9. SR 04-06-2009Elk River Fire
And
Ambulance Service
2008
Annual Report
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The following pages include statistical information of the Ells River Ambulance activity for 2008.
Our run volume in 2008 had a 5% increase from 2007 (1824 vs. 1'725).
2008 Highlights:
Both of our ambulances have Lucas Devices on board as standard equipment. We are one of only a
handful of Ambulance services in Minnesota to have these devices. The Lucas Device is an automated
CPR compression device, eliminating manual hand. compressions.
We sent a delegation to the National EMS Expo/Convention in October.
Our P.A.D. program (Public Access to Defibrillation) has expanded to 84 AED units throughout our
community.
Addition of 2 - EMT's to our staff firefighters Chad Peterson and Cory Zierden. Firefighters Tristan
Nicka and Joe Libor aze now enrolled in EMT education.
Goals for 2009:
The Ambulance boazd has postponed the replacement of 5601, because of the rotation in our trucks on a
monthly basis. Both our vehicles are in remarkably good condition and this postponement will not be at
issue. Continual assessment of a replacement truck is still a work in process.
Our next upgrade will be increasing the hours of 5602, our l0A - l OP power truck. To make this
increase in hours of service our activity Ievel will need to increase by approx. 1 S .runs a month.
In an economically challenged time, our model ofpre-hospital care remains in good shape. Once again,.
all of our accomplishments are due to the team effort and dedication of our EMT/Firefighter staff.
Sincerely,
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Steve Dittbenner
Ambulance Coordinator
475 Jackson,Svenue • Elk River,_Minnesoia 55330 -Fire Station - (612) 441-49'19 • Fax {6'12) 441-3299-
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# OF RUNS
PER MONTH
JANUARY
FEBRUARY*
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
ELK RIVER AMBULANCE RUN REVIEW 2008 - 2006
,RESPONSES
`08 `07 `06
163 156 141
174 123 126
168 152 115
150 133. 121
135 138 148
153 135 148
153 157 174
146 155 140
146 138 153
145 151 149
143 136 128
147 138 128
TRANSFERS
`08 `07 `06
122 121 102
130 87 90
124 113 85
111 91 88
103 105 109
107 97 103
120 118 117
108 105 101
102 104 119
117. ..110 120
111 107 99
113 105 89
NO LOAD
'08 `07 `06
41 35 39
45 36 36
44 39 30
39 42 33
32 33 36
46 38 45
33 39 57
38 50 39
44 34 34
28 41 29 '
32 29 29
34 33 39
TOTAL 1824 1725 1671 1368 1276 1222 456 449 446
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*DENOTES TIE FOR ALL -TIME MONTHLY HIGH - FEB -174 2008 - ~ - -
TOTAL RESPONSES UP 98 = 5 % INCREASE
TOTAL TRANSFERS UP 92 = 7 % INCREASE
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TOTAL' NO LOADS UP 7f ';~' 2 % INCREASE
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Activity
Both 5601 and 5602 operate with 12 hour shifts. The following is a report of how many
shifts were available for each truck and how many of those shifts did not have any calls.
5601 2 -12 hr shifts daily 5602 1-12 hr shift daily . . _ _
Shift Shifts w/no activity Shift Shifts w/no activity
January 62 11 31 13
February 58 5 29 15
March 62 ~ 9 31 - 14
April 60 4 30 14
May 62 15 31 14
June 60 7 30 18
July 62 4 31 15
August 62 5 31 11
September 60 9 30 15
October 62 8 31 11
November 60 7 30 16
December 62 9 31 20
732 93 366 176
=13% inactivity 2008 - - _ = 49% inactivity 2008_ - - - - -
11% inactivity 2007 = 48% inactivity 2007
= 11% inactivity 2006 = 49% inactivity 2006
= 16%,ix~activity 2005 = 47% inactivity 2005 (6 mo.)
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2008 - 2007
Monthly Comparison 5601- 5602
January
February
Mazch
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
5601
Response Transfer N/C
08 07 08 07 08 07
136 136 101 105 35 31
149 117 112 87 37 30
139 130 104 96 35 34
130 110 93 76 37 34
114 114 86 89 28 25
135 115 92 83 43 32
135 129 105 99 30 30
131 130 97 93 34 37
128 116 92 86 36 30
123 126 100 94 23 32
122 117 95 89 27 28
129 124 99 96 30 28
1571 1464 1176 1093 395 371
5602
Response Transfer
08 07 08 07
27 20 21 16
26 18 18 12
29 23 20. 18
20 23 18 15
21 24 17 16
18 20 15 14
18 28 15 19
i5 25 ~ 11 12
18 22 10 18
22 25 17 16
21 19 16 18
18 14 14 9
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N/C
08 07
6 4
8 6
9 .5
2 8
4 8
3 6
3 9
4 13
8 4
5 9
5 1
4 5
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Mutual Aid Summary
The following report is a monthly breakdown of mutual aid calls responding to the Ells
River Area.
