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Station Location, ApparaEus, and Staffing Analysis Roseville, MN Therefore it is imperative that Roseville officials evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts to increase paid on calI personnel and be willing to i�nplement additional recruitment and retention incentives. TriData has a laa-ge file of volunteer (paid on-call) incentive programs we have obsez-ved nationally, which are listed below. Many are currently being used in Roseville but some may be of interest. Targeted Recruitment of Professionals and Paraprofessionals — Recruiting new members who already have some level of emergency service training can reduce the time required for a new volunteer to become a fully functional member of the emergency response team. Additionally, in many cases their required continuing educarion is provided by their employer. The community already has members who are medical professionals who work in the coinmunity and fire service professionals who work in other jurisdictions. This program could be expanded as a goal of recruitment. Cadet Program — Fire departments in other regions of the ilnited States also have had success in recruiting volunteers through high school cadet programs. High school cadet programs are partnerships between the local fire and EMS departments and the school system. Interested high school students enter a class room structure that provides fire and EMS certifications for the student, and the student earns high school credit for cornpletion of the courses. The high school cadet programs can serve as a preparatory program for future volunteers and career fire and EMS providers. Length of Service Award Progratn (LOSAP) — The LOSAP is a voluntary program funded by the city. Volunteer fire and rescue personnel in who enroll in LOSAP are eligible to receive several benefits. After five years of qualified service in LOSAP, volunteers are covered by a life insurance policy. After completing 25 years of qualified service volunteers are eligible to receive a cash bene�t upon reaching age 65. HE�,'rx INSURa1veE: The city cauld provide health insurance for volunteers who meet certain minimum requirements. This type of incentive program is currently being used in Sedona, Arizona. CABLE TELEVISION AND UTILITY BILLS: Volunteers could be given free cabie television, and/ar exempied from some local utility bills. This is done in Sitka, Alaska and Lacey, Washington, for example. Tvrr�olv Ass�s'rA1vcE: Volunteers could be offered tuition assistance after a certain period of service, similar to tuition assistance offered to municipal employees in some System Plaiuung Corporation 22 May 2008 TriData�Division