4.4. SR 05-15-2000 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I would like to quickly review the enclosed classification details in reference to the ISO Report. The new Sherburne County Communications Center has shown a slight increase from the 1991 survey to the 1998 survey. Ensuring the proper equipment on the pumpers and ladders has increased our rating in reference to credit for engines and ladders. One very important area surveyed is in reference to the amount of pumpers for our community. Currently, the Elk River Fire Department has three pumper trucks and one ladder truck within the department. It is of utmost importance that the Elk River Fire Department has a minimum of three pumpers, which would give one pumper in reserve in case of mechanical failure of one of the three pumper trucks. Under the ISO Survey Item 513 and 523 is the credit for engine companies and reserve pumpers that had a significant increase from the 1991 comparison to the 1991 survey. Two areas that the Fire Department is constantly working on for improvement are in reference to company personnel, Item 571, and training, Item 581. The credit for company personnel is derived by the average responding firefighters per call throughout the year. Our 1998 actual showed a slight decrease from the 1991 comparison. This was a result of our roster of firefighters not being at the maximum level of 35 due to firefighters who resigned and/or moved for personal reasons. Training of the Elk River firefighters and our training facility showed a slight improvement from the 1991 survey and this is one area that we are constantly attempting to improve. In conjunction with training is the pre-planning of our commercial and industrial facilities within our community. One of our goals, along with our fire inspection at each individual facility, will be a complete pre-plan available to our firefighters when responding to a business and/or commercial facility. The water supply within our community continues to receive high ratings. The water supply classification details are Items 616, 621, and 631. I would like to thank Elk River Municipal Utilities for providing frequent inspection of hydrants, adequate hydrant distribution, and continual review of the type of hydrants needed within our community. Without the excellent planning and future vision of Elk River Utilities in reference to providing an adequate water supply for our community, our rating in reference to water supply would not be at the excellent level it currently maintains. Once again, I would like to thank all of the firefighters of the Elk River Fire Department in their assistance in this project. We have significantly lowered our fire protection classification rating from a high 5 at 50.99 to a very low 4 rating of 67.71. The Elk River Fire Department is very close to improving our fire protection classification rating to a Class 3. I am very proud of our department's efforts in this project. I have attached a copy of the insurance percentage decrease from classification to classification. You will note that