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