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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL Monday, March 12, 2012 7:00 o'clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 7 (4. FOREST LAKE CHANNEL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT, Continued) Archer stated they did not since they were just received last week. McMillan suggested the color renderings of the bridge be placed on the City website. The City Council took no formal action on this item. 5. LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT - 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Fire Chief James Van Eyll, Long Lake Fire Department, addressed the City Council regarding the 2011 Annual Report of the Long Lake Fire Department. Van Eyll stated the mission of the Long Lake Fire Department is to minimize the loss of life and property for its fire service recipients in the Cities of Long Lake, Medina, and Orono from fires, natural disasters and life threatening situations. Its goal is 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 leadership of the fire department and its organizational chart. There are currently 47 active members, with all firefighters being state certified as either Firefighter I or Firefighter II. In addition, all firefighters are either certified as a First Responder and/or EMT certified and HazMat Operations certified. There are currently nine firefighters who are probationary members. Van Eyll reviewed the facilities and equipment for Station 1 and Station 2. Station 1 was constructed in 2003 and is located at 340 Willow Drive North. Station 2 is located at 3770 Shoreline Drive and was constructed in 2004. In 2011, the fire department responded to 319 emergency calls in Orono, 71 emergency calls in Long Lake, and 18 emergency calls in Medina. There was a decrease in 2011 in total calls over 2010. The average response time for Long Lake was 5:05 minutes, 7:03 minutes for Medina, 6:32 minutes for Orono. On average 13.97 members responded per call, with 56 percent of the calls happening between the hours of 0600 to 1800. Van Eyll indicated they expect the number of calls to be slightly higher in 2012 than in 2011. In 2011, the Long Lake Fire Department was under budget by approximately $6,912. This was due to the receipt of a grant for training from the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education. The Long Lake Fire Department goals for 2011 were to continue to improve the Health and Wellness program, create a new position to handle all of the uniform and firefighter gear, continue to review and improve standard operating procedures, continue to create preplans and submit them to dispatch, to organize the medical bags to make them all the same, improve officer development training, continue with fire ground tactics and more advanced tactics, improve medical scene training, implement training with the three police departments that the Long Lake Fire Department works with, and to review and improve on the new recruit education program. Van Eyll stated the fire department's goals for 2012 include: improving the standard operating procedures, having a united front for the officers, conduct performance reviews for fire fighters and officers, and to standardize the engines and equipment. The training goals for 2012 include additional Item #02 - CC Agenda - 03/26/2012 Approval of Council Minutes 03/12/2012 [Page 3 of 7]