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ANNUAL REPORT
2013
City of St. Anthony Village
3301 Silver Lake Road
St. Anthony, Minnesota 55418
This report is the City of St. Anthony Village’s
Fire Department Annual Report outlining the
departments activities over the past year. The
information herein also provides a history of
responses, alarms, training and code enforcement
activities. This report includes an analysis over
the past six (6) years.
City of St. Anthony Village
3301 Silver Lake Road
St. Anthony, Minnesota 55418
Fire Department
ANNUAL REPORT
2013
Table of
Contents
I. Fire Department ............................1
II. Facilities, Coverage Areas,
and Equipment ..............................3
III. Responses ...................................4
IV. Training .......................................8
V. Fire Code ....................................11
VI. Code Enforcement .........................12
In Summary .................................13
I. Fire Department
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The number one priority of any government is to provide for the safety of the public it serves.
Certainly, today’s Fire Department has evolved over time, and the Fire Department now does far
more than extinguish fires. The St. Anthony Fire Department presents this 2013 Annual Report to
share the accomplishments made during the past year, as well as to provide an accurate overview
of activities, training, and community outreach activities. With this report, you will find numerous
measures of how the Fire Department performs its diverse duties to the public.
The St. Anthony Fire Department is a combination paid on-call and full-time department working out
of one station. To provide an immediate response, 24-hours a day, the department is made up of
seven full-time personnel and 22 paid on-call personnel. The Fire Department provides fire suppression,
emergency response at the EMT level and hazardous materials response at the operations level. The
Fire Department also provides code inspection and enforcement, fire prevention and education,
administers the City’s disaster response programs and the City Code Enforcement program.
St. Anthony Fire apparatus’s consist of two 1250 GPM pumpers, a 1500 pumper, a step van, a
rescue response truck and a staff automobile for administrative response use. Specialized equipment
includes automatic defibrillators, lucas 2 device, hydraulic rescue tools (jaws of life) and a mobile air
cascade system.
I. Fire Department
Mark Sitarz
Chris Fuller Tim EvensonRyan Anttila
Joe Basara
Lieutenant 1
Dan Rignell
Chris Arndt
Mark Deschneau
Kelly Ford
Firefighters
Mark Erickson
Lieutenant 2
Joe Benik
Mattie Jaros
Tom Wenker
Matt Zuniga
Firefighters
Kevin Cardinal
Lieutenant 4
Jeff Basara
Brenna Basara
Stefan Saravia
Mike Busch
Firefighters
Matt Smigleski
Lieutenant 5
Shane Kaufman
Luke Schroeder
Isaac Davis
Roxanne Altmeyer
Rookies
Thad Hunter
Lieutenant 6
Alaric Legler
Seth Goettll
James Lynch
Jamie Turnbull
Rookies
Fire Chief
Fire Marshal/ Captain 1 Captain 3Interim Captain 2
St. Anthony Fire Department Organizational Chart
Jay Olson
Assistant Chief
2 I. Fire Department
2013 Annual Report · Fire Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota
2013 MILESTONES
New Hires
In December, nine (9) rookies were hired, which brought the Fire Department to
full staffing levels as well as prepared the Department for anticipated retirements.
Promotions
Mark Sitarz was promoted to Fire Chief following the retirement of John Malenick
after serving on the Fire Department for 15 years.
In 2013, Jay Olson was promoted to Assistant Chief after taking on an Interim
Chief role since July 2012.
Chris Fuller was promoted to Fire Marshal after taking on an interim position since
July 2012.
Kevin Cardinal was also promoted to Lieutenant. He is currently the department
Safety Officer and will retain that role moving forward.
Joe Benik - was hired in December from the part-time ranks as a full-time
firefighter.
Retirees
John Malenick – 25 Years (32 Years with the City)
After a long and distinguished career with the City of St. Anthony Village,
John Malenick bid farewell to the City in 2013. John began his career with St.
