[quote name='hoss' post='316919' date='Jun 26 2009, 05:10 ']What is the fire duty (fire call volume), staffing per and are they vol/call/combo/paid, and population of the major FDs in MN?[/quote]
This is all off the top of my head and may have changed but it's all in the ballpark.
Minneapolis is approx. 110 on duty per day. 19 engines, 5 ladders. They run first response EMS with county ambulance and private ambulance. Pop is approx. 370,000
St. Paul is similar with 18 engines and 7 ladders. They are a paramedic service with ALS ambulances. Pop is around 300,000+
The twin cities is land locked by TONS of suburbs. Maybe 100 or more. They all have their own government, PD, FD, etc. Some cities have combined efforts but not many.
The vast majority are paid-on-call maybe with a small number of full-time. Some have more full-time then others and a few have full-time only. Mutual aid is very common.
Fire volume is pretty low for a major metro area IMHO. Of course I worked in Memphis for 2 years so to me it seems almost non-existent.
Duluth is full-time with some staffing issues I believe. 9 or so stations with 3 on a truck or even less unless it's improved. First response with Gold Cross ambulance (Mayo owned)
Rochester is 5 stations. Unsure of crew sizes. First response with Gold Cross ambulance.
We have several suburbs approaching 100,000 population that still maintain mostly paid-on-call staff. Bloomington (covers Mall of America) is all volunteer still except maybe the chief and they have 7 stations I believe.
Not much is burning up here but lately we've had some large apartment building fires.
Anybody feel free to correct my mistakes. Again all off the top of my head. Pizza is here. I might add more later.
This is all off the top of my head and may have changed but it's all in the ballpark.
Minneapolis is approx. 110 on duty per day. 19 engines, 5 ladders. They run first response EMS with county ambulance and private ambulance. Pop is approx. 370,000
St. Paul is similar with 18 engines and 7 ladders. They are a paramedic service with ALS ambulances. Pop is around 300,000+
The twin cities is land locked by TONS of suburbs. Maybe 100 or more. They all have their own government, PD, FD, etc. Some cities have combined efforts but not many.
The vast majority are paid-on-call maybe with a small number of full-time. Some have more full-time then others and a few have full-time only. Mutual aid is very common.
Fire volume is pretty low for a major metro area IMHO. Of course I worked in Memphis for 2 years so to me it seems almost non-existent.
Duluth is full-time with some staffing issues I believe. 9 or so stations with 3 on a truck or even less unless it's improved. First response with Gold Cross ambulance (Mayo owned)
Rochester is 5 stations. Unsure of crew sizes. First response with Gold Cross ambulance.
We have several suburbs approaching 100,000 population that still maintain mostly paid-on-call staff. Bloomington (covers Mall of America) is all volunteer still except maybe the chief and they have 7 stations I believe.
Not much is burning up here but lately we've had some large apartment building fires.
Anybody feel free to correct my mistakes. Again all off the top of my head. Pizza is here. I might add more later.
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