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L O S A N G E L E S :FFS'E' DEPARTMENT

DOUGLAS L. BARRY F l R E C H I E F

June 17,2009

JUL 2 1 2009

BOARD OF FlRE COMMl SIONERS FILE NO. 0 4 - 0 82

TO: Board of Fire Commissioners

FROM: Douglas L. Barry, Fire Chief 9~~

SUBJECT: FlRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER 2009

FOR INFORMATION ONLY: - Approved - Approved wlCorrections - Withdrawn - Denied - Received & Filed - Other

For Information Only

Attached is a statistical summary of Fire Department emergency incidents, responses and response times during the three-month period of January, February and March 2009.

The information is derived from the field data that Department members have entered into the National Field Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), and the dispatch records and field status entries into the Fire Command and Control System.

The attached report is provided for your review and interest.

Board report prepared by William N. Wells, Captain Il-Paramedic, Planning Section.

Attachment

LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT

QUARTERLY STATISTICAL REPORTS

The following statistical reports are provided for your information:

Daily Emergency lncidents Dispatched EMS lncidents EMS Dispatch Categories EMS Transports Average Daily Fire lncidents Resource Workload Analysis Engine Company Monthly Workload Light Force Monthly Workload Paramedic Ambulance Monthly Workload Paramedic Ambulance Daily Workload BLS Ambulance Monthly Workload BLS Ambulance Daily Workload Battalion Chief Workload EMS Battalion Captain Workload Average Time Spent on each Response Quarterly lncidents and Responses List Quarterly lncidents and Responses Charts EMS lncidents Chart Hospital Transports Response Times by Division and Citywide:

First Unit on scene Structure Fires First Unit on scene ALS High-Risk incidents First ALS Unit on scene ALS High-Risk incidents First ALS Ambulance on scene ALS High-Risk incidents First Unit on scene BLS lncidents First Unit on scene other Fires

Response Time percentages of first resources on scene (4 pages)

Prepared by Captain Wells, LAFD Planning Section on 06-16-09.

LOS ANGELES FlRE DEPARTMENT

DAILY EMERGENCY INCIDENTS

JANUARY - MARCH 2009

992 INCIDENTS PER DAY

EMS INCIDENTS 83 %

STRUCTURE FIRES 1 %

OTHER FIRES 4 %

FIRE ALARMS 6 %

RESCUES 1 %

HAZARDS 1 %

OTHER NON-EMS 4 %

824 PER DAY

11 PER DAY

35 PER DAY

65 PER DAY

11 PER DAY

9 PER DAY

37 PER DAY


DISPATCHED EMS 1161CIBEhlKS


ALS - HIGH RISK 7,514 INCIDENTS

ALS - EMERGENCY 41,008 INCIDENTS

BLS - EMERGENCY 16,708 INCIDENTS

BLS - NON-EMERGENCY 8,946 INCIDENTS

ALS - HR 83 PER DAY 10 % OF EMS INCIDENTS

ALS - E 456 PER DAY 55 % OF EMS INCIDENTS

BLS - E 186 PER DAY 23 % OF EMS INCIDENTS

BLS - NE 99 PER DAY 12 % OF EMS INCIDENTS

824 EMS INCIDENTS PER DAY

ALS INCIDENTS 539 PER DAY 65 % ALS*

BLS INCIDENTS 285 PER DAY 35 % BLS

*Dispatched as an ALS incident


EMS DISPATCH CATEGORIES JANUARY - MARCH 2009

ABDOMINAL PAlN / PROBLEMS ALLERGIES / ENVENOMATIONS ANIMAL BITES /ATTACKS ASSAULT / SEXUAL ASSAULT BACK PAlN (Non-Traumatic) BREATHING PROBLEMS BURNS / EXPLOSION CARBON MONOXIDE / INHALATION CARDIAC / RESP. ARREST / DEATH CHEST PAlN CHOKING CONVULSIONS / SEIZURES DIABETIC PROBLEMS DROWNING 1 DIVING ACCIDENT ELECTROCUTION 1 LIGHTNING EYE PROBLEMS / INJURIES FALLS HEADACHE HEART PROBLEMS 1 A.I.C.D. HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE HEMORRHAGE / LACERATIONS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS OVERDOSE 1 POISONING PREGNANCY / CHILDBIRTH PSYCHIATRIC / SUICIDE ATTEMPT SICK PERSON STAB / GUNSHOT 1 PENE. TRAUMA STROKE (CVA) TRAFFIC / TRANSP. ACCIDENTS TRAUMATIC INJURIES UNCONSCIOUS / FAINTING UNKNOWN PROBLEM INTERFACILITY / PALLIATIVE CARE

