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2014 Annual Report BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT 2014 Annual Report David A. Hoefer Bemidji Fire Chief Welcome by Fire Chief David Hoefer 2014 saw many changes for our organization; a critical role at one of the largest wildfires in the BFD Quick Facts: new equipment, new personnel, and new challenges, state, the Nary Road fire near Cass Lake. This fire all of which provided us with great opportunities. saw many resources, both ground and air, deployed 522 Square Mile We placed into service a new fire engine, Engine 3, from multiple federal, state, county, and local agen- which replaced Engine 9, that was a 1979 model. cies. Bemidji Fire Department provided two En- coverage area This new engine is part of our joint city/rural 20 gine/Tender structural protection crews and inci- year capital improvement plan. This plan allows us dent command staff. 3 Cities and 15 to effectively plan and budget for ongoing capital The winter months saw a continuation of the Townships needs of our organization. Our next major item in quality training program we offer to our firefighters the plan is a new fire station located in the Nymore Served as they had an opportunity to expand their area of our community. The property for the station knowledge with 8 different professional develop- has been purchased and construction is planned for 35,000 perma- ment courses offered at the fire station. Firefighters 2016. This project has been in development for completed over 3,205 hours of training and profes- nent residents many years; we are excited and energized at the sional development in 2014. Your Bemidji firefight- thought of a new fire station. ers continue to demonstrate their commitment to Operate from 3 The Bemidji area had no loss of life from acci- the department and our communities as they con- fire stations dental fires in 2014; however we did have one seri- stantly seek to improve themselves in order to serve ous injury from a house fire in May. Homes contin- others better. 48 Firefighters ue to be our most common location for serious inju- In 2014 we delivered 2,010 calls for service to and Fire Offic- ry and/or loss of life from fire. Fires remind us on a our area. Our regional’s fire service continued to ers regular basis how quickly someone’s life can change show their commitment to helping one another dur- from its impact. ing times of need through our mutual aid system. 2014 saw a more “normal” wildland fire season We saw many of our neighboring fire departments ISO Class 4/7 provide assistance to Bemidji in 2014. We openly for the Bemidji area. We did have a few larger returned the favor as we deployed Bemidji Fire De- wildland fires that required significant resources; 2,010 Calls for partment resources to many emergency calls as however, through the efforts of many, no lives or service in 2014 structures were lost from wildfires in the Bemidji members of local, county, and statewide mutual aid area in 2014. Bemidji Fire Department’s staff played plans. 93 Fire calls in Continued on page 7 2014 Services Provided Inside this issue: 33 Building Fires in 2014 The Bemidji Fire Department provides fire protection, fire prevention, technical rescue, and emergency services to the following: Calls for Service Breakdown Calls for Service by LGUs No fire related Beltrami County: deaths in 2014 Cities of Bemidji, Turtle River and Wilton Fire Prevention Townships of Durand, Liberty, Turtle Lake, Port Hope, Eckles, Training Estimated $7.8 Northern, Turtle River, Grant Valley, Bemidji and Frohn Responses by Apparatus million property Hubbard County: Type of Alarms saved in 2014 Townships of Fern, Rockwood, Helga, Lake Hattie and Mutual Aid Schoolcraft. Estimated $1.0 Alternative Funding million property Bemidji Firefighters also provide: ISO information lost in 2014 Non-transport emergency medical services to the City of Bemidji Fire protection and Rescue services to the Bemidji Regional Air- Fire Investigation port Water Supply Dedicated and non-dedicated Fire, Rescue, and/or EMS stand-by Fleet Maintenance at numerous community events throughout the year Page 2 Bemidji Fire Department 2014 Annual Report Calls for Service Breakdown The Bemidji Fire Department responded to es with injuries and 38 were dedicated EMS 2,010 calls for service in 2014. Below the calls standbys at the Sanford Center. Of the are broken down into categories as recom- 1,124 recorded Service Calls; 1,088 were ren- mended by the National Fire Incident Report- dered to the Bemidji Regional Airport for ing System. The blue description gives some aircraft emergency standby. examples of types of calls that fall within each Firefighters used the “Jaws The information that is collected