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Ramsey Fire Department Annual Report Fire Prevention and Education Fire prevention and education is often the most understaffed and under budgeted operation in fire departments.While difficult to measure, it is also one of the most important services a fire rv� department can provide to protect the public. In 2015 there were 6,658 fires in the seven-county metro area resulting in ` $100,061,866 in lost property. That is one structure fire every 2 hours and 33 minutes. 57 civilian lives were lost in Minnesota in 2015. Once again, cooking fires were the leading cause of structure fires and resulted in five civilian deaths and 33 civilian injuries as well as 3 firefighter injuries in Minnesota. The dollar loss from cooking fires in 2015 totaled $3,931,979. In 2015,there were 78 sprinkler saves in Minnesota. This means that every month in Minnesota,there were six to seven fires extinguished by automatic fire sprinkler systems. These sprinkler activations saved 78 buildings from devastation by fire, minimized property loss, greatly reduced business interruption, and potentially saved lives. Fire prevention is a daily activity in Ramsey. The commercial and large industrial inspections are a very important component of the prevention program. Property owners and tenants not only receive corrections to make their properties safer but, they also receive education on how to maintain their property to prevent fires. We hope to collect information in the future that will show the impact of this service. The biggest push for fire education is coordinated around Fire Prevention Week in October. This education targets primarily the youth in the community. It is our mission to train the youth to train the adults. This is the time that many of the schools in the area schedule station tours and school visits. Staff provides not only an orientation to the fire station operations and fire trucks but more importantly deliver a fire safety message to students and adults. ➢ Staff conducted school visits at Lord of Life Preschool, Cross of Hope Preschool, Learning Lodge Day Care,Youth First and e _ KinderCare Day Care and hosted visits from St Johns Elementary. Staff estimates contact with over 540 students through the school visits. ➢ An estimated 140 students toured the fire station. ➢ One of the goals of the fire department's fire prevention program is to begin providing senior housing with fire safety education. This year, staff was able to train 25 seniors in the proper use of a fire extinguisher. Page 16