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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes April 18, 2018 —Draft Minutes Page 5 of 16 Youth Commissioner Hansel inquired if the community EMT would visit people without insurance. Mr. Brosnahan responded they will visit people who have this program included in the health care plan from their doctor. He continued is report on NFPA 1710, which is a model of service based on deployment, staffing and services. With the current staffing, they are below the number of fire fighters recommended to respond to a structure fire. If they could add two to three fire fighters per shift, they would meet the recommended standard. Mr. O'Neill commented they anticipate the part-time staff will be down to 12 by the year 2020, which is when they hope to implement this phase. There will be less bodies available to help, and it will be significantly delayed due to the full-time fire fighters that do not live in the community. They are looking to increase the number of people on duty to allow more flexibility at the fire site. They do have help coming in from other communities through the auto aid response and in addition to the new hires, this will get them closer to the recommended number of fire fighters. Commissioner Subramanian inquired why the number of part-time staff has significantly decreased and if there is a retention package with the Fire Department. Mr. O'Neill responded they have not hired any new fire fighters and most of the newer full-time fire fighters came from the part-time staff. They have also had a large number of retirements and younger fire fighters have moved on to careers in other departments. They became a training ground for other fire department and they are pursuing these phases to keep fire fighters with the City. They do not have a retention package but do offer pension to part-time fire fighters based on the number of years served. In response to a question from Chair Holub regarding off-duty fire fighters, Mr. O'Neill stated they are not required to be in Roseville if they are off-duty. They need to make sure they have an adequate number of people on staff to handle emergencies and will call back off-duty staff if needed. This happens about 25 times a year. It is quite frequent to get two house fires at the same time and they do not want all their resources stuck at one fire if another one was to come in. The on-duty staff is required to be at the station during their shift and they have a three- minute response time to anywhere in the City. Mr. O'Neill reported on how they plan to engage the community. He stated they plan to present this report to other Commissions, the Rotary and Kiwanis groups, business associations and senior and assisted living facilities. They will also utilize park building and the fire station as a way to reach out to neighborhoods. He requested the Commission consider if there are other ways to reach out or communities to contact and noted they will present an abbreviated version of what was presented to them. They have information boards people can comment on and a comment form that can be filled out.