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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, Florida 33469 -0273 • (407) 575 -6200
Fax: (407) 575 -6203
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T E Q U E S T A F I R E - R E S C U E T A S K F O R C E
M E E T I N G M I N U T E S
O C T O B E R 2 1, 1 9 9 2
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The Tequesta Fire - Rescue Task Force held a regularly scheduled
meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 1992 in the Village Hall,
357 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida. The meeting was called
to order at 4:30 p.m. by Chairman Wade Griest. Task Force
members in attendance were: Chairman Wade Griest,
Councilmember Ron T. Mackail, Mervin Crockett, Thomas J.
Rodth, Dr. Stanley Jacobs, Hal Hutchinson and Sandy Linnan.
Staff members present were: Village Manager, Thomas G.
Bradford; Joann Manganiello, Village Clerk and Police Chief
Carl Roderick.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Chairman Griest, in laying out some ground rules regarding
public comments, stated that at this particular meeting of the
Task Force the public would not be allowed to comment so as
to allow the Board ample time to take care of Agenda business.
The public in attendance objected.
Chairman Griest stated that he would like to: 1) read for the
Board a letter from Boardmember Alec Cameron; and under ANY
OTHER MATTERS, 2) disseminate a revised copy of the 30 -year
Lease Agreement for Fire Station 11 on Seabrook Road; 3)
discussion of Equivalent Residential Units (ERU); and also 4)
to allow Mr. Peter Allen, of North County Ambulance, to
respond to comments made Mr. Hutchinson at last week's Fire
Rescue Task Force meeting regarding North County Ambulance
response. Boardmember Jacobs asked to present under Item IV,
a list of comments he had prepared in response to the previous
presentation of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, and a list of
Budget Requirements.
Boardmember Rodth moved to approve the Agenda as amended.
Boardmember Crockett seconded the motion. The vote on the
motion was:
Mervin Crockett - for
Ron T. Mackail - for
Thomas Rodth - for
Wade Griest - for
Dr. Stanley Jacobs - for
Hal Hutchinson - against
Sandy Linnan - for
The motion was therefore passed and adopted.
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III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (October 14, 1992)
Page 4, second paragraph, first sentence, change 99 12 1 ' to 19
Boardmember Jacobs moved to approve the Fire - Rescue Task Force
Minutes of October 14, 1992 as amended. Boardmember Rodth
seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was:
Mervin Crockett - for
Ron T. Mackail - for
Thomas Rodth - for
Wade Griest - for
Dr. Stanley Jacobs - for
Hal Hutchinson - for
Sandy Linnan - for
The motion was therefore passed and adopted.
IV. COMMENTS - CHAIRMAN GRIEST
1. Chairman Griest reminded those in attendance that the
Fire Rescue Task Force is not a voting Body, but merely
a recommending Body;
2. The Board's mission is to recommend a fire - rescue plan,
equal or better to what presently exists, at a lesser
cost;
3. It is not the intent of the Board to eliminate jobs;
4. The Board is not functioning for political gains and is
not anti - union, but merely a volunteer group;
5. The Board is not functioning to settle any personal or
group vendettas;
6. Councilman Ron Mackail, a member of the Board, is a
liaison member of the committee and has a vote on the
committee;
7. Any and all constructive and formative comments will be
gladly received, especially in written form;
8. Donations of fire equipment or firehouse from any
interested local citizens would gladly be accepted
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Chairman Griest read into the record a memorandum from
Boardmember Alec Cameron, (Exhibit A attached) (who was not
present at today's meeting), stating his thoughts on fire
rescue standards for Tequesta. Mr. Cameron's suggestions
were:
• Response time shoudl be comparable to what present
exists;
o Equipment types /crew levels may not have to equate
what presently exists as provided by PBC F /R;
• Rescue: presently in 'overkill' mode; needs to be
cost - effective
V. DISCUSSION OF LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR TEQUESTA FIRE - RESCUE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FROM
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
Village Manager Bradford explained that at the last Fire
Rescue Task Force meeting it was determined to set up an RFP
for the Tequesta Fire Rescue Department, whether a private
service organization was chosen to provide that service, or,
alternatively, to have another government, such as Martin
County or the City of Palm Beach Gardens, bid on Tequesta's
Fire Rescue Service: either way, there is needed a set of
specifications. Today's discussion will cover those standards
and specifications (specs). Mr. Bradford reminded the Task
Force that it is necessary to take into account, when
considering these specs: 1) an overview of the entire Fire
Rescue organization, and 2) if someone other than Tequesta
runs the Fire Rescue Department, it is possible that those
service providers may some day be employees of the Village in
the event of dissatisfaction with contracted services.
