Citygate is currently conducting a comprehensive operations assessment of the City of Valdez, Alaska, Fire/EMS Department to assist the City and Department in identifying opportunities to improve the delivery of fire, emergency medical, and other technical emergency services. This assessment will include an analysis of deployment, including a community risk assessment and distribution, concentration, and historical reliability and effectiveness analyses, and a review and evaluation of the Fire/EMS Department, including the Department’s organizational structure, the Department’s capital assets and the City’s Capital Improvement Program, the Department’s training and fire prevention programs, the City support services the Department relies upon, and the level of community involvement.