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2 East Road <br />C ENTENNIAL <br /> Circle Pines, MN 55014 <br /> F IRE D ISTRICT <br /> 651-792-7900 <br /> <br />P RIDE H ONOR I NTEGRITY P ROFESSIONALISM <br />a9ah <br />To: Mark Statz, Centerville City Administrator <br /> Jim Coan, Centennial Lakes Police Chief <br />From: Harlan Lundstrom, Fire Chief <br />Date: May 8, 2020 <br />Subject: Centerville Ambulance Service Change June 1, 2020 <br />Background <br />The Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB) was created by the Minnesota <br />Legislature in 1995 to regulate emergency medical services in the state. As such the EMSRB oversees the <br />assignment of Primary Service Areas (PSA) for all ambulance services in the State. <br /> <br />The ambulance PSA that covers Centerville is assigned to Fairview Hospital in Wyoming. Fairview has had a <br />contract with North Ambulance for years to cover the area. With Fairview becoming M Health Fairview they <br />will be providing their own ambulance service and discontinuing the contract with North Ambulance. The <br />switch in providers will take effect June 1, 2020. <br /> <br />The PSA for this area has an overlap of M Health Fairview and Allina which gives us the unique option of <br />choosing the ambulance service to provide coverage to Centerville. If we were to choose Allina over M Health <br />Fairview the City would have to adopt a resolution. <br /> <br />M Health Fairview <br />If we do nothing M Health Fairview will automatically become the ambulance service for Centerville June 1, <br />2020. If Centerville stays with M Health they could at anytime switch to Allina by city resolution. M Health <br />Fairview has developed a lease agreement for using station 3 as a base for an ambulance. We do know that <br />their base is in Forest Lake and it will take 11 minutes or 8.9 miles to Centerville City Hall. If an ambulance is <br />stationed at Hugo Fire Department it will take 6 minutes or 3.3 miles to City Hall. <br /> <br />Pros <br /> M Health locates an ambulance at the Centerville fire station incurring monthly revenues of $600. <br /> Response time <br /> <br />Cons <br /> <br /> <br />