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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for March 18,2019 Page 2 of 8 Swearing in of Colin Emans as Training Captain, Jason Palmquist as Training Lieutenant, Ross Hoernemann as Administrative Captain, and Trevor Le2ros as Firefthter At its February 4, 2019 meeting, Council approved the appointment of Colin Emans as Training Captain and Ross Hoernemann as Administrative Capitan. At its March 4, 2019 meeting, Council approved Jason Palmquist as Training Lieutenant, and at its December 17, 2018 meeting, Council approved Trevor Legros as a regular firefighter. Fire Chief Kevin Colvard performed the swearing in of the four firefighters to their respective positions. Hugo Fire Department Annual Report Hugo Fire Chief Kevin Colvard presented to Council the Fire Department Annual Report for 2018. During 2018, there was one retirement (Andy Churchill after 14 years), three resignations and three new hires. Total calls increased to 299,most being rescue calls to assist North Memorial Ambulance. This was the third full year assisting North Memorial, and the Hugo Department responded to 136 of 863 calls they received. Call volume will likely continue to increase as growth increases. Colvard talked about alarm calls commonly due to maintenance of the devices, and they were trying to educate the public. Automatic Aid with White Bear Lake had been put into practice during 2018, and a new computer software program was implemented by Washington County. The department was successful in receiving a grant for the replacement of all SCBA air packs. The last grant for that equipment was in 2004. Training consisted of 2,580 man-hours for weekly drills and over 1,000 man-hours for additional training to include leadership and command classes. Ninety percent of the department has received Active Shooter Training, and 86 people were trained in CPR. Colvard talked about the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) initiative started in 2017, and Jim Compton Jr. talked about a recent incident where a life was saved. Based on the success, the department will be seeking donations for additional AEDs. Petryk asked what one costs and whether they carried Narcan. Colvard responded that one AED unit would cost approximately $1,500, and Narcan was carried by the deputies and ambulance crews. Colvard talked about the aerial apparatus they took delivery of in late February. There needed to be a great deal of training on it, and their goal was to have it operational in the month of April. Department goals were to increase daytime staffing, continue the grant application program, review and refine the equipment CIP, and continue leadership development. The Mayor called for a short recess, and the meeting reconvened at 7:54 p.m. North Memorial Annual Report Manager Rob Almendinger, Supervisor Shawn McDonough, and Director Rick Wagner from North Memorial presented the annual report on ambulance services provided to Hugo during 2018. North Memorial took over as Hugo's primary ambulance provider in August of 2015. Almendinger talked about staffed hours and how they were adjusted as needed. He presented the PSA (Primary Service Area) map and data on run distribution. The average response time data for the entire region was 9:23. North Memorial responded to 723 calls in 2018 with an average response time of 9:38 and median response time of 8:34. He reviewed response time by priority. Code 3 (lights and sirens) was 9:13 on average, and Code 2 (no lights or sirens) was 11:24. He provided data on calls per hour of day and responses showing 68% of the time the patient was