is shared category. of Life” to remove the crit- not only locally, but to the State of Minneso- ically injured occupant of We responded to 93 fires in 2014, this is ta and then on to the National level. This this vehicle. down from 102 in 2013. The total Rescue & information identifies problem areas which Emergency Medical Services responses were can be addressed by changes to fire and 539; of these calls, 367 were non-transport building codes, as well as by public education medical calls, 104 were Motor Vehicle Crash- campaigns. Fires 93 Building fires, chimney fires, dumpster fires, (33 Building fires) Past Years: vehicle fires, and grass fires (20 Wildland fires) Fires Total calls (13 Vehicle fires) 2013: 102 2108 2012: 136 2213 Rescue & Emergency Medical Services 539 2011: 84 2308 Vehicle Crashes with injuries, lock in/out, (367 Medicals) confined space rescues, high angle (38 Sanford EMS) 2010: 98 2656 rescues, water or ice rescues, and medicals 2009: 77 2600 Hazardous Conditions - no fire 50 2008: 100 2836 Carbon Monoxide incidents, gas/fuel spills, 2007: 102 2770 gas ruptures, downed power lines, ballasts 2006: 112 2961 Service Call 1124 2005: 136 3560 Water problem, assist police, animal rescue, (1,088 ARFF) assist public, unauthorized burning, ARFF coverage 2004: 104 3271 Good Intent Call 38 Prescribed fire, smoke/steam scare, wrong location, and investigations False Alarm & False Call 164 Malicious/non-malicious false calls, system malfunction, smoke detectors, bomb scares, and unintentional notifications Severe Weather & Natural Disaster 0 Severe weather or natural disasters, wind storm, flood assistance, and lightning strikes Special Incident Type 2 Total Calls for 2014 2,010 Page 3 Bemidji Fire Department 2014 Annual Report Calls for Service by Local Government Units (LGUs) Because Bemidji Fire Department services a large geographic area, the calls for service can be broken down by the 15 townships and 3 cities that we cover (LGUs). The rural LGUs are part of the Bemidji Rural Fire Association (BRFA). The BRFA has a fire protection agreement with the City of Bemidji to provide a joint fire and rescue services to their respective residents. Bemidji Firefighters pre- pare to extinguish one Haz- of many vehicle fires Spe- ardou Se- over the past year. Ser- cial Res- s Good False vere Total Fires vice Inci- cues Con- Intent Calls Weat Calls Calls dent dition her Type s Bemidji Fire Bemidji, Twp 16 4 4 2 3 5 34 responded Bemidji, City 39 482 34 1116 23 129 2 1786 to an Durand 3 3 Eckles 8 9 2 1 1 1 22 average of Fern 3 3 5.5 calls for Frohn 5 5 2 4 16 service each Grant Valley 5 7 1 1 1 6 21 day in 2014 Helga 2 1 1 4 Lake Hattie 1 1 1 3 1 1 Liberty 6 Quick Fact Northern 5 19 4 5 13 46 Port Hope 1 1 2 Busiest day of the week Rockwood 2 2 Schoolcraft 1 1 is Saturday Turtle Lake 2 1 3 Turtle River, City 1 1 2 Busiest time of day is 3 2 1 2 2 Turtle River, Twp 10 11:00am - 12:00pm Wilton 1 1 Out of Area 4 2 1 1 8 254 Simultaneous calls Grand Total for 2014 93 539 50 1124 38 164 0 2 2010 for service Fire Injuries, Deaths, and Property Loss The Bemidji area had no lives lost and one in- jury due to fire in 2014. The estimated dollar loss to property from fire in 2014 was $960,877. The estimated dollar value saved from fires in 2014 was $7,775,995. Firefighters finish helping load a critically injured patient into a “life flight” helicopter . Page 4 Bemidji Fire Department 2014 Annual Report Training: by Training Officer Mike Mischke BFD personnel completed 3336 Academy. Technical Rescue training hours of training in 2014. Paid-on-call continued, with the addition of Surface Minnesota Fire Departments firefighters averaged 59 hours of train- Water Rescue training overseen by AC with 100 or more ing and career firefighters averaged 170 Loebs. Fire Investigation was also a hours of training for the year, in a wide focus, with one member attending the fire responses in 2013 range of topics. National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Fire Department Fires A significant challenge was met Maryland, and the addition of another MINNEAPOLIS 1210 with outstanding commitment as we to the Investigation Team. Multiple 1 achieved our institutional goal of having conferences were attended, including 2 ST. PAUL 1189 the MN Fire Chief’s Assn. Officer all members of the department with five 3 BROOKLYN PARK 286 Conference, MN IAAI Arson Confer- or more years of service qualify as 4 DULUTH 251 equipment operators. This allows us to ence, Fire Instructor/Training Officer keep up with the turnover of experi- Conference, and State Fire Marshal’s 5 ST. CLOUD 217 enced equipment operators as well as Fire Prevention/Code Enforcement 6 ROCHESTER 212 Conference.
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