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WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE JANUARY BOARD TEAM, UH, FIRE AND EMS STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, AT NIGHT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING, UM, FIREFIN HEALTH AND WALLETS, BUT, UM, WE GET TO FAR IN, FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS NOT HAVE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? WE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
UM, OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS BEGINNING OR AT THE END, BUT UNUSUAL, BUT A LOT OF TIMES FEED TO PIECE WITH CURIOSITY WHILE WE'RE, UH, WHILE WE'RE HAVING A MEETING, MIGHT SPEAK AT THE END THAT BACK, WELL, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THREE MINUTES.
AND WHAT I UNDERSTANDING, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, ANYONE SIDE EFFECTS, ANYBODY ONE SPEAK AND, UH, NEXT NUMBER DOESN'T IS HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS FROM OUR LAST MEETING AND, UH, THE TEACHER THROUGH THOSE.
SO WE DO LIKE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE QUESTIONS OF, AS I'VE BEEN COMING IN OVER, UM, OUR TIME HERE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE WE, UH, FOR OUR LAST
SO WE ARE JUST KEEPING A LOG, IF YOU WILL, OF THE QUESTIONS STILL OUT, UH, OUTSTANDING.
SO OUR FIRST QUESTION, THOUGH, REGARDING THE CITY'S SHIFT TO THE 24 72 SCHEDULE, WHAT DID THEIR OVERTIME LOOK LIKE BEFORE THEY MADE THE SHIFT? UM, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED LAST MONTH, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A, A FURTHER EXPLANATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, HOW MANY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A SECOND JOB? THAT, UH, RESPONSE IS ALSO STILL PENDING.
HOW DID PLAINTIFF MANAGE THEIR SHIFT TO 24 72 AND MAINTAIN SALARY? WE CAME BACK WITH A, A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION THERE, BUT THEN WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE VISUAL COMPARISON OF, UH, PLANOS, UH, PLANO TO WHAT GARLAND'S MODEL WOULD LOOK LIKE AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BACK THAT UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION, AND BEAR WITH ME, IS ALL KIND OF ROLL INTO EACH OTHER.
IF THERE WERE A TAX RATE TO THAT SCHEDULE, HOW OFTEN WOULD THAT HAVE TO BE REVISED IN CONSIDERATION OF SB TWO AND POTENTIAL FUTURE REDUCTIONS? UM, MATT, DID SHE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED THERE OR DID WE CUT OFF LAST SEMESTER? OKAY.
AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT IMPACT WOULD OTHER POTENTIAL MOVES BEING DISCUSSED BY LEGISLATORS HAVE ON THE FARM? THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION, YES, ALL THAT, ALL THE BULLET POINTS BELOW THERE WHERE SAYS 2.55%.
SO CURRENTLY ARE CAP ON, OUR ENDING IS 35% FROM B TWO.
THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION IN LAST
IT'S ABOUT 750, 3 AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF, ABOUT SEVEN $50,000 KEEPS SLIDING DOWN AS, UH, IF THE LEGISLATURE READ STATES THIS DISCUSSION IN NEXT SESSION, WHICH I ASSUME THEY WILL.
UH, THERE IS A COMMENT THERE ABOUT THE CAR OUTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT, AND FROM A OUR STAFF PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, UH, JUST GOT THROUGH TALKING WITH MR. CRUZ AS WELL FROM THE FIRE ASSOCIATION.
THE PUSH NEED TO BE, UH, WE ALL ANTICIPATE THEM TO CONTINUE TO RATCHET THAT CAP DOWN.
OUR PUSH RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY TO GET, CARVE OUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SO THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THOSE CAPS.
SO LET'S SUFFER THAT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE, CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR AND MONITOR.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION OF, UH, THE, THE STATE HAS LOOKED AT WHAT'S CALLED A VALUE ADDED TAX, WHICH BASICALLY WILL BE THE PROPOSAL TO SLOWLY ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES AND INCREASE THE SALES TAX RATE.
UH, MOST OF THE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN SINCE TO TODAY HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON SCHOOL TAXES.
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THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE OF PROPOSALS, CITY OF DARWIN SELLS TAX BASE IS EXTREMELY MODEST, MUCH LIKE A COFFEE TAX BASE.AND THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOATING AROUND ARE NOT A ONE FOR ONE THAT WOULD, THERE'S BASICALLY GONNA BE JUST LIKE SVTS CAN SET UP WINNERS AND LOSERS AS FAR AS WHO GETS ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, SALES.
THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE CONTEMPLATED DOING A FULL VALUE ADDED TAX FROM THE SCHOOL SIDE, WHICH WOULD ADD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A HALF A PERCENT POINT IF THEY WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE CITY.
SAY INSTEAD OF US GETTING 1% TO GET ONE AND A HALF, IT TOTALLY DO WHAT YOUR PROPERTY TO ACCESS.
THAT'S ABOUT $40 MILLION VISITORS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO DISCONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
UM, THAT ONE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE A LOT STRONG LEGS FOR THE STEAL.
A LOT OF LEGISLATORS ARE, ARE LOOKING TO, UH, PROPOSE AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THERE WAS ALSO A BILL BY, UH, AN IDEA ABOUT, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PATRICK THAT WAS CALLED THE DOUBLE NIPPLE, UH, TRYING TO REDUCE, UH, THE SENIOR EXEMPTION FOR SCHOOL TAXES TO 65 TO 55, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST FOR SCHOOL TAXES.
EVEN THE TIME, IF THEY WERE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THAT FOR THE CITY, IF WE WERE TO REDUCE OUR SENIOR EXEMPTION, WHICH $60,000 PER, UH, HOUSEHOLD OF 65 TO 55, THAT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION LOST UP.
SO THESE ARE JUST TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE'S THROWING OUT.
THEY, THEY'RE JUST SOME FEE
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WORK.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PLACE SOME OFFERINGS OF GET TALK TO OUR LEGISLATION THIS SESSION.
UH, BUT HE IS A GREAT FRIEND OF OURS PRIOR, GETS COMMITTED TO US.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AIN'T BROUGHT FORWARD.
WE'RE BRINGING IN ABOUT MAKE TAKES CARE OF US OUTSIDE.
WE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A WAY STOP THE DISCUSSION BIG, UH, FOR BIG EVENT FOR THE NIGHT TONIGHT, FIREFIGHTER, CHIEF AND
THAT MUSTACHE IS LAYING HIM DOWN.
ALRIGHT, IN, IN, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST LAST THING WE WANT, WE WANTED TO CHANGE, CHANGE THE WAY WE WERE TALKING.
THIS I THINK
SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE COMMITTEES WILLINGNESS TO STEP BACK AND, AND, AND KIND OF COME BACK TO THIS FIRST TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND GIVE TO THE JAMES TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE, WHAT WE ARE SEEING, WHAT RESEARCH IS OUT THERE, UM, SO THAT WE, THAT THAT DRIVES THE DESIRE TO FIX THE PROBLEM PROBLEM.
SO, UH, SO AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF, OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUE OF THE SCHEDULING, THE SCHEDULES OF THE BUYER SERVICE.
UM, AND, AND THEN WHAT, WHAT DOES THE WORKLOAD LOOK LIKE IN THAT? HOW HAS THAT CHANGED? UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FATIGUE AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION.
UH, THE HEALTH IMPACTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, UH, THE SAFETY RISKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SUSTAINABILITY, RETENTION OF OUR FULL WORKFORCE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LONG TERM VIABILITY,
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56 HOUR WORK.WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, UH, IN THE LONG TERM? UH, AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS AND THEN CERTAINLY YOU RAPID FERGUSON, TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
EXAMINE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SIX HOUR WORK WEEK, UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS AND MAINTAIN THE 56 HOUR WORK WEEK.
BE DISCUSSING OUR SOLUTIONS AND WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING COST TONIGHT.
THERE'S SO MANY SLIDES THAT MAY PROVOKE THE QUESTION FOR YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TONIGHT ARE ASKED IS THAT PLEASE HOLD THOSE TO THE END.
IF YOU NEED TO MAKE YOURSELF A NOTE, DRAW A PEN.
IF YOU DIDN'T, USE YOUR PHONE, PUT THE NOTES OUT.
PUT HOLD THOSE QUESTIONS TO THE VERY END, PLEASE.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S GONNA BE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
SHOULD THIS GROUP MAKE A DECISION IN THE FUTURE TO MODIFY THE WORK SCHEDULE OF, OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT THE ARGUMENT TO DO SO.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL ASK YOU WHEN YOU GO INTO THE COMMUNITY TO CHAMPION THAT DECISION IF THAT DECISION WERE TO BE MADE.
SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE LISTEN TO IT CLOSELY, ABSORB AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WANT, BUT PLEASE HOLD 'EM UNTIL THE END.
