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Station Location, Apparatus, and Staffing Analysis Roseville, MN weekday staffmg was below the minimum. There is a supervision issue which is ingrained in this staffing problem. On weekdays during the daytime career personnel provide supervision but at night and on weekends supervision is handled by on-call officers. The supervision problem manifests itself in EMS most clearly. During weekdays in the daytime, with career supervision present, nearly 60 percent of EMS calls receive ALS care, but at night and weekends, with paid on call supervision present, only about 16 percent of EMS calls are receiving ALS care. On-call staff supervisors are not as comfortable with ALS practices and thus only use BLS as the standard level of care most times. This is a level of service issue which must be addressed for citizen safety. The implementation of a 24/7 career supervision operation must be evaluated immediately to address this serious service delivery shortfall. Additionally, locating departmental administrative staff at city hall is not the best use of key personnel with supervision experience. Relocation of administration into one of the RFD stations would be a much better use of manpower and would allow career personnel to be used more effectively for enhanced supervisory functions as well to improve daily staffing level. These are the key people in the organization and must be able to interact with all personnel continuously to have the best understanding of RFD operations and organizational communications. This relocation will result in better service to the citizens of Roseville. Apparatus and Staffing Analysis - Unless a department considers alternative deployment methods such as system status management-used primarily in EMS-apparatus locations should be determined in conjunction with stations. The number and type of units, on the other hand, is determined by risks, demand, and response goals. The National Fire Protection Handbook, 18a' Edition, Typical Initial Attack Response Capability Assuming Interior Attack and Operations Response Capability (Table 10-2A), makes staffing and initial response complement recommendations based on the number of firefighters arriving on the scene of a fire depending upon the risk of occupancy (low-, medium-, and high- hazard occupancy). The NFPA staffing recommendations by the type of hazard areas follows: High-Hazard Occupancies (schools, hospitals, nursing homes, explosive plants, refineries, high-rise buildings, and other high-risk or large fire potential occupancies): At least four pumpers, two ladder trucks (or combination apparatus with equivalent capabilities), two chief officers, and other specialized apparatus as may be needed to cope with the combustible involved; not fewer than 24 firefighters and two chief officers. • Medium-Hazard Occupancies (apartments, offices, mercantile and industrial occupancies not normally requiring extensive rescue or firefighting forces): At least System Planning Corporation 19 May 2008 TriData Division