State Certified Fire Inspectors
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Office of the City Manager
Interoffice Memorandum
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To:
Saul Gross
Commissioner
Date: September 9, 2004
Subject:
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Jorge M. Gonzalez .JV'" 7'\
City Manager I U
STATE CERTIFIED&:RE INSPECTORS
From:
Attached is the information requested on entry level Firefighter positions versus State Certified Fire
Inspectors.
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Attachment
c: Mayor and Members of City Commission
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Fire Prevention Staffing Analysis
Comparative Analysis at Entry Level
. FFI
Salary $35,500
Incentives 7,500
Fringes 27.160
Total $70,160
SCFI
$42,488
440
9.227
$52,155
. Due to greater merit and fringe benefits package included in the IAFF collective
bargaining agreement, the FFI total compensation rate grows more rapidly than the
State-Certified Fire Inspector (SCFI) year to year as reflected below:
In year 1 (FY 05):
Per Position
$ 70,160
$ 52,155
FFI
SCFI
Savings
$ 18,005
In year 4 (FY 08):
Per Position
$ 91,916
$ 65,434
FFI
SCFI
Savings
Cumulative
$ 26,482
$ 91,108
In year 7 (FY 11):
Per Position
$123,407
$ 66,905
FFI
SCFI
Savings $ 56,502
Cumulative $208,309
In year 10 (FY 14):
Per Position
$152,264
$ 82,581
FFI
SCFI
Savings
Cumulative
$ 69,683
$406,463
2 Positions
$140,320
$104,310
6 Positions
$ 420,960
$ 312,930
$ 36,010
$ 108,030
2 Positions 6 Positions
$183,832 $ 551,496
$130,868 $ 392,604
$ 52,964 $ 158,892
$182,216 $ 546,648
2 Positions 6 Positions
$246,814 $ 740,442
$133,810 $ 401,430
$113,004 $ 339,012
$416,618 $1,249,854
2 Positions 6 Positions
$304,528 $ 913,584
$165,162 $ 495,486
$139,366 $ 418,098
$812,926 $2,438,778
Note: The Fire Prevention function includes 1 FFII and 7 FFI's.
Proposed Budget
Based on Current Service Levels (CSL) when Budget was proposed:
. CSL in FY 05 Budget included 2 Firefighter I (FFI) positions for inspection at
approximately $104,139 each for a total of$208,279.
. 2 SCFI's were estimated at approximately $50,986 each for a total of$101,972.
. Savings in FY 05 from conversion of the 2 FFI positions to SCFI upon becoming
vacant equals $106,307.