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., Pg.2 s) 9) Chairman questioned time of a department becoming active from date of formation° Roger ~echels estimated 1 year with at least 2 years before even concidering Ramsey as the primary with Anoka and Elk River taking back-up roles. In the mean time the department could be answering grass fires. Will Breu brought up attemptimg to contact the Advisory Commo on Fire Service Ed. VOTEC section, Dept. of Education in St. Paul without resulto Note: An effort has continued without result and a letter has been sent by mail on 6/16/87. 10) Chairman pointed out that any concerns or disagreements should be brought up. Our end report should contain all sides of issues. 12) .4) 17) 2o) 21) Bill Rustad presented information gathered from Dave Hartley. All members have recieved copies of most of this information and a copy of all is entered in the recordo An area of interest was pointed out that Ramsey is actually rated, for insurance, as a 5 for the "urban area" and a 9 for the rural area. The contracts with Anoka and Elk River were reviewed. The committee discussed the lay out of the City's current and proposed water system. Resolution 87-42 between Ramsey and Elk River was discussed as to content and passed along without commen$o Bill will be looking into" fire call" stats0 from Elk River. Lloyd Reimann declined to present action item with regard to the Andover Fire Dept. as Andover had not gotten the information requested to him as of this date. It was suggested that in addition to this item, Lloyd also look into a comparison .between Andover's i977 report and the actual costs incurred. Roger Mechels will be looking into Ham Lake's budget and con,pare it to Andovers. Comment was made to the advantage Ramsey already has with start up,in that we already have a building and related concerns in place ( IE: building insurance, heat, etc. ). Question as to whether the smurvey article had been placed in the Ramsey Resident could not be answered as Dale McKnight was absento Steve Suess will follow up on this and insure that it gets into the publication. 8:00 PM BREAK Question as to the certification of equipment. The response was that all personal equip, should be stamped as complying with N.F.P.A. standards and showing their stamp. Larger items, trucks, etc. are certified at the manufacturer and require recertification at specified intervals. Ladders are to be recertified every 2-3 yearso Chairman questioned the time frame in gathering and corelating our information into a presentation. It was discussed and agreed on to target the end of September for compiled all information and to stay with January for the presentation of our report. It was questioned as to the availability of information from a recently started department° It is suggested that we use any contacts and approach other departments we can to request resent costs and budgets and start up costs, as applicable. Chair questioned the frequency of this committee"s meetings. It is agreed that we will meet on the 1st and 3rd 5~nursdays of the month at 7:00 PM. Steve Suess will see that meeting space is available. Gary Dirks will look into the actual refitting costs and alternatives for the tanker at the Ramsey garage.