Fiscal Year 2019 Budget

Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019

Last updated: 4/11/18

BFD Fire Prevention

The Fire Prevention Program is responsible for decreasing fire incidents through engineering, education, and enforcement. Fire Prevention conducts awareness programs especially designed for the target audience and through media campaigns.


John Dempsey, Manager, Organization 221600

BFD Fire Prevention - Appropriations


title FY16 Expenditure FY17 Expenditure FY18 Appropriation FY19 Adopted Inc/Dec 18 vs 19
Personnel Services 11,068,072 11,554,335 11,619,981 11,804,442 184,461
Contractual Services 81,442 108,586 125,266 122,896 -2,370
Supplies & Materials 93,150 108,215 130,850 134,700 3,850
Current Chgs & Oblig 143,086 136,378 136,175 146,575 10,400
Equipment 7,275 -14,340 2,400 1,800 -600
Other 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11,393,025 11,893,174 12,014,672 12,210,413 195,741

BFD Fire Prevention
Performance Goals

Goal:

To ensure City of Boston citizens are safe and protected from all emergencies with adequate fire fighting capacity in the field

Measure FY16 Actual FY17 Actual FY18 Target FY19 Target
Elderly outreach and education visits 1,055 1,147 1,500
Knock and Drop community programs held 200 281 250
Number of incidents responded to 85,598 86,086 90,000
Response Time 4 4 4
School programs held to provide fire safety education 177 379 400