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The council also includes chief officer spond ogetherforr serious fi eeach otheraemer- fighters also respond frovolunter fire
m the closest
representatives of the three contracting gencies. They also respond outside the station in an advanced life support am-
departments. city on call from any of the 22 other buiance. They assist the police para-
The East County Line Fire Depart- suburban members of the Capital City medics at the scene and provide trans-
ment, organized in 1944 and currently Mutual Aid Association that covers portation to the hospital of the patient's
headed by Chief Robert Bade,has two three counties.
stations and covers 7 square miles in Fireground command is provided by choice.
eastern and southern Maplewood with the department chief, deputy chief or EMT training
62 fire fighters. It operates three district chief,who frequently coordinate Maplewood has its own 81-hour EMT
pumpers, one rescue squad, the Map- at the scene with Schadt,a veteran of 32 training program, approved
lewood-owned elevating platform, a years of fire service when he retired Minnesota Health Department and
tank truck,one grass fire unit,a utility March 1 as an active member of the conducted by the police
van with cascade air system and salvage Gladstone Fire Department. Schadt, Approximately 80 volunteer fire fighters
equipment, one advanced life supportP paramedics.
ambulance and one basic life support52, continues as full-time Ma lewood are EMTs. A monthly EMS meeting
ambulance. fire marshal. attended by two representatives of each
In , theIn addition, the East County Line sponded 198073to 7tfireecalls and 625 re- is held to review and plan operadeartments re- fire station,Cusick and the tions.
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Fire Department provides contract fire quests for medical assistance. The es-
and BLS ambulance service for the timated fire loss for thes developedThe cooperative betweenetheonlice ahat
southern half of neighboring Oakdale $496,000. year was has the police para-
and for the adjacent mobile home com- medics and the fire fighters in providing
andmufority of Landfall. Medical services high-level emergency medical service for
Maplewood has
Units include boat The three volunteer fire departments other communiiitiesa around the nat ono"
cooperate with the city's paid police Cusick said.
The Gladstone Fire Department,also force to give Maplewood a first class "The fact that Cusick also is a district
organized in 1944 and directed by Chief emergency medical service for an aver- fire chief has helped a great deal,"
Jerry Kasmirski, has two stations and age of 1200 patients a year.
covers 9 square miles in the central and Maplewood Police Lieutenant Dennis Schaller pointed out.
northern part of the city with 63 fire Cusick, who also is district chief of Recruit training
fighters. It operates four pumpers, a Gladstone Station 2,is one of 10 police All recruits accepted by the three
Maplewood-owned 85-foot elevating paramedics, and he directs the
platform, a rescue squad, including a medic program that is funded bythe cityphluncaer departments mustal exam and apass a
oat and motor for water rescue, and as the result of an enabling referendum. vocational/technical ttenschool courmseonth
two ALS ambulances. Each goesg
The Parkside Fire Department, or- hour training through a basic basic fire fighting techniques that is
ganized in 1958, has one station and by the St. Pal Ramsey
m eam ymMedial EMT-trained fire based on NFPA Standard
fighter 1alOso must
covers nearly 4 square miles of western Center.
Maplewood with 40 volunteers. Major Two paramedics pass recertification examinations.
ar "It'sequipment includes two pumpers, one assigned to each shift and patrol toe training our lf rying ecru is receive,"tsee thea Chiefof
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rescue squad,a grass fire unit and one gether in a station wagon equipped with Schaller and Schadt pointed out.
ALS ambulance. This department is all the necessary lifesaving equipment "When they come out of fire school,they
under the supervision of Chief Thor and medications. The paramedic offi- know more than many fire fighters
Bodsgaard. cers assume all responsibilities and an- who've been on the force 10 and 12
Independence of the three fire de- swer all assigned requests for police years."
partments is illustrated by the fact that service when not involved in medical Each department has four monthly
Parkside maintains the traditional red runs. Alerted by radio pagers,off-duty drills, one of which is medical. In ad-
color for its fire vehicles,while the other paramedics living in the city respond to dition,there are regular business meet-
two departments use a combination of requests for medical emergencies when ings and special drills. About 20 fire
the newer yellow and white colors on the volume exceeds the effective ca- fighters are sent to the state fire school
their equipment. pacity of the on-duty paramedics.
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In a radio room are,from left,Fire Marshal Al Monthly meetings bring together the chief officers of the three fire departments to discuss citywide
Schadt,Safety Director Richard Schaller,and problems with the fire marshal and safety director.
Dennis Cusick,EMS director.
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each year for staff and command
training.
Radio communications
A central radio communications sys-
tem that includes running cards and
automatic fire alarm signals is used to
dispatch the three fire departments,the
Maplewood police,and fire departments
from the three neighboring suburbs of
North St.Paul,Oakdale and Woodbury.
The system also includes two-way radio
communications with St.Paul,Ramsey
County, adjacent Washington County
and the central security station at the
large 3M headquarters complex.
"We have developed an integrated
fire-police-medical response plan that
is coordinated by the central dispatch-
er,"Schaller explained.
"For example, a traffic accident in-
volving injuries and a fire will bring at
the same time a pumper and an ALS
ambulance from the nearest fire station,
two paramedics and the district police
car. The senior fire-rescue officer will
be in command. Back-up fire protec-
tion will be provided immediately, if
necessary, by the next closest fire sta-
tion."
Fire prevention emphasized
The city's current emphasis is on fire
prevention, explained Schadt, who is
aided by Jim Embertson, a full-time
assistant fire marshal,and a seven-per-
son city building inspection depart-
ment.
Since the office of fire marshal was
established in 1966,Schadt reports,80
percent of the city's new commercial
construction has included the installa-
tion of sprinkler systems. He added
that Maplewood also is in compliance
with state statutes that require all non-
single family dwellings to have smoke
alarms.
"The biggest problem we have now,"
Schadt explained,"is bringing existing
public occupancy structures, such as
rental halls that are not covered by the
fire code,up to recommended standards.
They lack early detection devices,alarm
systems and sprinklers. Installation
costs have been a drawback,but the re-
cent hotel and public building fires
around the nation may help us overcome
the money hurdle."
Nearly 600 fire inspections of all types
were conducted throughout the city in
1980 by the fire marshal's office,which
also uses its arson investigation capa-
bility to assist the state fire marshal in
Maplewood.
The public education phase of fire
prevention is centered on the elemen-
tary schools, where special awareness
programs were conducted in the first
through fifth grades by the fire mar-
shal's office last year in cooperation with
members of the three volunteer fire de-
partments. 0 0