#10 - Fire Department Annual Report

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Introduction and Purpose The City of Lake Elmo, Minnesota is a second ring/emerging suburb of Saint Paul. The Fire Department was established in 1957 and currently serves a population (2024) of approximately 14,033 residents. Services provided by the Fire Department include Fire Suppression, Rescue, Emergency Medical Services, Code Enforcement, Community Education and Risk Reduction. The intent of this document is to provide clear and accurate data pertaining to the functions of the Lake Elmo Fire Department. Its primary audience is the residents of the City of Lake Elmo, its City Council, and all those interested in learning about our operations. This document includes information related to emergency responses, staffing, training, department fleet, and other critical data that Fire Department staff utilize on a regular basis to determine the effectiveness of your Fire Department. All information included herein is considered public data and, in accordance with the request of the City Council, some of which is reported on a quarterly basis. PUBLIC SAFETY Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 2024 2023 2022 FIRE - Number of Fire/Rescue/EMS Responses: 264 270 305 298 1137 1047 791 FIRE - Number of Fire Inspections: 142 146 192 97 577 649 514 FIRE - Average Fire/Rescue Per 1,000 Residents (14,100 pop): 6.32 6.87 10.99 8.23 32.41 9.95 5.89 FIRE - Average EMS Incidents per 1,000 Residents (14,100 pop): 12.41 12.27 10.64 12.91 48.23 17.28 9.99 FIRE - Average Alarm to Enroute time in minutes: 1.28 1.1 1.24 1.38 1.25 3.07 n/a FIRE - Average Alarm to Arrival time in minutes: 7.53 6.5 7.29 7.97 7.32 10.62 n/a FIRE - Staffed turnout time within 90 seconds (Fire/Rescue) %: 52% 49% 47% 72% 55.00% y n/a FIRE - Staffed turnout time within 60 seconds (EMS) %: 70% 79% 56% 41% 61.50% y n/a Information as presented to the City Council in the Quarterly Report.