Fire/EMS Department Audits
ways to improve, based on independent experts

The McGrath Consulting Group conducts independent efficiency studies. These comprehensive department audits are tailored to each client's situation and can include:
- Master planning for organizational structure
- Consolidation opportunities
- Facility planning
- Vehicles
- Budgeting
- Funding methods
- Compliance with local,state, and federal mandates
- Response times
- Community safety programs
- Communication dispatch
- Community hazard and disaster assessment
- Leadership and management teams
- General training
- Staffing
- Scheduling
- Work force management
- Compensation and benefit analysis
- Performance evaluations
- Policy and procedures
- Employee handbooks
- Standard operating guidelines (SOGs, also known as standard operating procedures or SOPs)
Efficiency studies identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, enhancing the organization's services in a cost‑effective manner. Administrators use study results to identify successes and areas for change.
To learn more, please call (815) 728-9111 or contact us online.
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