WELL, THIS SLIDE HERE, YOU OFTEN SAY, MY SERVICE, 200 YEARS OF TRADITION ATED BY PRODUCTS YOU ASK, YOU ASK A LOT OF FOLKS FIREMEN, THE ONE THING THAT FIREMEN HATE MORE THAN CHANGE, CHANGE, UM, OUT OF OUR THINGS A LOT THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
AND AT ONE TIME WE WERE ON THE 24, 24 7, UH, THEY SAID 84 HOUR POINT FIFTIES.
WE MOVED TO THE 56 HOUR WORK WEEK.
UM, AND, AND FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, THE BIGGEST DERIVING REASON BEHIND THAT, UM, WAS RECOVERY.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS BEING SEEN THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WEREN'T ADEQUATELY GETTING THE REST OF THE, THEY MOVE TO 24 4 8 6 HOUR WORTH.
I, THERE ARE SOME IN THIS ROOM THAT REMEMBER FIGHTING FIRE AND, AND LONG, UH, DUCT CANVAS COATS WITH HIP BOOTS.
UH, I LOOK AT HIM, I I ACTUALLY HAVE VERY HIP BOOTS MY GARAGE THAT WHEN I, WHEN I HORSE STRIKE WE HAVE, BUT WE MOVED TO THE BUNK GEAR WE HAVE TODAY.
NOT BECAUSE, BUT BECAUSE OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND BECAUSE OF SAY, SAME THING WHEN IT CAME TO HOW WE RIDE ON FIRE ENGINES.
HOW WE MAKE THOSE SQUATS WAS A TIME WHERE WE RODE ON HIMSELF WITH THE ENGINE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU ASK, SO OVER HERE THEY GO OUT THE STUDENT BECAUSE
AND THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO DRIVE THIS DISCUSSION IS THAT OUR MOVE OR OUR DESIRE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS 56 HOUR WORK WEEK IS NOT ABOUT MEMBER.
OR IT'S THAT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MOST RECENT THING TO DO.
IT'S ABOUT, SAY, ABOUT RISK MANAGE.
IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE FIREFIGHTER AND PROTECTING THE CITY ABOVE ALL OF THAT, PROTECTING SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS THAT I, THAT HAVE ASKED US TO PROTECT THEM.
SO YEAH, SO SOME CONTEXT THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE SERVICE TOOK BEFORE THE 24, 24 WAS CONTINUAL SERVICE FROM MEAL AND BACK.
THEY WERE PRIOR, SAY, CAN SEND THE NEWS.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, THE MARCH.
UH, BUT IN THAT 2000, I'M SORRY, IN 1918, UH, A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN GOT TOGETHER AND ONE IS ONE THE BABY SANG FROM ON IS UH, AGENDA WAS THE FORM ACTION BETWEEN SYSTEM.
NO WAY TO SCHEDULE ON THE MARK BECAUSE OF SAKE.
THERE WERE SOME ASSUMPTIONS IN THAT.
AND, AND NUMBER ONE, AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO MEETING, THERE WASN'T EVEN ON, ON THE, ON WAY DOWN THE ROAD.
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FAR COMPLAINT SLEEP, THE NICE SET MOST OF THE TIME.UM, AND THE RECOVERY THOUGH, UM, BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
UM, AND THEN CAME A TIME WHERE THEY REALIZED THAT THE FIREFIGHTER AREN'T GETTING, THE REST, AREN'T GETTING
IT ALSO THAT THE FACT THAT CARBON MONOXIDE, UH, THAT THAT ONE DAY OFF THAT FIRE CAN SHIFT, THAT THE BLOOD WAS CARBON OF MONOXIDE WE'RE NOT GETTING OUT IN THE BLOODSTREAMS AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO, AND AS THEY LOOKED AT THAT, ADDING THAT EXTRA DAY OF RECOVERY WAS ADEQUATE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THE MS WAS REALLY NOT MUCH OF THE PAIN, WHICH STILL SERVING YEARS FROM THAT AND THE FIRE SERVICE COMPLETE THAT WAS NOT THERE.
BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH MASTITIS, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
SO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE WAS THE 24 48 WAS ROLLED IN THE 56 HOUR WORK WEEK.
UH, IT WAS OKAY, FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTERS WOULD MAKE THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE MONTHS OF SHIFT THAT HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
THE REST OF THE RECOVERY DURING THE DAY AND IN TWO DAYS WHEN THEY CUT OFF, WOULD BE ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO RECOVER.
KIND OF WHAT MY ROLE IS GONNA BE IS TO APPLY HOW THIS SCHEDULE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN THE SIXTIES, LIKE THE, THE ISSUES THAT IT'S WE'RE FACING TODAY WITH IT.
SO KIND OF DUE TO, UM, HISTORICAL PERCEPTION, MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK OF THE FIRE SERVICE WOULD PICTURE A FIRE ENGINE IN THE BAY AND A BUNCH OF FIREFIGHTERS HANGING OUT AROUND IT, WAITING FOR THE NEXT BIG CALL.
THE BIG WORD I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THAT IS WAITING.
UM, THE ISSUE WITH THAT IMAGE IS IT DOES NOT MATCH THE REALITY OF THE MODERN FIRE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UH, THE 24 48 SCHEDULE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR 61 YEARS.
UH, BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THE CALL VOLUME AND THE DEMAND FOR, UH, THE, FOR COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVERS.
WHAT WAS ONCE A LOW FREQUENCY INTERMITTENT WORKLOAD HAS EVOLVED INTO A HIGH FREQUENCY CONTINUOUS DEMAND ENVIRONMENT.
THE 24 48 SCHEDULE WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ZERO TO THREE CALLS PER SHIFT.
THE REALITY IS THAT THAT SCHEDULE, UH, CANNOT SAFELY ABSORB 10 TO 20 CALLS PER SHIFT ON A CONSTANT BASIS.
SO, TALKING ABOUT THE CALL VOLUME HERE, UM, SAFE TO SAY THAT WHEN THIS SCHEDULE WAS IMPLEMENTED, UH, GARLAND HAD PROBABLY FOUR FIRE STATIONS IN THE SIXTIES, PROBABLY MAKING ABOUT A THOUSAND CALLS, UH, PER STATION PER YEAR, 4,000 A YEAR.
LAST YEAR ALONE, AMBULANCE ONE MADE 3,400 CALLS, UH, IN 2025.
SO THEY ROUGHLY MADE 80% OF GARLAND'S CALL VOLUME BACK THEN IN ONE YEAR.
AND, AND JUST ONE SINGULAR UNIT, KIND OF WHAT THIS TRANSLATES TO IS AN 800% INCREASE IN CALLS WITH A 300% INCREASE IN RESOURCES.
KIND OF TO HIT ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE TYPES OF CALLS IN THE SEVENTIES.
UM, WE REALLY ONLY KINDA RAN ON THE SAME THINGS.
STRUCTURE FIRES, CAR WRECK, MINOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, AND LITTLE TO NO EMS TODAY.
WE ARE REQUESTED TO RESPOND TO STRUCTURED FIRES, AUTOMATIC ALARMS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, INCIDENTS SUCH AS SHERWIN WILLIAMS, UM, MAJOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS NOW THAT WE HAVE FASTER MOVING FREEWAYS, TECHNICAL RESCUES, BLE ASSISTS, SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH ANY OTHER ISSUE THAT A CITIZEN CANNOT FIGURE OUT, AND THAT IS QUANTI QUANTIFIES HIS EMERGENCY.
UM, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING OUT AND FIGURING OUT A SOLUTION FOR THAT CITIZEN.
UM, TODAY, EMS IS, UH, 68% OF GT'S CALL VOLUME.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS THAT EMS HAS, UH, EVOLVED TREMENDOUSLY SINCE THE SEVENTIES.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND CAPABILITY THAN WE ONCE DID.
UM, WE CAN CALL OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
UM, BUT THIS IS RARE AND ONLY IF SOMETHING IS UNUSUAL, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH RE REQUIRED TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY.
UM, SO TO KIND OF JUST LIST SOME SKILLS THAT WE CAN PERFORM AS PARAMEDICS ON THE AMBULANCE, UM, WE CAN DO, UH, CARDIAC ELECTRIC THERAPY, WHICH WOULD BE THE PADDLES AS MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK OF.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ANYMORE, BUT, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, CARDIAC ELECTRIC THERAPY.
WE CAN INTUBATE PEOPLE, PERFORM ADVANCED DRUG CALCULATIONS, ADMINISTER NARCOTICS, AND NOW PARALYTICS TO OUR PATIENTS.
SURGICAL CRIS NEEDLE DECOMPRESSIONS AND IVS.
PROBABLY 80% OF THOSE SKILLS ARE DOCTOR SKILLS.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ABOVE A NURSE.
THEY'RE ABOVE A LOT OF VERY CREDENTIALED PEOPLE, UM, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE, TO PERFORM ALL THESE AND DECIDED THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PATIENT ON AS LITTLE REST AS WE GET AND ON OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE.
