DMA - Fire Consolidation Study
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December 1, 2008 Dear Stakeholders and Interested Parties: The Downriver Community Conference (DCC) and Downriver Mutual Aid (DMA) have been leaders in community collaboration for over 30 years. That leadership led to DCC facilitating the work of the Downriver Fire Authority (DFA). Regionalizing public safety services, including fire services, was discussed in 1996, but did not start to actively take shape until 2006. Through a grant from Wayne County, the feasibility of fire service consolidation was explored. Plante Moran, one of the largest accounting and business services firms in the nation served as lead consultant for the study, which you can view in its entirety on this website. Other experts were consulted, including fire departments that formed Mutual Aid agreements with neighboring communities, and/or consolidated. In 2007, five of DCC’s member communities – Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Southgate and Wyandotte – worked together as the Downriver Fire Authority to further explore consolidating fire services in those communities. This collaborative process did not result in a consolidation of the departments, but it did open the door for more streamlined/collaborative operating procedures and enhanced mutual aid agreements and systems between the communities. The end goal of all these initiatives and efforts is to determine what’s best for the communities and their residents and to implement the consensus plan. This section of our website provides information on the concept of consolidating fire services for other entities interested in this idea. Sincerely, DCC Member Communities include: Documents
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