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RESOLUTION NO. 4864 <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> • STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT IN THE EFFORTS OF THE SPRING LAKE <br /> PARK/BLAINE/MOUNDS VIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN LEGISLATION <br /> ENABLING THE DEPARTMENT TO EMPLOY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS FOR <br /> PREVENTION DUTIES <br /> WHEREAS, fire kills more than 5, 000 individuals every year <br /> in the United States and damages more than 11 billion dollars in <br /> property every year; and <br /> WHEREAS, in the State of Minnesota, more than 350 people <br /> have died from fire and more than 590 million dollars of property <br /> has been destroyed by fire over the last five years; and <br /> WHEREAS, the cost of having available emergency fire <br /> response capability is estimated to exceed 1.5 billion dollars on <br /> an annual basis in the State of Minnesota. <br /> WHEREAS, an average of 125 firefighters are killed every <br /> year in the United States combating fire, the vast majority of <br /> which deaths DO NOT occur on the fire ground; and <br /> WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota's fire problem and the <br /> Community of Mounds View's fire problem are similar in nature to <br /> the national problem; and <br /> WHEREAS, the leading of cause of accidental death for <br /> children under the age of five is fire; and <br /> WHEREAS, proof exists throughout the World, Nation, State <br /> and selected Minnesota Cities that FIRE PREVENTION CAN AND DOES <br /> WORK TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY with considerably less cost and . <br /> danger to all emergency responders; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Spring Lake Park experienced a fire <br /> death in 1994 and the City of Mounds View has experienced fire <br /> deaths in its history; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is committed to combating <br /> fire equally through prevention and suppression and is equally <br /> committed to increasing the prevention effort. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Mounds View <br /> categorically supports the efforts of its fire department, the <br /> Spring Lake Park Fire Department, Inc. , to obtain legislation <br /> enabling the department to employ volunteer firefighters who <br /> perform prevention duties as a primary responsibility and <br /> receive, among other things, compensation in the form of a <br /> volunteer firefighter's pension. <br />