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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 multi-family residential fires confined to room of origin Description: Success of the Fire Department overall in controlling the amount of fire damage in multi-family residences. Defined as the percent of fires confined either to the object of origin or room of origin. Measures the ability of the Fire Department overall in limiting the amount of damage from multifamily 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. Multifamily fires are of special interest because, among property types the City has the authority to inspect, this property use shows the high aggregate risk for fire fatalities and property loss. Type: Result Current Data - Quarterly 2021 Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2021 Actuals 92 83 91 91 97 90 History Data FY 2016 Actual FY 2017 Actual FY 2018 Actual FY 2019 Actual FY 2020 Actual FY 2020 Target FY 2021 Target 92 90 90 91 92 92 92