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Lone Peak Fire District gets mixed reviews in study March 3, 2017, 4:07 pmBetween the three stations Highland 201, Alpine 202 and Cedar Hills, there is a total of 51 staff members: three battalion chiefs, nine captains, nine engineers and nine firefighters with 18 full-time firefighter/medics or engineer/medics (three of the latter at Alpine) with nine part-time relief firefighter/medics. Total employee salaries are: Highland (18 staff members), $1,094,724; Alpine (15 staff members), $767,281; Cedar Hills (18 staff members), $880,698. Total yearly budget: $5,129,389. National standards require dispatch and turnout times of 60 seconds each, with four minutes or less for arrival of the first response vehicle and eight minutes or less for full deployment at a fire site. A department must also be able to provide incident command, water supply, attack line, backup lines, search and rescue teams, ventilation teams and rapid intervention crews with a total of 15 to 17 people. An analysis of Lone Peak's dispatch is currently underway. The report gave the department high marks for being operationally advantageous to each city, having stations strategically positioned for optimal response time, and for having apparatus compliant with state and national best practices standards. However, the report said dispatch needed better reporting of its answering processing and dispatch times "for quality and management improvement purposes." It indicated that the department's fire prevention/inspection efforts fall short of best practices as do the staffing and deployment, fixed responsibility of company officers and chief officers. "Given the current management and organizational chart, significant degradation of safety, responsiveness and morale will occur," it said. The report recommended that the LPFD governing board formally adopt policies regarding the level and type of service desired to respond to and mitigate emergencies within its jurisdiction. Another suggestion was that the board and department administration develop a comprehensive strategic plan to obtain the level of service outlined in those policies. It also recommended that the department's administration create an organizational and management structure consistent with best practices and develop "robust aide agreement with neighboring jurisdictions." The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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