Fire Services Review Special Committee - Minutes - 10/11/2022

Members Present: Robert Tuneski (BoF), Richard Muckle (RTM), Greg Attanasio (RTM), Susan) riscoll
Rob Brule (BoS), Michael Howley (Fire Services), Steven Sinagra (Emergency Management), Mark Gre
Todd Patton (Chief, Goshen FC), Tom Martin (Captain, WFS)
FIFTEEN ROPE FERRY ROAD
WATERFORD, CT 06385-2886
PHONE: 860-442-0553
wivw.waterfordct.org
Fire Services Review Special Committee
Minutes—Special Meeting October 11, 2022
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Members Absent: none = oR
Also Present: Nick Kepple (Town Attorney), Jody Nazarchyk (BOS) bedi Ss
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Call to order: Chair Tuneski called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m.
Public comment: None.
Approval of previous minutes: Motion by Attansio, second by Tuneski, to approve October 11, 2022, minutes as
presented. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote.
. Consideration of FSRSC’s charge from the RTM (6/7/21): Discussion focused on the two areas noted in agenda:
¢ Staffing plan: Director Howley distributed copies of the WFS FY23 Recruitment Plan and a CCM survey of combined
fire departments addressing volunteer recruitment and incentives. Chair Tuneski launched discussion by offering
several questions to guide conversations as we gather information and use it to justify future recommendations, so
the committee can demonstrate how aspects—such as recruitment and retention efforts—contribute to maintaining
viable public safety services. (See Addendum.)
Howley stated that he is still gathering incident data, but comparisons/trends are complicated by the many variables in
the past few years-e.g., Covid, the FLSA issue correction, and the cessation of firefighters handling WAS rescue calls.
Referring to the CCM survey, he noted that aging volunteer forces and competition for limited number of recruits are
challenges statewide. High-risk incidents—e.g., highway and Millstone events—are a concern for our current limited
resources and communities we've relied on for mutual aid for 10 years are struggling with their own staffing issues.
In response to questions about our ISO rating and NFPA compliance, Howley reported that the three areas of concern
were staffing, training, and communications/dispatch, but that improvements in documentation and increased
training have been implemented. He noted that businesses check IPO data before relocating and a town’s rating has
the biggest dollar impact on them; individual homeowners might see a $25 increase in premiums. Our current ISO
rating is 4.4, but his goal is to get it to 3.8 for the first update under his command (with an ultimate goal of 3-3.3). He
added that staffing issues impact not just the risk to property, but also the risk to paid and volunteer responders.
Attanasio reiterated his request for incident data showing response times by location of both responders and incident,
particularly the response times to Quaker Hill incidents since QH does not have full-time staff. Howley noted that an
ideal staffing target would be a ratio of 3 volunteers to 1 paid firefighter; presently we have 10 active volunteers and
16 part-time paid firefighters (after losing 5 in September who took full-time positions in other towns.
Brule reported that the Town has increased part-timers’ schedules to 24 hours a week.and that work has started on
expanding the volunteer incentive program. He asked the committee to look at the pace of adding paid staff and
create a transition plan.
¢ Oswegatchie firehouse: Town is still waiting for completed engineering analysis; the building has been deemed
stabilized; engineer is inspecting functionality aspects. It was noted that the 2014 engineering study recommended
replacement of mechanicals, which has not been done. Tuneski cited the need for updated information, including
repair/renovate/replace options for short- and long-term recommendations.
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Brule reported that the Town does not have an agreement yet with OSW volunteers regarding usage of a new
building, and that “all plans should have a bridge.” Attorney Kepple noted that the Town began reaching out to all five
companies in 2020 to update service agreements that were written in the ‘70s. He has drafted a response to a
proposal offered by attorneys for three of the companies and his goal is to report back to the committee to discuss
filling in some gaps. He added that current sticking points are access, control of certain areas, and funding. OSW
volunteer Rocco Bracciale interjected that existing agreements don’t have expiration dates and that the Town is
violating a requirement to give each company its own budget rather than fund the combined department.
Patton mentioned the ongoing communication issues and adversarial relationships between paid and volunteer
firefighters and described several functionality issues (e.g., can’t open stove, can’t close doors) that OSW has been
dealing with for 8 years. Muckle stated there is no sense in discussing repair options, the building has to go and service
agreements are outside the committee’s purview. Tuneski noted the need for due diligence; Attanasio added that we
need to confirm Town’s legal authority to implement changes to buildings or agreements.
5. Next meeting: Nov. 15 at 6:00 p.m. confirmed as next meeting date; later start time to accommodate members’
scheduling conflicts.
6. Adjournment: Motion by Muckle; second by Attanasio to adjourn at 7:11 p.m. Voice vote: Unanimous.
Submitted by
Susan Driscoil, FSRSC Secretary
enci: WFS Recruitment Plan
CCM Survey
ADDENDUM
Questions for Discussion Bob Tuneski
Staffing Questions
Can we clarify our existing versus future staffing needs? How many do we have now?
What is the current staffing at Oswegatchie? .
Are there federal, state, or municipal statutes/regulations regarding mandatory staffing levels?
Have we ever fully adopted NFPA? And are we compliant, exclusive of 1710?
Should our staffing reflect our population and incident trends? If not why?
What is our responsibility vis-a-vis Millstone? Does East Lyme share these responsibilities?
Has there been a recent incident or issues that indicate that we have a staffing shortage? [OW what emergencies could
we not support?
Do we have any data that would support the substantial increase in staffing based upon current and/or past experience
with managing emergency situations?
Fire Station Questions
What did the Oswegatchie engineering analysis tell us? Can the firehouse be operated at is?
How is it sized, people, bays, etc.? And what is future sizing? Based upon what attributes?
Has the fire house grown in size over the last 20 years (physical additions) Did we ever achieve full capacity and what is
current capacity (housing)?
What are the bare bones minimum attributes needed to support the current firefighting demand signal?
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Recruitment
Volunteer recruitment is one of our top priorities for FY 22. As it is all over the country,
volunteer recruitment and retention is a fire departments biggest challenge.
The Waterford Fire Department has started a bold recruitment campaign using exciting and
innovated ways of getting our message to the community. Utilizing current volunteer personnel,
new recruits and our Community Safety Educator’s background in advertising, the Fire
Department has brought our efforts beyond the standard methods to a new and diverse audience.
Using a simple but powerful message distributed over all forms of'social media and using
targeted demographic and geographic reach, provided by Facebook insights, our campaign post
over several months had been viewed almost 16,000 times.
We have also partnered with some community businesses to support our efforts. They generously
agreed to display our posters in their restaurants and stores as well as post our message on their
business and personal social media pages.
For the first time in October 2021, The Fire Department participated in the Waterford High
School College fair. It gave our young adults an opportunity to learn about career firefighting
continuing education at the Connecticut Fire Academy and volunteering for their local fire
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Combination Fire Departments in CT
-Requested Survey
from CT Conference of Municipalities
Question that were asked:
1. What their organizational structure looks like.
2. What incentive programs they have in place for volunteers.
_ 3. What they do for volunteer recruitment.
Municipalities that responded:
. Branford, CT - Population: 28,020
Colchester, CT - Population: 15,860
Ledyard, CT - Population: 14,761
New Canaan, CT - Population: 20,276
Suffield, CT - Population: 15,668
Westport, CT - Population: 28,016
Windham, CT - Population: 24,655

