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Residents incorporated the Spring Lake Fire <br />Department on January 17, 1944 as a non-profit corporation, <br />starting with two pieces of apparatus and twenty volunteer <br />firefighters. The Fire District was quite large at the time and <br />consisted of the current communities of Blaine, Spring Lake <br />Park, Mounds View, Fridley, Arden Hills, Shoreview and <br />Coon Rapids. <br />Today, the SBMFD is a dynamic, high performing <br />organization, which provides extraordinary all hazard <br />emergency response, innovative fire prevention services, and <br />public fire education to the communities of Spring Lake Park, <br />Blaine and Mounds View. SBMFD currently serves a <br />permanent population of over 82,000 residents who are <br />dispersed throughout approximately 40 square miles. The <br />coverage area includes the Anoka County Airport, critical <br />state infrastructure, major regional employers and numerous <br />schools. <br />The Operations Division provides service through a <br />unique combination -staffing model, staffing with full time <br />personnel and volunteers, delivering an effective service at <br />the lowest per capita cost in Minnesota. Current daytime <br />response combines 15 full-time SBMFD personnel staffing <br />Fire Stations 1 and 3 with 12 full-time City of Blaine <br />employees staffing Fire Station 5. During the evening, <br />service is provided by our 57 volunteer personnel who <br />respond to their assigned fire stations from their homes. <br />Many of our full-time personnel are also volunteer <br />firefighters during the evening. <br />The Community Risk Reduction Division delivers <br />innovative fire prevention and safety programs to our <br />stakeholders in several focus areas. A very dedicated <br />and competent cadre of career and volunteer personnel <br />deliver the programs and are heavily involved in the <br />community. These personnel belong to many groups, <br />which include our Fire Corps, Educators, Fire <br />Explorers and Suppression. The service they deliver <br />is critical to the safety and wellbeing of our <br />communities. Some of these innovative and crucial <br />programs are; After the Fire Care, Bike Helmet <br />Fittings, Car Seat Clinics, Citizens Academy, First Aid <br />and CPR, Home Safety Surveys, Safety Camp, Senior <br />Safety Fair, School Education and Youth Fire Setter Intervention. <br />31SBMFD 2017-2022 Strategic Plan <br />