Government Affairs Division

Government Affairs supports the governance, strategy, and service outcomes of South Metro Fire Rescue through the following services:

• Government Services (Governance)
  • Board of Directors: support the board of directors, agendas, and meeting strategy, lead discussions during board meetings, and strengthen board/management relations
  • Intergovernmental Relations: building and maintaining relationships with local, state, and national elected officials and agency representatives inside and outside the district including 12 cities, 3 counties, service contract areas, chambers of commerce, and other community partners
  • Statutory Compliance: special district elections, legislative participation and tracking, intergovernmental agreements, records retention and records requests, and legal processes and documentation
• Planning and Evaluation (Strategy)
  • Supporting prevention, mitigation, and response strategies and analysis
  • Essential planning and evaluation documents: strategic plan, community risk assessment, standard of cover, emergency response performance reports
  • Strategic growth initiatives: fire department consolidations, inclusion and exclusion of property from the fire district boundaries, fire station planning
  • Data quality
• Reporting and Validation (Outcomes)
  • Accreditation
  • ISO evaluation and rating
  • State and federal incident reporting
  • Program impacts