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MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item # 3.7. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Bruce A. West, Fire Chief <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />August 26, 2002 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Addition of Firefighters <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Department is requesting Council approval to advertise for the addition of <br />paid-on-call fzrefighters due to the resignations of two members. <br /> <br />With the anticipated opening of Station 2 in the Fall of 2003, we will be expanding our roster <br />from the current 35 to 40 members. This means that the Fire Department will potentially be <br />adding up to 8 new fzrefighters. Approximately 12-15 of the fzrefighters will be at Station Two <br />and approximately 25-28 at Station One. <br /> <br />With the approval of the City Council to add new fzrefighters to the department, we will start <br />the process of advertising for the positions of paid-on-call fzrefighters. <br /> <br />I anticipate the process of hiring new fzrefighters to take approximately three months with the <br />screening of applications, interviewing potential applicants, returning to the Council with the <br />names of the potential candidates, fzrefighters physicals and stress tests. I will be in <br />attendance at the August 26, 2002, Council meeting to answer any questions in reference to <br />the addition of f~refighter candidates to the Elk River Fire Department. If you have any <br />questions prior to the City Council meeting, please feel free to call me at the Elk River Fire <br />Department at 763-441-4919. <br /> <br /> <br />