Anthony Village as a part-time employee at the City’s municipal liquor store and
in 1988 joined the St. Anthony Fire Department as a part-time firefighter. One
year later, John became a full-time employee. In 2004, John took the helm as
fire chief, a leadership position he enjoyed ever since.
John was wholeheartedly devoted to his profession and to the community and for
that, we thank John.
John Malenick
John Malenick
Mark Sitarz
II. Facilities, Coverage Areas, and Equipment
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II. Facilities, Coverage Areas,
FACILITIES
The St. Anthony Fire Station was built in 2004. It is a one story
structure with intergrated training props in the hose tower. The
station has 3 separate dorm rooms which contain 2 lockers in each
for the 6 career firefighters for uniform and personal belongings
storage. Dorms were designed to also accomodate for mixed shifts
of male and female firefighters.
EQUIPMENT
• 2011 - Chief Vehicle - Ford Pickup (3 years old)
• 2005 - Rescue 11 - Ford Utility Pickup - Main vehicle used for
medicals, non-fire related calls, inspections, public education
and general usage. (6 years old)
• 2000 HME Engine - E12 -This is used as our primary spring,
summer and fall pumper. (14 years old)
• 1998 Sterling Engine - E11- This is used as our primary winter
pumper. (16 years old)
• 1991 Step Van - U11 - Utility Truck with an air cascade
system. Specialized equipment and incident command vehicle.
(23 years old)
• 1985 General Safety Engine- E13 - This is our third out pumper
(29 years old)
• 2012 FEMA Grant Purchases:
and Equipment
• Genesis Vehicle Extrication Equipment
• 15 sets of turnout gear
• 28 structural firefighting boots
• LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System - money raised by the
SAFDRA (St. Anthony Fire Department Relief Association),
City of St. Anthony, and a grant from the Minnesota
Resuscitation Consortium.
4 III. Responses
2013 Annual Report · Fire Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota
III. Responses
Each year the Fire Department response to numerous calls including fires, medical
emergencies, automobile accidents and providing mutual aid to other communities. In
2013, the Fire Department responded to 1,409 calls, which is 142 more calls than 2012
and the highest amount of calls in the past 6 years. A summary of the past 6 years is
included below:
A breakdown of the 1,409 calls includes responses for fires, hazardous conditions, service calls, good intent
calls, false alarms, weather related calls, and medical calls. In 2013 medical calls made up the majority of
responses. Service calls were the second highest call rate. In 2013 there were 957 patients that were cared for
during these calls with the average patient age of 69 years old.
Total Calls
Call Breakdown
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Total Calls 1055 996 1,203 1,221 1,267 1,409
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Call Breakdown 26 45 181 67 70 3 1,016
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MEDICAL RESPONSES
Medical responses made up 72% of the total responses in 2013 with 1,016
responses. Compared to the past 6 years, responses were up in total number.
FIRE AND NON-MEDICAL RESPONSES
Fire and non-medical responses made up the remaining 28% for a total of 393
responses, which is up from 2012. Of the 393 calls 26 of the calls were due to a fire.
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6 III. Responses
2013 Annual Report · Fire Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota
Compared to 2012, fires in St. Anthony went down by 14, which is the lowest
number of fires seen in the past 6 years. Fires attributed to 1.84% of all incidents in
2013 with a total of 26 fires. The 26 fires included both fires in St. Anthony (10) as
well as mutual aid calls provided to neighboring cities.
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In 2013 fires in St. Anthony included property totaling $710,120 which included $20,455
of fire losses and $689,675 saved. The total amount of fire loss reported in 2013 is a
significant drop from 2012 ($392,873). Other than $7,850 loss in 2008, 2013 was the
lowest fire dollar loss in the past 6 years. In 2013 the total percent saved during fire loss in
St. Anthony was 97.12%.