2,334 incidents 468 Incidents 2 13 incidents

3,743 incidents 456 incidents

10,382 incidents 91 incidents 7 incidents

1,588 incidents 5,755 incidents

368 incidents 3,461 incidents 2,131 incidents

9 incidents 9 incidents

109 incidents 6,037 incidents

499 incidents 1,042 incidents

18 incidents 1,905 incidents I I incidents

1,995 incidents 654 incidents 800 incidents

6,032 incidents 763 incidents

1,155 incidents 7,757 incidents 2,315 incidents 6,607 incidents 5,398 incidents

39 incidents

25.9 per day 5.2 per day 2.4 per day

41.6 per day 5.1 per day

1 15.4 per day 1.0 per day 0.1 per day


38.5 per day 23.7 per day 0.1 per day 0.1 per day 1.2 per day


1 I .6 per day 0.2 per day




12.8 per day 86.2 per day 25.7 per day 73.4 per day 60.0 per day 0.4 per dav

TOTAL EMS INCIDENTS 74,176 incidents 824 per day 100 %


EMS TRANSPORTS


ALS - HR 7,514 INCIDENTS 64 % RESULT IN TSP

ALS - E 41,008 INCIDENTS 74 % RESULT IN TSP

BLS - E 16,708 INCIDENTS 48 % RESULT IN TSP

BLS - NE 8,946 INCIDENTS 56 % RESULT IN TSP

65 % OF EMS INCIDENTS

ALS - HR 4,845 TRANSPORTS 53 PER DAY

ALS - E 30,160 TRANSPORTS 336 PER DAY

BLS - E 7,992 TRANSPORTS 88 PER DAY

BLS - NE 5,017 TRANSPORTS 54 PER DAY

NON-EMS 194 TRANSPORTS 2 PER DAY

533 TRANSPORTS PER DAY

ALS INCIDENT TRANSPORTS 391 PER DAY 73 % ALS*

6LS INCIDENT TRANSPORTS 142 PER DAY 27 % BLS

*Dispatched as an ALS Incident


AVERAGE DAILY FIRE INCIDENTS

4th QTF QTR INCIDENT 1st QTR TYP' 2008

Struc 10.7

2nd QTR 2008 10.2

5.9

50.8

3.9

5.9

3.8

I I .2

9.9

69.9

2008 12.0

7. I

55.7

4.5

7.9

3.5

10.5

10.0

71.6

Fire Reported Smoke

Automatic Alarm Bells

Ringing Smoke

Detector Water Flow Auto Fire

Rubbish Fire

All other fire

incidents

3rd QTR 2008 9.2

5.8

52.5

4.3

5.8

4.1

10.1

10.0

68.6

2009 10.5

5.3

50.1

3.9

6.8

4.0

10.9

12.7

63.9

6.5

52.4

4.3

6.5

3.6

11.1

11.4

67.0


RESOURCE WORKLOAD ANALYSIS

The Fire Department's Strategic Plan for Fire Facilities and Resource Deployment is a plan designed for the management of Fire Department facility modifications and resource deployment necessary to accomplish the Fire Department's mission to the Year 2009. The Strategic Plan contains criteria for the deployment of resources. Workload is one criterion, along with response times, simultaneously occurring incidents, and land use. In an effort to maximize performance and minimize response times, control of resource workload is very important.

In April 1988, the City Administrative Office (CAO) completed a Management Audit of the Fire Department Paramedic Service. The Audit reviewed the Fire Department's entire EMS system. Based on this analysis, the CAO recommended maximum emergency response workloads for Paramedic rescue ambulance resources. Further, the Fire Department presented workload guidelines for other Fire Department resources that were accepted by the CAO. The recommendations were intended to prevent the degradation of medical services caused by excessive workloads. The maximum recommended workloads are as follows:

Engine (Single-Engine Station) 240 maximum responses per month (240 monthly = 8.0 per shift)

Engine (Task Force Station) 300 maximum responses per month (300 monthly = 10.0 per shift)

Paramedic Rescue Ambulance 350 maximum responses per month (350 monthly = 11.6 per shift)

BLS (EMT) Rescue Ambulance 420 maximum responses per month (420 monthly = 14.0 per shift)

Based on the number of responses during January, February and March of 2009, the following Department resources are exceeding the workload guidelines:

Engine companies at single-engine stations (1 1): Engines 7, 13, 21, 34, 46, 52, 57, 65, 82, 91, 102

Engine or Light Force companies at task force stations (5): Engines 9, 209, 39, 64, Light Force 64

Paramedic Rescue Ambulances (6): Rescues 33,46, 57,257,64,66

BLS Rescue Ambulances (5): Rescue 81 1, 833,857, 864,866

With the addition of 33 Paramedic RA's since January 2001, the number of Paramedic RA's exceeding the workload guidelines has been reduced from 22 to just 6.