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Colchester
State
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324 738
5,985 © 1,370,746
428 - 44.0
Median Househdld Income $105,284 $78,444
Poverty Rate Th 10%
Economy “s :
Top Industries’ :
Ov Department of Labor, 2019 Employment Employers Av. Wages.
@ Health Care & Social Assistance 887 48 $39,851
* @ Retail Trade 550 48 $33,537
© Local Government 545 13 $60,591
@ Accommodation & Foad Sawvices 448 34 $18;765
@ Manufacturing 284 13 $58,031 ..
~ Al Industles 3918 | 428 $49,481
SOTS Business Registrations |
Secratary of the Siaig, Jung 2021
Total Active Businesses 1,297
Gu Business Registrations by Year _ .
2007 62 2006 90 2011 55 7°) 2096-74
2002 64 _ 2007 95 2092 73 : | 2017.78
2003: 86 2008 96- 2013 61. 2018 93 ©
2004 75 2009 .86 2094. 73 2018 75
2615 60. 2020 90
2008 98 2070 660
Key Employers
Data from munidpailtios, 2021
@ S&S Arts And Cratts Factory
@ Caring Community -
@ Incord 7
@ Carefree Building Co
@ Alpha a
* Spanish
. Associate Degree
+ Native Hawaiian or Pacific lalander
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Demographics “
ACS, 2015-2019
Age Distribution . a _ State
Under,10 ‘ ; 7 T1%
10 to 19 13% |
20 ta 29 13%
* 30 to 39 12%
4010 49° 13%
50 to 59 18%
66 to 69 12%
70 to 79° 7%
80 and over 5%
Race and Ethnicity State
Asian. Non-Hispanic why | 2%: mo : AS
Black nH 2% + 10%
Hispanic or Latlnofa af anyzace ban 18%
White ne E87
~ Other NH. inet, American indian. flasia Native 42% ; : 3%
English
Educational Attainment
High School Diploma Only
Bachelor's Degree
Masier’s Degree or Higher
Hous Ing " ‘Céichoster Staie
Median Home Value _ $255,500 $275,400
Median Rent > $1,263 $1,180,
Housing Units 6,454 ‘oreeee
Icotchester —« State «
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ployment Rate ..
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212
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OT Office of Policy and Management, SFY 2017-18.
Municipal Revenue ;
Total Revenue’
Property Tax Révenue
per capita
per capita, as % of state av. . :
Intergovernmental Revenue
Revenue to Expenditure Ratio
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Municipal Expenditure
Total Expenditure
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{Baualized Net Grand List
per capita:
| per capita, as % of state av.
Actual Mill Rate
Equalized Mill Rate
Municipal Debt
Moody's Rating’
Total Indebtness
per capita
per capita, as % of state. av.
- a8 percent of expenditures
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as. % of expenditures
}Commu/Indust. Share of Net Grand List
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$30,539,056
$2,463.”
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$21,032,544
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$47,020,602
$12,611,440
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Colchester
. What your organizational structure looks like
We are paramilitary structured like all fire departments. We have the following positions
ranking from highest to lowest:
Fire Chief — Department Head (career)
Deputy Chief — Operations/2TM in-Command (Career) ©
Assistant Chief - Fire Division Head (Volunteer)
Assistant Chief - EMS Division Head (Volunteer)
Captain — Training and Incident Safety Officer (V olunteer)
Captain ~ Fire Division (Volunteer) —
Captain ~ EMS Division (Volunteer)
Captain — Fire Police (Volunteer)
1 Lt/Health & Safety Officer (Career)
2 Lts — Fire (Volunteer)
1 Lt. - EMS (Volunteer)
1.Lt. - Fire Police (Volunteer)
Engineers on each apparatus (Volunteer)
Career Firefighter/EMTs; Firefighters; EMTs; Fire Police
. What incentive programs, if any, you have in place for volunteers 7
Fuel Compensation — reimbursement for fuel usage for responders. Based on number of
calls for 6 months and those members qualified for the program
Tax Exemption — Qualifiers to achieve $500 & $1,000 exemption on property taxes ( We
are working on add $1500 & $2,000 as options)
Ambulance Incentive ~ Stipends for ambulance shifts
Volunteer Retention Recognition Program — Recognition categories that provide
qualifiers for gift cards, certificate and presentation at a monthly meeting in front of peers as well
-as posted in local Paper
. ’ What do you use for volunteer recruitment? ; :
Social Media; Newspaper, Flyers/Posters at local businesses, Recruitment Table at Local
Events, Word of mouth

