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C°I Ramsey Fire Department Year End Report 2004 Incident Calls Activity in 2004 reached a record level of emergency responses at 396. This comes after three somewhat lower levels of incident response from 2001-2003 (320-318-320 respectively).: Notable increases include alarm calls which in 2004 made up almost 22% of the years activity, second only to Personal Injury Accidents which made up 28%. Historically personal injury accidents make up about 30-35% of the departments total response. There were eight major structure fires in Ramsey in 2004. This number historically varies between five and fifteen. 2004 was also the first complete year that Ramsey Fire has covered the western half of Burns Township. The 396 total oalls include 26 calls to Burns Township, although several other responses were' made to Burns as mutual aid to assist Oak Grove with coverage on the eastern' half. Enclosed are charts visually displaying the incident frequency, and the emergency response broken down by incident type. ISO (Insurance Service Offices) Rating Change The City of Ramsey has a split rating, currently a 6 and 9. The split rating recognizes the areas of Ramsey that are within 1000 ft of a fire hydrant (urban) and those not (rural). Prior to evaluation, the urban area was a class 6 with the rural a class 9. ~ In June of 2004 the City of Ramsey went through an intensive evaluation of the Fire Departments equipment, training, staff makeup and capabilities. Also evaluated was the cities water utility which includes capabilities (flows and pressures) and maintenance procedures~ The reward of the evaluation wasthe cities insurance rating was lowered to a 5 in the urban area and a 7 for rural. This change will mean immediate savings on homeowners and business insurance :premiums. The change takes effect February 1, 2005.