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Cape Coral Fire Department reports compliance, outlines gaps ahead of 2029 reaccreditation
Summary
Acting Fire Chief Mike Russell told the City Council the department remains in compliance with the 250 core competencies required for accreditation but identified service gaps — especially in data capacity and response-time benchmarks — and outlined a strategic plan aimed at addressing them before reaccreditation in 2029.
Acting Fire Chief Mike Russell told the Cape Coral City Council on Feb. 26 that the fire department remains in compliance with the 250 core competencies required by the Commission for Fire Accreditation International and is moving to implement peer-team recommendations received after its initial accreditation.
The update, given during the Committee of the Whole meeting, summarized accreditation work dating to 2021, the peer-team visit in December 2023 and the department’s subsequent action plan. “We remain in compliance with the 250 core competencies as required by the accrediting body,” Russell said.
Russell and Accreditation Manager Kirsten Lynch described accreditation as an ongoing business practice rather than a one-time project. Russell…
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