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2b. Fire Chief's ReportMEMORANDUM CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT Station i PO Box 97 7610 Laredo Drive Chanhassen, MN 553 TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager FROM: John Wolff - Fire Chief Ed Coppersmith — Asst. Chief Operation Rick Rice — Asst. Chief Administration Jeff Siems — Asst. Chief Training & Safety Mark Littfin - Fire Marshal DATE: June 19, 2012 SUBJ: Monthly City Council Update Fire Department Overview: Station 2 6400 Minnewashta Pkwy. Excelsior, MN 5533 i I � Staffing is at 46 active firefighters as of June 25, 2012. There are two firefighters currently on leave. Our five probationary members will participate in graduation ceremonies on July 2 nd at 7 p.m. at Station 1. We are in the middle of the recruitment and hiring season for firefighters at Stations 1 and 2. We do expect to hire between 5 -7 firefighters in 2012 to accommodate expected resignations or retirements. Low call volume appears to be the norm for 2012. We are currently at 173 versus 209 for 2011. We are down 17% for calls and 25% for paid call hours. Reduction in calls to date: • EMS calls -23 %, • False Alarms -14 %, • CO Alarms -64% • Structure Fires/Mutual Aid -45 %. Staff Time (not call related): Our staff time for community events, fire education, duty crew standby, and department meetings are at 1,177 hours for the year compared to 1,302 hours in 2011. Training Training hours are at 2,922 YTD versus 1,163 in the prior period. As we close in on the midpoint of 2012 we have made significant progress in upgrading the skills and knowledge of our firefighters and officers. We have made a big investment of time and resources over the past year to improve our operational capabilities and effectiveness while driving towards creating a culture of safety and risk management. Department members recently completed specialized training in Emergency Vehicle Operations where we experienced didactic and hands -on training in driving various emergency fire apparatus. Part of this training included evasive maneuvers and backing. Fire department personnel are currently midway through a "benchmark" training program designed to provide familiarity and competency in all of the departments' equipment — including equipment seldom used such as our insulation removal device. The Officer cadre is nearing completion of an Incident Command program called "Blue Card." This program is an accredited leadership training program that involves fifty hours of online instruction. Upon completion, our Officers will have the knowledge to safely and efficiently manage structural fire scenes from a single family residential home to a large, complex commercial structure. In the near future they will participate in a twenty -four hour hands -on scenario based program that will hone the skills of incident command management. Recently Chief Siems became an instructor in Blue Card training. This will decrease our training costs significantly for Blue Card training. The training bureau is working with many of our neighboring mutual aid partners to deliver hand -on firefighter training in July. Collaboration continues with our mutual aid partners for new recruit fire academy training. We are hoping to receive grant funding that will pay for this training. Safety: We continue to perform on -site hazard analysis of our fire stations and emergency apparatus. We recognized some minor hazards that have been mitigated and are developing plans to mitigate more complex issues that will have a cost associated with them such as storage of our flammable liquids. We are also continuing our ongoing health surveillance of our members in an effort to meet compliance of various regulations. Compliance: In February we passed our annual testing of the fire pumps in the fleet. We also recently conducted our annual ladder testing with an outside vendor that also tests the public works ladders and boom truck. All ladders are certified for another year. Annual hose testing is scheduled for the early part of the 3` Quarter with FireCatt, a testing service Community Activities: Firefighters will be assisting with 4 of July festivities by providing EMS response for the parade and street dance at the City Center Park, along with fire suppression support for the public and private fireworks displays. Fire Marshal Fire Prevention: One of our firefighters, Jason Martagon, has recently built us a portable kitchen stove fire simulator. When this is completed it will resemble a small kitchen complete with a working stove and other accessories. It will be used at public functions to illustrate the extreme danger when water is poured onto a burning liquid fire on the stove. The demonstration will also include the proper and safe methods for extinguishing a stove fire. The kitchen unit was made so it can be easily assembled and transported by two firefighters enabling us to bring it to neighborhoods and apartment complexes for display. Kitchen stove top fires are one of the leading causes of home fires in Chanhassen, as well as throughout the state. Fire Investigations: There are no fires to report on at this time. Fire Inspections: Both Ed and myself are making progress with inspections of existing buildings. I'm finishing up with hotels, motels, and apartment buildings. Ed is inspecting all of the restaurants/bars in the City. Inspections of new projects at various stages of construction include Autobahn Motorplex, Jump and Jam, Primrose Learning Center, Chuck Wagon Charlie's, Goodwill, Kai's Sushi Restaurant, Minnetonka Middle School addition, ABC Toy Store, and a few smaller remodeling projects. ,Y - .v. .. � '+bt�"3!r�'T • € i FssrF � � 1a2C �;, ..: a �.1'. ; i`S. �R, v x @� ? i' Summary of Total Calls May 2012 2012 YTD May 2011 2011 YTD Total 42 173 36 209 Detail of Incident Types May 2012 2012 YTD May 2011 2011 YTD Incident Type 42 173 36 209 Fire 0 5 !.. „ 0 11 Structure Fire - 2 - 4 Grass Fire - 1 - 1 Misc Fires - 2 - 6 — Overp ressure Rupture, Explosion Overheat 0 0 0 0 Rescue &'Emergemy Medical Service Incident 19 76' . 