Title
Process and Steps to Create a Unified Fire Dispatch in the New South Island 911/Police Dispatch Centre
Recommendation
[The original staff recommendation was amended, then postponed, at the July 17, 2019 meeting as follows:]
That the Planning and Protective Services Committee recommend to the Capital Regional District Board:
1. That staff be directed to bring forward a budget proposal of $50,000 within the 2020 Legislative and General Service's budget to complete an independent feasibility process to look at a unified fire dispatch model for the region that may include the Saanich facility, the E-Comm facility, the CRD Langford facility and the Surrey dispatch facility; and
2. Ensure that the feasibility report includes direct involvement and a complete and comprehensive response from all the region's fire chiefs.