Scope of work: A Standards of Cover study and Community Risk Assessment for the City of Glendale Fire Department. The project includes an analysis of the adequacy of headquarters programs and facilities. Citygate will evaluate the Department’s current and projected near-term future service demand to the Department’s EMS deployment, wildland firefighting, technical rescue, and other specialty services to best serve the City’s evolving demographics and demand needs. From this analysis, Citygate will generate a Fire Services Master Plan from which the City can manage immediate and longer-term fire service programs.

Scope of work: An analysis, evaluation, and cost comparisons related to deployment options for fire, EMS, and harbor operations as compared to the Consolidated Fire Protection District of the County of Los Angeles. Citygate’s study includes evaluation of harbor operations; community risk and response time analyses with 10-year projections based on different response models and shifting demographics; scenario analysis simulating different deployment strategies and evaluating potential impacts to response time performance, resource utilization, and operational effectiveness; and development of an implementation plan that outlines the steps, timeline, and resources required to implement the recommended changes to the Fire Department deployment strategy.

Scope of work: A standards of coverage study and organizational review for the cities of West St. Paul and South St. Paul South Metro Fire Department. Citygate will conduct a thorough review and analysis of services, staffing, apparatus, and facility options for the Department. Citygate's work includes, as requested, a comprehensive Standards of Coverage document analyzing resource deployment to determine whether the Department is properly deployed to meet its community’s risks and expectations; and a comprehensive review of organizational hierarchy, distribution of workload, and management practices weighed against contemporary organizational principles and business processes. A review of fire station locations and relevant recommendations will also be included, in which Citygate will analyze the Department’s current two-station response model to determine its effectiveness in providing present and future services, with comparative response model options analyzed in parallel. In delivering a report that will help create a template for future analysis, Citygate’s study will examine the effectiveness of inter-jurisdictional response to evaluate the benefits of the emergency services provided by the Department and its partners.

Scope of work: In partnership with Griffin Structures, Citygate will conduct a summary-level gap analysis of the City’s public safety programs and compare them with the likely impacts of growth. This review will be based on current California and federal standards and other best practice publications. Citygate will examine existing agency caseloads and will prepare executive summary-level reports for the Fire and Police Departments.

Scope of work: in partnership with Michael Baker International (MBI), Citygate delivered a report and companion technical exhibits identifying the key elements of the requested review regarding the potential impacts of the proposed traffic control options on fire and EMS response times associated with Valley Center Road Corridor Concept Plan (CCP) options. Research work included: review of the impacts of roundabouts on both emergency response times and disaster evacuation routes; review of the 2022 Draft Corridor Concept Plan Report prepared by Michael Baker International (MBI); comparison of the use of intersection controls on emergency response times and disaster evacuation routes, including traffic signals and roundabouts; comparison of historical fire unit travel time records to CCP design traffic control models; and review of published practices regarding roundabouts and emergency responses.

Scope of work: A study of Paramedic Ambulance Services throughout the Unified Service Area of San Diego County, CA. This study includes review of the organization’s existing and historical financial and business operations; comparing financial, business operations, revenue sources, service costs and deliverables to other similar organizations in other regions/areas; providing multi-year projections; and showing areas of efficiencies, deficiencies, and models for improvement with detailed methods for implementation.

Scope of work: A limited GIS travel time coverage study for the Snohomish County Fire District #4.

Scope of work: A service delivery and staffing study for Portland Fire and Rescue in the City of Portland, Oregon. Using the Standards of Coverage process, Citygate described the community served and the services provided; reviewed community outcome expectations and performance goals; conducted an analysis of community risks; and evaluated the current deployment, including fire station quantity and location, the quantity and types of apparatus, staffing levels, specialized capabilities, and first-due and ERF performance. Additionally, this study included an assessment of the needs of underrepresented and vulnerable populations and the capacity of headquarters programs to support field deployment.

Scope of work: Assist the City of Shafter with the addition of a new fire station. This assistance will facilitate and inform communications between the City of Shafter and Kern County as strategic location and cost-sharing options are explored.

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.