Citizen asks about Ventura Fire Dept. workload vs resources
By Daniel Cormode
Letter to Ventura Fire Chief
Chief Endaya,
I have reviewed your presentation scheduled for the City Council Meeting on 17 Oct 2016 and have a question.
Plotting the Rate of Incidents Per 1,000 Population reveals that the Incident Rate increased 400% between 1974 and 2015. The number of firefighters on duty increased only 15% during that same time period.
What were the average response times per year during the years of 1974 through 2015?
Could an increase in response time be an indication that the Fire Department is being overstressed due to lack of personnel and equipment?
Provided by Daniel Cormode, from Ventura Fire Dept. data
- Daniel Cormode
Editor’s note: The true situation is even more remarkable, as population increased, per Mr.Cormode, from 64 thousand in 1974 to 118,416 in 2015- 83%, or 1.8 times as great. while incidents reported increased from 1,975 to 14,632 in the same period of time, 7.4 times as great. He did not supply response time data.
During that time, he said, the typical number of firefighters on duty increased from 19 to 23, only 1.2 times greater. It would be interesting to learn how that was possible.
The Fire Dept. will be discussed at the upcoming City Council meeting:
06:00 pm
Regular Meeting
Council Chambers, 501 Poli Street, Ventura, CA
Item 1
Approval of Minutes of the special and regular meetings of September 19, 2016
Item 2
Acceptance of Fiscal Year 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Item 3
Adoption of State Building Standards Codes
Item 4
Amendment to Saticoy Lemon Association Water Well Agreement
Item 5
Fire Department Update
Item 6
Annexation Potential for Areas within City Sphere of Influence
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