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Lino Lakes Public Safety Department Memo DATE: May 10, 2022 TO: John Swenson, Public Safety Director CIT O F [INCAAKES FROM: Dan L'Allier, Deputy Public Safety Director — Fire Division RE: Equipment for Used Engine In 2015, the acquired Aerial 11, through dissolution of assets, the city took possession of the apparatus in 2016. Both the equipment and the apparatus were found to be deficient. The City made significant repairs to the apparatus to bring the apparatus into a usable condition. At that time because of greater needs it was decided not to replace the deficient equipment on Aerial 11. Every year since 2016, I have compiled a list of the equipment that was needed to be replaced on this apparatus. Director Swenson and myself review this list annually and purchase the needed equipment from the small tools budget line item. This has occurred every year since 2016. The last few items are a Blitz Fire 2.5" Ground Monitor (Nozzle), Pike Poles (tools used to pull ceilings down), five one hundred -foot sections of 5" Large Diameter Hose (This hose is used to connect to the hydrant to supply the fire truck with water to fight fires). I have included photos of these items and I will go into detail as to why we need these items. Task Force Tips B1itzFire Nozzle Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMh6klPbAR4 Both Aerial 11 and the engine we are looking to replace Engine 11 have permanent large volume monitors or Deck style guns. These devices supply up to 1250 to 1500 gallons per minute. This is great if you can get the fire truck close enough to use these devices. In most cases this is not the case. So, the need to use large hand lines to access areas at a fire that need large volumes of water become very labor intensive. The goal when the B1itzFire was developed, was to manufacture a ground nozzle that could easily deploy 500 gallons per minute with only one firefighter. BlitzFire does this. A single firefighter can easily remove the B1itzFire from the fire apparatus, stretch a 2.5" hose line to the area where it is needed, charge the hose line directing the water stream where it is needed and then that firefighter could leave and attend another task on the fire ground. ONE VISION. ONE MISSION. LINO LAKES PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT.