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Fire Approved Amount: $ 0 Approved FTE: 0.00 Department Director: Tom Dodds - Interim Fire Chief Department Website: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/fire Department Phone: 512-974-0130 Performance Measure Information Name: Percent of structure fires confined to room of origin Description: Success of the Fire Department overall in controlling the amount of damage done by structure fires. Defined as the percent of fires confined either to the object of origin or room of origin. Structure fires are defined as incidents with the incident type 100 through 139 that can be classified into ICMA property types (single family/duplex, apartment, other residential, commercial, and industrial structures. Excludes outdoor structures such as bridges and bus stops. Measures the ability of the Fire Department overall in limiting the amount of damage from structure fires. Mechanisms for containing fires include both fire prevention activities such as inspections, sprinklers, and fire safety education and the rapid arrival and effective extinguishment of fires by Operations units. Type: Result Current Data - Quarterly 2021 Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2021 Actuals 85 77 79 81 79 79 History Data FY 2016 Actual FY 2017 Actual FY 2018 Actual FY 2019 Actual FY 2020 Actual FY 2020 Target FY 2021 Target 83 84 87 84 82 85 85