Darkhorse Emergency LP 6/18/2025

SECTION 2 – S COPE OF WORK 2.1 INTENT The City of Everett Fire Department (EFD) is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a Community Risk Assessment (CRA) and Standards of Cover (SOC). The selected consultant will conduct the CRA & SOC to formulate recommendations for appropriate staffing and deployment of firefighting and emergency medical service resources consistent with state and national best practices and the Center for Public Safety Excellence. The EFD expects the selected consultant to understand existing Washington Survey and Ratings Bureau (WSRB) rating strategies and National Fire Protection Association performance measures. In 2020, the WSRB assigned Everett Fire a Class 3 fire protection rating, and the department narrowly missed an improvement to Class 2. The City has budgeted approximately $60,000 to complete the assessment. 2.2 CITY OF EVERETT Everett is located approximately twenty-five (25) miles north of Seattle. With a population of roughly 112,000 spanning over forty-eight miles, Everett is the largest city in Snohomish County and the seventh largest in Washington State. The city has a workforce of approximately 1,200 employees who provide a wide array of municipal services, including police, fire, emergency medical services, street maintenance, planning and zoning, libraries, parks and recreation, and general administrative services. Additionally, the City operates five enterprises or revenue-generating divisions: water and sewer utility, solid waste, recycling utility, two golf courses, a transit system, and a parking garage. 2.3 EVERETT FIRE DEPARTMENT The City of Everett Fire Department operates in a geography that includes a dense downtown core, neighborhoods with narrow streets, challenging maneuverability, lakes, marine seaport, highways, heavy industrial zones, and fourteen miles of waterfront. The Everett Fire Department operates six (6) fire stations, an automotive shop, an operations warehouse, and an administrative building. Daily minimum staffing is 34 firefighters, who typically operate six engine companies, one ladder company, three aid (BLS) units, three medic (ALS) units, one battalion chief, and one medical services officer. Overall, the Everett Fire Department employs 175 career firefighters. Of the 175 firefighters, 30 are also paramedics. In 2023, Everett Fire managed just over 27,000 requests for emergency services. 2.4 SCOPE OF WORK The CRA and SOC must provide an analysis and recommendations for improving local community fire services in the future. The analysis and subsequent recommendations must be based on relevant data analysis and benchmarking to national standards as well as the department’s performance benchmarks, which closely align with NFPA 1700. The consultant should analyze the fire risk assessment data and the current deployment of all the EFD fire companies and apparatus to develop a comprehensive assessment of: • The department station locations, • Deployment models, • Staffing,