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Ramsey Fire Department Year End Report for 2011 Emergency Response 2011 was witness to a slight increase in activity for the Fire Department. This figure included 13 structure fires. 2011 had an active wild land fire season with 31 incidents requiring response. During the summer, 2 separate storms generated activity with 22 total responses for power line issues. • Total calls tallied 483 for 2011. This compares to 481for 2010, 453 in 2009 and 491for 2008. A history of call volume to 1993 is presented later in the report. • Personal Injury accidents, as in the past, continue as the single biggest source of activity with 104. This number represents 22% of total responses. This compares to 129 in 2010 and 115 in 2009. Responses included 7 vehicle extrications, 20 Cardiac Arrests and 6 lift assists. • Alarms were again the second largest activity with 95 calls for service, representing 20% of the total, up from 73 in 2010 and 82 in 2009. • Illegal burning was again the third largest at 36, or 7% of the total. This figure stayed close to 2010 with 37 responses. • Responses to Nowthen totaled 72 in 2011 this is in comparison to 2010 with 76 responses. This includes 3 structure fires, 12 Personal Injury Accidents and 11 alarms. The Nowthen numbers are included in the totals above. In 2011 Ramsey Fire continued to utilize the Duty Officer response to a total of 171 calls. This compares to 175 in 2010 and 167 in 2009. This response sends 1-2 fire officers to less drastic incidents rather than a full department response. Types of calls were some alarm calls, illegal burning, resident questions, carbon monoxide alarms, etc.