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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 />In determining the fiscal impact of any potential staffing model, only those personnel that are in paid <br />positions, either career or part-time, are analyzed. It is assumed that any POC positions will remain in <br />their current roles and responsibilities and that their fiscal impact will remain unchanged. The combined <br />departments have a total of two full-time, one part-time (0.5 FTE) and eight POC administrative and <br />support personnel. This equates to a ratio of administrative and support staff to total personnel of <br />approximately 8.5 percent; which falls below the typically expected range of 10 to 15 percent. <br />The following figure lists each department's current operational personnel resources and includes only <br />those who are assigned to emergency field operations as a primary responsibility and schedule <br />accordingly. All operational personnel in the study area are POC employees. <br />Figure 74: Field Operations Baseline Staffing <br />Bethel Nowthen Oak Grove Ramsey St. Francis Total <br />Captain — POC <br />Lieutenant — POC <br />Training Officer — POC <br />Inspector — POC <br />Firefighter — POC <br />1 <br />2 <br />0 <br />0 <br />7 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />2 <br />5 <br />0 <br />0 <br />22 <br />3 <br />3 <br />1 <br />0 <br />43 <br />1 <br />4 <br />1 <br />1 <br />15 <br />7 <br />14 <br />2 <br />1 <br />87 <br />Total POC 10 0 29 50 22 111 <br />As with the administrative and support staff above, only those personnel that are paid, either career or <br />part-time, are analyzed. It is assumed that any POC positions will remain in their current roles and <br />responsibilities and that their fiscal impact will remain unchanged. As shown in the figure above, there <br />are no full-time career personnel assigned to primarily operational functions. <br />In determining the potential savings due to cooperative efforts, major savings are typically seen from <br />three primary areas of increased efficiency; facilities, apparatus and personnel. From a facility and <br />apparatus perspective, the current deployment of fire stations is deemed appropriate for the geography <br />and population distribution of the study area and no eliminations are recommended. Since no stations <br />are recommended for elimination, little in the way of apparatus reduction would be recommended. <br />While some apparatus, under a joint system, would be considered redundant and could be eliminated, <br />no study department is heavily over-resourced. Finally, most personnel savings come from the <br />elimination of surplus staff; whether administrative and support or operational. Since no operational <br />staff are considered career personnel, no savings would be realized with a consolidation department, <br />page 102 <br />ouEmergency Services Consuicing <br />