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Special Joint Study Session: Roseville Citizen Commission Chairs, Department Heads, City Council <br />Saturday, 02/07/04, Harriet Alexander Nature Center, 2520 North Dale Street, Roseville, MN <br />DRAFT Discussion Notes - Page 10 <br />Chief Gasaway noted the inability to attract quality daytime <br />available candidates to serve as paid-on-call firefighters was <br />a nation-wide issue; acknowledging that while many <br />applications were received, the response time within ten <br />(10) minutes of the station eliminatednumerous candidates. <br />Discussion included whether elimination of one (1) station <br />and coordinating operations at two (2) would affect <br />response time; with recent independent evaluations <br />justifying two (2) stations adequately serving the City. <br />Support from Council for improving Fire Department <br />services <br />�, Collaborate with Police on response to medicals, <br />allowing Police of�cers time to focus on new <br />initiatives (i.e., Commercial patrol and traffic <br />enforcement <br />�. Improve public safety to residents by responding to <br />traffic accidents with injuries with the (already) on <br />dut firefi hters <br />�_ Better use of firefighter's time and improve overall <br />training by conducting training while �refighters are <br />on dut <br />1. Department not progressing at same pace as <br />com arable eer de artments in the metro re ion <br />2. Firefighter and resident safety: department providing <br />inconsistent and unpredictable levels of service <br />during daytime hours due to lack of staffing <br />3. Misconceptions about the cost and bene�ts of EMS <br />and ualit of service bein rovided b Allina <br />4. Increase demand for public safety services due to <br />a in o ulation <br />5. Need to address pay and other incentives to retain <br />firefighters and reduce cost of turnover <br />Community Development Director Dennis Welsch noted <br />that when approached by developers or interested major <br />