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Safety Update
Community Engagement Committee
February 15, 2024
Fire Department
Chief Rick Steinhaus
Assistant Chief Jim Ruzicka
Full-time Fire Captains –3
Full-time Firefighters –9
Active Paid On-Call Firefighters –25
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Full-Time Fire Department
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•Since implementation of full-time firefighters started on July 2, response times
have dropped 48%
•Unit on scene time, from time of call, has improved to a 6:45 average
•Participated in over 30 public education events
•49 preliminary preplan site inspections done
•Updated fire and EMS education training successfully implemented
•Several fire, EMS, and fire station equipment upgrades
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July – December 2023
Average en route time- 01:07
Average on scene time- 05:38
Average total on scene time: 06:45
July – December 2022
Average en route time- 05:48
Average on scene time- 06:41
Average total on scene time: 12:29
•En route time (time to get out the door)
•On scene time (time to get to the fire scene)
4
Fire Department Metrics
(Six months of Full-Time Fire Staffing)
Average total call time has
improved by 48%.
Public education events
2023-30
Preliminary preplan site
inspections 2023-49
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Statistics
5
38
85
4135
415
59
0
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100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Fires Medical Emergency Motor Vehicle Acccident
2022 2023
July 1 – Dec 31
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Total Service Calls
6
264
62 31
357
662
71 49
782
0
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200
300
400
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600
700
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900
Prior Lake Credit River Spring Lake Total Calls
2022 2023
July 1 – Dec 31
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Total Service Calls Year End 2023
7
490
112 74
676
900
118 88
1119
0
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400
600
800
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1200
Prior Lake Credit River Spring Lake Total Calls
2022 2023
Jan 1 – Dec 31
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State Public Safety Funding
8
•Prior Lake received over $1.2M and has allocated $687,000
✓Fire Ladder Truck
✓New police officer position (2024 salary and benefits)
✓Police Department staffing and scheduling study
✓Portable chest compression device for Fire Department
✓Computer server for Police Department
✓Fire Station 1 computer network infrastructure upgrade
✓Police Department training gear
Police Department
Chief Liam Duggan
Commanders –2
Sergeants –6
Police Officers –24
Records Division –4.62
Evidence Tech –1
CSO -.8
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People First –Mission Always
The “how” behind what we do
Every situation is different every time
Mental Health
Family situations
Medicals
School calls
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Police Department
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•33 Sworn from top to bottom
•7 Civilian (+ 2 background investigators as needed)
•21,000 Calls for service in 2023
•Roughly 1,400 medical calls now in partnership with FD
•14,000 pieces of evidence housed in property
•57 Reportable use of force events in 2023 (.002)
•Zero substantiated injuries to subjects, two officers injured
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Police Department –People First –Mission Always
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•Currently undertaking workload staffing study
•Patrol Schedule analysis
•SMSC call impact for future
•Future focus
•Staffing including mental health, investigations, crime analysis, leadership,
technology (UAV), etc.
•Overall employee “wellness” -PTS, retention issues, lateral development
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Police Department –People First –Mission Always
Thank you