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Home My WebLink About2015.03.16 CC PowerPoint Fire Dept 2014 Annual ReportHugo Fire Department RLP 1908OF 1 �� QRS 7F -20p8 2014 Annual Report OPERATIONS • Fire Department provides emergency services —Fire, Rescue, Medical First Response and BLS Ambulance Transport • Firefighters are summoned by Washington County Paging System • Utilize "All Call" pages during weekday hours Monday thru Friday • Utilize "Duty Crew" pages during weeknight hours and weekend hours • Ended 2014 with 607 total calls for service STAFFING • In 20141 we lost 4 personnel/hired 4 personnel — With one retiring after 23+ years of service • Total staffing currently is 27 • Staffing breakdown — 3 Chiefs — 2 Captains — 4 Lieutenants — 1 Chief Engineer — 2 Engineers — 1 Fire Marshal — 8 Firefighters — 6 Probationary FF's REPORT OUTLINE • Calls for Service — Comparisons between Daytime and Shift Coverage • Ambulance Service — Comparisons between Daytime and Shift Coverage — Comparisons between Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support • Alarm Calls • Working Fires • Trending • Training Highlights • In the Community • 2015 Goals CALLS FOR SERVICE Daytime Service Calls 18 Fires 47 Alarms 186 Rescues -Medicals Shift Coverage ,O 292 300 04% W 150 MIC 50 EI DAYTIME VS SHIFT COVERAGE BREAKDOWN _L - 1 Service Calls 18 21 Fires 0 Daytime Coverage Alarms 0 Shift Coverage 292 Rescues- Medicals DAYTIME CALLS VS SHIFT COVERAGE CALLS Daytime Shift 42% 58% (253) (354) DAYTIME CALLS BREAKDOWN Fire Rescue 26% (WBL) 74% (67) (186) SHIFT COVERAGE CALLS BREAKDOWN Fire 18% Medical (Hugo) (62) 82% (292) AMBULANCE SERVICE • White Bear Lake holds PSA for Hugo • 6thyear of Hugo BLS Ambulance Service • Partnership with White Bear Lake (ALS) • Staffed with 6 Duty Crews • Rotating Shifts — 5pm to Sam Monday thru Thursday — 5pm Friday thru Sam Monday AMBULANCE CALLS 7lw Daytime Calls 39% (186) Shift Coverage Calls 61% (292) AMBULANCE CALLS DURING SHIFT COVERAGE Cancelled in Route 9% BLS Ambulance Calls 31% (92) (25) ALS Ambulance Calls 60% (175) ALARM CALLS FOR SERVICE • Includes Smoke/Fire/Carbon Monoxide/Gas • Every year the Fire Department responds to numerous alarms relating to routine maintenance for these devices • 2014 goal to reduce the number of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms through public education —Experienced approx. 10% drop in alarm calls ALARM CALLS VS WORKING FIRE CALLS Gas/Smoke/ Carbon Monoxide 61% (87) Fire Related 31% (39) ALARM CALLS Gas Leaks 12% Carbon (10) Fire Alarms Monoxide 56% Alarms 32 (28) (49) WORKING FIRES • Every year the Fire Department responds to several working fires • Working fire defined as "Flames and/or Smoke Seen" • Everything from burning complaints to structure fires to mutual aid • 39 total for the year WORKING FIRES Burning power Lines Water Leak, 1 Complaints, 1 Down, 1 Outside Fires, 2 Mutual A Grass/Hay, 4 Smoke Scare, 6 Structure/ Electrical, 7 Canc Route, 8 56 NUMBER OF CALLS PER MONTH IN 2014 54 56 LIV 57 56 52 43 0 42 55 c i fa Q 3 ate+ Q o 'LL o z o TRENDING • Annually the Fire Department tracks the total number of calls for the year • 3rd year in past 5 years we exceeded 600+ • Consistently been above 540+ per year for the past 6 yea rs • Can be attributed to the increase in population and specialized occupancies • Likely to remain on the rise in the future NUMBER OF CALLS PER YEAR 542 2008 2009 2010 2011 573-4 � 601 607 2013 2014 TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS • Total number of drill hours: 2,919 • Live burn training at Stacy FID burn tower • Ice & Water Rescue • Small Aircraft Rescue • 4 personnel completed IV/Med certification • 1 recruit completed FF1 & FFII courses • 1 recruit completed EMT -Basic LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT • Several Officers completed ICS 300 & 400 — Focused on Large Disaster Mitigation • All Officers and administrative staff completed Leadership 1,2,&3 — Focused on Administration/Management skills — National Fire Academy courses — Century College IN THE COMMUNITY • Kidz N Biz • Wild Wings Youth Expo • Good Neighbor Days • High School Rodeo • MDA "Fill the Boot' • Community Night Out • Fire Prevention Week at the Schools • Open House/5K Run • Movie Nights • Toy Drive HEARTSAFE COMMUNITY • 6 CPR Instructors • Trained 324 people in CPR in 2014 — Brian Kindelberger (302) • Maintain AEDs in 3 public buildings • AEDs mapped and registered with Heartsafe Community GOALS FOR 2015 • Recruitment& Retention —Information Session March 31St 7-9pm (public is invited) • 5 -Year Equipment CIP —Plan for future needs of the City • Ambulance Discussion —March 18 Workshop • Continue Leadership Development — Focus on Incident Command