Scope of work: Citygate built upon our previous 2020 Community Risk Assessment / Standards of Coverage (SOC) Analysis for the City of Carlsbad Fire Department. This engagement included reviewing the older fire stations and apparatus; preparing a functional Master Plan for their long-term use, modification, or replacement; and providing options for how to fund future fire stations.

Citygate conducted a Standards of Coverage assessment for the City of Carlsbad, California, to update the SOC assessment Citygate completedperformed for the City in 2017. In addition, Citygate performed an ambulance operational and economics analysis to assist the City in its understanding of the current ambulance deployment, current and alternative staffing plans, and current ambulance services revenues and operating costs.

Citygate updated the City’s deployment model, as well as completed a management staffing assessment and assisted the Fire Department’s effort to prepare a Strategic Plan. Citygate’s study addressed all facets of fire and non-fire operations, including, but not limited to, fire suppression, emergency medical, paramedic ambulance transport, technical and heavy rescue, fire prevention, and public education to a predominately suburban community approaching build-out, but with some remaining rural and agrarian areas.

Citygate conducted a Fire Department planning study for the City of Carlsbad. The study included an evaluation of all aspects of the Fire Department and non-deployment systems review, as well as a Standards of Coverage planning analysis (fire station and crew deployment) with an assessment of fire station and staffing infrastructure triggers for additional resources.