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Detroit council hears Fire Department budget; members request capital plan and studies
Summary
At a Detroit City Council budget hearing, Fire Commissioner Chuck Sims outlined department staffing, EMS and training priorities, response-time metrics and outreach programs. Councilmembers moved to request a capital plan, add $500,000 for a capital-fund study and direct an executive-session analysis of firefighter health and wellness.
Fire Commissioner Chuck Sims told the Detroit City Council during the first Fire Department budget hearing of the season that the department is budgeted for 1,311 members and will focus on expanding EMS, prevention and community outreach aligned with Mayor Sheffield’s 'Rise Higher' initiative.
Sims said Detroit Fire Department units deploy about 40–42 ambulances daily, respond to roughly 450 medical calls a day and transport more than 300 patients. He told the council DFD’s Code 1 response average has been about 7 minutes 30 seconds — faster than the cited NFPA standard — and that structure-fire response averages about 5 minutes 20 seconds. Sims said the department responded to roughly 73,000 incidents and more than 45,000 medical runs last…
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