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STATION CLEANUP <br /> <br />· Fircfighter Lecy's group has station cleanup this month. <br /> <br />SAFETY CONCERNS <br /> <br />· Windows should be dried after washing the trucks to avoid spotting. <br /> <br />· Station #1 entrance off of Alpine Drive (153ra Avenue) is difficult to see. <br /> <br />· Station #2 exit needs a light for better visibility. <br /> <br />· Winter driving practices need to be used. The new section of Alpine Drive (153rd Avenue) <br /> will be slick this winter because it is new pavement. <br /> <br />· Chief Kapter questioned the firefighters on what their thoughts were of the Department's <br /> responsibility for searching for drivers and/or passengers of abandoned vehicles. Consensus <br /> was that for medical emergency, firefighters should search. <br /> <br />· To correct the problem with the Opticon at Highway #47 and County Road #5 the sensor will <br /> be redirected first and if that does not correct the problem a remote sensor will be installed. <br /> <br />LADDER TRUCK PROCESS <br /> <br />The Department will look at the ladder trucks of other departments. They will look at steel <br />versus aluminum. <br /> <br />]'he number one reason other departments gave for having a ladder truck was the safety of <br />fircfighters while doing ventilation and then building height. <br /> <br />OFFICER POSITIONS 2002 <br /> <br />· Officer positions opened for application in 2002 are Chief #2, Captain #12, Lieutenant #2 and <br /> Training Officer. To be considered for a position a letter of application is needed. <br /> <br />ANOKA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL <br /> <br />· Funding is the key issue on how the DNR will be staffed and available to departments in <br /> 2002. The State has asked each of it's departments to decrease their budgets 5% to 10%. <br /> <br />Thc DNR is looking at three options: <br />· Staff extra at high alert times <br />· }tire morepeople <br />· Consider every larger incident as one command system <br /> <br />FIRE DEPARTMENT/DECEMBER 5, 2001 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />