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3 <br />2.5 <br />2 <br />1.5 <br />0.5 <br />Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota <br />Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services <br />Figure 35: Comparison of Personnel per 1,000 Population <br />1.66 <br />1.37 <br />2.72 <br />1.16 <br />1.00 <br />Volunteer Career <br />III National Median ■ Regional Median IP Study Area <br />0.05 <br />The chart above only applies to combination departments and it should be understood that NFPA <br />(National Fire Protection Association) benchmark data does not include data specific to combination <br />departments. Thus, the chart is a combination of the available data from the closest matching <br />population groups. As indicated, the number of volunteers or paid -on -call personnel within the system is <br />slightly higher than similarly sized communities across the U.S. In contrast, the number of career <br />personnel is well below both the regional and national benchmarks. <br />Staffing Performance for Incidents <br />While raw numbers of personnel indicate a fire department's potential staffing for incidents, it is <br />common for a limited number of those on the roster to respond to a majority of the incidents. ESCI <br />evaluated the overall staffing performance of each agency by analyzing the departments' National Fire <br />Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data that tracks the number of personnel on each incident. The <br />following figure illustrates the average staffing performance over the last two years. <br />Figure 36: Historical Average Staffing Performance <br />Average Structure <br />Fire Staffing <br />Bethel <br />Oak Grove <br />Rarnsey <br />St. Francis <br />NJA <br />17.4 <br />21.5 <br />8.5 <br />t! L+mergmcy Services Crtasuicing <br />page 41 <br />