
the
efforts
of
the
board
to
get
a
good,
effective
apparatus.
Replacement
program
in
place
has
helped
us
our
fleet's
in
good
shape,
and
we
can.
We
can
extend
that
life
just
a
little
bit
more.
Our
Fleet
Maintenance
folks
do
a
great
job.
B
Keeping
our
our
apparatus
service
and
our
firefighters
at
the
station
do
a
lot
of
good
work
behind
the
scenes
as
well,
and
so
we've
been
able
to
kind
of
absorb
this.
Had
we
not
put
that
apparatus
placement
replacement
program
in
place,
you
know
10
or
more
years
ago,
we'd
be
in
bad
shape.
Right
now,
like
a
lot
of
other
fire
departments,
yeah.
B
That
our
Emergency
Management
division
continues
to
be
very
busy
on
a
lot
of
initiatives.
One
of
the
things
that
they
were
involved
in
recently
was
pursuit
of
a
grant
through
V
Dem.
It's
a
a
grant
that
they're
managing
and
they're
placing
these
gauges
so
we're
going
to
have
throughout
some
of
the
areas
that
are
prone
to
flooding.
B
Some
of
our
our
creeks
and
streams
will
have
nine
water
level
gauges
along
the
Swift,
Creek
Falling
Creek
and
poke
shot,
Creeks,
two
precipitation
sensors
at
Pocahontas,
State,
Park
and
Dutch
Gap,
and
then
one
dual
sensor,
water
level
and
participation
at
the
Falling
Creek
in
cogwell
area.
We
want
to
expand
this
network
and
we
certainly
want
to
work
to
tie
this
together.
So
we've
got
a
good
dashboard
to
monitor
the
you
know:
weather
events
as
they
come
through
the
county.
We've
had
a
lot
of
heavy
rain.
B
You
know
over
the
past
few
years
and
these
sensors
are
going
to
be
key
to
give
us
a
heads
up
when
things
are
coming
Downstream
and
we
need
to
be
prepared
for
those.
So
that's
a
that's
an
important
project,
just
a
couple
other
updates
on
Emergency
Management.
They
continue
to
advertise
the
importance
of
Chesterfield
alert
and
getting
more
of
our
citizens
signed
up.
We've
worked
very
extensively
with
Dr,
Casey
and
Mary.
B
Here
in
the
county,
we
have
a
61
percent
increase
in
Employee
Enrollment
in
Chesterfield
alert,
because
this
is
another
way
that
we
can
alert
our
employees
of
Hazards
around
the
County
Complex
or
in
the
workplace,
and
just
wanted
me
to
let
you
know
that
all
of
our
departments
have
submitted
their
Coupe
plans
or
continuity
of
operation
plans.
So
that's
been
a
long
effort
and
we
thank
everyone
to
to
make
that
happen.
B
Finally,
just
to
give
you
an
update
on
our
our
community
risk
assessment
standards
of
cover
and
Staffing
and
deployment
study
that
was
completed
and
presented
to
you
back
in
October
by
the
Emergency
Services
Consulting
International,
they
offered
57
recommendations.
We
have
10
of
those
recommendations
complete
a
lot
of
that
was
low
hanging
fruit,
procedural
changes,
adding
things
on
our
website
changing
to
a
new
written
exam
for
our
new
hires.
We
have
13
recommendations
in
progress.
One
big
one
right
now
that
I'm
very
excited
about,
of
course,
is
our
minimum
Staffing
plan.
B
That's
that's
one,
big
heavy,
lift
that
we'll
we'll
be
able
to
check
the
box
on
by
the
end
of
next
year,
and
then
we
have
34
recommendations
that
are
pending.
Many
of
those
will
stay
pending
because
they're
going
to
be
very
expensive,
long-term
Investments,
whether
it's
new
stations,
Staffing
improvements.
B
Those
are
things
that
are
not
going
to
happen
overnight
and
they'll
probably
be
pending
for
for
many
years
to
come
so
for
the
outlook
for
for
next
year,
things
that
we'll
be
working
on
and
as
I
mentioned
before,
when
I
talked
to
to
you
during
the
everyday
Excellence
session,
we
you
know
are
going
to
use
this
study
as
our
guide
as
our
path
as
our
road
map
for
the
future
and
as
we
work
next
year.
