Fire Department Strategic Plan

GOAL 1:
Community Engagement

ACTION STEPS

• Strengthen relationships with community groups
• Enhance social media presence
• Host more fire station engagement events: “coffee with a firefighter” / “Firefighter Storytime”
• Explore the ability to run a citizen’s fire academy
• Increase collaboration with local business community

GOAL 2:
Emergency Medical Services

ACTION STEPS:

• Advance medical ability of current EMT’s and Paramedics
• Strengthen Community EMS Education
• Strengthen Collaboration with Healthcare Partners
• Improve Response Coverage 

GOAL 3:
Employee Development and Wellness

ACTION STEPS:

• Provide ongoing training and career development opportunities to help employees

  Continue updating and highlighting CORDICO wellness app for employees/family

  Launch Peer-to-Peer Program

  Revitalize “Check-up from the Neck-Up” Annual Mental Health Check in

GOAL 4:

Technology Integration

ACTION STEPS:

• Current ability for preplans. Utilizing GIS-Based technology to create plans.
• Research potential advancement in RMS with mutual aid partners.
• Implement new technology-based training resources for expansion of firefighter development.
• Workflow automation for replacing paper forms with electronic documentation.

  
  

GOAL 5:

Fire Prevention and Safety

ACTION STEPS:

• Raise public awareness about fire prevention and safety
• Continue to ensure compliance in fire codes.
• Review and update as needed, fire prevention in the schools program.
• Partner with local businesses to provide fire safety information to customers.
• Increase outreach with “home safety surveys”
• Target “high-risk” locations and target fire prevention to minimize fire hazards.
• Utilize technology and data for fire prevention.

GOAL 6:

Recruitment and Retention

ACTION STEPS:

• Build a recruitment strategy that attracts a diverse group of highly skilled individuals
• Strengthen the recruitment process
• Develop creative approaches to address staffing shortages
• Partner with HS for recruitment fairs/classroom talks