Dollar Loss from Fire
Dollar Loss from Fire Breakdown by Incident Type
Incident Type Count Total
Values
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100 Fire, Other 1 $144,000 $100 $143,900 0.07%99.93%
100A Fire, Other-Appliance 1 n/a $0 n/a 0.00%100.0%
111 Building fire 2 $533,900 $7,500 $526,400 1.40%98.60%
113 Cooking fire, confined to 2 $620 $620 $0 100.00%0.00%
131 Passenger vehicle fire 2 $31,300 $12,200 $19,100 38.98%61.02%
132 Road freight or transport vehicle fire 1 n/a $0 n/a 0.00%100.0%
162 Outside equipment fire 1 $300 $25 $275 8.33%91.67%
Grand Totals:10 $710,120 $20,445 $689,675
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Dollar Loss from Fire $7,850 $994,800 $29,606 $42,800 $392,873 $20,455
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IV. Training
The Fire Department completes a variety of training each year to ensure continued compliance with local,
state and federal rules and regulations and to ensure staff is in peak condition to perform their jobs. In
2013, the theme for the Fire Department was “Physical Fitness”. A department physical ability test was
rolled out and will continue on an annual basis with benchmarks for remaining on the department long-
term. With new responsibilities and changing roles, key staff have been identified to oversee the training
program for the Department.
IN SERVICE TRAINING/ACTIVITY
There was 22 staff within the Fire Department at year end
in 2013. The 22 staff had a total of 1678 training hours
documented in 2013, which averaged 69.9 training hours
per person. This training was the lowest completed in the
past five years as shown below:
Year Training Hours
Documented
Average Training
Hours Per Person
2013 1678 69.9
2012 2983 102.9
2011 2393 88.6
2010 1835 76.5
2009 2121 88.4
2008 1529 63.7
IV. Training
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1st Responder Medical Refresher Training
In 2013 the Fire Department continued 1st Responder Medical Refresher
Training in-house. This was completed by conducting two classes
to one fire fighter and 23 police officers. The cost savings to the
City is conservatively 50% and has other benefits as well. Greater
interoperability with departments, employee convenience, and lower costs
due to less overtime and parking were also realized.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training
New Emergency Medical Services (EMS) standards were approved by the
State and the Fire Department submitted the new program application
and acquired a medical director. Through relationships with Hennepin
County Medical Center (HCMC) St. Anthony Village is able to use the Fire
Department’s medical director in this role at no cost.
In addition, the Fire Department contracted with HCMC EMS Education to
have Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Refresher Training delivered
on site in the evenings. The tuition cost remains the same, but increased
convenience and savings on parking and overtime are realized benefits.
This program continues to work well and will be implemented moving
forward.
Fire Department Education and Training Program
The Fire Department Education and Training Program continued in 2013.
Outside training classes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), First
Aid, Fire Extinguishers, and Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response (HAZWOPER) were provided to outside agencies for a fee
in 2013. On-duty personnel do not lead the classes, so it does not
take away from the City’s coverage and the class is not interrupted for
emergency calls. The money received from these classes has allowed the
Fire Department to purchase props, training materials, training supplies,
and cover instructor wages with no impact on the City budget.
Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education
The Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education grant from
2012-2013 was fully utilized this past year, and additional monies were
applied for and received ($4,635.76). This training is being used for
rookie training for the time being, however the future of this program is
unsure as less funding is available and training through technical colleges
is becoming the new normal.
Blue Card Incident Command Training
The Blue Card Incident Command Training was completed by two officers.
This is a combination of 50+ hours of on-line instruction and a 24-hour
in-person simulation lab. Looking forward, it is the intent to expand this
training to the remaining officers within the City.
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OUT OF DEPARTMENT TRAINING
The Fire Marshal is responsible for the Fire Prevention and Public Education programs. These
programs consist of community fire prevention education, fire prevention education in the
schools, fire prevention education for businesses, and the fire safety poster contest and fire
station tours, among other tasks.
In 2013 it is estimated that a total of 200 adults and 740 children received a public
education message with 118 man hours of Public Education and 195 hours of Public
Relations time documented (nearly all public relations have a public education component).