Therefore, Mr. Bradford urged the Boardmembers to be certain
of the level of competency that should be required. It was
further his suggestion that the Fire Rescue Organization could
be broken down as follows:
A. Administration
1. FIRE PROTECTION - (fire station, firefighters, work
schedules, auxiliary personnel, mutual aid, HASMAT,
etc.)
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o Fire Company - (typically the basic manpower levels
on any shift)
Fire Chief
Lieutenant EMS Service
Firefighter Paramedic
Firefighter Paramedic
The State of Florida has no minimum manning standard
on fire trucks.
Mr. Bradford felt it was imperative that the Task Force
set as a pre- requisite that anyone employed by the
Village or in a contract situation be a certified
firefighter, as well as being a certified emergency
medical technician (EMT).
Though Palm Beach County Fire /Rescue (PBC F /R) paramedics
are cross - trained as firefighters, it is not wise to send
a paramedic into a burning structure, since part of the
protocol for him /her is to be caring for those victims
brought out of a burning structure and to watch over the
firefighters themselves.
Ron Beasley, President, Firefighters and Paramedics of Palm
Beach County, and a member of the Firefighters Standards and
Training Council for the State of Florida, interrupted by
stating he felt it was absurd for the Task Force to take its
information on how a structure fire should be fought from a
person who does not understand the system.
o Work Schedules - Mr. Bradford pointed out that
the Board may or may not want to get into Work Schedules for
RFP service, and may want to leave that up to the contractor
to determine, but stated further that the Fair Labor Standards
Act states that the maximum work period can be defined as 28
days and any hours worked in excess of 212 hours during a 28-
day work period must be paid at time and a half.
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Tequesta will need a minimum of 15 auxiliary firefighting
personnel (16 counting the Chief, plus 15 auxiliary) for a
total of 31. Auxiliary means: trained under the Department's
training standards, may have to work one shift per month, each
would have a pager, would be required to respond to
approximately 500 or more of all fire calls occurring on a
monthly basis, and paid approximately $1,200 per year, basic
compensation.
o Mutual Aid - Specs should provide Mutual Aid: 1)
Tequesta would strive to become part of Northern Area Mutual
Aid Consortium (NAMAC); 2) enter into a mutual aid agreement
with Martin County; 3) pursue mutual aid with Jupiter Island.
o HASMAT - Used only as first responder. A major
disaster circumstance could be responded to through mutual aid
from Martin County and Palm Beach Gardens.
o Dive Team - Used to extricate drowning victims, or
vehicles which have gone into bodies of water, etc. This
capability is provided through the Sheriff's Office for most
of these functions, but a local quick- response dive capability
may be desired. The Tequesta Police Department does have
certified divers.
2. FIRE PREVENTION
Established in 1957, Tequesta is fortunate that is in not
too old structurally, therefore having no deteriorating
structures, making the fire prevention task easier. A fire
code needs to be established for Tequesta (i.e., NFPA
standards, Southern Standard Building Code, or adopt PBC fire
codes).
o Plan Review and Construction Inspection - PBC
reviews construction plans for the fire codes, for a small
fee. A trained inspector inspects the structure after
construction to assure it is in accordance with the Codes.
o Fire Marshall - must be designated (could be the
Fire Chief) , whose responsibilities 90% in the area of fire
prevention. Arson: establish a team approach. Police
Department already has training in arson investigation and the
Fire Marshall would be utilized. The State Fire Marshall has
a West Palm Beach Office for assistance.
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o Emergency Medical Service - Determine who will
provide this service, level of care /service, etc.
o Ambulances - Today's typical ambulance is modular
on perhaps a Ford 35 chassis, complying with State or County
standards regarding equipment. The cost is $50,000
unequipped, and, with equipment, approximately $25,000 more.
