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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services Staffing and Personnel Management Personnel resources serve as the backbone of any emergency service provider and the study departments are no exception. Regardless of the deployment of stations or the availability of vehicles and apparatus, people are the resources that place these other items into action, fulfilling the mission of the organization. Typically, today's emergency service agencies are configured as a combination of career (paid full-time), part-time, paid -on -call, and volunteer personnel. Decisions regarding which staffing methodologies an agency utilizes are dependent upon several factors, including availability of paid -on -call or volunteer personnel, service demand, population density, socioeconomics and demographics of the community, and financial resources. This section of the report evaluates the study agencies' personnel resources including administrative staffing, operational staffing and performance, and member recruitment and retention efforts. Administrative and Support Staff Administrative and support staffing are those positions that, in many cases, are considered as non- operational and responsible for the management and logistical support of the department's overall operations. In a career fire department, this is common. In part-time and volunteer fire departments, however, many of the administrative and support staff often serve roles within the operational ranks of the department. The intent of this section of the document is to identify the positions that have been tasked with administrative and support duties over and above operational responsibilities and provides a summary of the total administrative and support complement available within the study region. Only RFD uses career personnel to satisfy the administrative and support functions of the department. Each of the other departments accomplishes these functions with part-time or paid -on -call personnel. To meet the multiple administrative demands that face a fire department, it is important to note that a substantial amount of support is provided by each department's respective city organizations. City assistance comes in the form of human resources, payroll, and finance department backing, along with a variety of other administrative functions that benefit a city -operated fire department and are not provided in a non -city agency. Costs of these services are not charged to the fire department budget and are not accounted for as separated or in -kind assistance. Exaergeary 5esWires Consulting+ page 39