4 cae4 Gurrent Population
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necticut 28,020
Demographics
Branford State, ACS, 2015-2019
, mn as ae Age Distribution : oo State
IO e0na per int ' Under 10 2.343 SES 3% 11%
jousehalds 12,369 1.370,748 10 to 19 2050 BEES 19%
: pAge 49.0 MO 20 to 29 2973 19%
. 20 to 38 42%
Median Household Income $77,640 $78,444 . 40 ta 49 19%
Poverty Rate B%. 10% 50 to 59 15%
. 60 to 69° 12%
70 to 79 1%
80 and over 3%,
Economy
Top Industries ; Race and Ethnicity State
GT Departmont of Laker, 2019 Empicyment Employers Av, Wages _ Asian Non-Hispenie (NM) Bex 4%
; Black nH ks Ws
@ Retail Trade 1,821 444 $36,216 Hispanic or Latino/a of any mace . Eg 18%
7 y le NR 8t%
@ Health Care & Social Assistance 1,788 412 $44,852 Other inet Ammrizen ininn. Alésha Nato, | 26 en
@ Accommodation & Food Services 4,496 104 $20,868 Native Haweiiaa or Pacific lstancer .
@ Manufacturing 4,193 51 $74,248 . .
© Construction 4,134 96 $77,970 Language Spoken at Home [ sranford 1 State
~ All induatries: 12,640 . 1,202 $52,837 English: ER
: Spanish
SOTS Business Registrations Educational Attainment —| Branford Ista
Secraiary et the State. Jutta 2021 4 ats High School Diploma Only seen
Total Active Businesses a Associate Degree
~ ew Business Registrations by Year Bachelor's Degree
2064 227 2008 253 2011 235 2016 235 Master's Degree or Higher
2002 272 2007 223 2012 260 2017. 232
2603 228 2008 238 2013 216 2018 270
2004 256 2009 228 2074 219 2019 265 ‘Hou in . .
2008 288 2010 214 2018 225 2020° 310 Acs, using . Branford Stale
; Median Home Value $293,100 $275,400
‘Key Employers *Median Rent $1,368 $1,180
Data from munieipatties, 2021 Housing Units 13,632 1,516,629
@ Blakeslee Prestress Inc :
@ Seton Safety & Identification T Beantord I state
@ John D Thompson Hospice Inst
@ Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman Inc
@ Branford Gun Club
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18,117 4,724,621
148,010
4,109
Unemployment Rate 7
Self. LEmployment Rate’
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Fiscal Indicators
OT Office of Policy arid Management, SFY 2017-18
Municipal Revenue . ;
$122,093,385
Total Revenue
Property Tax Revenue $104 530,524
per capita $3,611
per capita, .as % of state av. 119%
Intergovernmental Revenue $14,347,991
Reveriue to Expenditure Ratio 106%
Municipal Expenditure . * :
$114,953,787
Total Expenditure
Edticational $67,243,333
Other $47,710,454 |
’ Grand List . my or
Equalized Net Grand List $5,299,801 671.
“per-capita ; $189,245
per capita, as % of state av.. 123%
Comm./Indust, Share of Net Grand List _ 13%
Actual Mill Rate 28.47
Equalized Mill Rate 49.08
Municipal Debt ; ; oF at ¥
Moody's Rating _
Total Indebtness _ $38,586,596
per capita $1,378
per capita, as % of state av. 53%
as percent of expenditures 34% ©
Annual Debt Service $8,086,493
as % of expenditures 7%.
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The following i is in response to your 1 request for ‘comparisons betvieen othe Combitation Fire Depart mts :
© -within the state.. cos
. Specifically you are Tooking for:
* 2 What their organizational structure looks like Be
* cas. What incentive progranis they have in place ‘for volunteers a rears
uae What they do for volunteer recruitment | ;
J survi ved fififtect mianicipatities with combination departments and received the flloing five’ responses fom” -
Branford, Colchester, New Canaan, Westport: and Windham:: oer ae :
Branford
lh Tespopse to your request for information I subinit the following: a -
a The organizational stricture of the Branford Fire department is s attached. We currently have one:.
: volunteer Deputy Chief who assists the Chief in managirig and directing the volunteers: ‘Each of our. four
volunteer companies ised by a Captairi and two lieutenants. All volunteer companies work as part ofan
. = integrated response plan and are not independent entities. The training and certification levels expected
\. _- of both career and volunteer firefighters aie thé same. All members, work within the incident comimand
” systen and there is very little, ‘conflict between career and vohinteer members,
; a Meine fires: We chuifently havea 410 person career staff 2407 witht abl aditional: i
‘person shift staffing an‘ambulante 8'ani “42 pr each day. © “
* Branford Fire Department is also the first responder and ambulance transport provider for the Town. .
, ‘Like most departments, EMS accounts for- 74% of all calls, AU of oiif-career staff are cross tt nit d dual”
. tole- fifefighter/ EMS ‘ptoviders. ‘The cost is off-set by ambulance revenue collection but remidifig'a ¥very”
expensive option when compared to an all-volunteer force. Our current call volume is over 6, -200°Galls |:
" for service annually. We have a population density i in many areas of Town, >1000 people per square mile
‘putting uis-into the urban category. Many of those same areas are also densely built so that a fire'in one
building can quickly spread to another without a timely response. NFPA 1710 and: 1720 are tié' standard
of care for the organization, operation and deployment of. Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical and’. .
Special Operations to the public by Fire’ departments, : ; .
.. We have tried many methods of volunteer recruitment but word of mouth rerhairis the mést affec 7:
' Branford participated in-the International Association of Fire Chiefs Volunteer Work Force Solutishs —
- Prograta with no noticeable result. The program involved a study of the Volunteer retruitinent and ~
retention problem in CT by a hired consulting group. They then’came up with various’inethods of '
» “recruiting including, social media, print and television marketing that would-be tested by willing”
©) ‘departments. The result'was that the best, way of recruiting was the same way we've'Geeii doir
ane more than 100 years, word of mouth. ‘We have noticed that almost all of the younger ‘tnembets j joining’
*- our department today are looking for a career and have little interest in simply voluntéeting, We’ ate.
working ona Program with the ” High School to develop a oredited curriculum that gives the sthident the.

