Administration

Administration provides overall direction, leadership and vision for the fire district. Divisional responsibilities, include; providing administrative support for the fire district in budget preparation, policies, public information, payroll, logistics, human resources, information technology and fleet maintenance.

Ambulance Billing

Ambulance Billing processes billing for emergency ambulance transports in St. Lucie County (SLC). They work with both the operations division and the training division to ensure compliance with state and federal statutes. They assist with the collection of documents for the Public Emergency Medical Transportation (PEMT) cost report, which has brought the fire district additional funding from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for Medicaid patients. They secure and maintain

Building and Grounds Division

Building & Grounds is responsible for repairs and maintenance of all fire district buildings. It is also responsible for inspection and maintenance on all self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for over 400 personnel, all air conditioning systems, fuel tanks, and landscaping. They also participate in budget preparations for capital improvements at all fire stations.

Communications

The Communications Division is the nerve center or hub of the Fire District operations and is usually the first point of contact for the public. It is where calls for service are received; information is obtained and transmitted to the appropriate units and where pre-arrival instructions are given through the Emergency Medical Dispatching (EMD) process.

Community Risk Reduction Division

The Community Risk Reduction (CRR) division is responsible for identifying and prioritizing local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources to reduce their occurrence and impact. In other words, community risk reduction is a process to help communities find out what their risks are and develop a plan to reduce the risks. The CRR division is responsible for the development and delivery of the following public safety programs: plan review, fire code enforcement, fire

Finance

The finance department is responsible for; accounting and investing all district funds, monitoring and approving all expenditures, issuing checks, developing operating and capital budgets, compiling annual financial statements, maintaining fixed asset records, performing special analysis/management studies and maintaining the official records of the fire district.

Fire Operations

The operations chief is responsible for emergency service delivery to the community; including emergency medical response, fire suppression, aeromedical responses, special operations responses, and overall personnel and safety management for all shifts.

Fleet Maintenance Division

Fleet maintenance is responsible for spec’ing & outfitting, preventive maintenance, and repair of 131 fire district vehicles and apparatus that, as a fleet, exceed 1-million miles annually. These vehicles range from UTV rescues, staff vehicles, rescues, pumpers, aerial apparatus, brush trucks, water tankers, special operations apparatus and an Oshkosh Stryker 1500 Airport Rescue Firefighting unit. In addition, fleet maintenance is responsible for maintaining nineteen station generators, nineteen

Human Resources

The primary responsibility of the human resources department is to support the employer–employee relationship performing a variety of functions that both assist and manage the organization’s biggest asset, its workforce.

Information Technology

The IT department provides the fire district data and voice communications services. This includes, but is not limited to, software and hardware support, installations, tower climbing, 24/7 support, administering email and phones, maintaining the microwave infrastructure which supports CAD alerting, AVL, and data links to EOC, and researching new techniques and devices.

Logistics

The logistics department is responsible for the complete procurement of the fire district; including the research, purchases, warehousing, and distributing of medical, office and janitorial supplies, uniforms and bunker gear for all active firefighters.

Training & Safety

The training & safety division is responsible for fire and EMS training of all St. Lucie County Fire District firefighters. This division is also directly involved with health, safety and exposure risk management for the fire district.

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