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Fire Chief Challenges and Opportunities The Fire Chief can expect to work closely with the Fire Department Personnel and City management team on the following: • Diversity — With recent and future retirements within the department, the department continues to look at ways to increase diversity within the workforce. This position will be charged with continuing to evaluate the efforts for increasing diversity through its recruitment programs as well as public education. Public education will provide guidance and insight for future applicants of the Fire Department. Continuing to build a strong working relationship with Ft. Bragg may also prove to be an avenue to increase diversity within the department. • Growth and Facilities - The City is expected to see continued economic growth with the 2021 forecasted completion of 1-295, an outer loop around the City. Originally prompted to provide direct access to 1-95 from Fort Bragg, the outer loop will provide investment opportunities as well as growth potential for the City. This growth will lead to an increase in population as well as demand for additional services provided by the department. The Fire Chief will be instrumental in the analysis of future station locations, and agreements with surrounding jurisdictions, to maintain and/or improve response times and to justify new station locations in anticipated capital bond elections. pll 1111( • Emergency Management - Fayetteville has recently seen the impact of two hurricanes and undoubtedly will see additional natural disasters at some point in the future. The City desires to have continuous training and improvements to its Emergency Response Planning for natural and man-made disasters. The new Fire Chief will continue to improve the emergency response planning for the department as well as provide innovative ideas for increasing public awareness and training. • Service Demands - As with most cities the size of Fayetteville, City has seen an increase in its homeless population which does result in additional calls for service. The new Fire Chief will be expected to bring innovative ideas for serving the homeless population and addressing their needs as well as the needs of the entire community. • Performance Measurement - The next Fire Chief will need to be committed to continuing the robustness of the City's performance measurement program and elevate its use and meaningfulness, as measures may be tied to departmental and employee performance goals. This will also include the ability to develop performance matrix and evolve them as the City continues to evaluate emergency response services. • Special Events — With the construction of a new baseball stadium in downtown, there will continue to be an increase in the number of special events per year which have an impact on public safety and other inlllllllllll//e; Illllluuol ! uluuuulllllllllll�lll , °�!�� "111111111[V111:1:11111111111111111L1011111 4.1 1111111111111111111N'a lullll�, Cq d, y��il��i m m uov a uiii Ill�mvw 111 VI IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIry oftrw ,e01 rhie 104..40404