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Orono Fire Needs Assessment <br />54 | Page <br /> <br />Average Annual Orono <br />Household Difference: <br />Alone $ 140 <br /> <br />Average Annual Orono <br />Household Difference: W/ <br />Partners $ 36 <br /> <br />• Advantages (pros). This COA sees many of the same advantages of COA1. IT establishes <br />local control for the city of Orono. It improves emergency service coordination between <br />fire and police. And, it provides a sustainable plan to ensure the capital needs of the <br />department are met. In addition, the department and its members will have access to the <br />rest of the Orono staff and the administrative support services it can provide. <br />• Disadvantages (Cons). Disadvantages include increased cost compared for COA1. This COA <br />does not provide for an improved response model which will likely remain at a rural <br />response. This COA does not improve staffing/ response efficiency as this model relies too <br />heavily on firefighters being able to drop what they are doing and respond to calls especially <br />during the weekday. 45% of our calls happen during the week from 0600-1800 hours, <br />which is when we have our least amount of available personnel. This response model is <br />creating a high amount of stress on the firefighters and alarms more firefighters then are <br />necessary to handle the incident. This COA does not allow for a phased stand up of the <br />department <br /> <br />6.4 COA 4: Orono Municipal Fire Department with Duty Crews and FTEs <br /> This is the Staff recommended COA. <br /> <br />• Description. This COA looks at Orono forming a fire department with a full time chief, <br />daytime duty crew and Paid on Call (Volunteer) firefighters. The facilities and equipment <br />plan for this COA is sustainable and achieves NFPA standard within the first ten years. This <br />COA would use a 1/3 Tax Value + 1/3 Population + 1/3 Call hour formula to distribute costs <br />to any municipalities contracting with the Orono Fire Department for service. This COA <br />includes establishing a suburban response standard for the department. <br />• Cost. The Capital cost calculation for this COA is the same as COA 3. The operating costs <br />were adjusted to include daytime duty crews. The estimated annual cost for this COA is <br />$1,178,000 per year if in partnership(contracts) with the current municipalities covered by <br />LLFD. This amounts to an annual average of $368 per Orono household. If the department <br />did not serve and contract partners the cost would be $1,634,000 per year. The table below <br />summarizes the cost analysis. <br />Estimated Annual Department Cost Estimated Annual Cost for Orono (Assumes <br />Same Contract City Partners as current LLFD) <br />Operating Budget $ 918,805 <br />Estimated Orono Portion of <br />total 72% <br />Capital Investment <br />(Equipment and Facilities) $ 715,000 <br />Orono's Annual Cost $ 1,178,000