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From:noreply@civicplus.com <br />To:James VanEyll; Nola Dickhausen <br />Subject:Online Form Submittal: Fire Department Comment Card <br />Date:Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:53:48 AM <br />Fire Department Comment Card <br />First Name Sandy <br />Last Name Whisler <br />Address 2683 North Shore Drive <br />City Wayzata <br />State MN <br />Zip Code 55391 <br />Date May 18, 2023 <br />Orono Resident Yes <br />Comments Hello, <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Draft Fire <br />Department Needs Assessment. I read the report. Community <br />input should drive these decisions. The postcard we received <br />asking for comments from May 9-18th arrived yesterday, May <br />17th. This makes me wonder whether you really want this input. I <br />ask that you take a step back and absorb the large amount of <br />community input. <br />On page 5, the statement there are no current Suburban Area <br />Demand Zone NFPA 1720 or staffing guidelines 1710 with <br />current system…. Why not just adopt these guidelines in current <br />system? <br />On page 5, I was a bit alarmed (no pun intended) with the <br />statement “as we build the Orono Fire Department”….has that <br />decision already been made and now this is just faux public <br />input? <br />Page 7, commenting on the other fire departments we are <br />currently in contract with as “each of these departments are over <br />90 years old” implies that is terrible just because of the age. <br />Page 10 Why did Orono hire a fire chief before a decision had <br />even been made to have an independent fire department? <br />Couldn’t city have hired a consultant to do “needs assessment of