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2020 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />27 | Page <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS OF TRAINING 2020 <br />• Total active staff at year end 30 (4 Rookies Hired in Nov 2020) <br />• Total staff training hours: <br />2020 – 4038 documented = 135 hours per person (including 2020 hires) <br />2019 – 2146 documented = 79 hours per person (including 2019 hires) <br />2018 – 3018 documented = 107 hours per person <br />2017 – 2456 documented = 81 hours per person (including 2016 hires) <br />2016 – 2173 documented = 75 hours per person <br />A significant jump in hours during 2020 came from 4 different sources: <br />• All full-time employees participated in an online fire investigation certificate with 25 <br />hours of course training, equaling 175 hours. <br />• All officers participated in a 50-hour online course and 16-hour scenario based incident <br />command training, equaling 594 hours. <br />• We had four rookies complete their Firefighter 1 and 2 certification, as well as EMT basic <br />certification, which totals approximately 330 hours each. <br />• The Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education (MBFTE) provided access to <br />a program through Target Solutions. This is an online training platform available to our <br />members. Aside from our scheduled drills and training, our members had an additional <br />373 hours of training that would not have been available. <br />A major focus was to continue to complement training from previous years. We continually <br />work to maintain skills and add to them. This includes 12 hours of EMT training for each of our <br />members who are EMTs. <br />Several of our drills were adjusted due to Covid-19. This training was conducted in an online <br />meeting format. This did result in lower drill and hands-on training hours. <br />