ENGINE COMPANY MONTHLY WORKLOAD


AVERAGE OF 177 MONTHLY RESPONSES

PREVIOUS QUARTER WAS 184

DECREASE OF 3.6 %


LIGHT FORCE MONTHLY WORKLOAD


LF 64 329 Responses LF 66 254 LF 39 21 5 LF 15 21 3 LF 11 201 LF 33 194 LF 89 191 LF 78 189 LF 94 177 TK 9 172 LF 92 170 LF 26 168 LF 60 167 LF 58 161 LF 37 156 LF 98 150 LF 14 149 LF 27 139 LF 61 138 LF 73 130 LF 75 130 LF 88 126 LF 10 122 LF 90 122 LF 3 121

LF 29 119 Responses LF 87 115 LF 2 114 LF 93 11 1 LF 35 106 LF 63 104 LF 72 103 LF 105 95 LF 38 95 LF 20 92 LF 5 87 LF 1 87 LF 4 85 LF 17 81 LF 85 78 LF 12 77 LF 95 75 LF 96 71 LF 50 58 LF 47 58 LF 74 58 LF 28 54 LF 48 52 LF 69 36



DECREASE OF 1.9 %


PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE MONTHLY WORKLOAD




INCREASE OF 3.1 %


PARAMEDIC RA DAILY WORKLOAD


AVERAGE OF 7.64 DAILY RESPONSES

PREVIOUS QUARTER WAS 7.41

INCREASE OF 3.1 %


BLS AMBULANCE MONTHLY WORKLOAD


RA 8 5 7 4 482 Responses RA 864 469 RA811 448 RA 866 439 RA 833 436 RA 846 400 RA881 392 RA889 390 RA 827 388 RA868 370 RA 804 369 RA803 359 RA 826 350 RA810 346 RA894 341 RA 861 340 RA860 328 RA898 312 RA835 302 RA814 293 RA 834 276

RA 867 271 Responses RA829 271 RA 906 234 RA 8 0 6 4 186 V-12 hours RA818 156 RA891-V 147 V-I2 hours RA 844 142 RA 841-V 142 V-12 hours RA 909 138 RA 848 133 RA816 131 RA 808 125 RA 876 121 RA850 117 RA908 106 RA 849 104 RA 842 99 RA 824 89 RA 828 62 RA 840 28



INCREASE OF 5.3 %


BLS RA DAILY WORKLOAD JANUARY - MARCH 2009

RA 8574 16.1 Responses RA864 15.6 RA811 14.9 RA 866 14.6 RA 833 14.5 RA 846 13.3 RA881 13.1 RA 889 13.0 RA 827 12.9 RA 868 12.3 RA 804 12.3 RA 803 12.0 RA 826 11.7 RA810 11.5 RA 894 11.4 RA 861 11.3 RA 860 10.9 RA 898 10.4 RA 835 10.1 RA 814 9.8 RA 834 9.2

9.0 Responses 9.0 7.8 6.2 V-I2 hours 5.2 4.9 V-12 hours 4.7 4.7 V-12 hours 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.0 2. I 0.9

AVERAGE OF 8.64 DAILY RESPONSES

PREVIOUS QUARTER WAS 8.21

INCREASE OF 5.3 %


BATTALION CHEF WORKLOAD JANUARY - MARCH 2009

BATTALION

BATT 12 BATT 13 B A T 18 BATT 10 BATT 3 BATT 14 BATT 1 I BATT 5 BATT I BATT 17 BATT 15 BATT 4 BATT 6 BATT 9 BATT 7 BATT 2

TOTALS:

RESPONSES TOTAL DAILY

250 2.78 241 2.68 189 2.10 183 2.03 180 2.00 179 I .99 1 76 1.96 160 I .78 154 1.71 146 1.62 140 1.56 133 1.48 130 1.44 128 1.42 118 1.31 96 1.07

EMS

88 39 43 48

FlRE & NON-EMS

EMERGENCY HOURS

1 12.55 74.24 73.96 50.73 77.67

AVERAGE OF I .81 DAILY RESPONSES (1 1 % Decrease)

AVERAGE OF 26 MINUTES PER RESPONSE (27% Decrease)

AVERAGE OF 46 MINUTES PER SHIFT PER BATTALION (35% Decrease)


EMS BATTALION CAPTAIN WORKLOAD JANUARY - MARCH 2009

RESPONSES BATTALION TOTAL ALS EMS

EMS 3 467 244

EMS 13 454 230

EMS 11 435 193

EMS 18 41 6 218

EMS 12 395 1 94

EMS 1 388 181

EMS 10 375 204

EMS 5 342 150

EMS 14 266 120

EMS 15 258 115 EMS 7 253 110

EMS 17 242 91

EMS 4 241 85

EMS 2 235 119

EMS 6 208 89

207 EMS 9 85

TOTALS: 5,182 2,428

BLS EMS

34 43 44

36

38

48

31

39

37 34 31

13

20

35 24

14 - 521

FlRE & NON-EMS

189

EMERGENCY HOURS

191.56 1 79.98 232.08

170.60

197.15

229.04

154.10

146.98

133.72 107.60 137.51

85.16 113.77

1 50.26 114.21

AVERAGE OF 3.60 DAILY RESPONSES (3% Increase)

