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arriving on scene. Since our boat has not been docked on Lake Minnetonka, we responded to 5 calls <br />where we have put our boat in the water and all 5 times we arrived on scene without being cancelled. <br />The average response time to go into service was 17 minutes and our average on scene time was 32 <br />minutes. For a medical emergency, you hear of the "golden hour". It refers to a time period lasting one <br />hour or less following a traumatic injury being sustained by a casualty or medical emergency, during <br />which there is the highest likelihood that prompt medical treatment, will prevent death. There were two <br />studies in the 1990's that showed an increase in pre -hospital time increased the odds of mortality. For a <br />fire event, we were taught that a fire doubles in size every minute without an intervention. Underwriters <br />Laboratories, a not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization, found that an averaged <br />sized room furnished with modern products is fully engulfed in flames in three minutes. The same room, <br />furnished with items 50 years of age took 30 minutes to do the same. You can view this comparison at <br />hftps://youtu.be/MhBo8-8JNGk <br />Big Island is considered an IOS Protection Class 10 due to the difficulty in responding to incidents on the <br />island during spring, fall and winter months when we rely on Water Patrol or our utility vehicles to transport <br />firefighters and the equipment out to the island. Whether the boat is docked on Lake Minnetonka doesn't <br />improve it protection class. In either instance, we are mitigating damage to surrounding structures rather <br />than saving the structure of origin. <br />Thanks <br />James Van Eyll <br />Chief, Long Lake Fire Department <br />0 Page 3 <br />