• Fully staff the fire engine at the Narrows station- Would staff the engine company with 3 personnel and the ambulance transport unit with 2 personnel. Currently only 2 personnel assigned to the ambulance.

-Improves response capability to the communities of the Narrows, Eagle Point, Highland Lakes, Birch Creek, Dunnavant Place, and other areas along Dunnavant Valley Road.

 -Cost approximately $850,000 per year for staffing.

-Provides increased staffing to the second busiest area of the fire district.

-Improves effective response force to incidents.

-Improves response times and availability.

• Fully staff the ambulance at Mt Laurel station- Would staff the engine company with 3 personnel and the ambulance transport unit with 2 personnel. Currently only 3 personnel assigned to the engine company.

-Improves effective response force to incidents in the Dunnavant Valley area including but not limited to Mt Laurel, Highland Village, Highland Lakes, Birch Creek, Dunnavant Place, Villas Belvedere, Aaronvale, Shoal Creek, South Oak, Stonegate, Holly Brook, Smyer Lake, The Shires, Spring Stone, and the Narrows.

-Improves availability of ambulances in the area

-Proactive approach to the growth in the area

• Relocate the Highway 280 station to Brook Highland Parkway

-Provides a business and administrative office that is more accessible to the public

-Provides a community / training room that can be used for community events and CPR & First Aid training. This would also provide a location for the department to conduct in house training.

-Cannot get a loan against the property for improvements because of the way the way the property is deeded to the District.

-Replaces a 38 year old, under sized current station that has been remodeled 4 times. Current property is not large enough for needed expansion.

-Provides better response times to our busiest areas

-Reduces amount of required travel on U.S. 280, improves safety of the drivers and firefighters.

• Become an accredited organization (Center for Public Safety Excellence)

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-An all-hazard, quality improvement model based on risk analysis and self-assessment that promotes the establishment of community-adopted performance targets for fire and emergency service agencies.

• Build and staff an additional station further north of Hugh Daniel Drive on Dunnavant Valley Road

-While this is a goal for the District it has become a long term goal that will be revisited at a later time. This decision was made based on input from the community and lack of budgetary support.

-Improves services to the communities of Shoal Creek, South Oaks, Stonegate Farms, Symer Lake, Hollybrook Lake, Springstone, The Shires, and individual homeowners in the area

-Reduces response times to the same areas

-Addition of this station improves entire district’s ISO rating to a Class 1. (Best rating possible)

• Class 1 ISO rating (Insurance Service Office)

-Ensures best possible insurance rates to both residential and commercial district members