January—March ♦ Six members of the fire department are now at the EMT-Paramedic level.

Four more are being added. These firefighter/paramedics are involved in the department’s paramedic engine pilot project

♦ Fire, along with the Civil Support Team and FAA, conducted a drill that encompassed the potential of Weapons of Mass Destruction within the public transit system.

♦ “Light My Fire” All-Insurance fund-raiser for the Fire Safe House raised $10,000 to be used for public education.

♦ “Kid’s Fair” attendance is estimated at over 13,000. Representatives from Boise, Caldwell, Meridian, and Nampa Fire Departments joined in a cooperative effort to teach fire and life safety measures to those in attendance using the new Fire Safe House.

April—June ♦ Visited 54 elementary schools with the new Fire Safe House to present fire

escape information to valley second graders.

♦ Two new Brush Trucks were received from BME and were placed in service at Stations 1 & 8.

♦ Boise Fire hosted the 11th Annual Firefighter Safety Symposium. Firefighters from all over the northwest participated in the two days of hands on training and then two days of classroom training.

♦ Fire Stations 2 & 5 celebrated 100 years of service in May. Close to 500 “old-timers” and well-wishers attended the open house.

July—September ♦ Tech Rescue team has staffed a second vehicle; now there are two

vehicles for incident responses.

♦ Received a $13,000 grant from Idaho Department of Transportation for extrication equipment.

♦ Engine Companies completed 9 days of Advanced Life Support training.

♦ The Fire Prevention Bureau in partnership with Boise Police Department issued over 20 citations and seized illegal fireworks worth hundreds of dollars.

October—December ♦ Fire Prevention Week fire crews

visited area elementary schools talking about fire safety. Two fire safety programs were provided to local kindergarten and pre-school students. Children enjoyed clowns and fire trucks as they learned about fire safety.

♦ In October, Boise Fire held their largest recruit academy graduation; with twelve new firefighters and five new firefighter/paramedics.

♦ Fire held the first EMS Conference with two days of Advance Life Support level training for paramedics.

♦ Firefighter of the Year-Jason Barnard, Captain

♦ Mid-Manager of the Year-Sandy Records, Administrative Manager

♦ Employee of the Year-Connie Martinsen, Sr. Secretary

♦ Technical Rescue Commendation awarded at the 2006 Awards Banquet for a successful high rise rescue. The rescue also captured nationwide attention on CNN News (cover photo).

2006 Highlights BFD Employees

BOISE FIREBOISE FIREBOISE FIRE DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT

ANNUALANNUALANNUAL REPORTREPORTREPORT

Boise Fire Department 150 N. Capitol Blvd.

