Carlton CountyCounty,, Minnesota Ambulance, Rescue, and Fire Study Prepared By: Phil Kouwe Robert McNally John Best Bernie Harchar Matt Hickey Roy Palmer 20052005----20062006 Copyright 2006, Emergency Services Consulting inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise without the expressed written permission of Emergency Services Consulting inc. Carlton County, Minnesota 2005 - 2006 Ambulance, Rescue, and Fire Study Table of Contents Table of Figures ...............................................................................................................ii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 Section I - Current System Analysis................................................................................ 9 History and Development ................................................................................................9 System Overview ..........................................................................................................10 Carlton County Response Time Capabilities .................................................................22 Individual Agency Evaluations....................................................................................... 25 Carlton Fire & Ambulance Department ..........................................................................27 Cloquet Fire Department ...............................................................................................41 Cromwell Fire and Ambulance Service..........................................................................64 Esko Fire Department....................................................................................................80 Kettle River Volunteer Fire Department .........................................................................94 Mahtowa Fire Department ...........................................................................................104 Mercy Hospital Ambulance Service .............................................................................113 Moose Lake Fire Department ......................................................................................120 Perch Lake Volunteer Fire Department........................................................................134 Scanlon Fire and Rescue ............................................................................................144 Wrenshall Fire Department..........................................................................................154 Wright Volunteer Fire Department ...............................................................................166 Barnum Fire Department (no field visit) .......................................................................176 Blackhoof Fire Department (no field visit) ....................................................................181 Section II - System Demand Projections..................................................................... 187 Community Growth Potential .......................................................................................187 Service Demand Projections .......................................................................................191 Community Risk Analysis ............................................................................................192 Service Planning Delivery Zones.................................................................................194 Section III - Future Delivery System Models ............................................................... 201 Critical Issues..............................................................................................................201 Future Organizational Strategy Options.......................................................................207 Section IV - Recommendations................................................................................... 225 Appendix ..................................................................................................................... 231 Apparatus Condition Chart ..........................................................................................231 Fire and Emergency Medical Events Dynamics...........................................................233 i Carlton County, Minnesota 2005 - 2006 Ambulance, Rescue, and Fire Study Table of Figures Figure 1: Carlton County Emergency Services Facilities ...........................................................10 Figure 2: Carlton County Fire Jurisdictional Response Boundaries...........................................11 Figure 3: Carlton County EMS Jurisdictional Response Boundaries .........................................12 Figure 4: Carlton County Population Density.............................................................................13 Figure 5: Service Demand Density for Carlton County - 2005 ...................................................14 Figure 6: Structure Fire Incidents in Carlton County - 2005.......................................................15 Figure 7: Carlton County Comparison of Incident Rates by Population .....................................16 Figure 8: Carlton County Fires Per 1,000 Population ................................................................17 Figure 9: Carlton County Workload History 2004 - 2005 ...........................................................17 Figure 10: Carlton County Workload by Time of Day ................................................................18 Figure 11: Carlton County Workload by Day of Week ...............................................................19 Figure 12: Carlton County Workload by Month of Year .............................................................20 Figure 13: Carlton County Workload by Agency........................................................................21 Figure 14: Fire Department Modeled Travel Time Capabilities..................................................23 Figure 15: EMS Agency Modeled Travel Time Capabilities.......................................................24 Figure 16: Carlton Fire & Ambulance Current Station Deployment............................................32 Figure 17: Carlton Fire & Ambulance Workload History 2004 - 2005.........................................33 Figure 18: Carlton Fire Workload by Time of Day......................................................................34 Figure 19: Carlton Ambulance Workload by Time of Day ..........................................................35 Figure 20: Carlton Fire Workload by Day of Week ....................................................................36 Figure 21: Carlton Ambulance Workload by Day of Week.........................................................36 Figure 22: Carlton Fire Workload by Month of Year ..................................................................37 Figure 23: Carlton Ambulance Workload by Month of Year.......................................................38 Figure 24: Carlton Fire & Ambulance Response Time Performance .........................................39 Figure 25: Cloquet Organizational Structure .............................................................................42 Figure 26: Cloquet Revenues....................................................................................................44 Figure 27: Cloquet Budget Summaries .....................................................................................44 Figure 28: Cloquet Annual Overtime Expenditures....................................................................49 Figure 29: Cloquet Rotating Shift Staffing .................................................................................49 Figure 30: Cloquet Minimum Apparatus Staffing .......................................................................50 Figure 31: Cloquet Fire Response Summary ............................................................................51 Figure 32: Cloquet Ambulance Response Summary.................................................................51 Figure 33: Cloquet Standard of Coverage.................................................................................52 Figure 34: Cloquet Current Station Deployment........................................................................53 Figure 35: Cloquet Workload History 2004 - 2005....................................................................54 Figure 36: Cloquet Fire Workload by Time of Day.....................................................................55 Figure 37: Cloquet Ambulance Workload by Time of Day .........................................................56 Figure 38: Cloquet Fire Workload by Day of Week....................................................................57 Figure 39: Cloquet Ambulance Workload by Day of Week ........................................................57 Figure 40: Cloquet Fire Workload by Month of Year..................................................................58 Figure 41: Cloquet Ambulance Workload by Month of Year ......................................................58 Figure 42: Cloquet Response Time Performance......................................................................59 Figure 43: Cloquet Fire Training Topics/Hours 2004 .................................................................61 Figure 44: Cloquet