Chief's Monthly Report
West Valley Fire
Department
Yakima County Fire
District 12
For the Meeting June
10th, 2025
Agenda
Topic: Department Monthly
Progress Report
Prepared
By: Chief Nathan Craig
Date Prepared: June 4th, 2025
The purpose of this report is to update
the Board of Fire Commissioners, Officers Management Team, and fire personnel
on recent department activities and progress on strategic objectives.
Personnel
- Current
Staffing: Total personnel stand at 90, with 79 on-call members (58 operations,
14 support, and 7 on leave). No
changes
Operations
In May there were
a total of 98 alarms in the district, 31 were ambulance only calls.
Incidents: YTD Incidents by Zone YTD Zone
Station 51
13 38 19 71 (24%)
Station 52
11 57 24 110 (37%)
Station 53
8 44 16 85
(29%)
Station 54
5 22 8 29 (10%)
Station 50
30 (6 Duty) 134
295
Yakima
0 1
Ambulance Only
31 (6 Lift) 137
Total 433
Incident Type: Month Type YTD
Fire 10 5 bldg (2AA), 4 veg (1MA), 1
cook (MA)\ 29
EMS 60 50 EMS, 10 MVC 289
Hazardous Condition 0 5
Service Call 10 8
lift, 2 unauthorized burning 37
Good Intent 15 13
Smoke, 2 burning
32
False Alarm 6 4
AFA, 2 AMA 28
Action Taken: Month Type YTD
Canceled enroute 13 3 AFA, 2 EMS, 3 AA, 3 MVC, 1 Veg, 1 Burn 43
Extinguishment 6 2
building, 3 vegetation, 1 burn 24
Provide BLS 43 234
Assist Invalid 8
32
Investigate 25 3 MVC, 6 EMS, 13 smoke, 1 AFA, 1 CO, 1 Locked In
92
Other 1 Extricate 3
Automatic Aid Received (both agencies respond) Automatic Aid Given
From Highland 0 To Highland 0
From Yakima 4 To Yakima 3
From Gleed 0 To BIA 0
YTD 13 YTD 6
Mutual Aid Received 0 Mutual Aid
Given 2 (YAK)
YTD 1 YTD 3
There were $121,200 in losses from two fires last month, both fires were
in mobile harms and caused extensive damage to the structure and contents. Additionally, 20 acres of wildland were
burned.
The first four weeks of Nurse Navigator there were 132 911 calls routed
to the nurses, 78 of those resulted in a BLS ambulance response, 52 were
navigated, and 2 resulted in an ALS response.
Of the 52 navigated callers, 27 were able to perform self-care, 9 referred
to a clinic, 9 were handled by a virtual doctor and 7 received a LYFT ride to
the ER. Sixteen callers were unable to
be assessed due to hanging up, physician directive, refusing triage, or was a third-party
caller. The nurse line answers the calls
on average in 15 seconds or less and the average amount of time on the phone
with the patient is 8 minutes 40 seconds.
Response Times: (Target= within 1 mile of station 8
minutes or less, add 2 minutes every mile after) Qualifying Alarms: 44mo, 171yr,
Target met: mo. 31 (70%) yr. 117 (68%), Target not met: mo. 13 (30%) yr. 54 (32%).
NFPA 1720
Responses for rural areas (6 FFs on scene within 14 minutes, 80% of the
time). Incidents: 2mo, 11yr, target met mo. 1
(50%), yr 6 (55%), target not met: mo. 1 (50%) yr. 5 (45%).
Recruitment/Retention
Prepared by DC Johnston
The Fall Recruit academy applications were due May 31st, we
received six Firefighter applications, four Cadet applications, and one Support
Service application. There will be a
Meet & Greet on June 11th at the stations for the candidates
followed by Physical Ability testing and Interviews on June 14th
starting at 09:00.
Department
Training and Safety Prepared by DC Johnston
May Drills
included: Equipment Check / Station Drill, Natural Gas Emergencies, OTEP
Workshop B (Cardiac, Toxicology, & HazMat), and Drafting. There is also a Wildland Refresher for the
Sawyers.
Developed the June
Drill Schedule: Equipment Check / Station Drill, EVIP Rodeo / Fit Testing, EVIP
Road Course, and Officers Choice.
After the busy
first two weeks of May no other extra training or classes took place in May.
On May 28th
the Safety and Training Committee met for the 2nd quarter Safety and
Training Meeting.
On June 3rd
we hosted Yakima Fire Department with their Recruit Academy Live Fire training.
Budget/Finance Prepared by
Officer Boisselle
The State Financial Report has been submitted. A
copy is available in the packet for review.
Fire Prevention/Public Education Prepared by Officer Boisselle
The District did
EMS stand by at the Wiley City Rodeo both days.
We once again
hosted West Valley FFA’s Farm Day event on May 20 and 21. We had members
showing off our engines and handing out stickers.
Interlocal
Coordination
- PROQA:The
dispatch steering group met to review nature codes, data, and ensure we
are set to switch from Spillman codes to PROQA codes for dispatch July 1.
Logistics Updates
- Apparatus Updates:
- Brush 51: Under construction.
- Tender 52: Requested billing for DNR funding and progress
report.
- Engine 54: Specifications are finalized.
·
Carports:
o
Permits received will be constructed
this month.
· Tender Nozzles: Arrived
being assembled and installed this month.
· Misc: Scene
lighting, sparky, trailer decking, and ID badge maker all here or ordered.
·
Purchasing
Schedule:
o
This month we are working on
security cameras and displaying our hose cart.
Strategic Plan –
- Action Plan: Report in packet.
- Operational Assessment: Technical Report #2 is due this week.
- Public Forum: All seven RSVPs were for the 12:00 meeting,
information will be provided to the board during the planning retreat.
- Planning Retreat Agenda: Draft agenda for review and requested
additions.
Grants
- Legends Casino Grant: Not awarded again.
- FEMA: AFG SAFER
and Prevention are open now, reviewing requirements for possible
submission.
- Outstanding Requests: Ecology
grant for EV fire blankets, DNR Ops, $100k for Brush 51 build, IAFC fuel
reduction $5k for dump trailer, BLM slip tank.
Community Engagement and Events
- Association Events:
- Flea
Market Training Grounds May 31st.
- Provided
a Dollars for Scholars scholarship to a West Valley student.
·
Wildfire
Ready Events:
o The Chip it Don’t Burn it yard waste event held at
Station 52 May 31st 0900-1300 took in 20 yards of chipped material
and another 30 yards of debris
o Next event is Station 53 June 28th.
Good
of the Order
·
Blood Drives:
o
Next Drive July 7th.
o
2024 Premier Red Cross partner with 215 units
collected.
·
Residential Burn Restrictions: The Fire
Marshal has restricted outdoor burning June 1 to September 1.
·
State Chiefs’ Conference:
o Presented
on WSRB committee work with Director Brooks.
Respectfully,
Nathan
Craig
Fire
Chief