Citygate’s Stewart Gary Completes Fire Station Relocation Study for Coastside FPD Categories: Fire, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire, Fire Deployment, Fire Response Times, Fire Services Study, Fire Station Relocation, Standards of Coverage Response February 21, 2014 Coastside fire district eyes new stations. A team of consultants last month reported that the Coastside Fire Protection District was well served by its current three fire stations, but it suggested the agency could Read More
San Bernardino City Council to consider $75,000 Fire Department study by Citygate Categories: Fire, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: David DeRoos, Fire, Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger, Fire Deployment, Fire Services Study, San Bernardino, Stu Gary January 10, 2014 San Bernardino City Council to consider $75,000 Fire Department study by Citygate The City Council is scheduled to approve a contract at its meeting today that would pay a consultant $74,900 to analyze the Read More
Citygate’s Stewart Gary and Anne Bybee lay groundwork for improved emergency medical services in Monterey County Categories: Emergency Management & Operations Training, EMS Staff, Fire, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Uncategorized Tag: Fire December 13, 2013 Conflicting parties to work together to improve ambulance service. After years of battling, Monterey County fire and private ambulance service officials will take a shot at working together to improve the local emergency transport Read More
Citygate’s Goodyear, AZ Fire Department Audit Triggers Excellent Changes Categories: Fire, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Uncategorized Tag: bill sager, David DeRoos, Fire Department Management, Fire Deployment, Fire Response Times, Fire Services Study, Robert Meyer, Stu Gary October 28, 2013 Citygate Associates Fire Department Audit in Goodyear, AZ by Chiefs Stewart Gary, Bill Sager, and Robert Meyer turns things around. Goodyear Fire Chief Paul Luizzi, who permanently took the reins of the department on Read More
Stakeholder workshops a success for Bay Area Incident Management Team assessment Categories: Fire, Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News, Incident Management Training Tag: Fire, Urban Area Security Initiative October 15, 2012 Citygate Associates was contracted by the Bay Area UASI to conduct investigative research into the use, applicability and potential further growth of Multi-Disciplinary Type 3 Incident Management Teams (IMT-3) in the Bay Area. The Read More
Citygate’s Stewart Gary Quoted in The Wall Street Journal Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger, Fire Deployment, Fire Response Times, Fire Services Study, Fire Station Relocation, Standards of Coverage Response, Stu Gary April 24, 2012 Stewart Gary, Citygate’s Fire Practice Principal, was quoted in a WSJ print column and related blog article: All Heat, No Light, in Fire Data (WSJ print column) “Mr. Gary, former chief of the Livermore-Pleasanton Read More
We’ve Reinvigorated Strategic Planning! Using Values & Actionable Plans Categories: Cornerstone, Fire Department Consulting, General Management Consulting, In the News, white papers, William Sager Tag: Strategic Planning March 16, 2012 William Sager, Senior Associate “Our Strategic Planning Process Leader” We know that predicting the future is at best difficult, particularly in today’s chaotic times. Regardless of that reality, organizations still only have two choices: Read More
LA Times article on fire department mergers mentions six current or former Citygate clients; also quotes Stewart Gary, Citygate’s Fire Practice Principal Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Department Consolidation, Fire Department Merger, Public Safety, Stu Gary March 6, 2012 March 6, 2012 Article: Santa Ana disbands Fire Department in bid to rescue budget “The Orange County Fire Authority will take over services for the city, which is facing a $30-million deficit, ending the Read More
Emergency Response Times Slow as County Fire Faces Increasing Structural, Financial Deficits (Santa Barbara, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, Fire Staff, In the News Tag: Fire Response Times, Fire Services Study February 20, 2012 February 14, 2012 “The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is facing a structural deficit and is not meeting goal response times, according to a report presented Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors by an Read More
San Diego Council To Consider Fire Station Study (San Diego, CA) Categories: Fire Department Consulting, Fire Protection and Emergency Services Consulting, In the News Tag: Fire Deployment, Standards of Coverage Response November 16, 2011 November 14, 2011 “SAN DIEGO — It’s widely known the City of San Diego needs more fire stations. Monday the City Council will consider adopting a plan to get them built, but there’s no Read More