Boise, ID 83702

208-384-3950

TDD/TTY (800)377-3529 www.cityofboise.org

200620062006

Kevin Allen•Rod Andrews•Anthony Andrisek•Dennis Anthony•Mark Austin•Vance

Baldwin•Brian Barber•Michael Barbero•Randy Barnack•Jason Barnard•Mark

Benjamin•Ryan Berkheiser•James Blaser•Greg Briggs•Thad Broadhead•Keith

Broden•Dana Brown•Justin Cagle•Kevin Cairy•Mitch Caldwell•Chris

Campbell•Tom Campbell•Donnie Caple•Anthony Casetta•Steve Celeya•Geoffrey

Chally•Jason Chan•Randy Christensen•Dennis Cleary•Ryan Cleaver•Joe

Cleveland•Terry Cole•Tom Compton•Natalie Cook•Shannon Cook•Dave

Cooper•Doug Cooper•Connie Coulter•Aaron Couture•Justin Cox•Ray

Criner•Christopher Dahlhauser•Joel Damron•Karen Delisio•Philip Desilet•Jonas

Dethman•Steve Dial•Dennis Doan•David Drake•Jill Edwards•Michelle

Eisenbeiss•Jacob Ellis•Dave Elsberry•Chuck Emerson•Zachary Emerson•Rich

Ferneau•Rick Folden•Neal Forrester•Brandon Frederick•Don Fry•Tom

Gainor•Ron Galindo•Doug Gates•Don Gifford•Kent Gilbertson•Chris

Gillespie•Bobby Joe Glass•Gordon Goldsmith•Alberto Gonzalez•Kevin

Gould•Chad Gray•Jim Gross•Scott Hall•Steve Hamilton•Dave Hamman•Dave

Hanneman•Mike Hanson•Glenn Hargan•Cody Harrold•Linda Helsel•Jeff

Higgins•Lance Hilliard•Brent Ho•Dan Holbrook•Dan Hopkins•Andrew

Hotchkiss•Steve Huffman•Aaron Hummel•Mike Ingram•Anastasia Jenkins•Jeremy

Johnson•Max Johnson•Kent Jones•Sean Kain•Jack Kawakami•Steve

Keuter•Jeremy Kircher•Mark Klinger•Mike Kreiter•Michael Kruse•DeWaine

Kuehl•Richard Kuehn•Jeff LaBour•Glenn Lacy•Greg Lamb•Robert

Lambrou•James Leiby•Corey LeMay•Aaron Leuck•Bob Levandusky•Jason

Lewis•Mark Lewton•Josh Liddell•Robert Lilly•James Lindsay•Robert Linn•Anthony

Lloyd•Michael Lockman•Dave Lokker•Scott Long•Thomas Lovell•Shane

Lowe•Brian Macomb•Randy Majors•Dan Mannion•Brian Martin•Steve

Martin•Connie Martinsen•Brent Matthews•Russell Mattox•Christopher

Mattson•Jerry McAdams•John McCormack•James McCullough•Paul

McDougall•Andrew McFarland•Joe McNeill•Michael Menlove•David Miller•Robert

Miller•Sean Miller•Roy Mitchell•Jon Moore•Thomas Moore•Randy Moss•Dave

Muir•William Murphy•Richard Murray•Stephen Murray•Lyle Musick•Christopher

Nash•Trisha Nauman•Carl Nebeker•Shane Nelson•Peter Nielson•Thayne

Olaso•Perry Oldenburg•Kevin Olinger•Matthew Owen•Tom Pawek•Rick

Payne•Robert Pehrson•James Pendleton•Jim Peters•Darron Peterson•Stan

Peterson•John Peugh•Jim Poe•Scott Pruett•Eric Quinn•Jim Rabbitt•Marcus

Rainey•Kyle Rajsich•Greg Ramey•James Ramey•Jeff Ramey•Bruce

Rankin•Brandon Rantz•Steve Rasulo•Tracy Raynor•Bill Ream•Sandy

Records•Richard Reddy•Thomas Reitan•Shawn Res•Daryl Riedinger•Noel

Rios•Curt Rivera•Paul Roberts•Jeffrey Root•Tim Rosen•Renn Ross•Charles

Ruffing•Don Rusher•Steven Satterlee•Russell Schmidt•Edward

Schonberger•Lance Sellers•Mark Senteno•Keith Severance•Roger Shaw•Parker

Sheehan•Brian Simpson•Bill Sipple•Brian Skinner•Darryl Smith•Jason

Smith•Kendal Smith•Kirk Smith•Bryan Sorenson•Robert Spencer•Eric St

Michell•Jim Stappler•Randy Stevens•Bruce Stewart•Jason Stinar•Bill

Stone•Patrick Stover•John Suter•Earle Swope•Jennifer Sword•Jesse Tappert•Ken

Tavernier•Russel Taylor•Dan Templeman•Terry Theriot•Robert Thomas•Ren

Thompson•Chad Tiffany•Bill Tinsley•Bert Torkelson•Robert Townsend•Neil

Troxel•Fred Turley•Andy Upton•Roy Walcroft•James Walker•Mike Walker•Shane

Walker•Jeffry Walters•George Webb•Mark Westerdoll•Kirk Whitmer•Kevin

Wienhoff•Gary Wiese•Ryan Williams•Dan Williard•Kevin Wilson•Mark Witt•Greg

Womack•Jerrod Wong•Travis Woolford•Jake Zebell•Michael Zolin

2007 Recruit Academy

On behalf of the men and women of the Boise Fire

Department, I am pleased to present the 2006 Annual

Report. This report highlights the many activities of the fire

department.

