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2016 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />21 | Page <br /> <br />Our second half of firefighter I and II training has a lot to do with more specialized training <br />such as hazardous materials training, pre incident planning, terrorism awareness and assisting <br />special rescue teams. Throw in some more emergency medical care with that and then get into <br />fire prevention and education so that they know how to correctly teach and pass along all this <br />knowledge to others. Normally we end with fire detection and protection systems and fire <br />cause and determination. A few catch up days to finish up any one of these items that we may <br />need to work more on to sharpen our skills and then we can move on to state testing and <br />certifications. <br />Each candidate is required to pass all state certifications for firefighter I and II. Each candidate is <br />required to pass all state certifications for EMT. Both of these tests are made up of a written <br />exam along with multiple skills stations and neither of the tests are easy ones to accomplish. <br />Once everyone has completed all the required training for not only our department level but <br />also state level they move on and get sworn in as a firefighter for the City of St. Anthony Fire <br />Department. They get to start working shifts and filling in learning how day to day operations <br />around the station work and respond to calls to help our citizens of the community. The <br />training is complete and the all the instructors get a break after a long year except this year, we <br />recently hired four more firefighter candidates and get the start the process all over again. This <br />quick turn around and hiring of more personnel is due to the recent retiring over the past few <br />years of very seasoned firefighters with upwards of over 20 years of service on the department <br />and one day we hope that all of our fine firefighter candidates can bring their firefighter careers <br />to an end with many years of service and be able to pass along all of their knowledge to the next <br />up and coming candidates. <br />