Item 4 - Fire Staffing and Response Time Update.pdf

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Fire Staffing and 
Response Time 
Update
Public Safety & Justice Subcommittee
April 1, 2026
Attachment B

Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) 
Excise Tax
•City Council approved increasing the TPT 
from 2.3% to 2.8%
•Excise Tax Bond Sale/Impact Fees
•New Apparatus & Equipment
•New Fire Stations 71 & 93
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•TPT: Dedicated additional $25 million to the Fire 
Department
•134 sworn
•19 civilian
•2025-26 Budget
•32 sworn SAFER positions
•24 sworn positions needed to staff Engine 915 
and Rescue 915
Fire Department Additions
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Specific Fire Department Additions
Battalion 8
Rescue 12
Ladder 10
Rescue 1
Medical Response 1 (MR933)
• Medical Response 2
• Medical Response 3
• Medical Response 4
• Engine 71
• Rescue 71
• Engine 93
• Rescue 93
• Resource Management, 
Training, Human Resources, 
ETS, CRR, ERSO, EMS, AHQ, 
Member Services
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•December 2025 – Community Risk Reduction 
Captain, Fire Facilities Administrator, Paramedic 
Training Coordinator
•January 2026 – 1 Medical Response (MR933), 
Rescue 1, Community Risk Education Firefighter, 
Accountant for ETS
•February 2026 – Ladder 10
•March 2026 – Fire Station 74 
Placed Into Service 
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•Fire Station 15
•Hire Fire Communications Shift Supervisor and 
Dispatcher
•Medical Response Vehicle 2 (MR45)
Coming Soon
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•Authorized sworn positions – 2,059
(To include 134 TPT positions effective 7/1/25)
TOTAL FILLED SWORN POSITIONS INCLUDING 
RECRUIT CLASS 26-1 (63 Recruits)
1,938
•Future Recruit Class 26-2 ( 47 Recruits)
Sworn Staffing, January 2026
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42
47
50
36
64
58
9
10
20
12
26
32
13
4
0
20
40
60
80
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Fire Department Attrition Data
Retirement
Non-Retirement
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Online Testing Review
•Civil Service test
•Phoenix Fire test
•74% completion rate
•Increase in out-of-state applicants (134)
Future Projects
•Use of Fit scores in platform vs. academy 
success
•Online option for candidate interviews
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1,445 
1,271 
1,105 
1,267 
2,142
921 
730 
600 
765 
1,627 
634
467
407
516
917
 -
 500
 1,000
 1,500
 2,000
 2,500
FY21-22
FY22-23
FY23-24
FY24-25
FY25-26
Tested
Passed
Applicants
FF Recruit Testing 
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Cadet Program Highlights
•Feeder Program
•Cadet Academy
•Volunteer Opportunities
•City Tours 
•Ride Along Program 
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•Phoenix Fire & Police recruiting partnership
•Meet firefighters, officers, dispatchers, and crime 
specialists 
•Fire: Live fire evolution & vehicle extrication
•Police: K9, bomb squad, special assignments
•March 7, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Police & Fire
Career Experience Event Schedule 
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Total Incident 
Call Volume 
Ambulance 
Response Times for 
Critical EMS
First Arriving 
Ladder to a Fire
First Arriving 
Engine to a Fire
Critical EMS 
Incident 
10:00
AZDHS
9:20
NFPA
5:20
NFPA
5:00
NFPA
Standard
4,040
09:33
07:52
05:41
07:33
Council District 1
2,924
10:22
11:04
06:12
08:11
Council District 2
4,483
09:07
10:39
05:20
07:28
Council District 3
6,118
08:07
08:47
05:36
06:30
Council District 4
4,265
08:33
08:59
05:00
06:48
Council District 5
3,885
09:25
11:03
05:55
07:11
Council District 6
5,517
09:36
08:51
05:48
07:27
Council District 7
6,783
09:09
08:47
05:00
07:05
Council District 8
38,015
09:14
09:28
05:41
07:16
Citywide 
Incidents reported in PHX Council Districts, 90 percentile response times (first in unit) 1/1/2026 –
02/28/2026
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Incidents reported in PHX Council Districts, 90 percentile response times (first in unit) 1/1/2023 –
03/31/2023
Ambulance Response 
Times for Critical EMS
First Arriving Ladder 
to a Fire
First Arriving Engine 
to a Fire
Critical EMS Incident 
10:00
AZDHS
9:20
NFPA
5:20
NFPA
5:00
NFPA
Standard
10:30
08:56
05:39
07:34
Council District 1
12:05
12:53
08:03
08:42
Council District 2
09:32
10:43
05:13
07:27
Council District 3
09:19
06:59
04:51
06:42
Council District 4
09:05
09:49
04:36
06:51
Council District 5
10:40
07:58
06:05
07:39
Council District 6
11:20
12:45
07:07
08:02
Council District 7
10:29
08:54
05:18
07:08
Council District 8
10:21
09:56
05:40
07:29
Citywide Q1 2023
09:14
09:28
05:41
07:16
Citywide Slide 13
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PFD Transports
Monthly Average 
Patient Transports
Year
8,608
2026
8,987
2025
8,372
2024
Note: Data from 01/01/2026 to 02/28/2026.
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•MR933 – January 12, 2026
•270 Incidents 
•Rescue 1 – January 26, 2026
•758 Incidents
Impact of Investment
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•Public awareness and education
•Yield right-of-way, pull to the right, stop, stay 
back 500 feet, don’t stop in the apparatus 
egress path
•Public and first responder safety
•Reduce response times
•Compliance with law and best practices
Lights & Sirens Campaign
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