needed credits for graduation while earnifig their EMT and FF T certifications. We re hope that these :
students would join as volunteer cadets and eventual volunteer firefighters once "they are of: ars old
and certified. if-we. only geta couple of: ‘years it will be better than nothing. . us


Date: ‘December 6; 2016
To: Board of Selectman uo
“From: Jarnes Finch, Finance Director .
Re: Volunteer Fire Incentive Plan
lam writing at the request of the Fire Chief and the Volunteer Pension Committee to.seek the Board's
approval for changes to the annual requirements for receiving pension credit. As the Board-may be
aware, the town. operates a. Length of Service Awards Program {LOSAP) for volunteer firefighters from
date of membership to. retirement at age 65.. Additionally the town operates a volunteer stipend
program in which: members receive annual payments in February/March provided they have met the 7
service requirements in the prior calendar year. tis iniportant to underscore that the stipend program
references the requirements of the LOSAP, therefore the proposed changes will impact both j programs,
The LOSAP program was created in 1992’ and throughout the years changes: were made to the’
requirements as the town’ erideavors to attract and retain volunteers. Essentially the requirements
established minimum standards for calls, continuing education and drills. Last Spring Chief’ Mahoney and
- Deputy Chief: Murray discussed changes to the plan they would like. to implement. The proposed
changes listed below also reflect the recammendations of thee committee and were discussed previously
with the First Selectman.
* To increase the required number of incident responses bya member from 10'to 40 per year.
‘ «To require the member to be in good standing and up to date with all department requirements
at the end of the calendar year. 
:
| anticipate Chairwomen Clem and Fire Chief Mahoney will be available. to preset and discuss these
changes.
Cc M. Clem
Chief Mahoney


Purpose:
- The Branford Fire’ Department as a means of attracting new members and
retaining current members has provided two separate and distinct financial programs, -
namely The Branford Fire Department Pension Plan for Volunteer Fire Fighters and the
annual Volunteer Incentive Program. (VIP) The two programs are administered by the |
Volunteer Pension Committee working with the Finance Director. The Pension
Committee is composed of up to seven members as defined by the Pension Plan under
Article VII, section 8. 02:
\
‘Qualifications
* The following outlines the Tequirements and ‘qualtications« as well as procedures
for administering the VIP. . ;
Cail Requirements
The requirements for the Branford Fire Department Pension Plan for Volunteer
Fire Fighters are to be used for the VIP. These. requirements are identified in Article tl,
Section 2.03 and are summarized below: :
Call Type Cails ‘Required Points Per Call Total Points
: | Fire/EMS 36" One j 36
| Company Drilt 16 Two | 32
Town Drill 8 Four 32
Total | ~ 100
Credit for Town drills may. come from attending a drill during the year that Is
based on the Town Drill topic schedule released from the Training Captain. Town drill
credit may also be received for a Town parade or attending outside courses that result
in the awarding. of certification, ie. EMT, CFA courses, EPA Hazmat courses, and etc. . ;
_All calls will accumulate on a a calendar year basis.
Procedures
The following procedures, are designed to offer guidance to ail participants in
administering the VIP. 
.
1. The Company Captain or his/her designee will record all approved service credits
for each volunteer as specified in the approved plan on a mionthly basis on a form
provided by the town finance department. The form will identify the activity of each
volunteer member by type of call and drill, ‘

2. At least on a monthly basis, the Company-Captain shall. post all service credits in
a conspicuous. location within their’ respective -station for all. company members to
review. Members should review the records to ensure their accuracy and report any
discrepancy to the Company Captain. If the issue remains unresolved the issue will be
referred to the Fire Chief.
3." . By the 15" of the following month, the Company Captain or his/her designee”
shall provide the monthly service activity report to the Pension Clerk for recording. The
clerk will date the information and return a copy to the company. If the. company fails to
provide records in a timely. manner the chief of the Branford Fire Department will notify
‘the company and institute corrective action if required.
4. Within ten (10) working days of .recelving the service credit information, the
Pension Clerk shall have the recording completed.
5. The’ Pension Clerk wiil ‘maintain a copy and provide a copy of the ‘recently
submitted call records along with year to date activity total to the Company Captain.
6. It will be the responsibility of the Company Captain to ensure the information is
accurately recorded by the Pension Clerk and to inform the Clerk of any changes within
ten (10) working days. - : ; ;
7 The Pension Committee shall meet in February to review and approve all yearly |
activity:reports to determine etigibility for receiving stipend. payments. Once eligibility is °
determined the Committee will make a payment request to the Finance Director. The
Finance Director has the authority to review the submissions before sending them to
payroll for processing.