The biggest highlight of the

year occurred on January 23rd,

when our Paramedic Engine Company pilot project began.

This pilot project was conducted to test the

department’s ability to add advanced life support to the list of services we provide. All of our engine companies

are staffed with Emergency Medical Technicians, who are trained at the basic life support level. Now that our

pilot project has been successful, we will add paramedics to selected engine companies throughout

the City.

Our Technical Rescue Team is now operational and fully

equipped. In fact the cover photo on this report shows the Team making a dramatic rescue from a high rise

building under construction in downtown Boise. This

event was not only carried by the local media outlets, but appeared on the national news as well.

But none of the things we accomplished in 2006 would be possible without the emphasis the Mayor and City

Council place on making Boise a safe and livable community. At the Boise Fire Department, we take that

charge seriously as we strive to take care of

our citizens and visitors.

Renn M. Ross

Boise City Fire Chief

The primary mission of the Boise Fire Department is to protect and enhance the quality of life of the citizens of

Boise through a commitment to provide a highly trained and properly equipped organization.

Training Hours by Category

General Company Operations 8585

ARFF 3259

Dive 2138

HazMat 4318

Wildland 660

EMT 7541

Physical Fitness 12212

Administration 261

Evaluation / Test 551

Working Out Of Class 1268

Individual Performance Standards 4285

Company Performance Standards 1825

Fire Fighter I 3788

Fire Fighter II 2211

Driver / Operator 4323

Fire Officer I 2433

Fire Officer II 62

Fire Officer III 129

Fire Officer IV 77

Fire Instructor I 65

Fire Inspector/Fire Codes 427

HazMat - Technician 179

HazMat - Commander 0

Technical Rescue 5654

66,251

Response Area 98+ sq mi

Population Served 222,000

Incident Responses 16,655

Average Response Time* 04:48

Fire Investigations 120

Plan Reviews 1,358

Non-Build Agreements 23

Release of Non-Build 28

Inspections 3,656

Violations Reported 3,761

School Visits 54

Ride Alongs 80

Property/Content Saved $ 55,745,560.00

Staff 248

Public Records Requests 294

Statistical Summary Mission Statement

Message from the Fire Chief

Charitable Campaigns

Fill the Boot/Muscular Dystrophy Association

Toys for Tots

Burn Out Fund

Operation Wishbook

American Red Cross

Rake-Up Boise

Boise Fire Department

Special Teams

Hazardous Materials Team 31 Members

Dive/Rescue Team 30 Members

Technical Rescue Team 31 Members

Aircraft Rescue Firefighters 27 Members

Run Volume by Response District

1196

321

979

1594

2280

1745

121

557

1821

1381

946809

495

1458

292

648

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

ST 1 ST 2 ST 3 ST 4 ST 5 ST 6 ARFF ST 7 ST 8 ST 9 ST 10 ST 11 ST 12 ST 2 1 ST 2 2 OTHER

Run Volume by Incident Type

Hazardous -

422

Service -

1040

Good Intent -

1,554

False -

1,555

Other -

75

Fires -

767

Rescue/EMS

- 11,242

Aid Given

BLM

1%Eagle

9%IANG

3%

Meridian

31%NACFR

44%

Other

12%

Aid Received

Eagle

3%IANG

2%

Meridian

15%

NACFR

79%

Incidents by Day of Week

2150

2200

2250

2300

2350

2400

2450

2500

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

* Includes Non-Emergency Responses

Structure Fire at 15th Street and Hill Road

2006 Fire Prevention Week with Ah-O the Clown, Firefighter Brown, and Buster

Cpt. Lambrou assisting with Fill the Boot