2a. Fire Department Update
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CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT
P.O. Box 97 · 7610 Laredo Drive · Chanhassen, MN 55317
Bus. Phone 952-227-1200 · Minnewashta Station NO.2. Phone 952-474-7094
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM:
Gregg Geske- Fire Chief
Roger Smallbeck - 1 st Assistant Chief
Randy Wahl- 2nd Assistant Chief .!AA/I
Mark Littfin- Fire Marshal d<J /
DATE:
March 19,2007
SUBJ:
Monthly City Council update
Fire Department Overview:
Staffing is at 44 active firefighters as of March 16,2007; allocation is 45 PTEs. I will be out of town
during the Council Meeting and unable to attend for the council update. Feel free to contact me if you
have any concerns or questions before the April meeting. We will be teaming up with the Chanhassen
Lions for the annual Pancake Breakfast on April 1 st.
As of March 3, 2007 we have responded to 100 calls, up 22 calls from this same time last year. We had
no structure fires since our last council update. We responded to mutual aid to Chaska for a garage fire.
Fire Training:
This month training consisted of medical refresher training for our First Responders and EMTs and
EMT practical testing. We also participated in firefighter training of map reading, GPS operation,
thermal image camera training, and radio training. In April we will be doing firefighting skills training
and Skywarn training.
Fire Inspections:
The initial hotel/motel inspections are finished and we will be doing re-inspections in the next few days.
The inspections went very well with the exception of some minor violations. Abra received their
Certificate of Occupancy on Friday March 16,2007. No major problems with that project. The water
treatment plant finished up last week with just a couple of small items that need attention. The Town
and Country project is also receiving some Certificates of Occupancy in the next few days. The ongoing
Todd Gerhardt
March 19, 2007
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projects at Waytec, Gateway Apartments and Lifetime Fitness Office are in various stages of
construction along with a few small remodel and tenant finish projects.
Fire Prevention:
Last week representatives from the Chanhassen Fire Department, Carver County Sheriffs Department
and Ridgeview Paramedics had four training sessions with Instant Web Company's senior staff to
review with them different emergency scenarios involving police, fire and medicals. The presentations
were very well received and everyone learned a great deal about how the 911 system works in Carver
County and the interaction between the different agencies and their employees.