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16 XI. In Summary <br />2014 Annual Report · Fire Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br />XI. In SummaryXI. In Summary <br />2014 was a great year for the department. In December of 2013 we made several interim positions permanent <br />and in 2014 those people were able to move forward and act upon areas that they felt changes or tweaks needed <br />to be made. Small changes to programs were implemented in order to see better results in the future. As I stated <br />earlier, these results needed to be positive as well as sustainable in our daily operations. <br />Strengthening our fi re prevention program was one area that Fire Marshal Chris Fuller wanted to focus on. Getting <br />our message out to the schools and developing a better and more consistent curriculum for multiple grades was <br />the goal. Also, in 2014 we had our largest open house attendance ever with over 500 attendees. <br />Assistant Chief Jay Olson had been given the task of focusing on our standard <br />operating procedures and guidelines for the department. These SOP’s\SOG’s are what <br />our members use to follow and aid them in decision making. Much of what we do <br />cannot be confi ned to a step by step process but rather more of a framework which is <br />where the guidelines come into play. This task is something that will be continuing in <br />the future for some time. <br />We started with a rookie class of 9 people but we are now at 7. Their focus last year <br />was completing class and passing the state certifi cation process for Firefi ghter I, II and <br />EMT. This training wrapped up in January of 2015 with one still in EMT class. In 2015 <br />they will focus on pumping and driving and passing various in-house tests. The goal is <br />to have their training completed and being sworn-in by the beginning of October. This <br />training is being headed up by our Training Offi cer Captain Ryan Anttila and Assistant <br />Training Offi cer Lieutenant Joe Basara.