ACTION REQUESTED:
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PRESENTATION from the Fire and Police Commission with a Request to RECEIVE and FILE the ANNUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS REPORT Covering the PERIOD of JANUARY 2018 through FEBRUARY 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 2018 through February 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. 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 2016 the Fire Cadet program was reestablished with the hopes recruiting minority candidates as these are paid positions. While this program was going well, it was discontinued due to budget constraints.
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
* 2 mechanics
* 6 fire prevention/inspection staff
* 1 Office of Emergency Management Senior Planner
* 1 Management Analyst
* 2 Administrative Specialists
The current diversity make-up of the department's staff
* Caucasian- 87% (84% in 2019)
* African American- 8% (12% in 2019)
* Female- 3% (2% in 2019)
* Hispanic- .5% (1% in 2019)
* Asian - .5% (1% in 2019)
The Peoria Fire/Rescue Department has not hired any personnel since 2018. Nineteen firefighters were hired that year with 36% being members of a protected class.
There were fifteen retirements in 2020.
* 7 Caucasian Males
* 7 African American Males...
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