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UH, ANOTHER THING I KIND OF WANNA HIT ON IS THE TRAINING.SO TRAINING IS A LARGE PART OF WHAT WE DO JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED INSTANTLY FOR WHEN IT HAPPENS, RIGHT? SO IT'S A CONSTANT MUST, UH, AND HAS ALSO INCREASED DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR CALL VOLUME TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE A HIGHER DEMAND, UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EQUIPMENT AND CAPABILITY THAN WE DID IN THE SIXTIES.
ALL RIGHT, DOES ANYBODY WANNA BE A VOLUNTEER CITIZENS FIRE CLUB ACADEMY PERSON? SO, YEAH.
SO YOU GOING, KNOWING WHAT Y'ALL KNOW THROUGH THE FIRE, THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, Y'ALL HAVE KIND OF BEEN THROUGH SOME TRAINING AND KIND OF SEEN HOW WE DO THAT.
SO IF I SHOWED YOU HOW TO UNLOCK AN ELEVATOR TODAY, UM, AND THEN YOU WERE EXPECTED TO WORK 56 HOURS A WEEK, UM, AND SCIENCE WOULD STATE THAT THAT AFFECTS YOUR ABILITY TO LEARN AND RETAIN.
DO YOU THINK ONE YEAR FROM NOW YOU WOULD REMEMBER HOW TO UNLOCK AN ELEVATOR? IT'D BE PRETTY DIFFICULT, RIGHT? SOMETHING YOU HADN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME TAKES A SPECIALIZED TOOL.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS KIND OF TO HIT ON MAINTENANCE.
MAINTENANCE TO ME KIND OF MEANS LIKE PERSONAL AND EQUIPMENT RELATED, JOB RELATED, WHATEVER.
SO THAT WOULD, UH, TIE INTO WORKING OUT.
UH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO WORK OUT 45 MINUTES PER SHIFT.
THAT IS A, A POLICY THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH A 45 MINUTE WORKOUT AND A SHIFT.
UM, AND IF WE DO TRY, IT USUALLY GETS INTERRUPTED AT LEAST ONCE.
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET IN THERE AFTER BEING INTERRUPTED TWICE, KIND OF TO, UH, GETS YOU A LITTLE DEFEATED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED SINCE WE HAVE MORE CAPABILITY.
UM, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE SIMPLE THINGS AROUND THE STATION SUCH AS YARD CHORES.
UH, WE CLEAN THE BAYS ON SATURDAYS.
IT'S ALL STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE.
THIS KIND OF PLAYS INTO OUR ANNUAL TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE 20 HOURS OF OFFICIAL FIRE TRAINING.
THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GO DOWN TO THE BURN TOWER AND THEY'LL, UH, OUR TRAINING DIVISION WILL PUT ON A LIVE FIRE TRAINING SCENARIO.
UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE 36 HOURS V-M-S-C-E, UH, A YEAR.
AND THAT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT THREE HOURS PER MONTH.
SO WE HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, GET SOME CONTINUING EDUCATION OF OUR CE AND THEN THAT ALSO KNOCKS OUT FOUR, FOUR UNITS AT A TIME.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN TO SEVEN UNITS FOR THE CITY AT THAT POINT.
ANYWAYS, UM, IF YOU'RE ANY TYPE OF SPECIALTY, UM, THING LIKE I'M A HAZMAT TECH, THAT WOULD REQUIRE EIGHT HOURS OF HAZMAT TRAINING A YEAR AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN STATION EIGHT, THEY DO SOME OTHER STUFF WITH THEIR, UH, RESCUE STUFF.
UM, IT'S KIND OF THE HIT ON THE, ALL OF THESE KIND OF HIT ON THE OVERALL REDUCTION OF DOWNTIME AND ABILITY TO RECOVER ON SHIFT.
UM, WE'VE GOT STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME UNTIL PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN IT'S EXCLUSIVELY RUNS LIKE HOW I TIED IT IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE POWERPOINT, RIGHT? UM, SO KIND OF WRAP IT UP.
UH, THE 56 HOUR WORK WEEK WAS BUILT IN A DIFFERENT ERA OF THE FIRE SERVICE.
THE WORKLOAD HAS CHANGED AND THE SCHEDULE HAS NOT, THIS RESULT IS SIMPLE.
UM, THERE'S FAR LESS DOWNTIME THAN THE PUBLIC WOULD ASSUME IT.
WHAT IT ALL RESULTS IN IS SLEEP, DEATH.
UM, AND, AND, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT NOW AS THE BUYER SERVICE AND, AND EVEN JUST THE GENERAL POPULATION, WE HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD THE POWER OF SLEEP AND WHAT IT DOES FOR US AND, AND GETTING THE CREDIT THAT WE DO.
YOU KNOW, I WORK IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WITH INTERNATIONAL AND, AND WE ARE PUTTING MORE AND MORE EMPHASIS ON SLATE THAN WE EVER HAVE, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN, BEEN TALK ABOUT SLEEP DEBT.
AND, AND WHAT THAT IS IS, YOU KNOW, CLIENT SAYS EVERY ADULT YOU GET SIX TO SEVEN HOURS OF GOOD QUALITY SLEEP.
UM, AND THEN, BUT YOU KNOW, FALLS, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY MISSED OUT ON ONE OR TWO HOURS.
IT'S NOT THAT ONE OR TWO HOURS, IT'S THAT ONE OR TWO HOURS OF SLEEP WHEN THEY MISS THE COURSE.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT HAPPEN, AND EVEN IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET REST AT THE STATION, IT'S NOT GOOD REST.
UH, IF I WAS TO TELL YOU, HEY, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU GO TO BED, UH, IF THERE'S A CLOWN IN THE CLOSET IN THAT ROOM WITH A, WITH A PAIR OF SYMBOLS, UM, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT JUMP OUT.
UH, IF THEY DO, THEY WILL BE VERY LOUD.
UH, AND YOU'RE EXPECTED TO GET UP AND GET DRESSED OR BE A VEHICLE DRIVE DOWN THE STREET TO DIFFICULT TRIGONOMETRY, UH, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A DIET COKE AND THEN DRIVE BACK FROM THE FACILITY.
UH, SO THAT WE'RE ON THAT CONSTANT LEVEL OF STIMULATION ON AUTONOMIC NERVE
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NERVOUS SYSTEM.UH, AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TEACH FIREFIGHTERS HOW TO BRING THAT SYSTEM DOWN, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WE KIND OF SAY, WE, YOU, YOU GOT CODE LIFE, IT'S COMPLETELY REST AND CODE RED IS FULL ALERT.
THEY'RE SAYING THEY TO CODE PEE MOST OF THE TIME.
OKAY? SO THAT ABILITY TO REST AT THE STATION'S NOT THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S THAT CUMULATIVE SLEEP THAT, THAT REALLY GETS NUTS, UH, OVER PERIOD OF TIME.
ESPECIALLY REALLY CONTRIBUT TALKING ABOUT ONE NIGHT OF GOOD SLEEP OUT THREE, BECAUSE WE GOT ONE NIGHT AT SESSION WITH ONE GOOD NIGHT AT HOME THE NEXT DAY WE'RE EATING UP EARLY.
SO FIRE SHIFT AND, AND ALSO OUR, OUR AUTOMATED SYSTEMS ARE POWER
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF SLEEP THAT THAT OCCURS.
AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT FATIGUE AND THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT THAT IT CAUSES 1 24 HOUR PERIOD OF IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 0.48, BUT A GOT FIREFIGHTERS TO GO HOME AFTER A 24 HOUR PERIOD IN SLEEP.
OKAY? BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT DOES OVER PERIODS OF TIME.
WE CONTINUE THAT ON, UM, AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT THAT DOES TO US.
AND, AND THE FACT THAT THAT SLEEP DEATH AND THAT COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, IT'S NOT ABOUT A BIG MISTAKE.
IT'S ABOUT A LOT OF LITTLE MISTAKES THAT OCCUR OVER THAT SHIP AS THAT, THAT GETS WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.
LIKE TODD WAS TALKING ABOUT, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO PREPARE THE COURSE OF THE SHIFT, UH, MAKING LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS.
UM, IT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST YOU CAN'T WATCH TV, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT MAKING THIS DECISION THAT THAT COULD AFFECT SOMEBODY'S LIFE, OKAY? AND, AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, PILOTS, TRUCK DRIVERS,
THEY REQUIREMENTS THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY OFF THE JOB AND ACTIVELY RESTED, RIGHT? UH, TRUCK DRIVER, JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, THEY CAN, YOU WORK 16 HOURS, THEY HAVE TO BE IN, IN BUNK FOR 10 AND, UM, THEY CAN ONLY BE ACTIVE.
THEY CAN ONLY BE ACTIVE FOR 16 IF THEY'RE LOAD.
WE MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN THEM AND US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE TIME THEY DON'T
THERE'S NOT A PHYSICAL ABUT TO THAT.
UH, THAT ROUGH TRIGGER WAS PROBABLY THE MOST TIRED OF IT EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE, EVER WAS SNOW AGAIN.
