CSFD Info Flashcards
Date CSFD began
February 12, 1894
126 years
1999 City Council CSFD Standards of Coverage
First Response - 8 min
Effective Force - 12 min
Must meet 90% of time
2018 Incidents
68,853
Outside Agency Agreements
Mutual Aid
Automatic Aid
Intergovernmental Agreements
Contracted Fire Service
2007 Staffing
452 - Sworn FTE
62 - Civilian FTE
2019 Staffing
Sworn = 451 FTE Civilian = 57.5 (+14 grant funded)
Shift System
Berkley System
On-Off-On-Off-On-4 Days Off
When was Colorado Springs Founded?
July 31, 1871
Who founded Colorado Springs?
General William Jackson Palmer
Colorado Springs Land Mass
Largest city by land mass in state
194 Square Miles
Colorado Springs Population 2016
475,963
CSFD Mission Statement
The mission of the CSFD is to provide fire, emergency and prevention services with professionalism, compassion and excellence.
2019 CSFD General Fund Budget
55.6 million
2019 PSST Budget
19 million
2019 Grants Budget
1.9 million
Total Funding
76.5 million
Apparatus
22 Engines 6 Trucks (109’) 1 Heavy Rescue (Counts as a 7th truck company) 1 HazMat 1 Decontamination Vehicle 1 Air/Light Truck 3 Trauma Squads 2 Wildland (Type 3) Engines 17 Brush (Type 6) Trucks 1 Hose Wagon
Military Installations
Fort Carson Army Base Schriever Air Force Base Peterson Air Force Base Cheyenne Mountain Air Station (NORAD) United States Air Force Academy
City Council
9 members elected for 4 year terms
Colorado Springs form of government
Mayor-council municipal government
Mayor role
Chief Executive
City Council role
Legislative branch
Community Profile
Garden of the Gods Pike’s Peak United States Olympic HQ & Training Center US Air Force Academy The Broadmoor Hotel
CARES
Community Assistance, Referral and Education Services
