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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota Feasibility Study for Shared Emergency Services Table of Contents Table of Figures iii Acknowledgements v Executive Summary 1 Section I — Evaluation of Current Conditions 9 Organization Overview 9 Capital Assets and Capital Improvement Programs 25 Future Apparatus Serviceability 36 Staffing and Personnel Management 39 Service Delivery and Performance 48 Demand 48 Distribution 54 Performance 61 Mutual and Automatic Aid Programs 66 Support Programs 69 Section II — Opportunities for Cooperative Efforts 81 General Partnering Strategies 81 Functional Consolidation 81 Operational Consolidation 81 Legal Unification 82 Governance Options and Strategies 84 Status Quo 84 Fire District through a Joint Powers Agreement 84 Fire District with Taxing Authority 96 Consolidation under the Single City and Contracting Services 97 Future Facility and Deployment Considerations 98 Options for Shared Services 100 Baseline Budget Determination 100 Baseline Personnel 101 Operational Cooperative Effort Alternatives 104 Functional Cooperative Efforts Strategies 109 Enhanced Use of Mutual and Automatic Aid 109 Pre -Incident Planning 111 Regionalized Incident Command 112 Administrative and Support Services 113 Shared Health and Safety Programs 114 Capital Replacement Planning 115 Apparatus and Equipment Purchasing 116 Shared Recruitment and Retention Efforts 117 Regionalized Training Opportunities 118 Regionalized Fire Prevention and Public Education 120 Unification of Standard Operating Guidelines 122 Findings, Recommendations and Plan of Implementation 123 Findings and Recommendations 123 Plan of Implementation 123 Rmcrgcncy Scrvures Consul ri ng page