civil service and code: bridging the gap

BREAKOUT SESSION

CIVIL SERVICE AND CODE: BRIDGING THE GAP

Kelvin Beene, Training Coordinator, Austin Code

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Define Civil Service

Who are civil servants?

Benefits of being recognized as civil service

WHAT IS CIVIL SERVICE?

Branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative

functions outside of the armed services.

WHO ARE CONSIDERED CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN YOUR

CITIES? Fire

Police

What classifies them as civil service employees?

BRIDGING THE GAP

How can we bridge the gap between Code and Civil

Service?

BRIDGING THE GAP

Secondary responses to natural disasters

DFW Tornados

BRIDGING THE GAP

March 28, 2000 at 6:18PM an F-3 tornado tore a 4 mile patch through downtown Ft. Worth

BRIDGING THE GAP

Humanitarian and rebuilding efforts to restore the community

BRIDGING THE GAP

2013 Onion Creek Flood Austin, Texas

Onion CreekAustin, Texas

BRIDGING THE GAP

Damage assessments

Clean-up

Identify unsafe structures

Permits

FEMA Training

BRIDGING THE GAP

After a fire, ensure the structure is not a collapse hazard

Identification of properties without address numbers

Community forums

FIRE AND CODE PARTNERSHIPS

BRIDGING THE GAP

Crime and grime

Identification of criminal element

Collaborative roll calls

POLICE AND CODE PARTNERSHIPS

BRIDGING THE GAP

Protection/Show of force

Community forums

POLICE AND CODE PARTNERSHIPS

BRIDGING THE GAP

What does it mean?

“Public Display of Allegiance”

PDA

BRIDGING THE GAPTRAINING

Increase the required amount of continuing education units

Emerging Operations Center Training

BENEFITS OF BEING CIVIL SERVICE

Who gets the raises?

Who has the healthy budgets?

Community Awareness/Appreciation

BENEFITS OF BEING CIVIL SERVICE

Reduction in force

Opportunity to assist others

Elevation status

How close is your Code Department to

being considered civil service?

SUMMARY

You Will Know… What civil service is Who are the civil servants in your city

You Have Learned… How to bridge the gap The benefits of being civil servants