2b Fire Department Monthly Report
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CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT
P.O. Box 97 · 7610 Laredo Drive · Chanhassen, MN 55317
Bus. Phone 952-934-9191 · Minnewashta Station NO.2. Phone 952-474-7094
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager 6~ .
Gregg Geske- Fire Chief
Sherri Walsh - 1 st Assistant Chief
Randy Wahl - 2nd Assistant Chief
Mark Littfin- Fire Marshal
Ed Coppersmith - Training Officer
FROM:
DATE:
May 15, 2006
SUBJ:
Monthly City Council update
Fire Department Overview:
Staffing is at 46 active firefighters as of May 12,2006, allocation is 45 PTE's.
As of May 7,2006, we are at 165 calls for the year, down from 184 at the same time in 2005. Since
our last council update we requested mutual aid from Shakopee for an accident/car fire.
We had a "black hat" ceremony for our rookie group A during our last business meeting. They will
be off of probationary status the first part of July. The ceremony was held now because our July
business meeting is cancelled because of the 4th of July celebration. We look to be adding 2-3
firefighters in our next rookie group. We held our annual banquet on May 5th and our firefighter of
the year was recognized along with a 35 year member and a 25 year member.
Fire Training:
The Chanhassen Fire Department completed the required Incident Management System classes
prescribed by the state during the month of April. The probationary firefighters are continuing to
attend school with the first group completing all required training this month.
Fire Marshal:
No fires to report.
Todd Gerhardt
May 15, 2006
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Fire Inspections:
Nothing new to report for new inspections. We have however been reviewing plans for a number of
buildings that are expected to start construction in the next few weeks. Existing building fire
inspections are almost complete on Lake Drive East and we will be starting restaurant inspections the
week of May 22.
Fire Prevention:
We will be making plans soon for Safety Camp and National Night Out and we are starting to receive
phone calls for firefighter visits to neighborhood block parties.