If firemen need to be sent out each time an ambulance is called, there should be a more fuel-efficient vehicle to go with the ambulance. We called for an ambulance 3 times for transportation to the hospital for a terminally ill neighbor and each time a huge firetruck escorted the ambulance.

We need to look at a modern (different?) model of providing "fire" services in our City. Firefighters sleeping in a public firestation is from the 1800's! We also need to find ways to reduce the costs of providing emergency medical responses, maybe separate from the City's "fire" department.

Public Safety has been promoted as the #1 priority by every one of our city leaders to get them elected. I appreciate their wanting public support, but they need to give the fire and police departments the resources (financing) they need to do their job responsibly but appropriately.

This is the one arena that the City of Roseville should just leave alone. If there are any saving costs, do away with volunteer training programs that do not prohibit the maintenance of public safety as well as property. During cutback season, cities need to leave both fire and police departments alone and let them do their jobs with well-maintained gear and up-to-date technology. Perhaps had the City of Roseville been paying attention to upticks in online retailers, there might no be the sudden urge to cut back everything, Did the City leaders ever hear of trend reports? I am not sure where the City of Roseville is headed, but I don't see a very bright future.

Had a neighbor fall down last week, 911 sent out a fire truck with 3 men on it......not sure that all three were needed to respond to the call..........but then again if they were already on duty, holding back one of the three responding personnel would not have saved any $$$.........it would be interesting to study such calls as to their financial impact

Helping other departments may seem lower on the list, however, good will in the bank for when we need it is a good thing.

I've lived in many areas in my 80 years and this FD is one of the best; great emergencey response time when needed in home for illness, accident sites, etc.

Eliminate duplicate emergency services. Question why Is there a need for both Fire Department and Medical Emergency vehicles and personnel to respond to medical emergencies? Understand Fire Department union contracts probably negotiated medical response responsibility as means of ensuring manpower but can the city continue to afford the extremely expensive duplicated services?

FD needs to be funded better, with this extreme growth, they are not able to cover everything. I think the city government needs to be scaled down and FD & PD increased.

Have always had a wonderful response when needed to call once for fire and once for medical. Thank you

The staff is great but is it really necessary to dispatch a hook and ladder truck (actually happened when my daughter needed paramedic help) or other fire fighting vehicle when the call is for a medical emergency? Seems likes a waste of gas and personnel time.

Don't understand the need to send a ladder truck and/or multiple responders and vehicles to a medical call. I'm sure there is a reason, I just don't understand it and it seems very expensive and a waste of resources.

Its really hard to answer these questions without more DATA. How can I Jo-Blow answer what the department can prioritize, if I don't know what is the percentage of Fire Department problems. If they are mostly responding to water, flood rescue than that should be prioritized, but if they are responding to fires the most that should be the most important! If the City and the Tax Payers of RV are paying for night out events and Santa Claus nights, that needs to go. Every year, I wonder if they are volunteering to F'around all night or if I am paying doubletime for everyone in the city to pass out candy canes

/Do EMT's always need Fire Dept support???

Our Police and Fire agencies are core services. We need to fund them responsibly and also need to have the “best of class” for our community. Do not cut police and fire.

When 9-1-1 is called for a heart attack or similar, fire trucks are not needed.

Please communicate why new building needed downtown and explain sale pricing of old one.

What are we doing to ensure labor costs are in line? Are we paying competitively but not overpaying? Are we taking a harder line with the union? What are we doing to ensure pension costs don't get out of hand? I know it becomes a political issue to challenge the unions but my sense is that Roseville fire fighters are not hurting from a salary and pension standpoint and we need to tighten that up. The city needs to realize that there are many citizens whom have their back and are fine with the political fallout if it brings costs in line. Also are we looking at all areas? I remember going on a tour of the fire station over by Walmart when my son was in boy scouts and was amazed that they had two jet skis for 'swift water rescue' - not sure if those are still there, but have they ever been used? We need to go down to that level to reduce costs. Also, bit unrelated, but do we need a Roseville transit? Can we outsource and contract with Placer county much cheaper?

Perhaps a way to get more volunteers involved from the community. I have heard of so many opportunities to volunteer with the police department but I don't think I've ever heard of this from the fire department. If you have a volunteer staff it needs more publicity.

Ask the firefighters themselves. I'm sure they know best about what they need and how to accomplish that efficiently.

gofundme.com campaigns. Get donations for things people can get their name on a plaque or recognition to help build things needed.

I don't understand why our firefighters have most of the top paying jobs in the city because of overtime. I love and appreciate their profession but seriously, they are firefighters, not business graduates. Why isn't the committee dealing with the elephant in the room? The department is like a private club that bands together and demands the big dollars and uses emotions of the community to justify their pay. I've also heard that our ladder trucks can easily operate at less than four people per vehicle and can save huge dollars by doing so. We never send just a ladder truck to a big fire so why do we need four people for mostly medical calls? I'm seriously scratching my head as to why we allow this to happen. Why didn't the department offer this as an option to the committee?

I support any program to help the community in which the firehouse is located. They need to reach out to the community and educate all surrounding people to help in protecting your home from fire, floods or intruders.

I live in a Senior Community and (the majority of ) calls only require Paramedics and ambulance services. There is (usually) no need for a fire truck, particularly the ladder truck. When the call is taken, it should be made clear about fire danger and access so the costly extra staff and fire trucks should not be sent unnecessarily to the scene. It is wasteful and bad PR to watch several firefighters waiting and wandering around providing no services. Please make fire drills, emergency situations, and hazards education MANDATORY for management and residents to participate in at multiplex communities (6 units or more/every quarter year?). We recently had (another) false alarm, and approximately 20 out of 200 residents followed any aspect of protocol and/or common sense. Personal storage of oxygen tanks in apartments and propane tanks for balcony BBQ use should be better monitored and enforced for safety due to their explosive hazard to nearby residents.

Not at this time. We are relatively new to the area and need more time for research. We would like to thank all members of the Fire Department for their excellent service.

Grouping of priorities seemed odd to me. Protection of the people and property should always come first as it is the reason for the fire department outreach in my mind would always come second to safety. Outreach could be as simple as inviting media out when you have a training to inform public how are doing. Just be there and be ready when we need you. P.S. you've always been there. Thank you.