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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 />None of the participating agencies has a full-time, dedicated, training officer position in place. Instead, <br />volunteer and POC personnel are assigned training responsibilities as an additional duty. Management <br />and administration of training programs varies between the participants. While none of the agencies <br />have formally defined training program goals and objectives in place, all were able to clearly articulate <br />the foundation upon which the program is planned and managed to provide direction and planning <br />assets to their educational efforts. <br />Each department within the study area conducts training unilaterally with limited interaction with <br />neighboring departments, aside from the shared recruit academy. From a regional perspective, all of the <br />agencies involved could benefit from a centralized and collaborative approach to training delivery. A <br />unified training practice of training needs assessment, scheduling, and regionalized delivery system <br />offers increased firefighter safety and effectiveness as well as potential savings in costs and personnel <br />efficiency. <br />Training Resources <br />To be able to deliver effective training to fire and EMS personnel, some resources are necessary to arm <br />the trainer with the tools needed to provide adequate educational content. <br />Figure 64: Training Resources <br />Ramsey/ Nowthen <br />FD <br />Oak Grove FD <br />St. Francis FD <br />Bethel FD <br />Training facilities (tower, <br />props, pits) <br />Several portable <br />props. Stations <br />have hose towers <br />with ladder area, <br />Use Technical <br />College mobile <br />props. <br />No facilities <br />available locally. <br />Closest training <br />ground is in Fridley. <br />Use F.I.R.E. Inc.9 for <br />live fire and related <br />training. <br />Some portable <br />props. Station has <br />hose tower with <br />ladder and <br />rappelling area. <br />Use Technical <br />College mobile <br />props. <br />Classroom space is <br />used at city hall. <br />F.LR,E Inc. brings in <br />mobile props at <br />times. <br />Live fire prop <br />None, but have <br />access via the <br />col lege <br />None. Fire Inc. <br />mobile prop used <br />None, but have <br />access via the <br />col lege <br />None <br />Driving grounds <br />City streets and <br />parking lots <br />City streets an <br />parking lots <br />City streets and <br />parking lots <br />City streets and <br />parking lots <br />Classroom facilities <br />Large classroom at <br />Station 1. Seats 96. <br />Smaller class-oom <br />at Station 2 also <br />City council <br />chambers at <br />station 1 used. <br />Good sized, well <br />equipped. <br />Small classroom at Several classrooms <br />Station seats 18. at city hall. <br />9 F.I.R.E Inc. is Fire Instruction and Rescue Education, Inc., a private fire training service <br />page 72 <br />..Emergency Services Consulting <br />, <br />