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Future of the Roseville Fire Department Decision Points Page 2 of 2 Emergency Medical Services Current First responders are provided by the Roseville Police Department, Status where officers are trained to the "First Responder" level. The fire department could provide a higher level of service by responding to medical ca11s with "Emergency Medical Technicians" and eventually "Paramedics". Issues The quality of service provide by Allina has suffered two major setbacks: . Reduced coverage from two paramedics on each ambulance to one paramedic on each ambulance. . Moved base of operations from Roseville to Vadnais Heights, adversely affecting response times. . Reductions in staffing ha�e caused Allina to be unable to respond to ca11s in Roseville, requiring an ambulance to respond from Hennepin County. Options 1. Fire department provide EMT-Paramedic first-responder service. 2. City discuss/negotiate with Allina, St. Paul Fire Department or other agencies to contract (for a fee) to provide fire and/or EMS services. 3. Require police to advance their level of training to EMT-Paramedic. Staffing Current The fire department is currently a paid-on-ca11 department that does Status staff one of the fire stations appro�mately 60% of the time. Issues Service provided to the residents and businesses of Roseville is not consistent, based on whether the fire station has a crew on duty or not. If the fire department provides emergency medical services it will be essential that staffing is on-duty 24 hours a day. This can be accomplished by using a combination of full-time and paid-on-call staffing. Options 1. Continue to staff using paid-on-call personnel and do not provide emergency medical services. 2. Use a combination of full-time and paid-on-ca11 staffing to provide emergency medical services (and other services) and to improve the Insurance Services Organization rating.