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Item No. 07H Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Nyle Zikmund, Fire Chief Item Title/Subject: 3rd Quarter 2002 Report Meeting Date: December 9, 2002 We continue to make great progress with the FDM project it is not without some pain and suffering as we are still not there and will probably need one more visit from the manufacturer for more training. We have provided the developer with a three page detailed list of our issues and concerns and are awaiting their reply. I am very pleased to report that the Chaplain program is just about ready to implement as interviews were conducted and completed with initial training underway. We ended up with five local clergy applying, all who were accepted, and all who have begun their training. We expect the members to be available via a pager system by the first part of the new year. The Van Fire continues to occupy a portion of our time with several of us present at the scene giving a presentation to a regional chapter of the International Police Chaplains Conference. Additionally, some of you may have caught the I Team report on WCCO TV and the subsequent piece on the CBS Evening news the next night. Under the anit-terrorrism category several of the chief officers attended a two day seminar hosted by the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs and focusing on dealing with attacks. Speakers included a contingent from Israel who were incredible and a member of the FBI as well as the Emergency Manager form Suffolk County, Pennsylvania where the jet crashed and the miners were trapped. Additionally, we continue to work on a grant proposal from the state and fed for moneys already appropriated by both. The lions share of the grant money is available through Anoka County ($537,000) for which a working group has been put together to identify needs. We will have the opportunity to apply for both an equipment and training grant separate from this and will be pitching a command vehicle and a scenario drill. Additionally, we are also working in the Ramsey County process, as Mounds View is located in Ramsey County. I met with the fire marshals from all three cities to discuss and establish inspection goals for the upcoming year. From our long range planning process we arrived at an ideal goal of having all hazard occupancies inspected yearly with the remaining occupancies inspected on a three year cycle. Hazard occupancies include not only hazardous manufacturing but assemblies, licensed facilities, and multifamily.