The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on various CCFD is committed to fostering a talented and diverse workforce aspects of society, including government departments and their that reflects the community it serves. Recognizing the importance of operations. For CCFD, the most significant consequence was the this mission, CCFD has established a dedicated Chief Officer suspense of testing and hiring. This disruption had far-reaching responsible for recruitment and mentoring. This pivotal role focuses implications for maintaining adequate staffing levels and on identifying exceptional candidates and guiding them through a meeting the operational demands, especially with the resort comprehensive mentoring process, resulting in the cultivation of industry and special events bringing in more visitors than ever highly qualified individuals for the fire recruit academies. Even with to the community. Further complicating matters, the this new programming in place, CCFD will be operating in a department’s workforce is undergoing a natural evolution, with personnel shortage for a considerable time and therefore needs to a large percentage of personnel having enough years to qualify invest continual effort as well as expand the existing scope of the for retirement. Recruitment is a top priority, as is our ability to recruitment division. In addition to recruiting new hires, the division onboard and train personnel to professional standards. In the must recruit internally for the position of paramedic and assist in last year alone, CCFD has put in 170 candidates for the developing leaders for supervisory positions. CCFD further firefighter position, representing nearly 20% of our workforce. acknowledges the need to augment personnel and capabilities Furthermore, CCFD recognizes the broader context of a across every division not solely fire suppression. nationwide shortage of paramedics, which poses a significant challenge to Southern Nevada, this is further exacerbated by the inadequate availability of local educational resources necessary to address the region's growing paramedic needs. As part of its comprehensive plan for growth and enhancement, CCFD is poised to embark on a series of strategic infrastructure developments to include four new stations that will be built during the time of this plan, with additional stations under consideration for future development. CCFD is also taking a significant step forward by initiating the construction of a new training center, mechanics shop, and warehouse.