HomeMy WebLinkAboutII. A. FY 2025-26 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANT (BUDGET) FIRE 4.1.2025PROPOSED FY 2025-26 OPERATING BUDGET
City of Virginia Beach
Ken Pravetz, Fire Chief
Fire Department
April 1, 2025
Department Organization Summary
•Total FTEs
•Total FTEs•Number of Divisions•Total FY 2024-25 Budget •Number of Divisions
•Total FY 2024-25 Budget
Total FTEs Number of Divisions Total FY 2025-26 Budget
621.23 4 88,824,468
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FY 2025-26 Programmatic Budget
•Total FTEs
•Total FTEs•Number of Divisions•Total FY 2024-25 Budget •Number of Divisions
•Total FY 2024-25 Budget
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Administration, $6,412,940,
7%
Training, Learning, and
Development, $2,495,043,
3%
Operations, $71,847,366,
81%
Fire Prevention Bureau,
$4,356,127, 5%
State Aid to Localities,
$2,354,749, 3%
Federal FEMA, $1,358,243,
1%
PROPOSED
Department Operating Budget Summary
Program FY2024-25
Amended
FY 2024-25
FTE
FY 2025-26
Proposed
FY 2025-26
FTE Change ($)Change (%)
Administration 4,923,305 28.10 6,412,940 31.50 1,489,635 30.26%
Training, Learning, and Development 2,052,290 14.00 2,495,043 15.00 442,753 21.57%
Operations 70,894,400 510.40 71,847,366 537.00 952,966 1.34%
Fire Prevention Bureau 4,347,154 34.63 4,356,127 33.63 8,973 0.21%
General Fund Subtotal 82,217,149 587.13 85,111,476 617.13 2,894,327 3.52%
Aid to Localities Grant Funding 2,050,000 1.00 2,354,749 1.00 304,749 14.87%
FEMA Grant Funding 1,333,414 3.10 1,358,243 3.10 24,829 1.86%
Grant Fund Subtotal 3,383,414 4.10 3,712,992 4.10 329,578 9.74%
Total 85,600,563 591.23 88,824,468 621.23 3,223,905 3.77%
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Major Changes
•30 New Firefighter Recruit Positions- to address staffing shortages that have consistently caused significant overtime costs and excessive personnel work hours.
•110 ESRI Mobile Worker Licenses- will enable the VBFD to enhance operational efficiency in key areas such as field data collection, risk assessment, and event management.
•New Command and Control Tools- new system will provide critical incident information about the command, operations, planning, logistics, and administration of all responding personnel using automated incident tracking software for Command and Control.
•Conversion of Two Part-Time Code Inspectors to One Full-Time Public Safety Specialist-The addition of one full-time Public Safety Specialist will increase both the number of child safety seat checks and the number of educational programs delivered to schools and adult facilities.
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Initiatives Underway and Conclusion
•Initiating enhanced physicals. We appreciate city council’s support of the health and safety of our firefighters.
•Partnering with Fleet Management to address replacing aging apparatus with increased FY26 CIP funding.
•Hiring process is open. Last recruit class was largest recruit class ever. We hired 67, graduated 50 and currently have 4 vacancies.
•Exploring ways to accelerating our return-to-work process for injured staff to reduce overtime costs.
•Monitoring changes to National Response Framework FEMA and Federal Public Safety Funding (AFG/SAFER US&R).
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