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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota <br />Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services <br />Capital Assets and Capital Improvement Programs <br />Three basic resources are required to successfully carry out the mission of a fire department — trained <br />personnel, firefighting equipment, and fire stations. No matter how competent or numerous the <br />firefighters, if appropriate capital equipment is not available for the use by responders, it is impossible <br />for a fire department to deliver services effectively. The capital assets that are most essential to the <br />provision of emergency response are facilities and apparatus (response vehicles). The following figure <br />exhibits the number of fire stations, engines, and aerial ladder trucks operated by the agencies <br />participating in the study. <br />3 <br />2 .. <br />1 <br />C <br />Stations <br />Figure 18: Capital Assets <br />Engines Aerials <br />■ Bethel • Nowthen ■ Oak Grove I Ramsey • St. Francis <br />Facilities <br />Fire stations play an integral role in the delivery of emergency services for a number of reasons. A <br />station's location will dictate, to a large degree, response times to emergencies. A poorly located <br />station can mean the difference between confining a fire to a single room and losing the structure. Fire <br />stations also need to be designed to adequately house equipment and apparatus, as well as meet the <br />needs of the organization, its workers, and/or its members. It is important to research need based on <br />call volume, response time, types of emergencies, and projected growth prior to making a station <br />placement commitment. <br />ESCI toured each of the stations operated by the fire departments involved in the feasibility study, <br />resulting in the observations listed in the following tables. <br />*Erne rgency Services Consu ici ng <br />page 25 <br />