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b. Ladder trucks: 25 years; and c. Command vehicles: 10 years. 5) Continue Fire Department participation in the City's plan review process so that water supply and other emergency response considerations are incorporated into plans and plats for new development /redevelopment. 6) Continue Fire Marshal participation in the City's Building Plan Review process and on -site inspections so that fire and life safety codes are incorporated into construction plans and verified compliant during post - construction inspections. 7) Adequately fund training opportunities for fire personnel to improve personal skills and departmental capabilities. Utilize the new Fire Training Officer to expand cost - effective in -house training capabilities. 8) Adequately support the Fire Department's efforts to convey the message of fire prevention through programs such as CPR, first aid training, and fire safety related school events. 9) Continue to monitor fire and building codes to determine if a newer addition would achieve better life safety protection for the City. 10) Continue to conduct fire safety inspections of all businesses and public facilities to ensure compliance with fire and life safety code requirements. 11) Continue to prepare and publicly disseminate the La Porte Fire Code Construction and Development Guide. 12) Continue to maintain and keep up -to -date the Fire Department and Fire Marshal's pages on the overall City's Website. GOAL 7: Provide for the ongoing needs of the City's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department to ensure adequate protection of the population. Actions and Initiatives 1) Periodically review the EMS Department's personnel needs and hire additional staff to accommodate increased calls for service concurrent with population growth. This could include adding an additional Captain to relieve the Assistant EMS Chief from being a shift commander. This would allow the Assistant EMS Chief to dedicate more time developing overall strategies to improve the operation of the EMS Department. 2) Work in coordination with the Police and Fire Departments to add a third dispatcher to the E -911 call center. 3) Add a third 24/7 Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) ambulance to each shift to ensure adequate emergency life support service protection for the citizens and visitors of La Porte. 4) Adequately support the EMS Department's efforts to improve the health and safety of the community through such programs as the Childhood Immunization Program, Child Safety Seat Inspection Program, Shattered Dreams (i.e., bi- annual DWI awareness program for high school juniors), "Vial of Life" Program (documentation and storage of medical information in homes), as well as cyclist training (in coordination with A COMMUNIT — Y VISION FOR 1A PORTE, TEXAS - 2010 UPDATE