Annual Report 2021 31 30 City of Chilliwack STRATEGIC GOAL #9: COMMUNITY SAFETY Safety encompasses a wide range of services, including fire safety, comprehensive emergency management plans and training. It also includes supporting RCMP initiatives and improving traffic safety. HOWWE WILL GET THERE WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2021 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY Provide effective fire and life safety education to the community and increase safety in multi-family residential and gated communities ✓ Conducted fire safety and emergency preparedness sessions, both virtually and in-person, to 900+ people. ✓ Community Risk Reduction programs continued to be developed, including the Community Risk Assessment which is currently 68% complete. ✓ 115 multi-family residential buildings currently on the fire and life safety upgrade program with 75% of the upgrades completed. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Prepare for response and recovery of the City in times of disaster and work with First Nations to integrate emergency plans ✓ Responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme heat, and atmospheric river events through the Emergency Response and Recovery Plan. ✓ Assisted Emergency Management British Columbia with the provision of Emergency Support Services to 1,350 wildfire evacuees and 1,250 atmospheric river evacuees. ✓ Worked with First Nations communities on flood preparedness and planning. FIREFIGHTERS Continued firefighter staffing requirement planning and increase quality and quantity of firefighter training and education ✓ Developed and implemented a training passport system to support firefighter and fire officer training and professional development. ✓ Delivered and placed in-service a new Ladder Truck, training and equipment to Firehall 4 (Sardis) to improve aerial capabilities. ✓ Continued on-site improvements at the fire training centre. ✓ Hired additional firefighters. ✓ Maintained 100% in-service time for Engine 4 (Sardis). STRATEGIC GOAL #9 CONTINUED: COMMUNITY SAFETY Safety encompasses a wide range of services, including fire safety, comprehensive emergency management plans and training. It also includes supporting RCMP initiatives and improving traffic safety. HOWWE WILL GET THERE WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2021 TRAFFIC EDUCATION Support the Safer City initiative working with RCMP and ICBC ✓ Safer City initiatives provided motorists, pedestrians and cyclists with road safety knowledge to attempt to reduce local crash statistics. ✓ Hosted a drive-thru Chilliwack Safety Fair event with local safety-oriented organizations. RCMP SUPPORT Support RCMP activities and initiatives and maintain an adequate number of police officers ✓ Health and Safety Inspection Team shut down four controlled substance/marijuana grow operations and conducted 32 health and safety inspections. ✓ Health and Safety Inspection Team assisted with remediation in buildings that may have housed unlicensed marijuana grow operations. ✓ City staff worked cooperatively with RCMP on trouble buildings and hotspots. ✓ Funded five additional members for 2021 and have funded 35 over the past seven years. ✓ Maintained a population to member ratio of under 800. ✓ Former Operations building is being converted into additional space for the RCMP Detachment to better serve the needs of public and staff. BYLAW ENFORCEMENT Provide enhanced and proactive bylaw enforcement ✓ Eight full-time Bylaw Officers provide year-round support, including expanded evenings and weekend coverage. ✓ Two Bylaw Enforcement Officers completed their bicycle training in order to assist with proactive bicycle patrols in the downtown, parks and trails and other hotspot areas. ✓ On average, bylaw officers have over 1,000 interactions with members of the public each month.
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