Southern Platte Fire maintains an adequate complement of staff, supplies, equipment, and apparatus to perform effective fire suppression in the jurisdictions it is committed to serve. Fire apparatus staffing typically consists of three personnel (one officer, two firefighters) per engine or aerial, two personnel (one officer, one firefighter) on water tankers or brush units. Command staff vehicles and the mobile air truck are each staffed by one person.
Daily emergency response staffing consists of eleven (11) career fire personnel on three, 24-hour shift assignments, operating twelve (12) pieces of first-line apparatus, plus one battalion chief command vehicle out of four (4) fire stations. Several of the twelve apparatus are cross-staffed by station personnel to provide enough flexibility to ensure an adequate standard of cover.
A standard first alarm response for a single-family residence consists of three engine companies and one battalion chief. This brings a minimum of 10 firefighters to the scene. The incident commander, usually a battalion chief, has the prerogative to request additional resources as conditions warrant. Implemented in 2006, an auto-aid agreement was entered into with Kansas City Fire Department (KCFD). On all second alarm activations, an additional two engine companies, one ladder truck, Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) and one additional battalion chief will respond from KCFD. This will bring an additional 20 firefighters to the scene. All SPFPD personnel utilize the Incident Management System (IMS) to manage and mitigate all natural or man-made emergencies.
A database is utilized to monitor critical parameters related to fire suppression performance. Data is utilized to define areas of improvement and make subsequent revisions to Standard Operating Guidelines (SOG’s).
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