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?701 AiORTH L�XINGT�A1 AY�NUE TEiE1pHDl�f Qftd-3377 <br />OfEice of the Fire Chief <br />1"o the Roseville Cifiy Courocil <br />J �f- <br />� ..� . <br />� � � � � � M/NNESOTA 551 t3 <br />Rosevitle Fi.re Depariment <br />For the pas-� three years, are of the R,�sevi I le Fi rP Denartr�ent have <br />been aara i 1' i ng fhe i mp f ementat i on o f a Ramsey County-w i de Op-Y i cc�m <br />system. The Gifiy of Rosevi I le provided a great dea! of the ir�petus <br />for the originaE consideration and fundinq of 1-he Onfiicom prc,ject. <br />I have now learned tha`� the en�ineering si-aff of Ramsev County has <br />recommended fhat the Co�ni�y termina�-e its inv�olver�ent in -�he C�pticam <br />nro,ject. <br />�"ha� reoommendafiion is a trer�endous bloU� fio er*i�rgency services and <br />to the safety of Ramsey Cc�un�y resic�ents. <br />b+le i n Rasevi I fe have be�n �iery forttanate in -that aur f i re firucks <br />�ave nof been involved in a collision with another vehicle for sever- <br />a! y�ars. E3ut our a�paratus onera�'ors s�reafi everv �ime ir�ey con-- <br />froni- an interesction like C�unty Road "B" and Snel ! inr� whi le on a <br />fire or rescue run. fn spite of the c�reat care exercis�d by fire <br />equ i pment operatars, �ther dri vers often react wi th �?an i r--i f-Fhey <br />ever see or he�r the ap�arat�s at al I. 7he motoris-� t�F�o tr-ies fio <br />"beat" a fire tr�ck in these intersec-�ion ccsnfron-[-a�Fions is invari�biy <br />the los�r. <br />Our own warning devices are, unfortunately, not enouah. A vehicle <br />on a cr-oss s�hreet cannot see our �,rarninc� I ic�hts unti ! our trucks are <br />infio the intersecfiion. And a US Air Force study found that a�erson <br />sitting in his car wi-Yh �-he windows ral led �n, and with 'a radio or <br />stereo pl ay i na wou I d no-� hear fihe ee?eraency veh i cl e untR I i t �vas ap- <br />prox i ma-Fe 1 y 2Q0-250 teet avray . ih at doesn't I eave much t i r►e fa r re-- <br />action on the part of efi-her driver, no matter hour car-efiul each driver <br />is. <br />4p1'ioom has provEd to be of enarrrous benetit in alEeviatinc� these <br />problems--ask any St. �'aui firefighter or fire of#icer_ i1 strobe Iigh�- <br />�ransmi#�ter on a fir� t�uck, en�ac�es a rec�ivPr on a traffic si��al <br />