One back -up, in good condition, refurbished, would cost
approximately $30,000. Training and education, regularly and
frequently, is important to be certain the quality and level
of personnel remains to standards. Education and Training
updates are necessary every three years with an average cost
of $1600 per person. If contracting the service, minimal
standards for full -time people need to be considered.
o Insurance Services Organization (ISO) - Tequesta
would probably need a Class A 1250 GPA pumper (ranging from
$150,000 - $228,000 new), and a 75 foot aerial ladder truck
(ranging from $200,000 - $500,000 with a life of approximately
20 years new.) It is not necessary to purchase new equipment.
Incidental equipment ($25,000 - $26,000 /truck) is not included.
The contract goal would be to maintain a Class 4 rating as now
exists.
o Budget (in contract) - Determine, up front, what any
increases in costs are going to be during the course of the
contract time. An alternative would be a franchise, wherein
it can be stated that an increase will be commensurate with
the CPI escalation.
The two biggest costs would be capital items and fire station
conversion costs, with the number one cost being personnel
expenses.
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Mr. Bradford explained that in one more week he would have
prepared an analysis covering:
o Cost of startup for present fiscal year (Dollars
needed to become operational)
o Expenses, Hiring to run concurrently with PBC in
summer '93
o Cost of running the entire department for FY 94
o Cost of providing rescue service:
in- house, and
from North County Ambulance on a contractual
basis
This analysis will follow Village format covering
salaries and wages, overtime, benefits, insurances,
workers compensation, etc.
Mayor Collings asked to make a comment. The public objected,
stating that if no one from the audience was allowed to speak,
Mayor Collings also should not be allowed to speak.
Boardmember Jacobs moved that the Board allow Mayor Collings,
as ex officio member of all Village Task Forces and all
Village Committees, the right to speak. There was no second.
After further discussion, the Board determined that the public
would be allowed to speak at the close of all Task Force
discussion.
VI. ANY OTHER MATTERS
A) Boardmember Jacobs commented on the presentation of last
meeting of Chief Iacona of PBC F /R, and read his comments
into the record (Exhibit B attached):
o Tequesta has no control over its escalating fire -
rescue costs charged by PBC F /R, who answers only
to the County Commission; many costs presently
charged to Tequesta could be eliminated.
o Station 11 not only serves Tequesta, but other
surrounding areas as well; more equipment and
personnel need to be dedicated to Tequesta.
B) Peter Allen, North County Ambulance, responded to
allegations made by Mr. Hutchinson at the last Task Force
Meeting, that North County Ambulance did not respond in
two incidences.
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Mr. Allen explained that one call, on 9/25/92, at
Caloosahatchee and Indiantown Road involving assault,
with a police officer involved. Fire Rescue was
dispatched at 3:57 a.m., arriving on the scene within
three minutes; North County Ambulance was dispatched at
3:59 a.m. Fire Rescue, seven minutes later, cancelled
North County Ambulance while North County Ambulance was
responding to the call. Those in need transported
themselves.
The second call was at Pinecrest and Indian Creek on
10/13/92, an overdose. Fire Rescue was dispatched at
12:50 a.m., and was enroute within two minutes; North
County Ambulance was dispatched at 12:53 a.m., and
enroute within two minutes. Fire Rescue arrived on the
scene five minutes later and six minutes after that
cancelled the ambulance. Five minutes later PBC F/R
called the Dispatch to say they would be transporting
themselves, and arrived at the hospital 18 minutes after
that.
Mr. Allen pointed out that North County Ambulance did
respond to those two calls, to be later cancelled out.
He pointed out further that there are times when
incidences take place which cannot be helped and gave an
example: Two days ago, at 300 North A1A, Ocean Parks
Condos, PBC F/R and North County Ambulance were called
for a head laceration, paged at 11:29 a.m., enroute one
minute later. PBC F/R arrived on scene 25 minutes later,
only because they received false information - a bad
address. When PBC F/R arrived North County Ambulance had
the patient packaged up, in the ambulance, and fully
treated and were pulling out of the parking lot. PBC F/R
checked the patient out and agreed it was a BLS patient.
Mr. Allen merely gave this as an example that there are
times when things happen that cannot be helped. He
stated further that though he is convinced that Mr.
Hutchinson has the best interests of Tequesta at heart,
he is equally convinced that Mr. Hutchinson has been the
victim of a little poetic license a la PBC F /R.
