September 26, 2024 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
The Emergency Management Group has completed a Fire Master Plan for the Town of New Tecumseth.
This is the second part of the work being completed by EMG following the delivery of the Comprehensive Risk Assessment in June 2024.
This Fire Master Plan is a strategic plan that will provide guidance to Council for the next ten years by providing effective and efficient fire protection and emergency services to the Town.
The Fire Master Plan will aim to sustain and enhance the use of the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Three Lines of Defence: Public education and prevention; Fire Safety Standards and Code Enforcement; and Emergency response.
EMG has outlined 45 recommendations in the Fire Master Plan along with a recommended implementation timeframe. The recommendations cover a range of functional categories including public fire safety education, emergency response, department facilities and vehicles, and staff and personnel deployment and strategic priorities.
In late 2022 fire staff met with representatives from Alliston, Adjala Tosorontio and Essa Fire Departments determining that all three needed the same consulting services for Fire Master Plan and Community Risk Assessments.
In early 2023, a joint Request for Proposal for all three fire services went through a New Tecumseth led procurement process. The approved capital project was awarded to Emergency Management Group from the City of Barrie to provide consulting services for a Fire Master Plan and a Community Risk Assessment for all three fire services with significant savings for each municipality.
This is the third Fire Master Plan since amalgamation in 1991 with the previous occurring in May 2004 by CGI Insurance Business Services and April 2013 by Dillon Consulting.
Fire staff will review and prioritize the recommendations contained within the Fire Mast Plan and prepare an implementation plan.
Recommendations within the Fire Master Plan requiring financial funding will be included on future capital and operating for approval.