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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 />As can be seen in the figure above, the exclusion of OGFD leaves a substantial deployment gap in the <br />four -minute travel model. Under current arrangements, mutual aid between the study agencies has <br />been used to supplement each department's response in areas along the municipal borders. Under this <br />scenario, response effectiveness will be compromised, requiring that current mutual aid practices be <br />enhanced to include automatic aid through a more formal agreement that ignores municipal boundaries <br />and allows for a 'closest station' response rather than focusing on jurisdictions. <br />It should be noted here that while the exclusion of OGFD in the deployment model does reduce the <br />four -minute travel model effectiveness, the service demand within the Oak Grove response area (as well <br />as Bethel) represents a small portion of the overall region's incident volume; therefore, the impact to <br />response capability is minimal. <br />The second scenario involves the exclusion of BFD in the regional plan and is illustrated in the following <br />figure. <br />r rpru.y Seevaces CumulnrtA <br />page 105 <br />