Departments
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Administration
The administration division provides overall direction, leadership and vision for the fire district. Divisional responsibilities, include; providing administrative support for the fire district in budget preparation, policies, public information, payroll, logistics, human resources, information technology and fleet maintenance.
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Air Rescue
High quality air medical transport is accomplished through a partnership between the St. Lucie County Fire District and Air Methods Corporation.
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Ambulance Billing
The ambulance billing department processes billing for emergency ambulance transports in St. Lucie County (SLC). They work with both operations and training & safety to ensure compliance with state and federal statutes. They assist with the collection of documents for the Public Emergency Medical Transportation (PEMT) cost report, which has brought the fire district additional funding from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for Medicaid patients. They secure and maintain patient files in accordance with the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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Building & Grounds
Building & Grounds is responsible for maintenance and repairs at 17 fire stations and the administrative offices.
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Finance
The finance department is responsible for; accounting and investing all district funds, monitoring and approving all expenditures, issuing checks, developing operating and capital budgets, compiling annual financial statements, maintaining fixed asset records, performing special analysis/management studies and maintaining the official records of the fire district.
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Fleet Maintenance
Fleet maintenance is responsible for spec’ing & outfitting, preventive maintenance, and repair of 131 fire district vehicles and apparatus that, as a fleet, exceed 1-million miles annually. These vehicles range from UTV rescues, staff vehicles, rescues, pumpers, aerial apparatus, brush trucks, water tankers, special operations apparatus and an Oshkosh Stryker 1500 Airport Rescue Firefighting unit. In addition, fleet maintenance is responsible for maintaining nineteen station generators, nineteen “jaws of life” extrication tools, and all of the small engines the fire district uses in its day to day operations. All equipment is maintained to manufacture and NFPA standards.
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Human Resources
The primary responsibility of the human resources department is to support the employer–employee relationship performing a variety of functions that both assist and manage the organization’s biggest asset, its workforce.
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Information Technology
The IT department provides the fire district data and voice communications services. This includes, but is not limited to, software and hardware support, installations, tower climbing, 24/7 support, administering email and phones, maintaining the microwave infrastructure which supports CAD alerting, AVL, and data links to EOC, and researching new techniques and devices.
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Logistics
The logistics department is responsible for the complete procurement of the fire district; including the research, purchases, warehousing, and distributing of medical, office and janitorial supplies, uniforms and bunker gear for all active firefighters.
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Public Records
The St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD) Records Department is responsible for keeping the Fire District in compliance with Florida's Open Records Laws.