This is a slight increase to the number of adults (183 adults) and A Decrease In Children
(887 Children) Who Received The Public Education Message In 2012.
Community Outreach
In 2013, 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 2013 the
Fire Department provided CPR training in part through a
$5,000 grant that will continue in 2014. A grant has also
been applied for in the amount of $3,000 to purchase a
LUCAS II Device.
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 Boroomeo schools. All
3rd graders are given a safety presentation in the North
Suburban Fire Safety House. Along with that training,
the Fire Department also holds an annual Fire Department
Open House. In 2013, nearly 300 people attended 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.
V. Fire Code
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V. Fire Code
PERMITS
The Fire Marshal’s office issues campfire permits to ensure safety conditions are met and pollution
issues are minimized. In addition, there are several other permits outlined in the State Fire Code and
required by City Code. Fire alarm, temporary occupancy, hot works, hazardous materials, and burn
permits are a few of the other permits. In 2013, 137 campfire permits were issued.
CONSTRUCTION PLAN REVIEW
The Fire Department completes construction plan
reviews to ensure compliance with the State and
National codes in the area of site plan, fire alarm
systems, fire sprinkler systems, egress plans, hazardous
operations, construction and operational plans. The
Fire Marshal was quite busy completing 146.5 hours.
These hours consisted of coorespondence, training,
code research, plan review, and data entry.
INSPECTIONS
Inspections of buildings and facilities are conducted to ensure
compliance with State and National codes and standards. These
inspection include general fire prevention inspections and inspections
of specific systems and services. The specific inspections involve fire
protection systems including restaurant hood extinguishing systems,
fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems. Inspections are broken down for
2013 in the follow categories:
Type Number Man Hours
General Inspection 36 39
Inspection Follow Up 36 17
Hood Extinguishing System 1 .5
Fire Alarm Final 1 2.5
Certificate of Occupancy 10 5.5
Public Safety Registration 2 1
Complaint Inspection 2 .25
Total 88 66.25
Research & Follow Up 37.00
Grand Total 88 103.25
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VI. Code Enforcement
In 2013, Code Enforcement received 182 complaints, which on average equates to
approximately 4 complaints per week. Of the 182 calls, 63 or 35% of the calls were
for vegetation violations (e.g. tall grass/weeds). The remainder of complaints were
documented as follows:
Code Violations by Nature of Complaint
Type Cases Percent
Vegetation 63 35%
Miscellaneous 39 21%
Parking Violations/Expired Tabs 35 19%
Signs 22 12%
Structure/Yard Maintenance 16 9%
Garbage/Refuse 7 4%
Total 182 100%
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Miscellaneous
Parking Violation/Expired Tabs
Signs
Structure/Yard Maintenance
Garbage/Refuse
In Summary
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In addition to the code violations received by the City, the Code Enforcement department also conducted 125
rental inspections in 2013. This was nine more inspections than completed in 2012, and four more than 2011.
Rental Inspections
Code Violation Complaints
In Summary
2013 was a year of positive transition for the St. Anthony Fire Department. After 25 years with the department,
Fire Chief John Malenick retired in December and Interim Captain Mark Sitarz was named his replacement.
Jay Olson and Chris Fuller who were both in interim positions since 2012 with the department were officially
promoted to Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal. Firefighter Joe Benik was hired from the part-time ranks as the
newest full-time employee and 9 rookies were brought on-board in December. The department also had its highest
number of calls for service at 1409.
City Code Enforcement had a busy year with both areas of Housing Code and Rental Code having an increased
number of reports. The goal of educating the public upon receipt of a violation is something that we are holding
true to and we will continue to do so knowing that aids in decreasing complaints.
This past year’s transition allowed us to successfully complete the goals of the previous administration and put
into place a new focus and direction for 2014. Building trust through education and interaction from an increase
in community involvement and presence is one of many new goals you will see coming from your Fire Department
and Code Enforcement for the new year.
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