07-23-2018 Council Work Session Packet

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19:09:34 - Excelsior Tanker arrives on scene 19:09:25 - Command advised that they are out of water 19:10:46 - LLFD Tanker 11 arrives on scene 19:14:06 - Water operations requested to Command that public works to the scene with rock to stabilize shoulder of the roadway due to the narrowness of the road with the engines and tanker set up on your side of the roadway and the stock piling of landscape material in the roadway that hindered water/tanker operation 19:15:25 - Noted water supply issues with soft shoulder and piles of debris in road way - trouble moving tankers in and around the scene 19:16 - Added Wayzata Engine to help LLFD E21 supply Maple Plain Ladder - LLFD E21 due to limitation on water supply discharge. 19:18:53 - Command request another tanker group paged 19:20:43 - Command is in contact with Hennepin County Fire Investigation Team 19:27:31 Command is notified that they are out of water- 19:30:45 ater19:30:45 - Command request another tanker group paged 19:31:18 - Command request another box alarm to be paged - modified to no command truck and Minnetonka to bring an engine and not the ladder 19:31:50 - Command moved Loretto Engine up to replace E21 and Wayzata Engine - they have a 5" water supply discharge 19:32:35 - Homeowners arrive on scene 19:38:03 - Command request another tanker group paged ®vb 19:54:11 - Command sets up media location 19:59:53 - Orono Public Works on scene to shore up soft shoulders 20:10:24 - Command advised fire under control, performing overhaul, still in the defensive mode The Long Lake Fire Department takes pride in serving the communities of Orono, Medina and Long Lake. Our group of 40 dedicated paid -on-call firefighters, do they best they can with their time allotted to the fire department. They train on average 82 paid hours per year. This doesn't include any external training that a firefighter might take on their off nights or weekends. Many train more then this to keep their national and state certifications current. They are paid for their normal Monday scheduled trainings and calls. Their average yearly income from these calls and trainings is $2,140.29 and the officer and coordinators receive on average another $982.88 for their extra time they put into being a paid -on-call firefighter. The National Fire Protection Agency estimates tat in 2011 alone, the time and labor of volunteer and paid -on-call firefighters saved the American taxpayer $139.8 billon. New homes and why they burn faster than older homes. Research has shown that new homes burn up to five times faster than older homes. What this means is that people have less time to get out of a house when a fire starts - a lot less time. People living in older homes with traditional furnishings were estimated to