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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 28, 1998 Page 8 Chief Johnson noted the distribution of emergency calls. He reported that 500 of the calls 2 responded to-the area north of 291h Avenue., 121 of these calls were to the nursing home and 3 Chandler Place. The amount of calls between 291h Avenue and 37'Avenue has increased. 4 significantly. 10 calls were responded to in Roseville with one-half of these calls responding to 5 car accidents at Highway 88 and County Road C-2. In response to questions raised by resident 6 Tom Nelson at a recent Council Meeting, Johnson stated that a County-wide program is in place 7 which requires the Fire Department to respond to critical cases only at care facilities with trained 8 staff. 9 Chief Johnson noted the amount of emergency runs continues to increase with a new plateau of 10 700 calls per year. The major increase is in medical calls and is consistent throughout the I I metropolitan area. Johnson noted it is cost effective to use existing resources to meet the greater 12 demand. Seven members of the Fire Department are full-time and they all respond to medical 13 calls. 50%of the volunteers also respond to medicals. 14 Chief Johnson reported the median age of patients in 1997 was 75 years old. He noted there has 15 been an increase in pediatric cases. 16 Chief Johnson noted the loss per fire for the years 1992 through 1996 which was compiled from State Fire Marshal statistics. In terms of fire protection costs per capita, the State of Minnesota ranks#41 in the nation. 19 Marks stated it would be interesting to obtain similar data based on a per capita basis. 20 Chief Johnson noted the Out-of-Station activities report. He noted that the Code Enforcement 21 listed for 1997 includes only the Fire Code Enforcement. The 1998 report will include City 22 Code Enforcement. 23 Chief Johnson noted Training Report and Statistics. The Fire Department consists of 1 24 paramedic, 14 EMT's and 10 first responders. The minimum requirement for full-time EMT's is 25 110 hours and the requirement for First Responders is 40 hours. 26 Mayor Ranallo thanked Chief Johnson for the presentation. He asked that the Chief convey the 27 Council's appreciation to all members of the Fire Department, Reserves, and Part-time members, 28 for the job that they do. 29 D. Councilmembers. 30 Thuesen reported his attendance at a Minnesota Finance Workshop for Elected Officials. Good 31 information was presented which dealt with understanding the City's Financial Program and 32 financial policy decisions typically made by the City Council. He stated this was a worthwhile workshop that provided information which will be useful to him when discussing the budget.