CITY OF KIRKLAND
Fire Department · 123 Fifth Avenue, Kirkland, WA 98033 425.587.3650 · www.kirklandwa.gov
MEMORANDUM
To: Kurt Triplett, City Manager From: Joseph Sanford, Fire Chief Date: April 23, 2020 Subject: Fire Department Dashboard – 1st Qtr 2020 RECOMMENDATION: City Council receives the Fire Department dashboard for the 1st quarter of 2020. This dashboard was previously provided to the Public Safety Committee and included in the minutes for the other Councilmembers. Starting in 2020 with the elimination of committees, the dashboard will be periodically provided as a consent item to the full Council. The dashboard will be presented under “Business” at the May 5 Council meeting so that an
- verview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fire and emergency medical services
may be provided. BACKGROUND DISCUSSION: The Fire Department collects data from NORCOM dispatching and from internal records management systems. Together with the Finance Department, Fire compiles the data into charts and graphs and reviews them regularly for trends in incident type, incident volumes and monitoring response times for issues that impact them. The Fire Department dashboard has evolved to its current structure, content and format in response to questions and requests from the former Public Safety Committee over the past several years. The document is constantly changing and adapting to the changing needs of the community and the Council. The objective is to provide the Council with the key data required for policy decisions while continually improving the clarity and readability of the
- document. Fire Department Administration looks forward to feedback from Council for ways
to better meet the needs of the Council and the community through this dashboard. Additional data can be found in the 2018 Kirkland Fire Department Annual Report located on the City website at: https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/2018+Fire+Department+Annual+Report.pdf Attachment A: Q1 2020 Fire Department Dashboard
Council Meeting: 05/05/2020 Agenda: Special Presentations Item #: 7. b.