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<br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br />f'c. <br /> <br /> <br />20/)1 CQmprehensive Plan <br /> <br />~: ,to: : <br /> <br />i ~ " <br /> <br />xv. PUBLIC F!CILITIES <br /> <br />.~.. _......~ <br />{~ ~!,~ <br /> <br />A. at} Administration f.., <br />t,: . / '.i'/ . <br />=~~y 'roo;~_~e~~~#'~f1betim~i:'~o=,~ <br /> <br />ope:r:ates :under the "councd"aJItt.lll~ator" ~qI1J.1 .uplclpal government In whIch the <br />City Coqncil and Mayor apjottt~;profess!Q~1 inist~a!Or to carry out the City's <br />wishes. ,Departments of C()t:fu1Jltr develfP!'e",i#" en~ineering, .... planning and zoni~g, <br />public w9rks, finance, hUntalltes~rcesanQ ~!h~,anc,lllary. seryIces support the CIty <br />Administrator. The City empl;yta~l Of4~rpll ti,ihe employees. <br /> <br />B. Fir8. ant~ Rescue <br /> <br />Onejire Station currently servii:~ ttleiptYOf~~~. Its central location at Ramsey City <br />Hall makes it capable of res.~dih8 to th~/eJ1tir~IDCity. within. 10 to 12 minutes thus <br /> <br />~= ~~e:;~~~~ri;;r~'~;;2~,:::;m~~= <br /> <br />who are on call. The departmttr~insth~ follQ~ingfi~eand rescue equipment: <br /> <br />. , <br /> <br />· 1 Fir~engine with outaeri~lad'!;}rs orteI~s~op~gladders. <br />· 2 TanJcer trucks . <br />· CGrassttmck <br />· ReserVe truck <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />it <br /> <br />The fWn~ey Fire Departmeqt ielfpol4sto ap~ro~~~elyT70 calls per year including 183 <br />fire related calls, 125 amb914P4e'llt~rge.ncy ~all~,an~ 62 miscellaneous. calls. The <br />Ramsey F;ire Department is asli*dl\),yan4 3.$,S~~~s .~~. oc.fasion the,Anoka-Champlin Fire <br />Departmept, the AndoverFire~qepf1nen~, ~e~Qal(..Grq"e fire J)epartment and the Elk <br />River Fire Department. Em~r,e,c~~bula~~~~se~~ce is provid~cl to the City through <br />contract apd is able to respotlditOj!~y area' "!thi~Fthecommunity with a 1 0 minute <br />response time. Hospital servic.sF~l>,:ovidedbYinea~by ~ospitals in Coon Rapids and Elk <br />River. ". . " <br /> <br />In order 1:0 improve responselt" ! to eXistinaa.4~fuWre residential and commercial <br />developm+nt within the coni 't 1Jte CitY~r~seyis currently in the process of <br />siting a seCond fire station tos ernp9~~~si~~~seYa.ndwould house one part- <br />time and ...2 volunteer fire fi d1ipri> e,.inewith 1,500 gallons per minute <br />pumping dapacity, one tanker t 40neg~ttrq~k. <br /> <br />it -;:--';--~'---,i Fi <br />One of the critical issues with ~ to fire,t~etiq~iFesponse time. is being able to cost <br />effectjvelxprovide fire prote4ti ~~ dens!:tYtesi~~nti~~evelopment in tlle rural areas <br />of ~sey. Improving resp 'n?e tq ~e.:tut'~areasiposesthe greatest level of <br />difficplty ~ecause of the lack ...,. .it1ercoJ1l1~~gM-eetpa~m. An area of concern is <br />the northe~ limits of the No... oJk~~divisiqn,~h~C~js onlyacce$sible via the southern <br />collector rpadway of 153rd a:Qd~}, l~l nortli:$~lltb.groadofApdri~Street. Siting of the <br />new fire s~tion in the westerp ,ottiqp'of ~e~w:tllincrea~e response time to this area <br />by 4 to 6 ~inutes. fi ):' '. '\ "if <br /> <br />C Police <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />2001 Ramsey Co,*,prelfensive Plan <br /> <br />~ I-j <br />:~ ~".' <br /> <br />'''<'\; <br /> <br />Page XV-l <br /> <br />:~ <br />i~ <br /> <br />:i\:S <br /> <br />-;';' <br /> <br />~~,' <br /> <br />i-i - ,~'_1- <br />