AND I THINK THAT WAS AFTER RUN 65 AND NOTHING THAT AN UNUSUAL EVENT, BUT I WAS AT THE POINT WHERE I COULD NO LONGER HAD PROBLEM THINKING.
UM, AND THAT'S
SO, UH, I'D HOPE TO HAVE A COFFEE OF OUR SURVEY REPORT FOR YOU GUYS.
WE, UH, WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.
I'LL GET THE FULL REPORT FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SATISFACTION WITH THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERSHIP ARE NOT SATISFIED TO DIFFERENT LEVELS.
UM, AFTER A BUSY 24 HOUR SHIFT, HOW WELL DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE ABLE TO RECOVER DURING YOUR FREE 48 HOURS OFF? AGAIN, LARGE AND JORDANS DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RECOVER, UH, IN THAT 48 HOURS.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN DO YOU FEEL PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY EXHAUSTED AT THE END OF YOUR SHIFT? OKAY, MORE THAN 50% OFTEN.
OKAY? AND AGAIN, LARGE MAJORITY, HOW DOES YOUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IMPACT YOUR FAMILY OR PERSONAL LIFE? OKAY, AGAIN, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF IT HAS AN EFFECT THAT IS THERE.
OKAY? UM, CAN WE LOOK AT PROCESS, HAVE TO BE THERE IN, IN, IN THE, THE PERSONAL LIFE, OKAY? BEING ABLE TO KEEP THAT WORK LIFE BALANCE CAN BECOME VERY DIFFICULT.
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KNOW, ONLY 8% OF 196 PEOPLE THAT ZERO, THEY GET OUT, OUT RECOVERY, 8%AND I COULD POSSIBLY TELL YOU THAT THEY GOT MORE THAN TWO GIGS.
SO, UH, BUT SORRY, CHIEF, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT YOU, WE'VE GOT HIRED PEOPLE, LARGE PERCENT HAVE HIRED PEOPLE, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 20 MORE TIMES, WE ALL, IT IS ABOUT BREAST AND RECOVERED.
ACTUALLY SLEEP DEPRIVATE, MODIFIED ADULT
SO
COGNITIVE DECLINE, SLEEP LOSS, AND IMPAIRS ATTENTION LY PROBLEM SOLVING.
ES IF IN OUR PROFESSION, MUCH LIKE DR PROFESSION, IN ANY OF YOUR PROFESSIONS, YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION.
YOU NEED TO RECALL MEMORY, NEED TO EXERCISE YOUR PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, YOU GOTTA
DON'T SEE WE HAVE TIME, SLEEP DEPRIVATION, SUPERIOR RHYTHM, UPSETS PLUS, WHICH
BACK TO THOSE IAN RHYTHM DISRUPTIONS WHERE COMBINE WITH THE PHYSICAL STATE DEFINED BALANCE AND LEADS AND DEDUCTION, DISEASE T ATTACKS TO ONE LEAD CAUSE OF THE DOLLARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY GENERATION OF FIREFIGHTERS WHEN I WAS PROFESSION, WE GETTING CHICKEN FRIED STEAK ON FRIED CHICKEN EVERY NIGHT.
UH, THAT CAR LOAD, HIGH FAT LOAD, ALL TASTE REALLY GOOD, VERY COMPANY BODY BUILD.
AND MOST OF THESE THAT WERE SITTING ON THE BE
UM, AGAIN, YOUR PUNCH YOURSELF WHEN YOU BILL SLEEP WITH TRIAL, UH, THE OLD REACTION TO SAID IT THIS, HUH? IT'S JUST SPEAK AN IMMUNE SYSTEM.
LAR BARGER, UH, 2007, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STATED THAT NIGHT SHIFT WORK IS A PROBABLE HUMAN OR
BARTER ONE NIGHT, FOUR OR FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP.
70% MEANS BY CELLS WE GIVE YOU P MEDICINE,
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HE'S NOT A GOOD DEAL.SO WE TALK ABOUT CANCER
THE THE CRAZY THING ABOUT SLEEP IS THAT IN A LOT OF PROCESSES THAT HAPPENS, ALL THOSE PROCESS THAT
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A CALL, UH, IN THE FIRE SERVICE WE HAVE INCREASED, UH, INSTANCE OF ANXIETY AND IN THE OPPRESSION, UH, IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, AGAINST A LIFETIME INSTANCE OF COMPRESSION IS 7%, RIGHT? HALF WE'RE LOOKING NUMBER THE HIGHEST, 40% IN THE FIRE SERVICE ANXIETY, 17% IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN THE FIRE SERVICE, 40 TO 50%.
OKAY? UH, YOU KNOW, WE CONSIDER UP SO MUCH ON THE, FOR THE LOWER END OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM,
BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION, WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ANXIETY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RECOVERY TIME FOR TIME OFF TO REALLY DEVELOP GOOD COPING MEASURE, SAYS
AND, AND THEN YOU GET INTO THIS AREA WHERE WE HAVE THIS ELEVATED SUICIDES.
OUR FIGHTERS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED RISK JUST BECAUSE EXPOSED TRAUMA, SLEEP, DEATH, YOU ADD TO THAT NOT GETTING THE MOST PROCESSES TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, AND OUR COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ARE TO BE ABILITY TO MAKE NEW DECISIONS.
UH, CURRENT RESEARCH IS SAYING THAT SUICIDE NOW, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A LONG BOUGHT OUT PROCESS THAT IT WAS IN ORDER CONVENIENCE, UH, DECISION.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY IS THAT HIRED IN THAT FORM OUT, THE BILL NEEDS TO MAKE THAT THE BETTER DECISION.
WHEN THAT COMES TO MIND, UH, IT IT SEEING LARGER NUMBERS OF SUICIDE OCCURRING IN THE FIRE SERVICE THAT, UH, AND IT LEADS TO THAT BURNOUT, THAT EMOTIONAL EXHAUST, THE ABILITY TO REGULATE, UM, SEE A GREAT PATIENT AND LOVE THE BEST JOB.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I WANTED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER, GET MAIN STORY.
AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE FIRE SERVICE AND GIVEN EVERYTHING TO THEY, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT IT, IT WORK, THEY FRAME AND THEY GET TOO MANY 2 23 YEARS INTO IT, AND NOW THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE THE FIRE SERVICE.
UH, AND THEY CAN REACH THAT FIRE OUT AND THAT EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION, UM, WE SEE AN INCREASE OF SUBSTANCE USE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY DEVELOP AND GET SOMETHING MECHANISMS BUT TREAT THERE.
AND WITH SHORT RECOVERY TIME, WE START TO ALCOHOL, UM, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES AS WE CAN FIX, FIX AND, UH, TO TRY TO HELP NUMB THOSE FEELINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT GOOD SLEEP.
UH, THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, THOSE STRAIN ON THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND, UH, SO SUPPORT TALK FOLKS AND TALK ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF OUT THE WAY.
LET DO MY BEST TO BE MOM OR DAD WHEN I GET HOME.
NOT, NOT TAKE THIS AS PROMINENT, NOT THIS LIFE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TAKE AWAY THE TIME IN DO THAT.
WE WANT TRY TO ENGAGE THE SOON GET HOME BECAUSE THAT SHORT TIME IS THERE, OKAY? AND THAT REDUCED HEALTH.
SEE COMPUTER STIGMA IN THE FIRE SERVICE AND
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HAVE.MOST PEOPLE SEE TREATMENT THAN THE THEY THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEFORE, BUT IN SHORT TIME, MAYBE BETWEEN SHIFTS, IT, IT IS JUST SOMETHING GREAT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET THAT TREATMENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT.
AND IT TAKES SOME TIME TO BE SAFE AND DO SELF-CARE TO GET THAT CARE UNDER UNPLUG, UH, TO DO SOMETHING WAY THE VIRUS SURFACE AND LET OUR BRAIN REST AND RECOVER AND DO WHAT NEEDS PROTECT ITSELF.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT CUMULATIVE TRAUMA, WE, WE HAVE A, A, A PHRASE CALLED A, A POTENTIALLY TRAUMATIC EVENT.
YOU SAY POTENTIALLY BECAUSE WHAT MAY BE TRAUMA TRAUMATIC TO USED IS NOT THE SAME.
SO THEY CALL POTENTIALLY TRAUMATIC NEEDS.
AND IN SOME OF THESE, IN, IN GENERAL PUBLIC'S LIVES LESS THAN 80% OR 80, LESS THAN 80% WILL HAVE ONE ECE EXPERIENCE.
NOW, OTHERS HAVE NINE WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF GO, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'VE WORK, WHAT THEY DO, DON'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND EXPERTISE OF
AND YET WE WE'RE THE ONES THERE TO DO SO ABOUT.
WE CARRIED AWAY FROM THAT SEQUENCE.
SO IT'S THAT TIVE PROBLEM THAT WE FINDING END AND WE DON'T GET THE GOOD SLEEP APPROXIMATELY FIVE.