AVERAGE OF 28 MINUTES PER RESPONSE (17% Decrease)

AVERAGE OF 102 MINUTES PER SHIFT PER BATTALION (1 5% Decrease)


AVERAGE TIME SPENT ON EACH RESPONSE


DIVISION CHIEF

BATTALION CHIEF

EMS BATTALION CAPTAIN

BLS LIGHT FORCE

BLS ENGINE

ASSESSMENT LIGHT FORCE

ASSESSMENT ENGINE

BLS RA

PARAMEDIC RA

AIR AMBULANCE

F I )AT

AIRPORT CRASH RESCUE

HAZ-MAT SQUAD

EMERGENCY AIR

URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE

ARSON INVESTIGATOR

REHAB AIR TENDER

55 MINUTES

26 MINUTES

28 MINUTES

20 MINUTES

19 MINUTES

19 MINUTES

20 MINUTES

28 MINUTES

34 MINUTES

95 MINUTES

31 MINUTES

33 MINUTES

37 MINUTES

47 MINUTES

50 MINUTES

89 MINUTES

328 MINUTES

WATER TENDER 418 MINUTES

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:3-MONTH PERIODS 20

80000 7- T -

Q1- Q2- Q3- Q4- Q1- 42- Q3- Q4- Q1- 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009

200000 - 3-MONTH PER 2007,2008 & :

190735 191475 190000 - 188837

Ql- Q2- Q3- Q4- QI- Q2- Q3- Q4- QI- 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009


Quarter

Q1-99 Q2-99 Q3-99 Q4-99 Q1-00 Q2-00 Q3-00 Q4-00 Q1-01 Q2-01 Q3-01 Q4-01 Q1-02 Q2-02 Q3-02 Q4-02 Q1-03 Q2-03 Q3-03 Q4-03 Q1-04 Q2-04 Q3-04 Q4-04 Q1-05 Q2-05 Q3-05 Q4-05 Q1-06 Q2-06 Q3-06 Q4-06 Q1-07 Q2-07 Q3-07 Q4-07 Q1-08 Q2-08 Q3-08 Q4-08 Q1-09

INCIDENTS AND RESPONSES Compared to Compared to Average

One Year One Year Units

Incidents Prior Responses Prior Responding

75,398 1 37,784 1.83

305,936 75,003 559,209 137,285 1.83 77,120 142,890 1.85

82,366 157,056 1.91 77,977 3% 146,505 6% 1.88

31 6,766 79,303 6% 596,753 150,302 9% 1.90 81,506 6% 157,013 10% 1.93 81,541 -1 % 162,788 4% 2.00 81,573 5% 157,390 7% 1.93

327,782 83,162 5% 637,773 160,582 7% 1.93 85,604 5% 164,840 5% 1.93 84,110 3% 162,333 -0.3% 1.93 84,780 4% 163,914 4% 1.93

338,733 84,239 1% 653,505 162,418 1% I .93 86,686 1% 166,113 1% 1.92 85,497 2% 173,239 7% 2.03 86,592 2% 175,898 7% 2.03

344,546 85,771 2% 689.803 174,553 7% 2.03 89,980 4% 183,150 10% 2.03 90,183 5% 182,555 5% 2.02 86,386 -0.2% 175,439 -0.3% 2.03

352,320 85,771 same 714,658 173,514 -0.6% 2.02 88,449 -1.7% 179,816 -1.8% 2.03 87,152 -3.4% 178,554 -2.2% 2.05 87,533 1.3% 178,373 1.7% 2.04

349,346 86,212 0.5% 71 3,762 177,019 2.0% 2.05 88,492 same 179,624 -0. I % 2.03 89,221 2.4% 184,534 3.3% 2.07 86,882 -0.7% 181,741 1.9% 2.09

353,049 88,454 2.6% 728,487 182,588 3.1 % 2.06 92,897 5.0% 197,760 10.1 % 2.13 90,430 1.4% 189,119 2.5% 2.09 90,847 4.6% 188,837 3.9% 2.08

363,022 88,848 0.4% 757,203 181,487 -0.6% 2.04 93,270 0.4% 190,735 -3.6% 2.04 91,899 1.6% 187,712 -0.7% 2.04 93,080 2.5% 191,475 1.4% 2.06

369,085 90,836 2.2% 753,428 183,506 1.1% 2.02 91,570 -1.8% 179,993 -5.6% 1.97 91,773 -0.1% 176,854 -5.8% 1.93 89,310 -4.1 % 175,519 -8.3% 1.96

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