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F-2. Fire Department UpdateBuilding Inspections Fire Department Staffing: Phone: 952.227.1180 CITY OF MEMORANDUM CIIANII>ASSEN Captain interviews have been scheduled for December 19`h and will include an assessment Engineering TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 FROM: Don Johnson —Fire Chief G I Chanhassen, MN 55317 Fire Department Response: / O In October, the Chanhassen Fire Department responded to 69 calls for service. Thru October DATE: November 23rd, 2015 Administration calls for 2015 is 60 with total calls projected to be over 700. Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227.1100 SUB1: Fire Department Council Update for October Fax: 952.227.1110 Building Inspections Fire Department Staffing: Phone: 952.227.1180 Staffing is at 40 of 47 paid on call firefighters. Two firefighters are on medical leave. Fax 952227.1190 Probationary firefighters are in academy classes and not able to respond to calls. Captain interviews have been scheduled for December 19`h and will include an assessment Engineering style interview process with 3 different stations. Phone: 952.227.1160 Fax: 952.227.1170 Fire Department Response: Finance In October, the Chanhassen Fire Department responded to 69 calls for service. Thru October Phone: 952.227.1140 the Fire Department has responded to a total of 595 calls for service. The average monthly Fax: 952.227.1110 calls for 2015 is 60 with total calls projected to be over 700. Park & Recreation No significant calls to report on in October. Phone: 952.227.1120 Fax: 952.2271110 Monthly Training: Recreation Center Training that occurred since my last update; 2310 Coulter Boulevard • Hazardous Material Training including decontamination stations Phone: 952.227.1400 • Officers Meeting— Policy discussion Fax: 952.227.1404 • Emergency Medical Services Refresher • Self -Contained Breathing Apparatus Stations — Mask maintenance Planning & Natural Resources hter fitness • Firefighter g Phone: 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110 Other Activities: • 1 attended a meeting with the Chanhassen High School Athletic Department to Public Works discuss proper response protocols during football games. The Fire Department will 7901 Park Place now also be supporting Junior Varsity games with a medical response team. Phone: 952.227.1300 . The fire department sent a medical response crew for the High School Section Playoff Fax: 952.227.1310 game on November 61". Senior Center • 1 attended the International Association of Fire Chiefs convention in Clearwater, Phone: 952.227.1125 Florida from November 11 thru November 15. Fax: 952.227.1110 Website www.ci.chanhassen.nnn.us Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow Monthly Fire Marshal Report Investigations: No investigations to report on. Fire Inspections: We are inspecting licensed daycare centers and apartment buildings. No major violations have been found. Projects at various stages of construction/completion; • Total Wine and Spirits • Piada Italian Street Food • Children's Learning Adventure Center • Hurricane Wings • Pacific Dental • The Bernard Group • Jungle Asian Cuisine • Bee Hive addition • Foss Swim School • Chanhassen Vision Clinic Fire Prevention: This year's fire prevention programs were a huge success. We met with over 1,100 children ranging in ages from pre-school to 3rd grade. This included students visiting the fire station and firefighters going to daycare centers. All four of our elementary schools participated, as well as, Primrose Learning, Children of Tomorrow Day Care, and Living Christ Day Care. For fire prevention school week activities, 26 firefighters provided over 100 volunteer hours meeting with children at the stations. For the Open House, 36 firefighters attended to ensure the community had a great time. These are close to record numbers. In addition, 15 of our retired members and their significant others volunteered time during the week or at the open house. The fire relief association also provided financial support to the open house, purchasing the food and other items for the event. We estimate a crowd between 600 to 700 people attended the Open House. Events included fire truck rides, a kitchen fire demonstration, hands on fire extinguishers training, kids spraying a real fire hose, free food, displays of our specialized equipment, ambulance and crew from Ridgeview Ambulance, Carver County Sheriffs Department, Carver County Sheriffs posse, National Weather Service, Centerpoint Energy, and Xcel Energy. 35 30 32 25 20 15 10 10 5 0 Rescue & Emergency Alarm Calls Medical Service Fire Calls by Type October 2015 13 4 1 Goodlntent Call Hazardous Condition Service Call Fire Chanhassen Fire Department Calls By Month Comparison 2013 2014 2015 750 700 y 650 M U 600 0 v E 550 3 Z 500 450 400 Chanhassen Fire Department Total Calls by Year - 5 Year Table 573 513 621 714 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Projected Years 7-GaS Calls by Type ■ Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Alarm Calls Good Intent Call 0 Hazardous Condition 0 Service Call Fire = 6 it ni/m Customer Comment Card IS -S81 Response time 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 Appearance of personnel Professional mannerism First aid skills Follow through at end of call Excellent Good Fair Poor IY ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments related to fire fighting activities: Were you kept informed of the fire fighting functions being performed? ❑ ❑ ❑ Overall Fire Department performance Comments Date of Call: October 24", 2015 Location of Call: Vasserman Trail Type of Call: Smoke Alarm/Fumace Problem ❑ ❑ ❑ Crew: Jack Atkins, Troon Dowds, Eric Formico, Gregg Geske, Matt Grady, Matt Kutz, John Murphy, Adam Norcutt, Chad Olsen, Ray Rindahl, 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 j Fax 952-227-1209 Customer Comment Card r�) 5�)b Excellent Good Fair Poor Response time ❑ ❑ ❑ Appearance of personnel ❑ ❑ ❑ Professional mannerism ❑ ❑ ❑ First aid skills �4- ❑ ❑ ❑ Follow through at end of call ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments related to fire fighting activities: Were you kept informed of the fire fighting functions being p$rformed? ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Overall Fire Department performance ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: EMT -- (�-t- gid �- liyc-MLtLs Date of Call: October 0, 2015 Location of Call: Minnewashta Pkwy Type of Call: Medical Crew: David Arion, Troon Dowds, Matt Keuseman, Dan O'Mara, Jim Van Asten