| Stipends:
The following stipends will be payable at the end of. February and wil be toning
upon Town appropriations: “
“Fislighter EEMT or Paramedie
Yoars of Qualifying Service Freighter
2 $750.
3 $750
a $750 ~
_ 5 and over _ -° $4,500
$750 vs
‘$1,000
“$4,000
- "$4,000
$1,000
$1, 750
: The Pénsion Clerk will receive a stipend equal to that of a fi irefighter and, the amount will
be adjusted based on years of service to the |Pension committee.
'” For purposes of this.plan the years of service wil begin in 2002 for qualifying members...
,

Date: - February 25, 2019
To: : All Volunteer Firefighters
From: James Finch .
: M. Clem ‘
Re: _ Pension Changes
We are writing to provide you. with an updated copy. of the qualifying requirements for
’. the volunteer pension program. We previously distributed: a letter (attached) outlining
the changes made by the Board of Selectman In 2016 however the Pension Committee ©
suggested that we send you a memo incorporating the changes to further clarify
volunteer activities that qualify for the pension and stipend programs.
Excerpts from the plan related to the requirements are listed below:
2.03 QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS: *
A Participant must accumulate 100 points within a calendar year to earn a Year of
- Credited-Service- Points may be accumulated In the following categories:
Minimum
. Annual ;
Points . Required Earned points
Earned Training. : ; :
“1, Company and Town Dritls 93 20 60
Hl Continuing Education Units: 2 None Maximum 30
(Classes); ; . oo
. Fire/EMS 4 - 40 . 40 |
IV Administrative Drills (company 1 ' . None Maximum 12
a -—-—Meatings-One-per. TIRE) a= enna ee ae ee een nets cee
ae

“Anniarteth te
* Drills must be dtanford Fire Heparinent
(ning Divisic sn approved,
@ Sanctioned parades maybe substituted for tire ealls
fH aceubiuldte @ minimulh. GF 60 BolRtS per year th AaTHiuin
4A Patticipant
Axindal: Required tralniig, as per the above schedule,
* Notwithstanding the above, the Chief; in his digeretion, may waive the qualif\ing
requirements provided: the total: number of cualifiing points. exceeds: 160
pois.
excess of 100 per calendar year do not rasu
Credited Senviee..
» Continuing Eaueation Credite (CEUs) are eared at’ a tate.of one €£0 per
The changes inj thé plin-Hrovide increased flexibility: atid different ways te quatify as -
iflustrated iivthe following exariples.
~~“ coripany ridetings =

Activity - ‘ Pts . Ht ‘Qualifying Pts
_|.-Company and Town. Drills 3 20. ; 60
Il Continuing Education Units (Classes) 2 . Oo. . 6
IH Fire/EMS ; 1. 60 60
IV Administrative Drills = (Company 1 0 0
Meetings One per month} ; 7 , ‘ my
Annual Total ; os So £00
Example B
' This example represents a firefighter who Is attending classes approved by the training -
division and while the firefighter is able to meet the minimum requirements for fire calls
he is unable to meet the Company and Town Drill requirements. Nevertheless the Chief
may recommend using the excess points to offset the shortfall in Company and town .
‘Drills
Activity . ; : . Pts # - - Qualifying Pts
|, Company and Town Drills 3 18 54
_ Il Continuing Education Units (Classes) 2 - 45 30
il Fire/EMS ‘4 70 2s 70°
IV Administrative Drills -. (Company 1 mas) ne)
Meetings One per month) : ;
Annual Total ; . .. 1540
Please be advised the Training Division is programming the Firehouse software to
capture and report’on the various qualifying events, Therefore those members °
responsible for entaring the data into firehouse should famillarize themselves with
these changes. All other volunteers should retain a copy of this memo for their records.

Epis perm?
es olds
Median Househoid Income
Poverty Rate
1/2
onnecticut,
Current Population.
20,276
State
New Gdngan
a2 4,842
"944 738
7,116 * 1,370,748”
43.9 10 -
$190,227 $78,444
3%
10%
Economy
Top industries
OT Department of Labor. 2078 |
Employnent Employers Av. Wages”
Data trom municipalltis, 2021
@ Waveny Lifecare Network
@ Silver Hill Hospital
© Country Club of New Canaan
@ New Canaan Country School
@ Hobbs inc
@ Local Government 1,144 13 $72,914
@ Health Care & Social Assistance 953 54 $56,760
& other Services (ex Public Admin.) 794 251 $35,914
© Retail Trade 663 -94 $42,240
® Accommodation & Food Services 648 60 - $33,213
All Industries , 6.685 4,012.» $75,987
-SOTS Business Registrations 3
Searatary of the Stale, June 2024
’ Total Active Businesses, 3,909
New Business Registrations by Year - ; :
2004 175 2008 252 2017 210 2016 275
2002 198 2007 204 2012 264 "2017 262
2003 223 2008 243 2013 271 2078 264
2004 238 2008 214 2014 277 2019. 270
2008 256 . 2070 220 2018, 236 - 2020 242
Key Employers
Schools ©
CT. Department of
. Demographics
ACS, 2015-2618 . : _
Age Distribution State
Under 10 . 2,982 11%
1010-19 3.486 15%"
20 te 29 985 19%
30 to 39 - 1.840 12%
40 to 49 - 2988 13%
50 ta's9 3.860 18%
60 10 69 224 42%
70 0,79 1.481 7%
80 and over 1038 BRAS 5% BM
Race and Ethnicity . State
Asian NomHispanic NH} | fe a%
Black aH - Ee 10%
- Hispanic or Latino/a Ot any race Bsx 18%
White wa
Other NH. incl, Amorivan indian, Alaske Native, E23
87%
3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander "
I state’
Language Spoken at Home: [Now Canaan
English
Spanish
Educational Attainment | | New Canaan
High Schoot Diploma Only
Associate Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree or Higher
A siate
Housin i:
ACS, using New Canaan Stale
Median Home Value $1,355,800 "$275,400
Median Rent $2,228 $1,180
« Housing Units 7,655 1,516,629
Tow Canagn j State
Owner-Occupled ,
Detached or Semi-Detached

