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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.
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RESOLUTION NO. 4864
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Adopted this 11th day of December, 1995.
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