AND, AND BY EXTENDING THAT AMOUNT OF TIME OFF, GIVING THEM EXTRA TIME IN BETWEEN SHIFTS TO RECOVER WOULD BE TREMENDOUS.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT RECOVERY AND, AND, AND, AND OF COURSE TO ASK, WE, WE, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, AND I'M SAY 40 HOUR WORK WORK, WE CAN FIX IT.
AND THERE'S NO COMPREHENSIVE STUDY THAT SAYS YES, HAVE A SHORTER WORK WE TO OUR WORK WEEK THAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THIS AMOUNT OF REDUCTION BTF STUDENTS OUR SERVICE.
BUT I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT THE RESEARCH THAT'S OUT THERE AND MEET DATA TO SHOW US THAT WITH A 42 HOUR WORK WEEK, WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 15 TO 20% INFECTION.
P TS D DIAGNOSIS, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS IS INSTANCE OF PTSD IN VIRUS SURFACE IS OVER 22% NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT RISK, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW FIREFIGHTER FATIGUE KIND OF RELATES TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS, UM, AND CAN CAUSE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT NEGATIVE EVENTS.
UM, SO, AND OUR CURRENT STATUS, OUR WITH OUR FATIGUE, UM, OUR, OUR FATIGUE IS HIGH, UH, IT'S SEVERE AND OUR OVERALL RISK LEVEL IS CRITICAL, WHICH WOULD BE THE HIGHEST IT CAN BE ON THIS METRIC.
OKAY? SO OUR FATIGUE CAN CAUSE US ON-DUTY INJURIES.
UM, OUR LIKELIHOOD WOULD BE HIGH SEVERITY WOULD BE MEDIUM TO HIGH, AND THE OVERALL RISK LEVEL WOULD BE HIGH APPARATUS VEHICLE CRASHES.
UM, MEDIUM LIKELIHOOD SEVERITY WOULD BE HIGH.
UM, THESE WOULD BE THE THINGS, ANOTHER DEAL THAT WOULD HURT BOTH US AND THE PUBLIC.
UM, ALSO BEING MEDIUM TO HIGH ON LIKELIHOOD, SEVERITY WOULD BE HIGH.
AND THEN OUR EMS CLINICAL ERRORS WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD, UH, ACCIDENTALLY HAPPEN ON THE AMBULANCE.
UH, THIS KIND OF TALKS ABOUT OUR INCIDENT COMMAND, AND THIS WOULD BE LIKE THE OVERALL ISSUE, UM, DUE TO OVERSTEPPED OR THINGS THAT WE WOULD MISS ON THE FIRE GROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT WITH A MEDIUM LIKELIHOOD, UM, A SEVERITY THAT WOULD BE HIGH AND AN OVERALL RISK THAT WOULD BE HIGH.
UH, OUR HIGH RISK, LOW FREQUENCY, THIS WOULD BE LIKE WHERE WE ACTUALLY PULL SOMEBODY OUT OF A FIRE OR IF WE HAVE TO, UM, TAKE AWAY SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO BREATHE SO THAT WE CAN BREATHE FOR THEM.
BOTH VERY HIGH RISK, LOW FREQUENCY EVENTS.
UM, THE LIKELIHOOD ON THESE, LIKE I SAID, WOULD BE LOW, BUT THESE WOULD BE VERY HIGH STRESS WITH HIGH SEVERITY AND OVERALL RISK WOULD BE HIGH.
UM, THIS WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, OUR RESPONSE TIMES.
SO MEDIUM ON ALL THESE HEALTH RELATED LINE OF DUTY, UH, EVENTS, OUR LIKELIHOOD WOULD BE LOW TO MEDIUM.
UM, SEVERITY WOULD BE VERY HIGH
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AND OUR OVERALL RISK WOULD BE VERY HIGH.AND THEN THIS WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE WOULD.
UH, CURRENTLY OUR LIKELIHOOD IS MEDIUM, SEVERITY IS VERY HIGH AND OUR OVERALL RISK IS VERY HIGH.
THIS IS TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD PLAY INTO MORE OF, UH, CITY LIABILITY EXPOSURE.
LIKELIHOOD WOULD BE MEDIUM, SEVERITY WOULD BE HIGH, AND OVERALL RISK LEVEL WOULD BE HIGH.
AND, AND AS WE LOOK AT, AT THINGS AND, AND, AND LOOK AT OUR WORKFORCE, WHAT THE CHANGING, UM, AND, AND, AND THEN THAT REAR ATTRITION AND, AND IT BECOMES A, A RECRUITMENT SHOP.
UH, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS GO TO THAT DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAT
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I, I WORRY ABOUT IS THAT THE INTENTION OF OUR MID FIREFIGHTER, UM, I MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT IT TAKES ABOUT 10, 15 YEARS TO GET SOMEBODY TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE NOW IN A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIGHTER.
THEY MORE THAN TAKE ME THE KNOWLEDGE THEY GAIN, THE BUILT THE SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING SEEDED.
THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIRE 20 YEARS.
NOT IN THE WAY I RETIRED 20 YEARS, HAD THAT.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE RETIRING IN 20 YEARS THAN THEY EVER HAVE.
WE HAD SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVER SEE.
WE HIRED A GUY, UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN PRIOR SERVICE.
AND HE WOULD WHAT THE NEXT SET, HE WAS NOT THE DOLLAR FOR MILLION STARTED SEEING
WE HAVE THE CHIEF, HOW MUCH DO WE INVEST ONCE WE GET A FIREFIGHTER OUT? PARAMEDICS THROUGH HOW MUCH HAVE WE INGESTED? 360, 360 8,000 BUCKS.
I MEAN THAT'S, AND THAT'S JUST A YEAR AND A HALF, RIGHT? PLUS 2, 1 21.
OKAY? AND IF WE START LOSING THEM IN 15 AND 20 YEARS OR LESS TIME THAN MATH, WE'RE LOSING A HUGE INVESTMENT.
AND NOT ONLY INVESTMENT, BUT THE, THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT'S THERE, RIGHT? UM, AND WE'VE SEEN INCREASE 60.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE SEE THAT MANDATORY OVERTIME.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, NOTHING AFFECTS OR OUT.
IF WE START TO SEE, AS WE LOOK AT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR WORKFORCE AND THE CONTENTION OF OUR PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING INTO START.
AND UH, YES, WE WANT THAT DOWN FOR OUR FIRE.
C WE FOUGHT OUR OFFICER THERE WITH AND OUT SEEMED, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN WORSE, YOU DO THAT.
NO, SIR, YOU ALL RIGHT? UH, WE, AND, AND AS WE LOSE THOSE, THOSE MAJOR FIREFIGHTERS MEAN WE ERODE OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE CRUSADE AND, AND WORK WITH THE PUBLIC, DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
UH, AND SO WE ERODE THAT PIPELINE, THAT LEADERSHIP, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET THOSE DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING AND PROFESSIONALISM, UH, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONAL MISMATCHES, UH, PER UM, AND THEN THOSE FAMILY STRAINS AND THE
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SECONDARY ATTRITION EFFECTS.SAME PERSON START TO NORMALIZE.
START TO NORMALIZE THOSE THINGS YOU ALREADY IZED,
YOU NORMALIZE THE SUBSTI SORT.
NOT THIS THING THAT'S CONTINUE ON THIS.
AND WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH AND THERE'S ALL LIES THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA BE TIRED.
WE CONTINUE SCORES AND DO THAT SURVEY.
THERE WERE A COUPLE, UH, THREE MORE NARRATIVES.
I PUT SOME THOSE HERE AFTER A FEW SHIFTS OF GETTING BEAT DOWN ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT.
IT'S HARD TO RECOVER BETWEEN AND THEN DO IT AGAIN WITH NEVER FULLY FEELING RECOVERED.
AND IT CREATES A DULL DEPRESSION STATE AT HOME.
CHRONIC FATIGUE, STRESS AND LESS PATIENCE BOTH AT HOME AND ON SHIFT.
IT HONESTLY IS HARD TO HAVE LONG-TERM MORALE BECAUSE OF RECOVERY.
MY WIFE WAS BASICALLY A SINGLE PARENT IN THE MORNINGS RELATIONSHIP BUILDING MOMENTS WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE MESS OVER THE YEARS, OBVIOUSLY ONE OUR SEE I HEAR ABOUT SPOUSE.
IF I CHOOSE RECOVERY, I'M AN ABSENT FATHER.
IF I CHOOSE FAMILY, I'M PRESENT.
BUT IRRITABLE AND UNPLEASANT TO, I'VE HEARD THIS FROM MANY, MANY, MANY FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORK AROUND
UH, MY KIDS ALWAYS TELL ME HOW I'M TIRED ALL THE TIME.
THAT EXTRA DAY WOULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN BEING PRESENT AND FUN BECAUSE GETTING WEAR 'EM, IT TAKES THAT, THAT, THAT DOWN.
UH, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO, TO RECOVER WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER.
SURE THAT BILL SHOWED ABOUT BEING A SINGLE PARENT.
