3b Chief Gregg Geske, Chanhassen Fire Department
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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
FROM:
Gregg Geske- Fire Chief
Roger Smallbeck - 1 st Assistant Chief
Randy Wahl - 2nd Assistant Chief ()~
Mark Littfin- Fire Marshal ~ .
Joe Berg - Training Officer
DATE:
January 12, 2007
SUBJ:
Monthly City Council update
Fire Department Overview:
Staffing is at 44 active firefighters as of January 12, 2007, allocation is 45 PTE's. We had one
member retire. Roger Smallbeck replaced Sherri Walsh as 1 st Assistant Chief as a result of our
December election. Roger will be attending the January council meeting for an introduction.
The Fire Department finished 2006 with 523 calls down 66 from the 589 calls we had in 2005. We
had no structure fires since our last council update.
Fire Training:
During the month of December we refreshed our skills in ice rescue, incident command/on-deck
(protocol and procedures for fireground command) use, SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus)
and general maintenance. January through March we will continue with medical skills refresher as
all Emergency Medical Technicians and First Responders will need to complete State required
training.
Fire Marshal:
The only fires we responded to were a car fire on Highway 5 and Dakota Avenue and a small
centerpiece with very minimal damage that caught fire during the holidays.
Todd Gerhardt
January 12, 2007
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Fire Inspections:
The new building projects which are at different stages of construction are Abra Auto Body on Lake
Drive East, the Eden Trace building at 2431 Galpin Court, Gateway Apartments at 721 Lake Susan
Drive, Golf Zone at 825 Flying Cloud Drive, Halla Greens clubhouse at 495 Pioneer Trail, Lifetime
Fitness Office on Corporate Way, the Water Treatment Plant on West 79th Street, and Waytech at
2440 Galpin Court. We also have the multi-dwelling units built by Town and Country and several
small office remodeling projects.
We will begin annual inspections of hotels/motels in the near future.
Fire Prevention:
Nothing new to report at this time.
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