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Orono Fire Needs Assessment <br />14 | Page <br /> <br /> <br />* A Kare 11 News report from 2019 shows that Minnesota is 48th out of the 50 states in <br />spending on the fire service. <br />This doesn’t simple state that the City of Orono or the others are underpaying for fire <br />protection. This comparison is one of several factors to review. Another is the level of service <br />provided to the community and the community’s satisfaction with the level of service along <br />with adequate facilities and apparatus. Improving the level of service and correcting the <br />underfunded capital will create additional funding needs that could result in higher tax rates to <br />support the system. <br />Minnesota usually is in the bottom 10% national in spending on the fire service. As a <br />comparison from fiscal year 2020, Minnesota ranks 20th in K-12 education spending, 16th for <br />parks and 11th for police. <br />3.1.3 Emergency Response Type and Frequency <br />The Long Lake Fire Department responds to many different calls for service each year. Most of <br />the incidents are medicals and alarms. Below is the breakdown for the past five years of calls <br />for the Long Lake Fire Department. 431 calls in 2022 is the most since 2011 when LLFD <br />responded to 432 calls. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />$469.00 <br />$268.00 <br />$205.42 <br />$103.10 <br />$275.49 <br />$156.77 <br /> $- <br /> $50.00 <br /> $100.00 <br /> $150.00 <br /> $200.00 <br /> $250.00 <br /> $300.00 <br /> $350.00 <br /> $400.00 <br /> $450.00 <br /> $500.00 <br />National Minnesota*Orono Long Lake Minnetonka <br />Beach <br />Medina <br />Comparision of Cost for Fire Protection per <br />Household