yment Rate
” Catchment Areas of 15mi, 30mi, and 60mi
ns - AA
.Sprngfleld
Self-Employment Rate* -
FACE, 2015-2019,
2i 2
“Current Population
{ New Canaan { State
7,584 4,724,621
448 148,010
ACS, 2015-2019
Mean Commute Time Prs-Covie
No Access to a Car
No Internet Access
Commute Mode
Public Transport
Walking or Cycling -
Driving
_ Working From Ho
Providence TM
[New Canaan - | State
onnecticut.
Fiscal Indicators
Municipal Revenue
Total Revenue .
Property Tax Revenue
per capita
per capita, as % of state av.
Intergovernmental Revenue
” Revenue to Expenditure Ratlo
Boston” .
Municipal Expenditure
Total Expenditure
Educational
Other *
’ Grand List
Equalized Net Grand List
per capita : sy
per capita, as % of state av.
Comm./Indust. Share of Net Grand List
Actual Mill Rate
Equalized Mill Rate
Municipal Debt
Moody's Rating
Total Indebtness
per capita
per capita, as .% of state av.
- > as percent of expenditures —
Annual Debt Service
as % of expenditures
CT Office of Policy and Management, SEY 2017-18
~.20:276
$164,501,836
$138,764,202
$6,865
227%
$18,968,080
102%
$160,501 ,886
. $103,797 ,257
$56,704,629
$11,927,334,536-
‘$590,082
384%
5%
16.67,
41.83
"Aaa
$23,561,534
$6,114
237%
77%
$18,211,275
11% . ‘
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New Canaan Fire Department
What your organizational structure looks like
Career Fire Chief ;
2 Assistant Chiefs (1 Career and 1 Volunteer)
5 Captains (4 Career Shift Commanders, 1 Volunteer)
6 Lieutenants (4 Career, 2 Volunteer)
16 Career firefighters, 20 Volunteers
What incentive programs, if any, you have i in place for volunteers
Tax abatement (2,000)
Passes for numerous town parks and pools
: Social events
Apparel
What do you use for volunteer recruitment?
Media campaign (local:news and social)
Public education events
Word of mouth
Lawn signs

412 . - : . Current Population
necticut CS 28,016
i
Data from municipalities, 2021”
@ Bridgewater Asssciates *
@ First Equity Group Inc
. & Marriott Global Sales Office .
@ Velocity Sports & Entertainment
@ Greens Farm Academy
. Demographics
‘Westport Stal AGS, 2015-2019 , oon
20 _ 4842. : Age Distribution . 7 State
1,404 .. 738 Under 10. . $308 11%
9,016 - 1,370,746 : 10to 19 . 495) 3 19%
458° 0 oto 29 a ae
Median Household income $206,466 «$78,444 paiee ; toa : ie
Poverty Rate : : 4% 10% - : 50 ta 69 5.290 15%
: : “@0 to 69 , 3.313 12%,
7079 . ‘ 2.080 7%
80 andover ~ 4,238 : 5%,
Economy De oe
Top Industries : Race and Ethnicity i . arr State
CT Department of Labor, 2049 Employment Employers Av, Wages ae Nee Honor ity A%
. . . 10%
~. @ Retail Trade. . 2646-244 - $44,014 tilspanic of Latino/a of any rico .
; : le Nit a
@ Finance &lnsurance, 2,281 263 $367,628 Other ‘Nt. not, Amavioan tigian, Alaska Note, |] 2% .
& Health Care & Social Assistance - 4,609 158 $49,202 ’ Wativa Hawelien or Paciile tsiandar .
@} Accommodation & Food Services 1,524 107 $30,218 oan : a
@ Local Government 1,502 17 $74,862 Language Spoken at Home [Westport Istac
All industries , 14.020 2,054 $114,902 "| English
” . a Spanish
SOTS Business Registrations ; - _ || Educational Attainment | Westport I siate
Seoretary of the State, June 2024 oo : . High School Diploma Oni is
Total Active Businesses 7,899 Asaooiate Degiee ¥
New Business Registrations by Year ’ : Bachelor's Degree
2007 411 - 2006 504 —° 2077 458 . 2076 494 Master's Degree or Higher
2002 486 2007 506 . 2012 474 B07. 491 . .
_ 2003 426 2008 413 2043 551 “2078 492 . .
2004 492°. 2009 420 2014 812 “2019 534 Housin . : Ho
2005 448 2010 426, 2018 “456. 2020 - 590 ACB, 2018-2010 - Wastpart State
Median Home Value - $1,150,400 $275,400
K : . Median Rent - : - $1,956 $1,180
ey Employers - © | Housing Units "40,934 4,516,629
I Westport I state
OQwner-Occupied
Detached or Semi-Detached
Schools
CF Department of (uarter Balanced Asses
Eexceeded expectatior

