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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 11, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. 5. LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2015 Fire Chief James Van Eyll addressed the City Council regarding the Long Lake Fire Department's annual report for 2015. It is the goal of the Long Lake Fire Department to perform these services in a professional and efficient manner by maintaining effective training, fire prevention, fire suppression and emergency response. Van Eyll reviewed the officers of the fire department and the organizational chart. There are currently 40 active members, with one on military leave, one on material leave, and three on personal leave. All members are currently or will be Firefight I or H state certified, First Responder or EMT certified, and HazMat Operations certified. One member retired and six members came off of probationary status in 2015. Van Eyll briefly reviewed the facilities and equipment of the Long Lake Fire Department. The total number of 2015 emergency calls for Orono was 319. There were 16 fire calls, 66 rescue and emergency medical service calls, 59 hazardous condition calls, 89 good intent calls, and 76 false alarms. The Long Lake Fire Department also provided mutual aid 30 times in 2015. The average response time for Orono was 06.25 minutes. On average 13.87 members responded per call, with an average of 11.75 members responding to daytime calls. Sixty-three percent of the calls occurred during daytime hours. The number of call hours for Orono in 2015 was 4,586, which accounted for 73.59 percent of all calls received by the fire department. Van Eyll reviewed the fire department's goals for 2015. Training goals for 2016 include live burn training, medical training, officer development, driver training, and foamICAFS training. Other goals for 2016 include consolidating fundraising activities to one day with the exception of the pancake breakfast, creating an LLFD cloud drive, finding a location for B 11 on Lake Minnetonka, creating a better way to track items that are being done and need to get done around the stations, and completing Lexipol and other SOPS. Additional training goals for 2016 include officer training, driver/pumper training, simulator training, and training with the Orono Police Department, schools, churches, and businesses on active shooter. Van Eyll recognized the top responders for each station as well as the top training attendees. The Long Lake Fire Department also participated in the Excelsior boot hockey event, an air climb, a chili cook -off, the New Germany softball tournament, the Maple Plain water ball event, trap shooting, and the Centennial Celebration. Events planned for 2016 include the pancake breakfast on April 10, Kids Day on October 10, a toy and food drive on December 3, and the Long Lake Fire Department's celebration. Levang asked whether affordable housing would help attract additional volunteer firefighters. Page 10 of 32