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Fire chief outlines budget, growing calls and FireMed expansion; department projects revenue gains
Summary
Fire Chief Eric McCoy presented a department overview showing rising call volumes and revenue; staff outlined plans to expand FireMed subscriptions, pursue lifeguard tower advertising, renegotiate EMS supply contracts and improve billing for inspections and citations
Fire Chief Eric McCoy presented the Huntington Beach Fire Department’s services and budget overview, highlighting a decade‑plus rise in call volume and recent gains in grant and fee revenue.
Chief McCoy said the department’s adopted general fund allocation for 2024–25 is a little over $62 million, with personnel accounting for about 81 percent of the department’s budget. He reported a substantial increase in departmental revenues over the last decade — from about $9 million in 2013–14 to roughly $24 million in the most recent year — driven primarily by EMS transport fees, FireMed subscriptions and other service revenues.
Call volume has approximately doubled since the early 2000s. The department ran about 11,600 calls in 2003…
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