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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 />Figure 65: Training Scheduling and Procedures <br />Ramsey/ <br />Nowthen FD <br />Oak GroveFD <br />St. Francis FD <br />Bethel FD <br />Career training <br />schedule <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />NJA <br />Volunteer/POC <br />schedule <br />Every Wednesday <br />of the month. Class <br />offered twice, <br />morning and <br />evening <br />Mondays during <br />the day, repeated <br />on Wednesday <br />evenings. <br />Approximately 3 <br />hours each. <br />Every <br />Wednesday. <br />Class offered <br />twice, morning <br />and evening. <br />Also 4to5 <br />Saturday <br />training <br />sessions <br />annually. <br />Training twice <br />monthly. One <br />class per month is <br />fire related and <br />the other is EMS <br />training. <br />Firefighters attend <br />training at outside <br />departments also. <br />Annual training hours <br />defined <br />Record -keeping <br />Individual training files <br />maintained <br />66% minimum drill <br />attendance per <br />quarter. Well <br />enforced <br />Yes <br />First Responder <br />continuing <br />education <br />minimum plus <br />68% drill <br />attendance <br />overall plus <br />several <br />mandatory <br />classes. Enforced <br />well <br />50% minimum <br />drill attendance <br />annually. Well <br />enforced <br />Must attend 50% <br />of drills - enforced <br />No Yes Yes <br />Records and files In FireHouse <br />computerized Software <br />Stand-alone <br />spreadsheet <br />Image Trend <br />In Excel <br />spreadsheet. <br />Training of volunteer/POC members is similar across the study area. All agencies indicate that their <br />training objective is that of meeting or exceeding the minimum requirements necessary to meet <br />Firefighter I continuing education requirements as a minimum. <br />The frequency of training sessions is consistent in Ramsey/Nowthen, Oak Grove, and St. Francis, but <br />differs in Bethel. The first group trains weekly and also repeats classes a second time each week to <br />accommodate attendance by POC personnel. Bethel schedules drill only twice monthly, providing <br />personnel with approximately half the training contact time. <br />Fully effective training of firefighters necessitates a higher number of classroom and hands-on contact <br />hours to be effective. Given the similarities in training practices and schedules in the study area, <br />plentiful opportunities exist for the development of collaborative, shared training programs. <br />page 74 <br />Bmergenry Services Consuleing, <br />