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Orono Fire Needs Assessment <br />54 | Page <br /> <br />7.0 Recommendations <br /> <br />Staff recommends Course of Action 4. The following summarizes the recommendations to build <br />the fire department now and for the future. Each of these will require action by Orono and the <br />Fire Department. We will break the recommendations down by year that they should be started <br />and the category for them. The categories will be Personnel, Facility, Apparatus & Equipment <br />and Miscellaneous. <br />The first item Orono should address is a lack of a response guideline. Staff recommends that <br />Orono moving towards the Suburban Area Demand Zone or better, which will require a <br />different staffing model both day and night. By adopting a response guideline, staff can better <br />recommend personnel models that will meet and or exceed the guideline. This will also lead to <br />better response times to medicals which could result in better outcomes. Staff, Council and <br />Community members should all be a part of the process of development of response time <br />standards and performance targets will assist the city with future staffing decisions for the fire <br />department. <br />7.0.1 Personnel <br />As we review the staffing model based on the adopted guidelines, the 4 firefighter duty crew ot <br />the two FTEs and the two PT duty crew firefighters would handle the majority of the calls for <br />service weekdays from 0600 – 1800 hours. 45% of our calls for the last 9 years occurred <br />weekdays between 0600 – 1800 hours. Once facility remodels are approved and completed,