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<br />1Projected Population
<br />24,680 1
<br />33,880
<br />41,330 1
<br />48,780
<br />49,387 1
<br />49,997
<br />Total Department
<br />Budget
<br />F.T.E./1,000 population
<br />1.074 1
<br />1.070
<br />1.077 1
<br />1.071
<br />1.073 1
<br />1.0751
<br />1,964,281
<br />3,024,229
<br />4,303,807
<br />5,858,213
<br />6,888,757
<br />8,098,967
<br />101-80-S
<br />Supplies and Materials
<br />170,495
<br />261,597
<br />367,151
<br />lBeginning Personnel - F.T.E.
<br />24.001
<br />783,835
<br />30.75 1
<br />38.75
<br />1
<br />46.001
<br />264,776
<br />47.75
<br />1
<br />48.50
<br />'service Positions
<br />Capital Outlay
<br />EndingY.TK:
<br />24A,j
<br />424,228
<br />`33.00j
<br />40.25].,
<br />905,689
<br />47.50
<br />1
<br />152,089
<br />232,910
<br />48.50
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<br />Y E.,
<br />622 2l�l
<br />1101-80-C
<br />.3
<br />1 32,804
<br />1
<br />�2
<br />36,795
<br />_
<br />,53
<br />Admin Support Ratio'
<br />57,260
<br />0.1
<br />0.1
<br />0.1
<br />0.1
<br />0.1
<br />0.1
<br />Fire Department
<br />The Fire Department employs a full-time Chief, a Fire Marshal and one FTE
<br />secretary. In addition, there is a paid -on-call command structure that includes:
<br />two Assistant Chiefs, two Captains, four Lieutenants and a Training Officer.
<br />This group oversees a paid -on-call department of approximately 30 firefighters.
<br />Recommendations concerning the size and structure of the Ramsey Fire
<br />Department are hard to make as are comparisons to other communities. What
<br />is well known is that fall time departments are generally three to four times
<br />more expensive than paid -on-call departments and that most paid -on-call
<br />departments are able to maintain acceptable ISO Fire Ratings. ISO ratings are
<br />important because they affect the insurance premiums of property owners
<br />within the city.
<br />Ramsey's current deployment, with a full time Chief , a Fire Marshal and office
<br />support is a common staffing structure. The volume of administration and
<br />reporting activity required to run even a small suburban department generally
<br />requires, at a minimum, a full time chief. The increased need for fire inspection
<br />services as growth continues can be addressed in a variety of ways including
<br />use of trained paid -on-call personnel, contracting out in peak times or adding
<br />additional staff.
<br />A greater difficulty may be maintaining adequate staff to handle daytime
<br />response. Many suburban departments have found this a difficult issue, and as
<br />the volume of development increases in Ramsey its responsibility to provide
<br />adequate fire services during those hours will likely be stressed. The use of
<br />existing City employees in a dual role, recruitment and partnership programs
<br />with local employers and blended full and paid -on-call departments are
<br />common responses to this problem.
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<br />EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS
<br />Budget
<br />Todget 7
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<br />:4Budg
<br />udget
<br />r.. Budget
<br />101-80-P
<br />Personnel
<br />1,964,281
<br />3,024,229
<br />4,303,807
<br />5,858,213
<br />6,888,757
<br />8,098,967
<br />101-80-S
<br />Supplies and Materials
<br />170,495
<br />261,597
<br />367,151
<br />499,970
<br />608,033
<br />783,835
<br />101-80-0
<br />Other Services & Charges
<br />122,955
<br />188,294
<br />264,776
<br />360,561
<br />418,492
<br />565,274
<br />101-80-01-30-4600
<br />Capital Outlay
<br />197,000
<br />301,687
<br />424,228
<br />577,695
<br />702,557
<br />905,689
<br />101-80-01-30-4650
<br />Transfers to ERF
<br />152,089
<br />232,910
<br />327,515
<br />445,995
<br />542,3
<br />622 2l�l
<br />1101-80-C
<br />Debt Service
<br />1 32,804
<br />1
<br />�2
<br />36,795
<br />42,916 1
<br />49,502 1
<br />57,260
<br />67,482 67:4g
<br />ITOTAL BUDGET
<br />I , 7-2,639,624 _:
<br />, �4,045;013]
<br />5,730,393 1
<br />7791,937A
<br />7;-9,237,491]
<br />11420,461
<br />Fire Department
<br />The Fire Department employs a full-time Chief, a Fire Marshal and one FTE
<br />secretary. In addition, there is a paid -on-call command structure that includes:
<br />two Assistant Chiefs, two Captains, four Lieutenants and a Training Officer.
<br />This group oversees a paid -on-call department of approximately 30 firefighters.
<br />Recommendations concerning the size and structure of the Ramsey Fire
<br />Department are hard to make as are comparisons to other communities. What
<br />is well known is that fall time departments are generally three to four times
<br />more expensive than paid -on-call departments and that most paid -on-call
<br />departments are able to maintain acceptable ISO Fire Ratings. ISO ratings are
<br />important because they affect the insurance premiums of property owners
<br />within the city.
<br />Ramsey's current deployment, with a full time Chief , a Fire Marshal and office
<br />support is a common staffing structure. The volume of administration and
<br />reporting activity required to run even a small suburban department generally
<br />requires, at a minimum, a full time chief. The increased need for fire inspection
<br />services as growth continues can be addressed in a variety of ways including
<br />use of trained paid -on-call personnel, contracting out in peak times or adding
<br />additional staff.
<br />A greater difficulty may be maintaining adequate staff to handle daytime
<br />response. Many suburban departments have found this a difficult issue, and as
<br />the volume of development increases in Ramsey its responsibility to provide
<br />adequate fire services during those hours will likely be stressed. The use of
<br />existing City employees in a dual role, recruitment and partnership programs
<br />with local employers and blended full and paid -on-call departments are
<br />common responses to this problem.
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