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r <br />i 1' t <br />I i Request for Council Action <br />page 2 of 2 <br />Noyember 20,1997 <br />Proposed 1998 Fee Schedule <br />responded to 198 calls in Orono. These included 53 fire calls, 41 medical calls, 21 personal injury <br />accident calls, and 83 alarm calls. The alarm calls made up 42% of the total fire calls. The vast <br />majority of the alarm calls are false alarms. In contrast to false police alarms which require response <br />by two officers in two squad cars, false fire alarms require response by a police officer plus a fire <br />truck, potentially a tanker truck, and approximately 10 fire fighters. This is an expensive e.xercise. <br />Because of the high expense related to false fire alarms, staff will be recommending an amendment <br />to the false alarm ordinance to create a false fire alarm fee with the following fee schedule. <br />1st false alarm <br />2nd false alarm <br />3rd false alarm <br />4th false alarm <br />5th false alarm <br />No charge <br />$ 75.00 <br />$250.00 <br />$350.00 <br />$500.00 <br />The ordinance amendment and the revised fee schedule will be presented for Council action at the <br />December 8 regular Council meeting. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />No action requested at this time.