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o Increase police visibility throughout the community to establish closer relationships with neighborhoods and to discourage offenders from attempting to commit crime in Roseville. o Work with surrounding communities to follow suit in employing similar crime prevention strategies to those used in Roseville. Emergency Preparedness Expand the capabilities of the community to respond to civil and natural emergencies. o Continue work on anticipating and preparing for potential civil and natural emergencies. o Establish a method for giving warning notification to every household and business inside as well as outside. Fire Safety Reduce the probability a fire will occur in or on a Roseville property, and to increase the capabilities of the community to respond to a fire emergency. o Respond to a fire emergency within four minutes after the request is received by the primary answering center. Significantly increased staffing program. Average response time for the first responding Engine when the station is staffed is 5.5 minutes, meeting the goal of Vista 2000. When we are not staffed, the response times for the first arriving Engine is 8-9 minutes. The NFPA standard for the complete first alarm assignment (2 engines, 1 ladder) for a critical call is 8 minutes. On average, our response for the first alarm is 10 minutes. o Require hard-wired smoke detectors with battery backups in all Roseville buildings. o Require or create incentives for installing sprinkler systems in commercial, individual, and multifamily buildings. o Increase public education of fire safety practices. ■ The fire department has implemented several new programs to increase public awareness, including collaborating with the Roseville Parks & Recreation with the "Discover the Parks" program, Fire Truck Rides In The Parks, Free Pizza for Working Smoke Detectors program and a collaboration with the Roseville Police Department on a Senior Safety Camp. o Relocate the Fire House on Fairview to a less congested, nearby location. • Tri-Data Corporation was commissioned to complete a fire station location study in 2002. The study recommends the fire department operating out of two fire stations instead of three. The recommendations were incorporated into the fire department's strategic plan. No action has been taken on this matter by Council. o Install a computer data base to transmit information from 911 calls as to how many persons, handicapped, pets, etc., are in a given home. ■ The fire department has money budgeted in 2003 to make the first purchase of mobile data computers. This will outfit three fire engines and three administrative vehicles with the technology to access pre-incident planning information. Vista 2000 Report Page 15 of 24