21 97 Medical 14 62 17 80 PI Crash 5 14 3 16 Misc Calls - - 1 1 Hazardous Condition 2 9, 4 16 Gas Leak 2 4 2 11 Misc Calls - 5 2 5 Service ,CII3 Mutual Aid/Auto Aid 1 5 1 7 Misc Calls 2 6 _ _ Good Intent Call 9 31 2 33 Rescue/Medical - Dispatched & Cancelled 5 11 1 11 Smoke Scare, Odor of Smoke 1 5 1 9 PI - Dispatched & Cancelled - 7 - 7 Misc Calls 3 8 - 6 False Alarm .& False' Call 8 39 ; , _ 8 45 CO Alarm 1 8 3 8 Di /Old Smoke Detector Activation 1 3 1 3 Unintentional Transmission of Alarm 3 22 3 31 Burnt Food Smoke Detector 2 5 1 3 Misc Calls 1 1 - - Severe Weather & Natural Disaster 1. 2 0' 0 Total Incident Count 42 173 36 209 CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card I l 'z Exc9t Rewmedm a Appeamce of pemnnel PA*90 81 mamerism RM aid sWk t Folbw through at end of cat 0 Qmmeaft Watedto Vhm you kept infoned of the 0 fire 10dq functions !being performed? C! overaK F" Commefs: M Date of Call: April 20, 2012 Location of Call: Hidden Court Good fair Poor D C 0 0 U Type of Call: 52- year 7 old male low blood sugar Crew: Barry Steckling, Matt Jackson, Chad Olsen CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card (20 Extent Response We 119 Appearance of personnel 14 Fmfessional mannedwn a first aid A Folbw1hmuqh at end of call mho dtofn eg Were you kept infamud of the fire fiq 'ngfunsns bring perfcnned? R Goad Fair Poor 13 1 13 3 0 Ovml Fire Da"ent performance Q E) 13 C3 Date of Call: April 21, 2012 Location of Call: Pond Promenade - Lakewinds Type of Call: Unresponsive female Crew: Rick Rice, Jack Atkins, Cori Wallis, John Williams, Matt Jackson CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card 17- 6sce nt Good Rk POW Resp *0 a Q Q 13 ApRear4nee of personnel a ❑ a Pmfessknaf mannerism Cl Q 0 First aid sls� 6 D ❑ Q Mow through at end of cal 0 Ca p is fire fqftft wtdfift Mre you kept informed of the fire fi0ft ii ' luneftns berg performed? of U Q OV9fall 'ire 09"ant pwfornmrice I ca U Q marts: (c ox a ' C j # ' V* Date of Call: April 27, 2012 Location of Call: Chanhassen Hills Drive North Type of Call: Chest pains Crew: Rick Rice, Jack Atkins, Steve Smith CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card Date of Call: Location of Call: Type of Call: Crew: May 2, 2012 Hallgren Lane C/O Alarm — no ill effects Chic Anding, Cori Wallis, Chris Oakley Exceumst Good Fair Poor Responsef ne ❑ ❑ Apparance of personnel ❑ ❑ U Prolmianal mannerisin CI ❑ O First aid skip C ❑ Folks ftmgb at end of call q ❑ Cwwwft mkftd to fito fighting actividesw Were you kept i rned of *a figlriing f metiers being performed? ❑ ❑ ❑ DI Overall Are De feat perlbrrnance cl 13 comments: (0 fA Date of Call: Location of Call: Type of Call: Crew: May 2, 2012 Hallgren Lane C/O Alarm — no ill effects Chic Anding, Cori Wallis, Chris Oakley CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card 14 ?I Excellent Goon Fair Poor Response tine p U U Appearance of personnel "' p ❑ Q FrotessimW mannefim ' p C p Fira aid skills a 13 Followthrough atend of call ! Q t) Conwwft related to f o figkftg adeiff Were you kept Wormed oiP the fire figbfing tunedons teeing performed? Q C� Overall Fire Departmervt perfw nca Date of Call: May 10, 2012 Location of Call: Lukewood Drive Type of Call: Smell of something burning Crew: Mark Littfin, Rick Rice, Jack Atkins, Joe Berg, Ed Coppersmith, Daisy Anderson, Ray Rindahl, Matt Jackson CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card l Lo -3 Emenent Gaud Fair Poor= Responsetime Appeance of personnel C1 Professional rrca merism w J Follow thmgh at and of cad C rion p oft Wateltoi tfig s rr Mrs you kept informed of the fire figNng functions being performed? 0 �,, er R C7 3 13"rall Rm ftpam= performance U Ar" a Date of Call: May 28, 2012 Location of Call: Imperial Drive Type of Call: Male party passed out Crew: Gregg Geske, Daisy Anderson, Matt Jackson, Adam Norcutt, Steve Smith CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card J-12- - xcellent Good Fey ftw Response tithe Cl g U Appearance of personnel ❑ 13 U Professional mannerism � 13 U a Arst aid s # c U R* wthratgh at end of call Q ► 0 Cornttsa t rely to *e figMing a Mrs you kept informed of the fire figWng fonts Wing perfutmed? Q 0 0 11 A I -i I Date of Call: May 31, 2012 Location of Call: Lotus Trail Type of Call: 18- year -old male with abdominal pain Crew: Mark Littfin, Ed Coppersmith CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 97 *7610 Laredo Drive * Chanhassen, MN 55317 Bus. Phone 952- 227 -1200 * Minnewashta Station No. 2 * 952- 474 -7094 Fax 952- 227 -1209 Customer Comment Card 1 -1 4 Excellent Response time Appeaonce of personnel Profenional mannerism Rrst aid skip Fellow tlmugh at and of call IN Were yuu kept informed of the fire fighting funetiens being performed? Good Fair Poor C3 El C1 [a L Q U C"i 0 Q U 0 Q U 13 p (Nara# Fire Deparmwa performance fa C 0 13 'r k Date of Call: June 2, 2012 Location of Call: Mission Hills Drive Type of Call: Fire alarm Crew: Rick Rice, Jack Atkins, Jeff Galvin, Ray Rindahl, John Williams, Jason Martagon, Steve Smith