MOST OF THE FIREFIGHTERS SITTING OVER THERE CAN BEEN MARRIED FOR VERY LONG AND RAISED TO CHILDREN AT ANY POINT IN TIME, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR SPOUSE, IF I'M GOING TO BE A SINGLE PARENT, I'M GOING TO BE A SINGLE PARENT.
YOU READ THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION MINDED ME, STRONG SPIRIT.
IS SHE NOT MERYL? SHE IS PRETTY STRONG AND UM, SHE MAD.
FORTUNATELY A BIT TONGUE ENCOURAGE Y'ALL ABOUT YOUR TONGUE.
WHEN YOU HEAR IT, WHEN YOU KEEP HEARD IT, YOU PROBABLY PICTURES AS WELL.
LONG TERM VIABILITY OPERATIONAL MODEL.
THIS LINE WITH RISK FIX DESIRE, FIREFIGHTER WORK WEEK IS BASED ON HISTORICAL OPERATING ASSUMPTIONS HELD LONGER.
THE CONTINUOUS OPERATIONAL TEMPOS THAT WOULD BE NINEISH THROUGH ABOUT 5 86
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A LONG TIME AGO.UM, OUR CALL ON A BUSY DAY WAS ABOUT SIX.
ONE OR TWO OF THOSE MIGHT TO HAVE TO MOVE.
EXTENDED WORK HOURS AND REPEATED OVERNIGHT DISRUPTIONS CREATE CUMULATIVE FATIGUE, NOT FULLY MITIGATED OFF DUTY RECOVERY.
THE FATIGUE IS DELAYED BY THE MAKER SITUATION WHERE CREATED A CONSISTENT AND FORESEEABLE RISK CONDITION ACROSS STALL OPERATIONS, ELEVATED PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY EXPOSURE, FATIGUE RELATED AND IMPAIRMENT INCREASES LIKELIHOOD OF FIREFIGHTER ACCIDENTS IN CLINICAL OR TACTICAL AREAS.
THESE RISKS DIRECTLY AFFECT PUBLIC SAFETY, CAN INCREASE THE DISEASE EXPOSURE.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? WE DON'T, WE HEARD BILL EARLIER SAY THAT IF THERE'S NO BIG STUDY, WHICH IS BEEN DONE, IT'S GOING THE 42 HOUR WORK LEAD WHERE IT'S BEEN LONG STANDING, THEY DON'T HAVE DATA THAT FAR BACK TO COMPARE BEFORE THEY WENT THERE.
SO OF NEW GOING TO IT, SEEING DRASTIC REDUCTIONS OF THAT ELIMINATION AT ALL THE TIME.
BUT WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA POINTS IS ACCENTS.
UH, SUSTAINABILITY AND CONTINUITY RISK.
ITS SIX HOUR WORK WEEK ACCELERATES AND AVOID BURNOUT TO INCREASE ITS TURNOVER AND SHORTENS CAREER LONGEVITY.
IT UNDERLINES WORKFORCE STABILITY.
WEAKENS LEADERSHIP PIPELINES CREATES LONG TERM CONTINUITY RISK THAT IMPACT SERVICE RELIABILITY AND INSTITUTIONAL BY RE FINANCIAL AND LIABILITY.
NOTICE OVER TIME WE SCHEDULED THE TROOPS TO INCREASE ONLY TIME ALLOWANCE.
HIGHER OR NOT GOING THIS ENTITLEMENTS LITIGATION EXPOSURE DOWNSTREAM COSTS, REDUCED BUDGET PREDICTABILITY AND INCREASE THE CITY'S OVERALL PROFILE OFFSETTING EVEN RECEIVED SHORT TIME STAFFING EFFICIENCY.
FURTHER, IT TAKES 21 MONTHS TAKE TO THE STREET
SO FIRE TRAINING, UH,
IT SIX, FIRE FIREFIGHTER WORK LEADER REPRESENTS LEGACY OPERATING MODEL INTRODUCES THE C SAFETY WORKFORCE AND FINANCIAL NEEDS.
I SERVICE DEMANDS CONTINUED TO INCREASE.
MAINTAINING THIS MODEL COMPOUNDS, EXPOSURES.
I'M GONNA WRAP THIS UP A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS.
SO THE 56 HOUR WORK WEEK WAS BUILT FOR A TIME WHEN FIRE CALLS WERE FEWER THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
EMS WAS VERY LIMITED AND FIREFIGHTERS COULD RELIABLY REST DURING THE SHIFT.
UM, TODAY'S DEMANDS MAKE THIS SCHEDULE INCREASINGLY UNHEALTHY AND UNSAFE.
NOT BECAUSE FIREFIGHTERS CAN'T HANDLE THE HARD WORK, BUT BECAUSE THE WORKLOAD HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED.
FATIGUE AND BURNOUT DON'T JUST AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS.
STABILITY, RETENTION, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
AND ULTIMATELY SUSTAINABILITY IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF FINISH THIS SLIDE WITH UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL TIE INTO THIS.
UH, PUBLIC SAFETY HAS KIND OF AFFECTED MY LIFE SINCE I WAS BORN.
MY MOM HAS, UH, BEEN A DISPATCHER WITH GARLAND FOR 41 YEARS.
MY DAD HAS BEEN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 32.
SO THIS 56 HOUR WORK WEEK HAS AFFECTED ME FOR 28 YEARS.
UM, AND I'M KIND OF GONNA RELATE THAT AS A KID TO NOW BEING, YOU KNOW, YOUNG MAN, JUST NEWLY MARRIED AND KIND OF HOW, WHAT I'M FIGURING OUT ABOUT IT.
SO THE, I THINK THE HARDEST THING TO TALK ABOUT WITH IT IS YOU JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO
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YOUR PARENT NOT BEING THERE A THIRD OF THE TIME.UM, DYLAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WITH MY DAD, WITH MY MOM.
UM, SHE WORKED NIGHTS SO SHE WOULD BE THERE BUT SHE WOULDN'T BE AWAKE.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOTTA GET SLEEP TOO.
SO I THINK IT FORCES YOUR KIDS TO JUST KIND OF GET USED TO THAT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, IT FORCES THEM TO BE INDEPENDENT, WHICH CAN BE A GOOD THING.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT DOES, IT DOES COME WITH SACRIFICE.
I THINK AS A NEWLY MARRIED, UH, PERSON, THE, UH, THE ONE THING THAT KIND OF CAPTAIN CRUZ HIT ON I THINK CHIEF LEE IS THERE'S THREE, UM, THREE GOALS I THINK THAT WE HAVE ARE THREE, UH, BULLET POINTS, WHICH WOULD BE WE, WE HAVE TO WORK, UH, WE HAVE HEALTH AND WE HAVE FAMILY.
THAT HAPPENS EVERY THIRD DAY NO MATTER WHAT.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.
HEALTH OR FAMILY, YOU NEGLECT HEALTH.
FAMILY THING MIGHT NOT WORK OUT LIKE HE WAS SAYING, YOU CAN JUST KINDA ALL BEEF OR NOT.
UM, OR YOU CAN CHOOSE, UH, CHOOSE YOUR SLEEP AND THEN IT STILL DOESN'T WORK OUT.
UM, SO I THINK THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS REALLY HOPEFUL, ARE REALLY HOPEFUL ON THIS TOPIC THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY PROVIDE ENOUGH RECOVERY TIME AND ENOUGH TIME TO WHERE WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISH ALL THREE ROUTINELY.
SO I GOT AND AND AND UH, AND OH HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T SEE THIS AS TRYING TO BE CHICKEN BALL.
THAT THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT IS DATA DRIVEN.
BUT ALSO PERSONALLY THESE WERE VERY REAL THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING.
WE'RE TRYING TO RELATE THAT CITIZENS OF GARLAND NEED EXCHANGE.
UH, BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE AND THE VIRUS SERVICE IS GOING TO DECREASE SOME TIME.
IF WE MAINTAIN VESSEL, THERE ARE ALERTLY
OUR ELDERLY SHOULD NOT MULTIPLY DEAD OUR ELDERLY POPULATION DOING ENOUGH WHEN THEY'RE GROWING.
AND I MEAN THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO AND WHATEVER IN AND SO HOPING DO IS THAT THREE LEARNING EXCEPT CHAIN HAS CS THEY MADE THAT MOVE.
FIREFIGHTERS IN FLORIDA ARE MAKING A SMOOTH AND NORTHEAST, THEY'VE BEEN ON THAT SCHEDULE FOR YEARS BECAUSE OF THE CALL BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TO, TO DRAW THOSE THINGS FROM THAT HAVE TO REITERATE THAT TONIGHT'S FOCUS IS UNDERSTANDING THE
THESE ARE PREDICTABLE SURPRISES.
YOU ADDRESS THEM BEFORE THEY ARRIVE, BE THE SIGNS AND THEY ACTIVE ON GO FROM THEY HAVE VICINITY AND BLEEDING POET, THOSE
SO THE DECISION POINT THIS HERE IT'S ACTION VERSUS INACTION.
