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POLICY POLICY POLICY POLICY POLICY POLICY POLICY POLICY <br /> Meeting Date: 9/14/94 <br /> Agenda Item: P 1 <br /> CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION: Request for approval of the Ride Along Program <br /> SUBMITTED BY: Fire department <br /> REVIEWED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator <br /> EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: <br /> The city council tentatively approved the proposed ride -along program prepared by <br /> the fire department for riders on fire calls earlier this year. However, the council <br /> requested that the staff and firefighters work out a mechanism to assure the public <br /> that the riders responding to rescue calls be carefully considered to assure the privacy <br /> of individuals in medical emergencies, which constitute the majority of the city's <br /> emergency calls. <br /> After discussing this item, the fire department is recommending that the rescue call <br /> ride along program participation be restricted to persons who have received the 40 <br /> hours of first responder training through the Falcon Heights fire department or another <br /> authorized rescue service as approved by the fire chief. The fire department is also <br /> recommending that participants in fire calls and rescue calls sign an agreement of <br /> confidentiality. <br /> The program limits ride along participation to one nine hour tour of duty for anyone <br /> unless authorized to participate more often by the fire chief. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> 1 Proposed ride along program (see page 2) <br /> 2 Confidentiality form <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> Approve the fire department ride- along program as revised. <br />