Please be aware of the Board meeting coming up Tuesday 9/25. The agenda and Board packet can be seen at this link:

 

https://www.ecode360.com/documents/OA3183/public/457619825.pdf

 

I am most interested in item VII-7 “Fire Dept. Status Report” and sent the letter below to Fire Chief Paul Strelchuk with copies to Board, Manager and Attorney with my questions.

 

Bob Yager

 

 

 

 

Paul Strelchuk

Fire Chief

Oakland Township

 

cc: Board, Manager, Attorney

 

Re: Agenda item VII-7, 9/25/18 Board of Trustees Meeting, Fire Department Report

I applaud your attempt to provide vital information at 9/25/18 Board meeting. And I appreciate that the Board continues to provide Board Meeting Packets in advance.

I would like to see this important information presented in a venue where the public can ask questions for understanding and/or to challenge statements. Since Board Meetings have a “This is not a Q&A session” rule, I will ask these questions in advance and hope you address them.

Board Members can ask questions. I hope they will ask you my questions, if not answered for the public. Or alternatively I hope they open the meeting to questions from the public and expect answers from you.

 

From Board Packet – Page 54.

Run Volumes

• Year to date 673 runs

• Year to date Priority run response time Average 7 minutes 46 seconds,  From CFIRS.

• Year to date 80th percentile fractile time 8 minutes 54 seconds from Michigan EMS Information System data for medical runs. The average time of 5 minutes 49 seconds.

 

What is the definition of a priority run. How many have there been?

Why do you cite 80% fractile time for EMS runs versus 90% fractile times? Isn’t 90% within 8 minutes the OCMCA requirement?

The data in the Michigan EMS System is entered by OTFD personnel from your records, correct?

Is the EMS response time when two qualified medical personnel arrive as required by OCMCA  or is it still the time for the “first person with a radio to arrive” that has been reported in the past?

Why include any average response times. What agency suggests standards in terms of averages. Don’t all agencies agree that averages are misleading?

 

Page 56 –

You state that “Fire response requirements exceed our staffing levels…”. However you provide no data on our actual fire responses or the requirements to illustrate this point and clarify it to the Board or public.  Can you at least describe this problem for the most recent fire on Becker Drive.

 

Bob Yager