C) Chairman Griest provided a revised copy of the 30 -year
Lease Agreement for Fire Station 11 to each member of the
Board, pointing out that item number 23 should read:
COMMITMENT TO VILLAGE During the life of this Lease or
any extension thereof, the Districts Fire Station on
Seabrook Road shall be responsible for servicing all
areas within the Village limits of the Village of
Tequesta, Florida.
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Village Manager Bradford explained that the intent of
that statement was to spell out that the purpose of that
property and the station which sits upon it was to be
responsible for servicing all areas within the Village
limits of the Village of Tequesta.
Boardmember Hutchinson questioned whether item 8, which
states, that the covered territory ...shall be the area
of the Fire Control District in Palm Beach County, north
of the Loxahatchee River, ... is actually in conflict
with item number 23. Village Manager Bradford pointed
out that that is why item 14, which allows for an
arbitrator, is included.
Mr. Bradford felt that it was probably irrelevant to be
talking about Station 11. His proposal for presentation
next week shows that Station 11 does not necessarily have
to be used. He felt the immediate concerns of the Board
should be regarding the details of providing fire rescue
service for Tequesta.
Mayor Collings stated he felt the Task Force was looking
at several options: 1) an outside supplier; 2) Village
supplying its own service; and 3) re- examining service
with PBC with a new type of arrangement. It was Mayor
Collings' opinion that, if the Task Force determined to
have mutual aid agreements with other organizations, it
might be to Tequesta's advantage to have Station 11
functioning. Boardmember Rodth remembered PBC F/R
representatives saying Station 11 would be abandoned by
PBC for fire coverage, but occupied by them for rescue
services. It was determined that that needed to be
clarified.
Mr. Bradford pointed out that on a short -term horizon,
it is not as critical as it may appear to make a decision
on Station 11, since Tequesta must construct a temporary
station to enable a Tequesta Fire Department to "get off
the ground ".
D) Chairman Griest - Copy of letter from Chief Brice
regarding ERU - Mr. Bradford stated that a letter had
been written by Deputy Chief Larry Rester, seeking
information on what the cost would be of all Tequesta
properties if the ERU method to be recommended is
accepted. The number $706,664.00 - today's total is
$797,000.00. A vote on ERU will be taken on October 26
or 27th.
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Mr. Bradford stated, that if this method is adopted, a
significant number of individual homeowners in Tequesta
would experience a drop in their cost.
Boardmember Hutchinson left the meeting at 6:35 p.m.
VII. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Michael Mayo, representing Entire Properties, Inc. in
Tequesta, as well as beint a Lt. with PBC F /R, explained a
typical house fire and how manpower is used, stating that
first responder in a dual engine response to a house fire in
Jupiter Inlet Colony or a high -rise condominium would be from
Jupiter. Mr. Mayo stated it is much better working with a
five -man team who are always working together, as opposed to
calling on people from all around. It was his suggestion to
the Task Force to try to get a perspective of levels of
service. Mr. Bradford asked Mr. Mayo for his opinion on a
five -man concept, with 15 volunteers and working together
closely with Martin County. Mr. Mayo felt a volunteer system
is good, but one can never depend on how many will respond.
He felt Martin County, in a mutual aid agreement with
Tequesta, would use Tequesta more than Tequesta used them.
This would cause Tequesta's systems to be out of their own
area. Mr. Bradford asked Mr. Mayo how he thought the
firefighters would feel if Chief Brice was successful in
creating a separate MSTU for the north county if the proposal
did not impact the men's wages. Mr. Mayo stated he had heard
discussion on the issue, and felt it made no difference to the
men, since they did not care to get involved in politics.
Betty Nagey asked if it would be feasible to have a temporary
fire station in back of the Village Hall with a Library in
close proximity. Mr. Bradford felt a traffic conflict would
probably arise only "once in a blue moon", stating that sirens
would probably sound before any vehicles left the bay. He
explained further that next fiscal year, the County Library
will be building a sidewalk from Willow Road to
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George Andres, 20 years of fire service experience, and was
Chief of south Martin County Fire Department for 9 years: It
takes Martin County, out of Station 20, north of Stuart, 15-
20 minutes to get to Tequesta; Station 36 is inadequately
manned; Jupiter Island has not always been reliable, since
their equipment is not properly maintained; Martin County EMS
does not have defibrillators nor half the equipment as does
PBC F /R. Mr. Andres felt the quality that Tequesta is looking
for would not be found in Martin County.
