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Emergency Services - continued <br />Life Safety Division <br />Major Services <br />Enforce the N.C. Fire Prevention Code by Conducting Fire Inspections <br />Investigate Fires to Determine Cause and Origin and Respond to All Illegal Burning Calls <br />Provide Fire and Life Safety Education <br />FY 2012 -13 Outcomes <br />Maintain a yearly inspection quota of 275 inspections annually. <br />Decrease the amount of fire investigations by distributing more home fire safety educational <br />information. <br />Increase the number of fire and life safety education events, including annual fire drills, in all <br />County buildings. <br />Performance Measures <br />2010 -11 <br />Actual <br />2011 -12 <br />Actual <br />2012 -13 <br />Budget <br />2012 -13 <br />Projected <br />2013 -14 <br />Budget <br />Service: Fire Inspections <br />Outcome Measure <br />304 <br />279 <br />300 <br />280 <br />300 <br />Number of man -hours for total inspections <br />417 <br />368 <br />400 <br />370 <br />400 <br />Service: Fire Investigations <br />Number of Fire Investigations Conducted <br />150 <br />100 <br />140 <br />120 <br />130 <br />Number of man -hours for total <br />investigations <br />600 <br />400 <br />560 <br />480 <br />520 <br />FY 2013 -14 Objectives <br />Exceed the fire inspection schedule as mandated by the North Carolina Fire Prevention <br />Code. <br />Reduce the number of illegal burning investigations by continuing to educate the citizens on <br />the laws and county ordinances pertaining to open burning <br />Deliver new and updated fire prevention programs, life safety programs, and home safety <br />programs to citizens, schools, health and daycare providers, and county employees. These <br />programs heighten fire prevention awareness; identify fire hazards, and injury prevention in <br />schools, homes, and the workplace. <br />Budget Highlights <br />The FY 2013 -14 Commissioner Approved Budget includes Capital Outlay funds of $26,835 <br />for a Fire Extinguisher Training System, which will make fire extinguisher training safer for <br />trainees and more cost effective, as well as the replacement of a current fit testing machine <br />1iRX <br />