Scope of Work: An update of Citygate’s 2017 Community Risk Assessment / Standards of Coverage study for the City of San Marcos Fire Department. The update provided recommendations for the appropriate staffing and deployment of firefighting and emergency medical service resources to meet the currently projected needs of the City, consistent with state and national best practices.

Scope of work: An independent operational and organizational assessment for the City of Oceanside Police Department, affecting current, future, and long-term organizational, strategic, and operational plans. This review examined current and future service delivery, quality of service, service delivery expectations, community engagement, community priorities, Departmental organization, and staffing and deployment feasibility to maintain current and future organizational efficiency. This study assisted in establishing efficiencies to ensure City, Department, and community needs are met by reviewing programming, infrastructure, operational efficiency, and fiscal impacts of associated findings and recommendations across the entire organization, as well as identifying planned service delivery systems and staffing allocation models to best serve the community and achieve City Council and Department goals and objectives.

Scope of work: Assisting the County of Santa Barbara Fire Department team in the implementation of its ambulance transportation deployment. For this engagement, Citygate will deliver a “go-live” 911, Critical Care Transport (CCT) and Interfacility Transport (IFT) ambulance Optimal Deployment Plan; perform iterative analytics; conduct alternative deployment modeling; provide cost estimation and identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks related to the Deployment Plan; and inform the Department as to the final Deployment Plan’s actionable needs for implementation by Logistics, Communications, and Financial Sections.

Scope of work: A Standards of Cover analysis of paramedic units with recommendations for future expansion of the program within Weber County. Citygate’s Standards of Cover assessment utilized historical incident data to evaluate existing resource deployment for proper distribution and concentration purposes and developed recommendations for strategic planning purposes based on both demand and a concentration analysis.

Citygate conducted the first-ever independent Standards of Coverage evaluation of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s fire and emergency medical services deployment system, including the current system’s capacity to evolve over time as a very diverse metropolitan area. This analysis determined whether current fire station locations and crew/apparatus staffing are sufficient to meet the unique needs of the Department’s service area. A comprehensive community risk assessment was also included as part of the overall analysis.

Citygate is currently preparing a Capital Facilities Master Plan for the County of Santa Barbara Fire Department. This in-depth master plan for the Department’s buildings will include all fire stations, headquarters, logistics, and aviation and will be sufficient to estimate major repair costs or the need for total replacements over a feasible, multiple-year timeline. Citygate will work with County staff to prepare facility financing strategies considering the Department’s revenue sources.

Citygate provided a Standards of Coverage and staffing study in support of the City’s related Santa Clara Development Project. The study included an analysis of the response area, apparatus needs and replacement costs, staffing needs, and specialized training, apparatus, and equipment to address the unique hazards and demands posed by the former landfill parcels. The results of the study will be used to develop a plan to respond to the specific needs and requirements of the related Santa Clara Development Project and will provide recommendations to the City and Developer to improve and enhance the overall safety and security of future patrons and residents of this new mixed-use development.

Citygate conducted a Standards of Coverage (SOC) study update, community risk assessment, and facility assessment for the City of Huntington Beach Fire Department to assist the Department in achieving agency accreditation with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. In addition, the study established current response performance, identified new targets for improvement, and served as the basis for a new Strategic Community Risk Reduction Program that identified programs for implementation to mitigate risks and make the City a safer, healthier, and more resilient community. The facility assessment assisted in identifying modifications and use of existing facility space to reduce employee exposure to carcinogens. In addition to identifying specific facility needs, the assessment formed the baseline for future annual facility safety inspections. Citygate also performed the City’s 2017 SOC study.

Citygate evaluated the provision and cost of fire services for the City of Tehachapi, California, with the goal of identifying the level of fire services needed for the community and identifying options to achieve that goal and resultant costs. Citygate also assisted the City in contract fire services renegotiation with the County of Kern.

Citygate performed a fire department services evaluation for the City of Hastings, Minnesota, Fire Department. This assessment established recommended minimum requirements relative to the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical operations, and special operations for the Department to consider and provided a template for future analysis and long-term financial planning.