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During regular day shift, the volunteer firefighters will not be paged out unless an all- call/general alarm is sounded. With a larger and more robust day shift staff, day shift volunteers are not necessary for most emergencies. This methodology assist with retention as the volunteers are most exclusively night shift and weekends. This provides them the opportunity to concentrate on their civilian jobs and not be penalized for missing a call during the day when the overwhelming majority of them are at work. Prevention Programs A very important part of any fire department is its ability to prevent fires and other disasters from occurring. The majority of these efforts are geared to fire and housing inspections which focus on enforcement of various adopted codes. The SBMFD is no different, however, the SBMFD focuses its prevention energy on public fire education and safety programs including innovative home safety surveys, neighborhood canvassing, bike helmet fitting, senior safety fair, safety camp and many others. Fire Inspections To better organize the FFD, the SBMFD is recommending the Fridley Fire Marshal position be realigned into the Zoning Division or the Police Department to leading the Fire and Zoning Inspections as well as the City Responder program. This realignment will put all inspection activities into the same division as well as free the FFD to focus on other comprehensive education, prevention and safety programs. The SBMFD generally does not conduct fire inspections, with the exception of the City of Mounds View where the SBMFD is contracted to perform fire inspection separately from the original contract/JPA. The City of Fridley would have the option of contracting with the FFD to perform fire inspections at a cost in addition to the primary contract cost. 161 age