212
necticut |
Curent Popul i
28 0416.
~ f wostpert
“| 1,707 .
686-
nem ployment Rate
Self “Employment Rate*: .
“ACS, 2075-2010" -
* Catchment Areas of 15ini, 30mi, and 60mi
«Springfletd
“dstate
4,724,621”
148,010-
ACEOSS one es | Westport ”
ACG, 215-2019
_ Mean Commute Time Pre-covee 43. min
No Access to a Car .
No Internet Access _
Commute Mode
Public Transport
Walking or Cycling
Providence *
[ Sieie
26 min
*|Boston®
Fiscal Indicatore,
CT Office of Policy and Managemént, SFY 2017-18
Municipal Revenue ©
* $230,309,369
Total Revenue
Property, Tax Revenue - $186,894,012
per capita L _ $6,623.
per capita, as % of'state av. “19%
Intergovérnmental Revenue $24,886,290"
” Revenue to Expenditure RRatio 100%
Municipal Expenditure
Total Experiditure - $237,103,42
. Educational $142,119,496
Other . $88,983,846...
Grand List epee tes
Equalized Net Grand List a »,, $16,088,221,534.. . -.
percapita $572,229.
" ‘per capita, as % of state av. 372% +:
Comm /indust, Share of Net: Grand List ...12%
Actual Mill Rate” cr
Equalized Mill Rate * Te AP BT RS -
Municipal Debt a! .
Moody's Rating Ada
Total Indebtness . - 0 $108,184,898,”
per capita: - $3,670
per capita, ag % of state av. © 142%
as percent of expenditures sl 45% ,
Annual Debt Service $16,846,703
as % of expenditures 7%
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Westport
Technically we are a combination department; unfortunately, the volunteers in Westport are.all
but gone. There are seven members of the Westport Volunteer fire department, 3 are firefighter-1 .
certified, and none can go interior on fires. They have an elected deputy chief who reports to me
directly. We have tried to offer more and different times for training, but they never show up. We
have contacted a contractor that provides training to get them up to a minimum capability, but
they have not met with them yet. The town does give the standard $1000 tax abetment; only one
’ owns property in town. As far as recruitment, we have left that up to them. Generally speaking,
we have a hard enough time recruiting to fill paid jobs. I don’t have time to recruit volunteers.

: . 112 Current Population
.
necticut 24,655
Demographics
Windham . ata AGS, 2015-2019
27 4.842 Age Distribution ; ‘State
a14 738. Under 10 2,800 11%
8,590 A1378,748 1 to 19 4423 13%
30.8 410 20 te 29 54 13%
a . 3 3,420 Dy
Median Household income $47,481 $78,444, : ante , 2678 : ae
Poverty Rate 25% 19% - 5Oto 59 2,364 § 15%
: - 80 fo 69 2,307 12%
7010 79 4.197 1%
80 and over 940 a
Economy :
ici . Stat
Top Industries : 7 Race and Ethnicity a tate
OT Depariment of Labor, 2019 “Employment Employers Av. Wages Asian Noa-Hispanic (NH) en . 4%
: i Black ay mw 10%
® Health Care & Social Assistance —_—«-2,562 86 $51,333 Hispania or Latino/a of any raco 18%
: le NH 87%
@ Reta Trade 1877 88 $31,643 Other NH, inch American indian, Alasha Nettve, 2% 3%
e State Government 4,405, 8 $54,961 , Native Hawarten or Pacis Istander
oe Local Government 973 18 $55,232
@ Accommodation & Food Services 923 60 $20,201 Language Spoken at Home | oda Totate
Alt Industries W117 - G16 $46,055 English
. Spanish —
soTs Business Registrations Educational Attainment {Widram I state
Secratary oFlhe State, Jung 2021 . , High School Diploma Only
Total Active Businesses 1,227 Associate Degrée
New Business Registrations by Year Bachelor's Degree
2004 77° 2008 70° _ 24047 69 2076 76 Master's Degree or Higher
2002 -66 2007.94 2012 42° - 2017 76 .
2003 75 2008 55 2013 53 2078 80
2004 84 2009 60 2094 52 2019 77 Hou in .
2008 66 2070 60 2016 51 2020 102 AS, using Windham _ Stale
Median Home Value $159,700 $275,400
Key Employers Median Rent. $883 $1,180 -
Data fom evunicipatties, 2021 Housing Units 9,447 1,516,629
@ Eastern Connecticut State University .
[ windbam . : i Siate
. Q Prysmian Group
@ Hartford Healthcare/Windham Hospital
@ United Abrasives
@ Berkshire Bank
Owner-Occupied
Detached or Semi-Detached
Schools
CT Department of
School Distric

