1A, Lake Johanna Fire Budget, Capital Facilities Need Study

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LAKE JOHANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL-FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT The Lake Johanna Fire Department is seeking a qualified consulting firm to perform a study of the future staffing needs of the Fire Department aod its relationship to the delivery of fire service. The primary element of this study is to look at fire service needs for the next 10+ years and develop alternative staffing plans to best meet these needs. The staffing plans should include ao analysis of the positives and negatives of each plao as well as an estimate of the cost of implementing the plan. Backj!round The Lake Johanna Fire Department is a private non-profit paid on-call Fire Department serving the cities of Arden Hills, North Oaks, and Shoreview, Minnesota under a contractual agreement. These three cities have a combined population of approximately 40,000 people and a service area of about 30 square miles. The current services provided by the Department include fire suppression, fire inspection, public fire education, response to all accident with injury calls, as well as responses to cardiac arrests. In addition, the Department handles most of its continuing training needs in-house. The Department currently has three full-time employees - Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, and an Office Maoager, aod fire service is provided by 60 paid on-call firefighters that are assigned to one of four stations that serve the area. The Department also has a paid on- call Deputy Chief aod there are paid on-call District Chiefs assigned at each of the four stations. The Department currently has a Duty Crew Program to handle daytime response to emergency calls. The Duty Crew operates Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and includes 3-4 paid on-call firefighters that are paid an hourly rate for working this assignment. The Department's four stations are spread out throughout the service area. Station #2 was reconstructed in the mid-1990's aod Stations #3 and #4 were remodeled in 2005. Station #3 serves as the headquarters station for the Department aod includes offices for the Department's full-time staff. Station #1 is currently in need of major repairs/renovations, or reconstruction. The design and potential location of this station will likely be influenced by the future staffing plans for the Department. The study should examine potential location for this station based on the alternative staffing plaos that are identified. There is also a concern about response time to the northeast portion of North Oaks. There has been significant new development in this section of the City including a large senior housing complex that includes both senior apartments and assisted living units, villa townhouse units, and single-family homes. The study should also examine possible means of providing better fire service to this area.