WE MUST SWAY THE COST OF INACTION, WHICH I BELIEVE THOSE COSTS REMAIN.
SERVICE QUALITY, LOSS OF TOP TIME CULTURE OF DECAY FROM BURNOUT IS THE COST OF ACTION TO CHANGE TO SUSTAIN EXCELLENCE.
TP QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GO SECURE FIREFIGHTERS ONLY CITIZENS
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THE THE REASON WE STAY THERE 24 HOUR SHIFTS IS BECAUSE IT OPERATIONALLY WORKS BETTER.WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE, THAT SHIP INEVITABLY THERE ARE A PROBLEMS THAT ARE SHIFTING.
HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN WE CHANGE UP.
PEOPLE ON THE SCENE CAN PAY THOSE TASKS, YOU KNOW, THREE HOURS OF OVERTIME WHILE THEY 100 STATION CONTACT.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE ALL
AND THOSE HAVE TO COMPARE BY STAYING THAT 24 HOUR SHIFT AND SPENDING THAT OUTTA OF RECOVERY TIME.
THEY, WE ELIMINATE MORE PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH WORK THE SAME THING HAPPEN, SAME, SAME DONE.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE RUN NEXT HERE IS ANY GROUP OUR MEMBERS.
AND IF THE FOLKS AND WE COME TO WORK FOR SHARE BE BE VERY
WHAT ABOUT HAVING EMS WORK SHORTER OF SHIFTS SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES MAKING VIRTUAL PERSON CALLS.
THE CITY OF NORMAN, ALL OF OUR PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL ON A FIREMAN.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT STAFF SUFFICIENTLY.
YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON A FIRE ENGINE TOO AND WE RIDE FOUR, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S A THREE PERSON SIT THEM ON AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT AND NOW HAVE WHO WORKS THE EIGHTS AND, AND WHO WORKS THIS ONE.
AND WITH OUR ABILITY TO THE NUMBER OF MEDICS THAT WE HAVE, WE NOW HAVE ABILITY FOR A BETTER ROTATION.
WHEREAS IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO RIDE THE AMBULANCE A NUMBER OF SHIFTS IN A ROW.
NOT BECAUSE OF CHOICE BUT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH MEDICS.
AND NOW THAT, NOW THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ARE PARAMEDICS, UM, ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT, IT IS, IT IS AFFORDED US A BETTER ROTATION.
I WANNA TOUCH ON THE SENIORITY THING 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A MISCONCEPTION.
SO EVERYBODY THAT'S UNDER OFFICER, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE A MANAGER OR SUPERVISOR OF THAT CREEK RIDES THE AMBULANCE.
THE ONLY REAL POSITION WHERE LIKE SENIORITY PLAYS IN IS DRIVER.
SO LIKE I WOULD, I'M ASSIGNED TO THE AMBULANCE AND THEN I HAVE AN ENGINE DRIVER.
ALL OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AT THE STATION, THEY ALL RIDE IT EQUALLY.
EVERYBODY RIDES THE AMBULANCE AND THE ENGINE.
UM, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE ABOUT THE DRIVER'S POSITION IS THAT WE CAN RIDE EVERY
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SEAT IN THE STATION.SO I CAN RIDE THE AMBULANCE, I CAN BE IN CHARGE OF THE AMBULANCE, I CAN DRIVE THE FIRE ENGINE, I CAN RIDE BACKWARDS ON THE FIRE ENGINE.
I CAN BE THE OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY, UM, ON THE FIRE ENGINE OR LIKE AT MY STATION WE HAVE THE BLOCK OR I CAN DO THAT.
SO LIKE THE DRIVER POSITION WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF RIDE ALL OF THEM, UM, WHEREVER YOU'RE NEEDED.
UM, BUT REALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THAT STAY PUT IS THE CAPTAIN OR THE LIEUTENANT FOR THE DAY.
UM, BUT YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY MISCONCEPTION ABOUT LIKE, WELL THERE'S AMBULANCE PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG AND NOT SENIOR OR THERE'S FIRE ENGINE PEOPLE.
IF WE GO TO A STRUCTURE FIRE, WE ALL FIGHT FIRE.
UM, E EVEN IF WE SHOW UP ON AN AMBULANCE, WE WE'RE ASSIGNED SEARCH OR VENTILATION OR UH, ATTACK.
WE'RE GONNA GET A JOB JUST LIKE A FIRE ENGINE WOULD.
UM, BUT I WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF UH, ME AND MY AMBULANCE PARTNER.
UM, IF WE GO TO ANY A CPR, EVERYBODY'S A PARAMEDIC.
SO EVEN THE CAPTAIN CAN START IVS AND DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
THEY CAN INNOVATE IF THEY WANT TO.
THEY TYPICALLY DON'T 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 40 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND THE YOUNGER GUYS WILL DO IT.
BUT UM, EVERYBODY OPERATES WITH A ROLE.
THE NO, ALMOST NO MATTER WHAT THE CALL IS, IS SO WE'RE ALL ONE TEAM.
THERE'S NOT REALLY, UM, THE ONLY SENIORITY, IT REALLY ONLY MATTERS A DRIVER.
AND THAT'S 'CAUSE THERE'S A, A LIST THAT GOES ON TO GET A ASSIGNED ENGINE SPOT.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ONLY POSITION WHERE THAT IS REALLY AFFECTED.
AND BACK TO YOUR SHIFT QUESTION, 24 HOUR, HOW MANY, LET ME THIS, HOW MANY OF MY FOLKS, MY GUYS OVER HERE HAVE ARE 35 OR PAGE 35 IS THE CUTOFF.
SO ANYBODY IN THE AGE OF 35 IN HERE ELIGIBLE TO GO TO AND START? HAVE YOU GUYS, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL WHO WENT TO A 12 HOUR SHIFT WITH STEEP PLUG IN ANOTHER PART? THAT'S THAT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THAT RECRUITMENT RETENTION.
YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN 1236 PATENT, BUT WE WEIGH ANY, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE THOUGHTS COMES FROM SHIPPING FROM YOU DON.
ABSOLUTELY, BUT I MS ALSO THE 1236
ANYTHING WORSE THAN MORE THAN NIGHT SHIFT? WORKING SHIFT, NIGHT SHIFT SHIFT
VERY FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY WORKED.
THEY HAVE SEAT, THEY'RE BACK 25.
I THINK EVEN IF WE WERE TO GO, SO 1236, THEY WOULD END UP WITH S**T FUNDS.
I'M BEING SERIOUS WHEN I SAY BECAUSE S**T THINK THAT THEY'RE HEALTHIER THAN THE WANT 7,000 BOTTLE PRODUCTS AND 66
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OVER FUNCTION TO THE SINGLE PARENT THAT SHE DOES CAPITALIZATION.GUESS WHAT? DON'T UNDERSTAND MAGIC JUVENILE.
I ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THAT TO THE UNPROCESSED TRAUMA.
SO WE THINK YOU'RE A LOT, HE REGARDS LAW
BUT FOLLOWING THIS, THESE TRAUMA EVENTS CAN ONLY ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF THAT AFTER EXPERIENCE TRAUMA THAT NIGHT SHIFTS THE I WORK NIGHTS AND AFTER.
UH, UH, BUT MY QUESTION MR. NEW ON TUBE CALL VOLUME AND RECOVERY.
SO CALL VOLUMES DEVELOPMENT MASTER.
IT WAS PROVIDING RESOURCE TO LOWER, CAN'T LOWER THE ALL VOLUME, PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES THEY ALL NOT WANT.
OR YOU CAN PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO GET MORE LESS.
AND I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHERE THE SCIENCE SHOWING WHICH ONES BETTER SCIENCE ARE SHOWING.
UM, WHEN I PRESENTED THE
SO TEN FIVE PERCENT PLUS CHANCE OF BEING EXPOSED TO THE
ANOTHER, WE HAVE CARDIAC ISSUES BECAUSE IT STRESS ANXIETY, SUPPRESS PROBLEMS, SLEEP ATION IAN RHYTHM DISRUPTIONS TAKES NO ANXIETY PROCESS AND RECOVER FROM THAT.
OUR, OUR JOB IS TO COME TO WORK ATTACK AND BE ATTACK AND GO TRY TO REPUBLIC.
THEY ONLY GOT 48 HOURS TO GET SCIENCE SAYS TODAY, 72 HOURS.
SCIENCE IN THE FIFTIES SAID IT TOOK 48 HOURS.
WHICH
UH, WILL WE EVER ASK FOR LESS THAN 40 HOURS? I, NOT
UM, A GUY EARNED A ONE YEAR AND A TWO YEAR INDEPENDENT, UM, FOR ENGLISH CAREER THAT WHAT THE RETIRED, HE HASN'T HAD LONG.
WE SIT THERE BEHAVIORAL HELP AS MUCH AS IT'S
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THE GUYS CALL IN BECAUSE THEM JUST DON'T WANT TO COME TO WORK AND WE CAN'T COME TO WORK TODAY.IF WE'RE IN THAT POSITION AND IT PAYS AND WE SEE OVERTIME, I, SO HOW DO WE GET, I BELIEVE A STRONGLY EMPLOYEE TO OUR WORK GROUP IS AN ANSWER.