You
know
one
of
the
big
things
that
we're
going
to
do
is
work
with
the
learning
and
performance
center.
B
We'll
start
that
that
effort
next
calendar
year,
we'll
complete
the
onboarding
of
the
36
new
minimum
Staffing
positions,
we'll
open
the
new
Matoaca
fire
station,
we'll
complete
the
zoning
and
design
of
the
new
Chester
Fire
Station
land
has
been
secured.
I
know
that
Clay
is
working
to
move
that
through
the
zoning
process
now
to
get
conditional
use
for
that
and
the
park
facility
that
will
be
co-located
there.
Another
thing
that
we're
going
to
do
is
we'll
work
with
budget
and
human
resources
on
analyzing.
Our
staffing
needs
for
the
training
and
education
division.
B
F
I
want
to
thank
you
chief
for
the
outstanding
work,
especially
the
new
hires,
and
how
you
and
and
grained
them
into
your
system
and
the
minimum
staff
and
our
plot
your
efforts
in
that
in
your
training,
and
thank
you
so
much
also
for
the
additional
study
you
can
do
regarding
the
on-site
times
from
seven
minutes
to
10
minutes.
I,
look
forward
to
hearing
that
in
terms
of
the
distribution
and
how
it
works
throughout
the
county
and
I
also
still
look
forward
to
the
highlands
work
site
station.
F
If
you
will
the
new
Highland
station
I
look
forward
to
that
that
as
well
in
the
coming
future,
is
there
anything
else
that
we
you've
done
so
been
so
thorough
in
terms
of
the
equipment?
I
appreciate
that,
because
I'm
always
concerned
about
replacement
and
the
apparels
that
you
have
and
replacement
parts,
is
there
anything
else
we
can
do
you
think
that
will
further
enhance
your
department
as
we
go
forward?
Well,.
B
Like
the
you
know,
end-to-year
funding
or
the
the
results
of
operation
to
chip
away
a
lot
of
these
equipment
needs.
We've
made
some
great
Improvement.
A
lot
of
our
equipment
has
been
modernized.
Our
apparatus
is
going
well.
You
know
continue
that
effort
is
the
big.
The
big
message
of
the
day
is,
you
know,
making
sure
that
we're
staying
with
ongoing
funding
things
are
getting
more
costly.
We're
going
to
need
to
look
at
increasing
some
funding
levels,
I
think
for
some
of
our
equipment,
replacement
programs
in
the
future,
particularly
apparatus.
B
Some
of
the
changes
that
we're
making
in
the
specs
will
hopefully
keep
those
price
increases
from
accelerating
too
far
out
of
control,
but
all
of
our
our
equipment
is
going
to
cost
more
next
year
than
it
did
this
year
and
a
fire
engine,
for
example,
is
come
closing
in
very
quickly
on
a
million
dollars.
It's
unbelievable
I,
never
thought
I'd
see
that
so
continued
funding
for
those
things,
and
then
you
know
our
long-term
strategies
using.
You
know
on
a
reasonable,
a
reasonable
approach.
We
know
that
that
funding
is
limited
and
there's
all
so.
B
Many
other
demands
here
in
the
county
and
we
have
to
to
go.
You
know
forward
in
a
measured
way.
You
know,
considering
those
being
deliberate
about
those
I
think
is
is
very
important
as
we
move
to
the
future,
but
but
I
can't
I
can't
say
enough
about
the
support
that
I
get
from
this
board
in
this
County.
D
D
The
mission
is
extremely
important
and
if
I
remember
correctly,
one
of
the
57
recommendations
in
that
report
was,
in
fact
for
your
organization
to
have
this
type
of
presentation,
comprehensive
presentation
to
the
elected
leaders
in
the
jurisdiction
so
that
we
can
actually
be
able
to
make
these
right
decisions.
So
that
must
be
one
of
those
first
ten
that
was
checked
off,
but
but
yeah
but
again,
thank
you
very
much,
Joe
Captain.