An independent study of the Tulsa Fire Department is recommending several efficiency changes at the department, including reductions in response to both fires and medical calls.
City officials received a draft version of a study this week, looking primarily at Tulsa Fire Department operations but also at the department’s relationship with EMSA on medical responses.
The study had been funded to be completed in time for the Tulsa Vision vote, but delays from the city in requesting proposals caused it to begin later.
City Manager Jim Twombly, on Thursday, said the draft had been received this week and was being sent out to officials for review and notes to the researchers before a final report would be finished this summer. The city released the draft to the Tulsa World in response to an open records request. Twombly, on Thursday, emphasized that the draft is not final and changes may still be made at the determination of the researchers, the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Public Safety Management.