PROBLEM AND CHIEF, I MENTIONED THE RETIREE AND I TRUST WITH
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY RETIREES THAT I'VE TALKED TO OVER THE YEARS AND YOU KNOW, A, A MONTH, TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS AFTER THEY RETIRE, HEY, HOW'S RETIREMENT? THE SLEEP IS PHENOMENAL.
THAT IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS.
THEY, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT TRAVEL, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, GETTING A FISH MORE WHAT HAVE YOU.
THEY SAVE THE SLEEP IS PHENOMENAL.
AND THEY SAID IT TAKES ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH.
BUT THEY FEEL SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF THE RECOVERY, BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO GET THAT SOON.
OUR TESTOSTERONE LEVELS ARE, WE NEVER TEST TO HAVE OUR BLEED TESTED TESTO PROBLEM.
BUT FORTUNATELY LOT OF TIMES WE, THERE'S COUPLE YEARS WE GOT TO GO BE THE STONE.
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WE HAD OTHERS THAT RETIREDTHIS IS ONE THE BEST HOSPITAL.
WE WALK IN THIS PERSON'S HOUSE THAT WE WALK INTO 15, BE COMFORT HER TO ASSURE HER SHE'S GOING BE DO IT ABOUT EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS FOR 15 YEARS.
SHE HAS HELP LIVING HEALTH PLAN.
MR.
SO WE GO FOR 14 YEARS, GET HER OUT.
I SAID I AND THE CALLED CALLS
THERE'S PEACE OFFICER STANDING THAT STOP AND WALKS IN.
BUT HE SURVIVE, SAID, GOOD LORD WHAT HAPPENED? PROVIDE, KNEW, TALK ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
HE COULD TELL YOU WHERE EVERY FEC CONNECTION, HE CAN TELL YOU WHERE EVERY HYDRO CLUB, HE COULD TELL YOU EVERY PROBLEM SPOT IN THE BUILDING.
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS DISTRICT, UM, HE WAS GREAT FOR NEW OFFICERS TO GO RIDE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ABLE PASS ON THAT LIFE.
ONE C YOU HAVE 25 YEARS, THAT'S FROM SIX YEARS FEASIBLY REALLY HAD ANOTHER FIVE, 10 YEARS LEFT YOU WOULD'VE EXPECTED OF.
AND NOW THAT INSTITUTION KNOWLEDGE WE DON.
MY QUESTION IS, IS CERTAIN THAT THE PHENOMENON IS OCCURRING BECAUSE YOU, I WONDERING IF WE HAVE DATA ACTUALLY QUANTIFY SEEMS CHANGE AS COLONIZE THE CHANGE AND SEA THE DATA.
SEE WHAT WE CONSIDER NOT TO, IT'S VERY STRONG TO GO PEOPLE DON'T, THEY BELIEVE THIS TO GO TO HUNDRED 10
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, I GET THIS AND I WANT THIS BEST FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I JUST RECENTLY, VERY, VERY RECENTLY HEARD FROM RETIRING, RETIRED VETERAN SAY, I LIKE MY JOB BUT I DON'T WANNA DO IT ANYMORE.
AND I KNOW WHAT THEY GO THROUGH, BUT I GET IT.
BUT TO ACTUALLY HEAR A FIGHTER SAY THAT, THAT THAT HURT, I FELT THAT HURT FOR ME.
'CAUSE I HURT FOR THAT FIREFIGHTER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY LOVE THEIR JOBS, BUT FOR HIM TO BE IN THAT POSITION, WE GOTTA FIX THEM.
WE GOTTA FIX THIS SO THAT NOBODY ELSE GOES DOWN THAT BROKER.
IF THEY BILL THAT WAY, WE CAN GET IT FIXED.
AND THAT WAS A VERY GOOD, I MEAN THEY'RE ALL GRADES FIREFIGHTER HAVING LOT KNOWLEDGE AND THAT
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I KNOW IT, THAT A YEAR, THAT'S, THAT'S, I HEARD HER ISSUE.I WOULD JUST SAY BILL START, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED FOUR MONTHS AGO OR WHATEVER.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED FOUR MONTHS AGO.
UH, I MEAN IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION, GREAT INFORMATION FROM EVERYBODY.
UM, AND WE'RE MORE CONNECTED TO IT.
SEE THE ISSUES, WE KNOW THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE RELATED TO THEM WHEN FRIENDS.
AND SO I, I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION WAS AGAINST PRETTY MUCH THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD PRIOR TO THIS, PRIOR TO THIS TIME YOU AND SHOWING US AND YOU KNOW, BRINGING THOSE ISSUES OUT THERE AND YOU PUTTING IT, PUTTING IT OUT THERE JUST LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US.
SO I THINK THAT, AND ASSESSOR, WE'D STILL BE ON SLIDE SIX HERE,
SO I APPRECIATE YOU HOW APPRECI YOU WORK THROUGH THE INFORMATION.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY MONTH AFTER WE HAVE THESE MEETING, COME HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT.
THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT COULD WE DO FOR A SOLUTION.
AFTER THAT BUDGET MEETING MY RAN FOR SAVANNAH, I WOKE UP THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
I CALLED HIM TO WORK THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE I WAS JUST, I WANTED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT YOU, I WAS JUST THINKING, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? BECAUSE I JUST KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THESE PEOPLE, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF INFORMATION AS Y'ALL TOLD US RIGHT UP FRONT.
I KNOW I'LL GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT MORE.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES TIME, YOUR TIME TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND ALL OF THIS, ALL THINGS THAT WE ASK FOR AS A COMMITTEE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
I CAN TELL YOU IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT WAY BEFORE NOW.
'CAUSE EVEN IN OUR STATE, OUR ALUMNI THINGS, IT'S, THAT'S BEEN A BIG TOPIC.
CHIEF LEE, YOU COULD TEST THIS IN OUR CHIEFS PANELS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ASK QUESTIONS OF THIS HAS COME UP FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ACTUALLY IT'S KIND OF, I GUESS YOU'D SAY COME TO A HEAD OR, UM, BUT I TRULY CARE AND I TRULY CARE ABOUT US FINDING WE CAN DO FOR Y'ALL
I HAD LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL ALSO.
IT'S UH, THIS HELPS TO EXPLAIN THE WHY, WHY ARE WE HERE? AND THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED.
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I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE FOUND, UH, YOU PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION GAVE US A REALLY GOOD GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.SO FIRST AND LAST I ION YOU FURTHER, SORRY FIVE TIMES, SORRY.
IT'S THROUGH THE, YOU'VE HEARD THEIR SIREN SQUAD FIVE TIMES.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M A HOT IS EXPRESSIVE IS I HAD A FRIEND WHOSE DAD PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING AND WHEN I WORKED TO MY 24 HOUR WAS STATION ONE, HER HOUSE WASN'T GONNA
SO WE WENT TWO AND THEY GO THERE QUITE OFTEN.
HE SAID THEY'LL BLAME P TEAM AND THEY CAN'T GET HIM IN AND OUT BED.
AND THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT TO THE HOUSE AND HE PASSED, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY SAID IS WE CANNOT THINK STATION ONE ENOUGH.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WAS LADY STATION ONE KNOW THAT HE PASSED AWAY AND THEN WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THE FATHER
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE NEVER QUESTION IF YOU ARE WORTH IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM IS HUNDRED PERCENT WORTH IT.
AND IF WE CAN CONTINUE
IT MIGHT NOT BE SERIOUS TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
SO THANK ABLE TO SPEAK EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO PERSONALLY.
HAVE EVERY SINGLE SHIFT AND GIVING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE.
WE NOT SAVED YOU ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU GUYS TRULY ARE THE BACKBONE DIVERSITY AND WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT.
SO THANK YOU CHIEF
APPRECIATE STATION 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 7 11.
WILL
WE START WITH SESSION ONE, TAKE CARE OUR PEOPLE R IT MIGHT BE A GOOD POINT TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANYTHING MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK IN THE, THE PUBLIC THROUGH
ONE BIT OF LOT DONE NEXT, UH, MONTH TO BEGIN STAFFING MODELS, OPERATIONAL
AND AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST WEEK, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, FOCUS, THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DEMONSTRATE ABOUT 42 HOUR WORK WEEK WHEN WE MAINTAIN NEEDS COVERAGE IN RESPONSE TIMES,
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EMOTIONALTHANK YOU EVERYONE AND I ALL PLEASE AND JUST IMMEDIATELY UPLOAD IT AND SWAG IT.
BUT WE CAN UM, DID YOU AHEAD AND STOP IT? JUST BECAUSE THE FOLKS FOR THE NEXT DAY REALLY LOOKING FOR THAT.
YOU CAN JUST LIKE, JUST DO LEAVE UHHUH.
WELL ACTUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND HIT STOP RECORDING.