2018 Fire Department Annual Report

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2018 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 21 | P a g e V. Community Involvement and Outreach By Firefighter Joe Benik COMMUNITY INTERACTION The Fire Department has many ways of interacting with the residents that it serves. Most of these interactions though are during an emergent situation, whether it be a fire or a medical event. In order to balance out these events, we enjoy and relish the times when we can meet other community members when there is no emergency! It is our mission as the fire department in the City of St. Anthony to assist people within our community when they need it most. Whether it is a fire related incident or a medical incident, it is our job to help out the community in as many ways as we can, and are trained for. Aside from this, we also pride ourselves on how much we reach out to the community in other ways also. Whether it be through a free blood pressure check at the station, a station tour, our Fire Department Open House during fire prevention week, or even having the crew on duty read a children’s book at the community center for Halloween! We want to interact with the public in times of non- emergency situations. We have a few programs in place that can allow us to interact, help to improve safety, and enrich the lives of the residents. These programs make an emergent situation go a little smoother for those involved, or can help to keep an incident from escalating through advanced warning and knowledge. A few of our community interaction programs include Fire Station Tours, the File of Life Program, Home Safety Surveys, instructing CPR courses at the fire station and also to all 9th grade Health classes at the High School each year. Training community members in CPR helps our community continue to improve itself as a Heart Safe Community as designated by the Minnesota Department of Health and The American Heart Association. We also participate in Night To Unite with the Police Department.