The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has embarked on an innovative strategic planning process, and I invite you to join us."Envision Our LAFD" is an engaging, inclusive strategy development process that will provide an opportunity for LAFD personnel, City Officials, Departments and the public to participate in the development of a decision framework and roadmap to help us achieve our vision of becoming the premier world-class all-risk life safety service provider. With your help, we will identify the core factors that give us life by examining when we have been at our best and bring our positive past with us as we move into the future.
Active participation by all is key to our success. We purposefully included the word "our" in the strategic planning theme because we recognize that LAFD cannot be successful without the active support of those we serve.
There are two opportunities for you to become involved:
Community Focus Group Participant: Share your observations and experiences through a focus group session with a Department representative. This session will take no more than 90 minutes to complete. Your feedback will be presented to the Strategic Planning Leadership Team and I during March 2012, with will be completed by the end of May 2012.
Participation is limited to the first 12 persons that RSVP for each location. Focus groups will meet at the following Neighborhood Fire Stations from 6:30PM - 8:00PM:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Los Angeles Fire Station #64
118 W 108th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90061
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Los Angeles Fire Station #89
7063 Laurel Canyon Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91605
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Los Angeles Fire Station #94
4470 Coliseum Street
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Friday, February 24, 2012
Los Angeles Fire Station #59
11505 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
We encourage you to click here now to submit your reservation request for one of the above locations... or visit: http://svy.mk/Envision_Our_LAFD
"Envision Our LAFD" Summit Participant: In addition, I invite those who participate in the Community Focus Group to engage in further conversation during our Department-wide one-day "Envision Our LAFD" Summit on April 11, 2012. The outcome of the Summit will be the foundation on which we will construct the Department’s strategy.
Thank you for your interest in, and support of the LAFD. I look forward to sharing the results of "Envision Our LAFD" with you!
Sincerely,
Brian L. Cummings
Fire Chief
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Here are answers to some common questions...
What is the format of the focus group(s)?
Between 8 and 12 people will participate in a facilitated discussion about their experiences with the LAFD and/or what their desired interactions with the Department would look like. An outside consultant will facilitate the conversation, which will be recorded either by someone who takes notes or by tape recorder. There will be NO names or other identifying information recorded.
What is the time commitment for the focus group?
The focus group will last 60-90 minutes, depending on the size of the group (smaller = less time) and how much people would like to share.
How will the LAFD use the information you gather?
The information from the Department’s partners and customers will be combined with that from our employees, and the results will be used to inform the Department’s strategic planning process.
What’s next?
Those who participate in the focus groups also will receive an invitation to the Department’s Envision Our LAFD Summit on April 11, 2012. During this all-day Summit, participants will engage actively in small group discussions and conversations based on the findings from all the interviews and focus groups. Those results will become the foundation on which our strategy will be developed. The strategy will be completed by the end of May 2012.
How can I follow the progress of Envision Our LAFD?
We encourage you to bookmark the Los Angeles Fire Department website at LAFD.ORG and follow us on social media:
@EnvisionLAFD
@LAFDFireChief
@LAFD
@LAFDtalk
www.facebook.com/LosAngelesFireDepartment
Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department
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