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Paid On-Call Fire Lieutenant 4 POC 4 POC <br />Paid On-Call Firefighter 34 POC 15 POC <br />The Public Safety Director, serving as the Fire and Police Chief, provides leadership, <br />management, and oversight of all public safety services (emergency management, fire, <br />& police) in the Lino Lakes community. <br />The Lino Lakes Fire Division is a combination department, staffed weekdays from 6 AM <br />to 6 PM with a Deputy Director – Fire Division, Fire Lieutenant / Inspector, and three <br />part-time firefighters. After 6 PM on weekdays and all weekends, primary fire response <br />is handled by paid on-call firefighters. The Public Safety Department currently has 4 <br />cross-trained police/firefighters. The Fire Division operates out of Fire Station #1 (7741 <br />Lakes Dr., Lino Lakes, MN) and Fire Station #2 (1710 Birch St., Lino Lakes, MN). <br />Fire staff responds to all fire calls for service in Lino Lakes, as well as some emergency <br />medical calls for service (Unconscious, Difficulty Breathing, Not Breathing, Choking, <br />Drown, Heart, Seizure, Fall, Stroke, Misc Priority Medical). For the year of 2023, fire <br />staff responded to 825 calls for service. <br />The Lino Lakes Police Division provides 24-hour police service to the community, <br />serving as the primary responder on all medical calls for service. The Police Division is <br />staffed with 26 licensed Police Officers, 4 civilian office staff, 2 Community Service <br />Officers and operates out of the Public Safety Department (640 Town Center Pkwy, <br />Lino Lakes, MN). For the year of 2023, police staff responded to 13,263 calls for <br />service. <br />Advanced Life Support EMS service is provided by a private hospital based <br />ambulance service, Allina EMS. <br />DELIVERABLES <br />This project is expected to meet the above-noted objective within the described scope <br />and produce a realistic plan for meeting the City of Lino Lakes’ future fire service needs. <br />At a minimum, the plan will provide the following specific deliverables. <br />1. Identification of 2024 baseline Fire Division services, service levels and budgets, <br />including response times, ISO rating, staffing, facilities, major equipment and any <br />other applicable factors (this should be a minor part of the final report). <br />2. A comprehensive standards of coverage document analyzing resource <br />deployment, determining whether the department is properly deployed to meet its <br />community’s fire service needs. <br />3. Provide Council with options for a staffing plan to meet the needs identified in the <br />standards for in the short and long term with estimated costs. Some potential <br />options: <br />a. Evaluate current model of delivery of fire services with recommendation <br />for improvement; <br />b. Collaborate with other jurisdictions to provide fire services to all <br />jurisdictions; <br />52