2017 Fire Department Annual Report

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2017 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 16 | Page STATISTICS/TRENDS This is a new section that we will include from now on based on state and nation wide trends and reports. • The new tax law also includes tax incentives for the installation of sprinkler systems in existing buildings both residential and business/commercial. Chief 1 and I will work on getting that information out to the business in the city and residents. Promoting the installation of sprinkler systems will always be high on our priority list. Simply put sprinklers save lives and property. • The Fires in MN report for 2017 is not out yet but here are some observations from the 2016 report. o Cooking Fires are by far the biggest cause of fires across the state accounting for 45.1% of all fires in 2016. o Smoking continues to be proportionally the largest cause of fire deaths – 3% of the fires in 2016 but accounted for 25% of the fire deaths for the year. o Fire Deaths were down in 2016 (43) but preliminary numbers for 2017 (61) show higher numbers and 2018 has not started off well. o In 2016 St. Anthony only had $27,100 in fire loss for 14 reported fires. By comparison Columbia Heights $367,050 with 76 fires, New Brighton $664,555 with 79 fires, Hastings $1,257,650 with 71 fires, and St. Bonifacius $3,547,100 with 16 fires. This just points out it takes one event to dramatically increase your numbers but as a trend our fire losses per event are very low. Quick response with full time staffing and inspections have a lot to do with this. Included in the next section are some of the goals we have set for our Inspectors. Some have been accomplished but most will require a longer time frame. With calls and other duties time is limited. They have been included in the report for reference and to edit them as needed.