Committee of the Whole Meeting - A. MAX BACON CITY HALL, HR TRAINING ROOM — Minutes
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March 13, 2025
6:00 PM
City of Smyrna
Mayor and Council Meeting
2800 King Street SE
Human Resources Training Room
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and providing training programs. Economic development can lead to more job
opportunities and a higher quality of life for residents.
THINKING AHEAD: This is about planning for the future. It involves strategic planning,
forecasting future needs, and being proactive rather than reactive. This can include
everything from infrastructure improvements to sustainability initiatives.
PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE: This means ensuring that community services
(like fire & EMS) are efficient, effective, and accessible to all residents. High- quality
services can greatly enhance the livability of a community.
PUBLIC SAFETY: This is crucial for any community. It involves not only policing but also
community-based safety initiatives, emergency preparedness, and creating safe public
spaces.
Critical Issues & Service Gaps
Utilizing the data gathered through all phases of the planning process, the following
themes emerges as the primary critical issues and service gaps. The critical issues and
service gaps support the development of the goals, initiatives and objectives for the
organization. Limitations to the department’s control over monitoring alarm handling
performance.
•Service delivery coverage for a portion of the service boundary for risks in the south-
central area of Smyrna.
•Measuring the impact (and cost savings) of CRR efforts within the community.
•Specific, targeted, and achievable goals based on performance and a formal and
documented review annually.
•A formal quality assurance program.
•Response priorities for nonemergency service requests from healthcare facilities.
•Cost savings related to fire investigation (origin and cause determination) efforts.
•Associated cost savings related to Public Fire Education efforts.
•Regularly collect, validate, analyze, and evaluate the impact of fire detection and
suppression systems within the City (more focus on fire detection devices in residential
structures.)
•Monitor call concurrency which affects multiple performance factors.
•Regularly collect, analyze, and review data pertaining to property, life, injury,
environmental, and other associated losses, for the last three to five years.
•Ensure the highest performance and greatest usable life for all apparatus.
Strategic Initiatives & Objectives
Strategic Goal: Promote Firefighter Health and Wellness: Prioritizing health and wellness
initiatives will enhance firefighter well-being, reducing injuries, and stress.
1. Objective: Implement a comprehensive health and wellness program for firefighters,
including physical fitness, mental health support, and nutrition counseling.
S: Develop and introduce a health and wellness program for firefighters encompassing
physical fitness, mental health support, and nutrition counseling.
M: Track participation rates, improvements in physical fitness scores, reduction in sick
leave, and feedback from firefighters on mental health and nutritional benefits.
A: Collaborate with health professionals, fitness trainers, and nutritionists to create a
tailored program. Ensure resources like gyms, counseling services, and nutrition plans are
available and accessible.