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Spring Lake Park — Blaine Memorandum To: City Administrators From: SBMFD Leadership Team Mounds View Re: Fire Resource Officer, Outcomes and Summary Date: May 10, 2019 Through April, the current SFRO (John Lindstrom) has accomplished a great amount. Below you will find the objectives of this position based on the original proposal; and what outcomes we have seen in the short 8 months of work: I. Enhance the relationship with the Spring Lake Park High School. a. The H.S. and district make a point during every interaction with us to communicate their unwavering support and complimentary surprise of this position. The school's administration consistently markets its Career Readiness programs as progressive and innovative. This position provides a large piece of that innovation. The principal interacts with AC Zikmund through numerous avenues and this relationship is stronger than it has been in years. The FD has a presence at the high school on a weekly basis in addition to having John in the classroom. Mr. Lindstrom has also been able to communicate many of the FD resources and programs to those at the school where we would normally not have the time nor audience to do so. II. Enhance the relationship and increase involvement with the Opportunities in Emergency Care program. a. This has been by far the largest outcome of the 8 months thus far as predicted. Due to this position we now have a Chief serving as the Board chair of the OEC Foundation, we support extracurricular practical skills with equipment/staff, have several students applying for summer internship programs, have several students that have joined our fire exploring post, and some of which who wish to pursue firefighting into the future. SBM staff now cross -staff OEC at the following events: weekly lab, mock extrication, trimester skills testing, state competition, HOSA competition, USA Cup, Blaine Festival, numerous parades, Homecoming, Fall Camp and Spring Camp. This interaction benefits both parties through enhanced training, networking, and a primary avenue of recruiting for the Department. The most impressive enhancement moving into the future is that Mr. Lindstrom has been able to produce and get approval for the addition of Firefighter I, Firefighter II, and Enhanced EMT to the school course directory. This will allow a predicted 16 students per trimester to be trained by John, alongside SBM and OEC staff to the same level as our entry recruits. To date, we have only been able to offer this on a limited basis to up to 4 students and only at