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<br />Saint Cloud Fire Department, MN <br /> <br />Fire Protection Master Plan- Executive Summary Document <br /> <br />Staffing <br /> <br />The mid-term strategy for staffing calls for an increase in on-duty shift strength to 19 personnel. The <br />objectives of the mid-term strategy is to provide the ability for the agency to maintain minimum <br />apparatus staffing strength of three on all companies and to maintain an ability to generate fifteen <br />responders for moderate risk incidents using on-duty personnel, as recommended in the full report. <br /> <br />In order to achieve a reasonable 12% ratio of administrative and support personnel recommended in <br />the full report, it will also be necessary to maintain eight full-time equivalents in this category. <br /> <br />The following table describes the mid-term staffing strategy recommended as part of this master plan. <br />This mid-term strategy should be pursued in a one to three year time frame. <br /> <br />Figure 3: Mid-Term Staffing Strategy <br /> <br /> <br /> Engine 1 Engine 4 4 <br /> Tower 1 ladder truck 4 4 <br />Station 1 Command 55 Command 1 1 <br /> Dispatcher Staff 1 1 <br /> Engine 18 Reserve engine 0 0 <br />Station 2 Engine 21 Engine 4 3 <br /> Brush Rig 4 Wildland unit Cross-staffed Cross-staffed <br /> Engine 19 Engine 4 3 <br />Station 3 Engine 16 ReselVe engine 0 0 <br /> Brush Rig 9 Wildland unit Cross-staffed Cross-staffed <br />Station 4 (ARFF) ARFFl ARFF engine 0 <br />ARFF 2 ARFF engine 1 <br /> <br /> <br />We have also developed a long-term staffing strategy to be initiated with the addition of stations five, <br /> <br /> <br />six, and seven to fully-staffed status. The long-term strategy for staffing emergency incidents calls for <br /> <br />an increase in on-duty shift strength to 30 personnel during the time period encompassed by this <br /> <br /> <br />master plan. Minimum shift strength would be permitted to fall lower than 30, but only to the extent <br /> <br /> <br />that the supplemental use of paid-on-call staffing can ensure adequate incident staffing performance <br /> <br />on a consistent basis. <br /> <br />In order to achieve a reasonable 12% ratio of administrative and support personnel, it will also be <br />necessary to maintain twelve full-time equivalents in this category. <br /> <br />9 <br />