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1 <br />Station Location, Apparatus, and Staffing Analysis <br />Roseville, MN <br />' Therefore it is imperative that Roseville officials evaluate the effectiveness of their <br />efforts to increase paid on call personnel and be willing to implement additional recruitment and <br />retention incentives. <br />TriData has a large file of volunteer (paid on-call) incentive programs we have observed <br />nationally, which are listed below. Many are currently being used in Roseville but some may be <br />of interest. <br />Targeted Recruitment of Professionals and Paraprofessionals -Recruiting new <br />' members who already have some level of emergency service training can reduce the time <br />required for a new volunteer to become a fully functional member of the emergency response <br />team. Additionally, in many cases their required continuing education is provided by their <br />employer. The community already has members who are medical professionals who work in the <br />' community and fire service professionals who work in other jurisdictions. This program could be <br />expanded as a goal of recruitment. <br />Cadet Program -Fire departments in other regions of the United States also have had <br />success in recruiting volunteers through high school cadet programs. High school cadet programs <br />are partnerships between the local fire and EMS departments and the school system. Interested <br />' high school students enter a class room structure that provides fire and EMS certifications for the <br />student, and the student earns high school credit for completion of the courses. The high school <br />cadet programs can serve as a preparatory program for future volunteers and career fire and EMS <br />providers. <br />' Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) -The LOSAP is a voluntary program <br />funded by the city. Volunteer fire and rescue personnel in who enroll in LOSAP are eligible to <br />' receive several benefits. After five years of qualified service in LOSAP, volunteers are covered <br />by a life insurance policy. After completing 25 years of qualified service volunteers are eligible <br />to receive a cash benefit upon reaching age 65. <br />' HEALTH INSURANCE: The city could provide health insurance for volunteers who meet <br />certain minimum requirements. This type of incentive program is currently being used in <br />' Sedona, Arizona. <br />CABLE TELEVISION AND UTILITY BILLS: Volunteers could be given free cable <br />television, and/or exempted from some local utility bills. This is done in Sitka, Alaska and <br />Lacey, Washington, for example. <br />' TUITION ASSISTANCE: Volunteers could be offered tuition assistance after a certain <br />period of service, similar to tuition assistance offered to municipal employees in some <br />System Planning Corporation 22 <br />May 2008 <br />TriData Division <br />