ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Human Resources Director with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE a PRESENTATION from the FIRE and POLICE COMMISSION and the ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS REPORT, Covering the PERIOD of JANUARY 2021 through DECEMBER 2021.
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BACKGROUND: The Fire and Police Departments, on behalf of the Fire and Police Commission, will present an overview of the annual performance goals from the period covering January 2021 through December 2021.
Fire Department Summary
In 2016 the Peoria Fire/Rescue Department entered into a joint partnership with District 150 and Illinois Central College to provide dual credit hours to junior and senior high school students. These classes are taught at the Woodruff Career and Technical Center (WCTC). As part of this program, some of our employees teach EMT-B and Fire Service Technology classes. While this program continues today, we have not experienced a significant increase in these students applying to be part of our organization.
In an effort to increase interest in the classes being offered at WCTC, a few of our employees came up with the Peoria Youth Recruiting Empowerment (PYRE) program. This long term strategy will allow for our instructors to engage students in grades 5th-8th. Some of the key components of this program would be to teach CPR, fire behavior and hose-line advancement. Engaging these younger students would give them the opportunity to learn more about being a Peoria Firefighter and have some of their questions answered. While this program is still in its beginning stages, we are hopeful that it will pay off in the future.
The Peoria Fire/Rescue Department has an authorized suppression strength of 160 personnel. This number includes:
* 6 Battalion Chiefs
* 48 Captains
* 48 Engineers
* 58 Firefighters
In addition to the 160 suppression personnel, the department has the following positions:
* 5 command staff
* 1 Battalion Chief of EMS
* 2 fire mechanics
* 4 fir...
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