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� <br />Fire Department <br />Major Findings <br />• Under a merger, operating cost savings would be dependent on wage rate changes and changes in current <br />opera#ing procedures. <br />Roseville had more fire fighters responding per call (excluding ambulance) and more hours per call <br />#han Falcon Heights. <br />Roseville Falcon Heia^ <br />Average number responding 31 13 <br />Hours per call 26.17 9.32 <br />.. Consequently, opera#ing cost per call is lower in Falcon Heights... <br />Roseville Falcon H i h <br />$675 $564 <br />even though fire fighter wage rates are substantiafly higher. <br />Roseville <br />$5.55 per hour <br />- Both departments currently cooperate under mutua� aid agreements. <br />Falcon Heights <br />$8.75 per hour <br />More opportunities for district-based response savings are possible with a merged <br />department. <br />.. On1y one district backup may be necessary to respond to most fire ca!!s instead of the current two <br />districts in Roseville. This would reduce the number of fire fighters per call and hours per call. <br />.. Reduction by Roseville's fire department to Faicon H�ights' cost per call level would save <br />approximately $8�,0�0 based on 1990 call levels. If a merged department had a cost per cal! similar <br />to Roseville's, addEtional costs of $14,000 per year would be introduced. <br />.. Current Falcon Heights fire fighters would likeiy be c�lled out more often in a backup role. <br />67 <br />ROS-0417 - 3430 - Warking Draft <br />