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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 10, 2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. PRESENTATION 10. LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2016 Chief James Van Eyll provided the Orono City Council with a review of the Fire Departments 2016 annual report. Van Eyll stated the Fire Department's mission statement remains the same, which is to enhance the quality of life and unique character of our protection area by providing excellent community risk reduction, fire and rescue services through prevention, education, preparedness and response. In addition, the Fire Department's vision statement has not changed. Van Eyll noted the value statement is something that was added last year and reads as follows: "We embrace our fire service responsibilities to our community through R.I.T.E. Values — Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence." The leadership and organizational chart of the fire department remains basically the same as in prior years. The administration side handles the building and grounds. There are currently 31 active members in the department, with one on military absence. All members are currently or will be Firefighter I or 11 state certified, First Responder or EMT certified, and HazMat Operations certified. Van Eyll noted the Fire Department lost two members with 41 and 42 years of experience respectfully, which has had a negative impact on the daytime response. In total the Fire Department lost 119 years of experience last year due to retirements. There are now seven new probationary members and eight members who came off probationary status in 2016. Van Eyll indicated it takes between three to five years to get an initial recruit to the point where they are capable of doing all the duties without being monitored in some fashion. Van Eyll reviewed the facilities and equipment for Station I and Station 2. Total 2016 emergency call activity was 410 calls, with Orono having 326 incidents. OverallOrono experienced 18 fire calls, 67 rescue and emergency medical calls, 54 hazardous condition calls, 15 service calls, 95 good intent calls and 77 false alarms. Van Eyll noted in 2016, Orono had three fewer emergency calls than in 2015. In addition, there was a total of 31 calls for mutual aid in 2016. The average response time for Long Lake was just over 7 minutes and Orono was 6 minutes and 53 seconds. Overall the response time for the Fire Department was seven minutes and 35 seconds, which also includes the calls for mutual aid. There was an average of 11.35 members who responded per call, with 62 percent of the calls happening between the hours of 0600 to 1800. Total call hours in 2016 was 5,667, with Orono having 4,085 hours or 72.08 percent of the total. Page 4 of 26