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night. Additional staffing was again requested due to the high run volume. Crews continued to respond to similar calls as the night before. Additionally, there was a house fire due to a bad electrical feed coming in from the power lines. Excel Energy was immediately requested to the scene; however there was a significant delay due to them being overwhelmed with requests for service. Firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to the basement until the power was disconnected. The Saturday day crew responded to 25 calls for service. This, accompanied with the overnight calls from Friday, pushed the call volume to over 80 calls for service in the first 24 hours. In total, there were an excess of 115 calls for service over the weekend. This was approximately a 450% increase in call volume over what the department usually responds to. Police Department The police department also faced a surge of calls due to the storm damage. These calls were handled by the officers already on duty, with the assistance of reserve captain Houck and one additional reserve officer. The crew handled a total of 114 calls in the 12 hour shift. Eighty- nine of the calls came in before midnight on Friday. The officers faced many of the same dangers that the firefighters faced that night. They communicated well within themselves and the other city departments. This included identifying areas that were completely impassible. This included 1910 County Road B, 1700 Count Road B2, the intersections of Hamline & Millwood, County Road C& 35W, Fairview & Oakcrest, Fairview & Hwy 36, Larpenteur & Fernwood, County Road C& Dale, and County Road C& Rice. Officers assisted in blocking off roads with barricades and cones. Officers also communicated with the Streets Department to determine which areas could be cleared first, and warned them of those areas which they needed to wait for the Xcel to first clear power lines. Public Works Public Works had 10 people respond to the storm Friday evening. They assisted with clearing roads from tree damage with the use of chainsaws and a frontend loader. They also had seven lift stations and a booster station without power immediately after the storm. They were able to restore power to most of the stations in a timely fashion; however there were three lift stations without power that needed generator support throughout the weekend. On Saturday, there were 17 employees working to continue to clear roads and return to areas that had been previously unsafe due to power lines down. There was a staff of five on Sunday until power was restored to all the lift stations.