necticut
212
Current Population
24, 655
| winchan [state
11,222 4,724,621
148,010
4,109
‘Inernployment Rate
Self-Employment Rate*
“ACG, 2013-2019 :
»Poughkespsle |.
Yonkers
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Fiscal Indicators
CT Office of Policy and Management. SFY 2017-18
Municipal Revenue
TotalRevenue - $81,348,779
_ Property Tax Revenue $38,071,658
per capita $1,520 . ° .
per capita, as % of state av. 50% .
Intergovernmenial Revenue © $40,637,599
Revenue.to Expenditure Ratio ” 98%
Boston®
&, Municipal Expenditure : ;
Ay ‘Total Expenditure $83,006,785
Educational” $57,224,238
Other $25,782,547
Grind List Ly
Equalized Net Grand List * $1,291,164,325
ger capita $62,261
per capita, as % of stata av. : 34%
, Ggmm./indust. Share of Net Grand List 19%
Actual Mill Rate 36.65
| Equalized Mill Rate 29.08
Muniéipal Debt
Moody's Rating A2 :
Total Indebtness $12,911,100
per capita $523
per capita; as % of state av. * 20%
-as percent of expenditures 16%
- Annual Debt Sefvice $2,826,783
as.% of expenditures 3%
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ACS, 2015-2019 .
Mean Commute Time Pre-cavie 21 min
No Access to a Car
No Internet Access
Commute Mode
Public Transport
Walking or Cycling
Driving :
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’ Windham.
. We are not a combo FD; but, rather one of four separate and autonomous FDs in the Town of
Windham. We're career, and the other three are volunteers.

Schools
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412 Current Population
“ ;
ecticut 15,688
; Demographics
Suffield Stata ACS, 2015-2019
42 4,842. Age Distribution State
371 738 Under 10 4285 44%
§,158 1,370,748 10 to 19 2,144 § 1%
Median Household income $144,208 $78,444 40 to 49. 2,239 13%
Poverty Rate 1% 10% 50 fo 69 2074 18%
60 to 69 1728 42%,
7010 79 4981 7%
80 and over 503 . + SM
Economy ‘a
‘ fi State
Top industries Race and Ethnicity fate
QT Department of Lahor, 2048 Empinyment Employers Av. Wages Asian Non-Hispanic (NH) be 4%
. Black sw . | i 10%
& State Government 761 2 $68,992 “Hispanic or Latinofa of any reco | ia 18%
= 5 ite Ne : 7%
@ Wholesale Trade 589 54 $51,680 Other Ni. inet, Amorican ingiaa. Alaska Nativo, 2% “3G
@ Local Government 505 14 $63,276 Native Hawalen or Pasifc latsnder
® Health Care & Social Assistance 480 26 $41,134 : .
® Manufacturing 442 43 $67,645 . Language Spoken at Home [ surfed I state
All Industries 4,226 380° $54,034 English :
: Spanish
SOTS Business Registrations Educational Attainment —_—‘[ Suifeld i state
Secretary of tie State, June 2021 High School Diploma Only
Total Active Businesses 1,205 Associate Degree
New Business Registrations by Year : Bachelor's Degree
2001 54 2008 73 _ 2014 62 2046 71 Master's Degree or Higher
2002 76 ~ 2007 T7 2012 66 2017 70
2003 72 2008 69 2013 88 2018 74
2004. 94 2009 77 2014 48 2019 67 Housin . :
2005 81 2070 64 2018 69 2020 117 | ace, using Suffield State
Median Home Value $340,500 $275,400
Key Eniployers Median Rent - $1,250 $1,180
e wnt
Data fram municipalities, 2021” Housing Units 5,601 1,516,629
@ C&S Wholesale Grocers :
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@ State of CT - Prison Detached or Semi-Detached
@ The Suffield House - Nursing Home ean
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hool Distrjefs

ecticut
212
- Current Popul lation
15, 688
Ista
1,724,621
148,010
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ACS, 2018-2019 ;
Mean Gommute Time Peco = 25 min 26 min
No Access to a Car
No internet Access
Commute Mode
Public Transport
Walking or Cycling
Fiscal Indicators
Municipal Revenue
Total Revenue .
Property Tax Revenue
per capita - :
per capita, as % of state av,
intergoverntriental Revenue
Revenue to Expenditure Ratio
Boston* ; ,
Municipal Expenditure
Total Expenditure
Educational
Other
Grand List
‘Equalized Net Grand List
per capita
. per capita, as % of state av.
Actual Mill Rate
Equalized Mill Rate
Municipal Debt |
Maddy’s Rating
Total Indebtness
per capita
per capita, as % of state av.
as percent of expenditures _
Annual Debt Service
as % of expenditures
CT Oftice of Policy and Management, SFY 2017-18
Comm. /indust. Share of Net Grand List
$60,927,079
$40,320,629
$2,557
84%.
$17,399,353
108%
$58,081,818
$39,968,226
$18,083,592
. $2,056,960,887
$130,659
85%
TM%
28.89
| 19.57
$19,843,492
$1,260
49%
34%
$2,809,804
5%
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Suffield
. What your organizational structure looks like? Suffield has a career Chief, volunteer
' Deputy Chief , 4 volunteer Captains, one career Lieutenant and two volunteer lieutenants,
6 career firefighters and 28 volunteer firefighters. Rank is treated as it is , career
firefighters follow volunteer officers. All meet the same training and certification or
education requirements. ;
. What incentive programs, if any, you have in place for volunteers? Volunteers receive $
15.00 call, a training stipend based on their certification and ability limited to $ 800
. annually and a tax.abatement of $ 1000 annually.
. What do you use for volunteer recruitment? Recruitment is done through social media,
volunteers needed posters , annual open houses and town events. commitment of current
and past members to sell the value of volunteering and opportunities for personal growth
and achievement.

7 4/2
Current Population
14,761
ecticut
Ledyard State -
38 4842
386 738
5,769 4.370,748
38.1 ALO
Median Househol