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Fireworks <br />April 19, 2022 <br />Page 4 <br />Police Department <br />Regarding fireworks, the Fourth of July Program includes education/outreach and <br />enforcement/confiscation efforts. Field enforcement activity consists of undercover <br />activity and uniformed enforcement. Prior to dedicated/assigned uniformed enforcement, <br />Directed Patrol and regular patrol officers conduct a variety of sting operations and field <br />fireworks -related calls for service. The majority of fireworks seizures occur prior to the <br />Fourth of July holiday weekend. <br />Throughout the listed operations periods below, dedicated/assigned officers worked in <br />both marked and unmarked police vehicles to respond to fireworks -related calls for <br />service and enforce observed fireworks violations via confiscation and the issuance of <br />administrative citations. These officers also handled a variety of music and party calls <br />related to the Fourth of July holiday period. <br />The list below includes the respective year, operational period, total overtime hours, and <br />total overtime cost for the Fourth of July operational period from 2017-2021. <br />Year <br />Operational <br />Period <br />Total <br />Overtime <br />Hours <br />Total <br />Overtime <br />Costs <br />2017 <br />313 <br />$22,536 <br />2018 <br />6/30 — 7/4 <br />152 <br />$10,944 <br />2019 <br />6/29 — 7/5 <br />45 <br />$3,975 <br />2020 <br />6/29 — 7/5 <br />1,234.5 <br />$113,574 <br />2021 <br />6/28 — 7/5 <br />616 <br />$59,203 <br />Below is a by -year breakdown of the calls for service for the entire calendar year (note <br />that the reporting period below differs from the table above): <br />Year <br />Calls for <br />Service <br />2017 <br />1,156 <br />2018 <br />1,128 <br />2019 <br />1,165 <br />2020 <br />2,673 <br />2021 <br />1,777 <br />Fire Department: Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) <br />OCFA is unable to sort fireworks -related expenditure data into specific itemized unit <br />costing of fireworks -related calls for service, including investigations and fire prevention <br />services. This is because OCFA provides a base annual contract price to the City that <br />includes all necessary services such as emergency response, fire investigations, and fire <br />prevention services that is inclusive of all call types. In short, OCFA's regional delivery <br />system is one price that covers all services. However, OCFA prepares annual After Action <br />