Pert Towne felt the main concern is back -up and the residents
of Little Club are very concerned regarding the service they
get from Martin County.
Mr. Bradford stated that the quality of service of PBC F/R is
unquestionable, but if Martin County chose to increase their
level of service and Tequesta chose to contract with them, it
would be to Tequesta's benefit.
John Bartlett, felt a real concern of the Village and of the
Task Force ought to be legal liability. Definition needs to
be given when considering 'equal or better at less cost' as
to what actually is equal or better. He felt a personal
injury attorney could define what is equal, and gave a
scenario with an explanation. Mr. Bradford commented that
that is why the Village holds professional liability
insurance, and as far as level of service is concerned, the
law would be on the side of Village as far as establishing
level of service.
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VIII. ADJOURNMENT
There being no other matters before the Board, Boardmember
Crockett moved that the meeting be adjourned. Boardmember
Jacobs seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was:
Mervin Crockett - for
Thomas Rodth - for
Wade Griest - for
Dr. Stanley Jacobs - for
Sandy Linnan - for
the meeting was adjourned at 7:20 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Fran Bitters
Recording Secretary
Date Approved:
ATTEST:
J ann Manganiel
Village Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
To: Mr. Wade E. Griest
Chairman, Fire Rescue Task Force
Tequesta, FL
From: Alec Cameron
Since I have an unresolvable scheduling conflict, I cannot be at the
Task Force Meeting on October 21. However, I do have some thoughts on
the subject of standards that I wish you to read.
I do feel that we have an extraordinarily difficult job; we have to
arrive at a logical, business -like conclusion to a very emotional issue.
And, we already have a sacred cow issue, the "better or equal" standard.
Let's critically examine that standard. First, the fire portion. Ob-
viously, when your kitchen is full of smoke, like mine was a few years
ago, and the Station 11 guys get there in 35 seconds or so, from 100
yards away, you are happy with the response time. Obviously, again, we
certainly have to meet the standard of response time.
How about equipment types and crew levels? Here, there seems to be
much room for discussion, obviously, again, here we have to do what is
optimum for Tequesta. And, I question if the same or better can really
be applied here. Certainly, I don't think we have to be bound to recom-
mend exactly what they now have in Station 11, etc.
As to the rescue part, I continue to be appalled at'the' degree of
response we get. In Tequesta Gardens, we have a lot of rescue situations;
the heart attacks, strokes, falls, etc., that senior citizens are prone to
suffer. And, what do we get in response? One police car with patrolman,
two ambulances with crews, and, most always, one fire truck with crew.
Now this is "overkill" if I ever saw it. Certainly, we need to get the
County to clear up the ridiculous double ambulance requirements. And, it
seems to me, that, if we had our own system, the fire truck could be sum-
moned when really required by a simple radio call from the policeman or
medics upon their arrival. Having been carried out on a stretcher from
one of our apartments, I know it can be done without the fire crew under
ordinary situations.
Thus, I think it is clear, that, except for response time and having
an emergency vehicle with an appropriately trained crew, we really don't
want or need to meet the existing standard of rescue service, since it is
clearly much more than is necessary, or useful, and it's certainly not
cost - effective!
I think it is also useful to note that we saw some of the high cost
of the County Fire Rescue Service demonstrated at our last meeting. We
had four or five well -paid, white- shirted types in attendance, one of
whom clearly had the sole responsibility of "hand - holding" the media.
Obviously, we have to pay for all this expensive overhead! Obviously,
part of the problem!
And, last, but not least, Mr. Chairman, I do think you need to do
much more to keep the meetings on- track. I know you have deep con-
victions regarding getting better participation at public meetings, but
we have had an enormous waste of time at our past meetings. Most . of
the speakers and questioners from the audience so far have obvious
private agendas, like running for office, or preserving jobs in the
present fire rescue set -up, or both, or whatever, etc. Also, for example,
we had one well- intentioned lady last time who made big points of how she
felt that what we were doing was unnecessary, had been turned down before,
etc. This was totally non - relevant to the Task Force assignment and
should have been re- directed! She needs to take her objections to the
Council, not to the Task Force. She'll clearly have an opportunity when
we present our recommendations, whatever they may be! Let's get the Task
Force business one! I suggest the one question per person, three minute
limit rule.
