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LJFD 2021 Annual Report Page 2 of 11 Lake Johanna Fire Department 2021 Annual Fire Report _____________________________________________________________________________________________ In 2021 the Lake Johanna Fire Department responded to 4,050 calls for service which is an increase of 423 calls, 111.7%, from the previous year. We assisted neighboring Fire Departments a total of 32 times. We received aid 14 times in 2021. AUTO-AID / MUTUAL-AID – STRUCTURE FIRES Aid Given – 32 Aid Received – 14 Roseville – 17 calls Vadnais Heights – 1 call White Bear Lake – 5 calls New Brighton – 9 calls Arden Hills – 6 calls North Oaks – 3 calls Shoreview – 5 calls City of Shoreview calls for service increased by 191 calls or 9.5% over the previous year 2020. The City of Arden Hills calls increased 134 calls, or 12.8% over last year. The City of North Oaks calls also increased by 67 calls or 9.5%. CLOSEST UNIT DISPATCHING Closest Unit Dispatching is used for specific Emergency Calls: Structure Fires, Cardiac Arrest calls and Water Emergencies. When one of those call types occurs, the Computer Aided Dispatch will instantly determine if there is a response unit from another agency that is closer to the incident than the host units dispatched, if so, that closest unit is added to the response. Of the 75 Closest Unit Dispatches in 2021 within Ramsey County, Lake Johanna provided aid on six incidents (five Cardiac Arrests and one Commercial Fire) and received aid on three incidents (two Cardiac Arrests and one Water Emergency). 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 ARDEN HILLS: NORTH OAKS: SHOREVIEW: AUTO AID: MUTUAL AID: OTHER: 986 471 1858 22 10 1039 556 1948 39 7 1138 573 2037 65 7 1044 497 2020 57 9 1178 564 2211 32 14 51 TOTALS: 3347 3589 3820 3627 4050 CALLS BY CITY Arden Hills 1178 29.1% North Oaks 564 13.9% Shoreview 2211 54.6% Auto/Mutual Aid/Other 97 2.4%