City Budget Review

Fire-Medical budget, fiscal year 2022

Fire-Medical spent $38.8M in fiscal year 2022 — 11% of the $348.6M the City of Surprise published across 19 departments, and the 4th-largest share.

Spending

$38.8M

11% of city spending

Revenue

$27.7M

Salaries

$14.0M

Divisions

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

Fire-Medical spending by category, fiscal year 2022
Category	Total
Full-Time Salaries	$12.3M32% · 358 lines
Benefits-PSPRS	$4.4M11% · 319 lines
Overtime Compensation	$3.5M9.1% · 244 lines
Cptl-Buldings and Structures	$2.5M6.4% · 23 lines
Cptl-Vehicles	$2.2M5.8% · 22 lines
Paid Time Off	$1.7M4.3% · 211 lines
Benefits-Medical HMO	$1.3M3.3% · 278 lines
Fair Labor Act OT Compliance	$1.2M3.2% · 46 lines
74 other categories	$9.7M25%

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

Fire-Medical revenue by category, fiscal year 2022
Category	Total
Ambulance Services	$16.2M58% · 1 line
Ambulance Insurance Discounts	$5.2M19% · 1 line
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev	$2.8M10% · 4 lines
Federal Grant Revenue	$1.2M4.2% · 2 lines
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-State	$1.1M3.8% · 1 line
State Fire Ins Premium Tax Rev	$398K1.4% · 1 line
State Shared Smart & Safe Rev	$349K1.3% · 1 line
OFS-Sale of Assets	$140K0.5% · 2 lines
21 other categories	$389K1.4%

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest Fire-Medical payments, fiscal year 2022
Description	Fund	Amount
Cptl-VehiclesOct 7, 2021The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Vehicle Replacement	$1,505,835.00
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresSep 16, 2021The largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Public Safety Election 2017	$844,229.15
Benefits-PSPRSJun 30, 2022	General Fund	$632,566.68
Full-Time SalariesApr 1, 2022The largest of 9 such lines among the top 15	General Fund	$556,000.00
Cptl-Buldings and StructuresMay 24, 2022	Fire/EMS Dev Fee 2020	$376,092.43

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest Fire-Medical revenue lines, fiscal year 2022
Description	Fund	Amount
Ambulance Services	Ground Ambulance Service	$16,215,462.32
Ambulance Insurance Discounts	Ground Ambulance Service	$5,184,922.18
Recovery of PY Expense-Rev	Ground Ambulance Service	$2,843,617.25
Federal Grant RevenueThe largest of 2 such lines among the top 15	Grants	$1,127,617.89
Non-Grant Intergovtl Rev-State	Wildland Fire	$1,053,698.54
State Fire Ins Premium Tax Rev	General Fund	$397,948.21
State Shared Smart & Safe Rev	Smart & Safe Fire-Medical	$349,450.30
Treat & Refer	General Fund	$133,524.12
OFS-Sale of Assets	Fire/EMS Dev Fee 2020	$120,758.42
Ambulance Write Offs	Ground Ambulance Service	$67,867.25
Ambulance - Revenue Recovery	Ground Ambulance Service	$36,750.05
OFS-Sale of Assets	GW Capital Accounts	$19,300.00
Grant Revenue-Other	Grants	$17,505.35
Reimbrev-Misc Refunds Reimb	General Fund	$15,859.56

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

Fire-Medical salary totals by division, fiscal year 2022
Division	Published total
Fire Operations	$12,130,930.24
Planning and Logistics	$989,342.38
FD Administration and Finance	$872,807.78

Published salary total by fiscal year: $10.1M in 2018, $14.0M in 2022. Not adjusted for inflation.

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.