Thank you,
Alec Cameron
575 -5386
cc: Task Force Members
Village Council
Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager
Comments prepared by Dr. Stan Jacobs for Task force Fire Rescue Meeting 10 -21 -92
" Analysis of Palm Beach Co. Fire Rescue presentation By Chief Mike Iacona on
10- 14-92. First there is no quettion as to quality of personnel and equipment
and response for service needed. The question is cost and whether we can duplicate
or better this for less. We cannot allow Tequesta to be slowly strangled by
increasing costs of 1}25% per year.
Palm Beach County Fire - Rescue reports only to P* Beach County Commissioners.
We have no say or or control over cost, present or future. We also have no control
over protocols or procedures. We can only accept and pay on demand each year.
Our needs may be different from the massive and diverse County.
Station 11 on Seabrook Rd. serves Six (6) different governmental Constituents.
1. Tequesta 2. Palm Beach County North of River. 3. Jupiter North of River
4. Jupiter Inlet Colony 5.Jupiter anw Pain Beach County South of River.
6. Martin County Mutual Aid North of County Line Rd. to Jonathon Dickinson Park.
Thus this is not a Tequesta Department but a Regional Department for the
Jupttet Tequesta-and -surrounding area even-to. Juno. Beach jf nee
First Response for Station it brings: 1 Lt., 2 Firemen, 2 Paramedics
Equipment is 1 Pumper- Fire Engine. 1 Rescue Unit.
Second Response and back -up is from Station 12 on Hepburn St. When this is'closed
it will be from Central Blvd. Area.
Response Times: Police 1.5 Minutes. P.B. Co. F.R. from Seabrook averages 4.231Minutes
North County Ambulances about 4 minutes average.
When P.B. Co. is elsewhere as at Hospital or Jupiter this can be 6 -8 -10 minutes.
Importance: Heart Attack - Cardiac Arrest, without Oxygen patient is Brain
Dead in 4 minutes.
Fire-goes from ignition to flash&ver in 6 to S minutes.
Police are still our best line of Service!
We need more equipment and personnel dedicated to Tequesta and North of the
River because of Geographical Location. We are OK when Station 11 people are
here but in jeopardy wheb they are in another area, even with back -up from Sta.12.
2 .
Cost of Operating Station 11 ( Pg. 16)
Personnel $1,118,250
Additional Costs summary 443 40
$1,561,790
Above costs are not just for Tequesta but for entire region covered by
Station 11 including the six or more areas mentioned above.
Cost per capita stated by Chief Iacona is $94 per person.
Tequesta with 4000 residents would equal $376,000
We are paying ,$800,000 next year. Commercial may be added to this amount?
EMS Calls to Tequesta 1987 197 Total from Sta it 578 34% Tequesta
1991 350
1992 368
Jupiter Inlet Colony 1992 16
Jupiter No. Of River 44
Unincorporated N. of River prox. ?? 20
.. Total
Fire Calls Tequesta 1987 57 Total Calls 208 271% Tequesta
Type Calls 1987 for 3 mos. 4 cars, Fuel Leak, Smell Gas, Illegal Burn, Power Line,
10 False Alarms, No structural Fires.
Average for EMS and Fire Engine Useage 20 -35% Maximum with available figures.
On cost of $1,118,250 for Sta. 11 20% - - -- $223,650
359 391.387
On cost of $1,561,790 20 312.358
35% 546,626
If on our own what could we eliminate:
Supervisory Personnel $ 70,000
Support Functions 141,465
Ladder Service 45,600
Station 12 Back -up 94.891
$351.956
C k ! ij M u rL-f tft 13/(- MA tiI e 6 "c"./ " co ST 0
Overall Increasing Costs by County arei
` 1 . Building New Stations
2. Reduce Work Week to 50 Hrs. next year, Jan.1 50 more men
3. Ambulance Transport Takeover 50 more Medics
4.Cost of Additional Ambulances ? ??
5. $54,000,000 Bond Issue will add to our Cost ? ??
6. Other Unknown Costs which we will be a pert of ? ? ? ??