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SBM Fire Department Memorandum To: David Hitchcock, Board President David Johnson, Safety Services Division Director, City of Blaine Kurt Ulrich, Mounds View City Administrator Barb Nelson, Spring Lake Park City Administrator From: Nyle Zikmund, Fire Chief Date: September 5, 2005 Re: Hurricane Katrina Aid The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security Division has received a request from their counterpart in Louisiana for three strike force teams. This is a readiness request, versus a deployment request. A Strike Force consists of the following: A Chief Officer Three Engine Companies with four individuals each One Ladder Company with four individuals Ambulance with a crew of two Communications/Aide SBM received a request on Sunday September 4, 2005 to provide one ladder company as part of one of the three teams. The actual deployment request may come as early as Wednesday morning, or it may not come at all. Ladder 12 would be utilized and shipped to Louisiana via flatbed truck or rail car. The deployment period for personnel is fourteen days plus travel to and from the deployment site. No details are available as to the type of work, which may range from firefighting to search and rescue to recovery to rebuilding. No details are available for the specific location of the work other than the request came out of Louisiana. We have identified the following eight individuals who are willing and able to deploy: (four are needed) Jeremie Baker – SBM Employee Connie Forster – SBM Employee *Doug Nelson – City of Blaine Employee & SBM Firefighter *Jeremiah Anderson – City of Mounds View Employee and SBM Firefighter *Mark Shippee – City of Blaine Employee & SBM Firefighter Don Krueger – Deputy Chief, SBM Employee Nyle Zikmund – Chief, SBM Employee *Ken Martin – SBM Volunteer Employee • = Pending employer permission.