2014 Fire Department Annual Report

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VI. Training 2014 Annual Report · Fire Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 11 MINNESOTA BOARD OF FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AND EDUCATION The Minnesota Board of Fireﬁ ghter Training and Education grant from 2013-2014 was fully utilized this past year, and additional monies were applied for ($2560). ROOKIE TRAINING The time line for our rookie program encompasses about 18 months from the onset of training to being sworn in as a Fire Fighter. A new class of recruits began their training in January 2014. The class started with 9 and we are now down to 7. We are utilizing the state sponsored training through Hennepin Technical College to complete their Fireﬁ ghter One and Two along with HAZMAT Operations. All but one has completed EMT Training. The next step is driving and pumping. We expect to ﬁ nish this class in the early fall. Normally we would start a new class in 2016 but our current numbers may push that out at least a year. OUT OF DEPARTMENT TRAINING The Fire Marshal is responsible for the Fire Prevention and Public Education programs. These programs consist of community ﬁ re prevention education, ﬁ re prevention education in the schools, ﬁ re prevention education for businesses, and the ﬁ re safety poster contest and ﬁ re station tours, among other items. COMMUNITY OUTREACH In 2014, the Fire Department continued community outreach training with CPR in the High School to all the 9th graders and did classes for many other groups within the City. This training is provided at no cost and the instructors volunteer their time. In addition to CPR training the Fire Department also put together a “File of Life” program that we will be implementing in 2015. This program is designed to help answer necessary medical questions when a patient is unable to speak. This is a form that is ﬁ lled out and kept in a magnetic envelope for ﬁ rst responders to grab easily and refer to. This program is designed for residents of the City of St. Anthony and will be rolled out in early 2015. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND OPEN HOUSE Fire Prevention Week allows the Fire Department to have personal interaction with 3rd grade students at Wilshire Park Elementary and St. Charles Borromeo schools. All 3rd graders are given a safety presentation in the North Suburban Fire Safety House. Along with that training we also hold our annual Fire Department Open House. In 2014, we had over 500 people attend (over 300 in 2013) and received safety messages. The Open House provides an opportunity to answer direct questions as well as gain valuable experience of interacting directly with citizens.