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City of Ell< River 2004 Annual Report stronger in 2004. The underground inspection program will continue in 2005 with minor changes, as necessary, with input from the Planning and Building Departments. A contractor meeting will be conducted on March 24, 2005 as a refresher to the right-of-way requirements. Housing-The Fire Department has been in a transition that began in late 2004 to take over housing inspections from the Building and Environmental Department. We will be using the 2000 International Property Maintenance Code as a guideline for all apartment inspections. The code is designed to provide concise, consistent model property maintenance requirements with required property improvement provisions. During our apartment inspections, areas to be covered include light, ventilation and occupancy limitations, plumbing facility and fixture requirements, mechanical and electrical requirements, and fire and safety requirements. Housing inspections will continue to be on an annual basis with all 1,080 units of apartments in our community. Our recently hired Fire Prevention Specialist/Housing Inspector Jeff Smith will be working with both Fire Inspector Cliff Anderson and myself during the first year of transition. PROGRAMS Fire Prevention-The Fire Prevention program remains very active in our community's schools. The program is no longer one week in October (during National Fire Prevention Week). Our Fire Prevention program is active throughout the year with heavy emphasis in September and continuing through December. We are very proud of our Fire Prevention program and also our presentation to elementary school students who are able to participate in emphasizing fire safety. Our goal continues to be changing the culture generation by generation towards fire safety. The Fire Department will have a new full time fire prevention specialist in January 2005 to take our fire prevention program to a new level. Notional Night Out-The Fire Department is pleased to partner with the Police Department each August during the National Night Out celebration. Our Firefighters enjoy visiting every community block party with equipment to talk with citizens, answer their questions about the Fire Department and fire prevention. Crime Prevention Specialist Cheryll Edinger and the Elk River Police Department do a fantastic job in coordinating National Night Out for our citizens. The Fire Department will continue to be an active partner in National Night celebrations; not only during 2004 but also in the years ahead. FIREFIGHTERS Recognition-Each year I recognize firefighters for their dedication and commitment to the Fire Department. This year I would like to commend Assistant Fire Chief Mike Trunnell for over 15 years of dedication to the Elk River Fire Department as training officer. The department has been very fortunate to have Mike (as a dedicated training Group Photo of Firefichters officer) and the countless hours of time that he has given to enhance the training of the department. On December 3 I, 2004 Mike has decided to step aside as training officer but remain assistant chief for the department. Even though Mike has stepped aside as our training officer, he will continue to dedicate additional time in transitioning to our new training officer (Captain Phil Collins) and assistant training officers. On behalf of the Elk River Fire Department and all its firefighters, I would like to thank Mike Trunnell for all his time