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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

FY 15/16 FY 16/17 FY 17/18 FY 18/19
FUNCTIONAL AREA
ACTUALS ACTUALS BUDGET ADOPTED
Fire Department 274,431 272,966 260,962 272,403
Ambulance & Rescue Services 37 0 0 0
TOTAL FIRE & RESCUE 274,468 272,966 260,962 272,403

SERVICES
Fire Prevention Through visits to multiple schools, daycares, and clubs, the fire department
interacts with over 1,500 children and adults annually to teach fire safety
and prevention.

Smoke Alarm Town and county residents who do not have working smoke alarms can
Installation access the department’s free smoke alarm program. By appointment,
firefighters will install smoke detectors at no charge to the home owner.

Business Preplanning Working with local businesses, the fire department performs walk-through
inspections to familiarize firefighters with layouts, identify hazards, and
offer fire safety recommendations to the business.

First Responder Program that dispatches the fire department to life threatening emergency
Program medical calls. This is especially important when a patient is experiencing
heart failure or has stopped breathing; unless medical care is received
within four to six minutes, there is little chance for recovery.

Fire Extinguisher Training program is offered to local business employees and emergency
Training response teams who must show fire extinguisher proficiency annually for
team or insurance purposes.

CPR and Defibrillator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) classes are offered to the public twice
Training a year. Recommendations for Automatic Defibrillator (AED) locations are
also offered to businesses.

College Internship Program to give college students who are attending school in the Roanoke
Program and Lynchburg area and who are majoring in fire science or paramedic
program an opportunity to gain experience in a progressive agency that
responds to a large assortment of emergencies annually.

Knox Box Program Program that provides rapid, non-destructive emergency access to
commercial and residential property. Utilizing a key vault that is mounted
to the exterior of the business near the main door, the vault contains

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