Mutual Aid Responses Transferred N/C
08 07 08 07 08 07
January 15 7 9 3 6 4
February 9 8 7 3 2 5
March 12 6 7 5 5 1
April 12 10 10 8 2 2
May 11 4 9 4 2 0
June 11 10 8 7 3 3
JAY 7 16 5 12 2 4
August 10 4 5 2 5 2
September 8 7 5 5 3 2
October 0 14 0 12 0 2
November 7 8 7 7 0 1
December 14 10 10 7 4 3
Total 116 104 82 75 34 29
Of these 116 mutual aid calls 42 occurred between l0a - l Op and 74 between l OP - 10a.
5602 operates between l0a - l Op daily making 253 responses, in this time period.
Covering 83% of what would have been a mutual aid call.
2008 mutual aid calls increased by 12 runs from 2007
(9.67 mo. Avg '08, 8.67 mo .Avg ` 07)
As mutual aid runs increase our next strategic plan will be to activate 5602 towards 24
hours a day. An estimated~olume of 20 mutual aid calls monthly would be required to
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w RTR: Response Time Reliability, from call time to scene arrival. The above
- ----Graph r-epresents -Elk-River-°s RT-R_ for the- calendaaz year-2008._. : _._- .__ . _-- .
.The ambulance industry in general uses the 90% RTR for measuring. The
• 50% RTR gives an "average response."
`08 `07 `06 `OS `04 `03. `02 `Ol `00 `99 `98
90% 14:10 13:25 13 :20 12:40 12:22 14:15 14:47 i 5:40 13:20 12:13 12:20
50% 9:15 9;lla--.,.8:4: $:31 8:31 8:10 7:27 7:40 7:40 7:2U 7:20
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Income and Expense by Month
January through December 2008
$ in 1,000's
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Expense Summary
January through December 2008
Income '
Ex ense
®415 • Parmedic Fees %41.58
403 • Ambulance Wages 21.69
^585.5 •Rent-Building 6.11
X522 • Employee Benefits-403b 5.73
®517 • Depreciation Expense 4.59
^401 • Ambulance Billing 4.0~
®546 • Payroll Expenses 2.14
525 • Insurance W/C .2.02
X404 • Ambulance Fuel 1.98
^416 • Parmedic Supplies 1.48
^Other 8.64
Total $1,029,366.13
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JanU~ MarU2S MayU~ ~uiua ~ep~a i~ovoa
Feb08 Apr08 Jun08 Aug08 Oct08 ~ Dec08
Fire Department
Dispatch/Canceled
enroute, 17%
:arbon Monoxide
Alarms, 2%
Refuse Fires, I
CALLS PER INCIDENT TYPE
Mutual Aid, 3 Misc, 2%
Fires in Buildings, 6~Trees, Brush, Grass, 6%
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~ Personallnjury
Accident, 17%
8%
Fire Alarms,
Natural Gas, Propane,
Gasoline, 4%
~-Vehicle Fires, 5%
Electrical/Powerlines,
2%
FIRE CALLS
14 12
73
TOTAL CALLS: 453
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® Mutual Aid ~,
*Square miles covered: 69
*Population covered: 35,000
*Propem i'alue: *$575,000,000
(not incbaling tax ehzmpt property)
*Firei7ghterc per call: 19
Mutual Aid Contracts
• North Suburban 1\4utual
Aid: 33 departments
^ Sherburne County: 6
Fire Departments
^ :~lbemn7le, ASonticello,
Princeton
Coverage
^ Cit}' of Elk River. 100%
^ City of Otsego: G5%
^ Town~lvp of Rig Like:
2U%
*Estimated
20Q8 lnciclents
Number of Incidents by, Hour
Hour # of ('_allc Porrcnt~nn
0:00 - 0:59
12 ..-
2.65%
0100 - 0159 7 1.55%
0200 - 0259 7 1.55%
0300 - 0359 5 1.10%
0400 - 0459 10 2.21
0500 - 0559 6 1.32%
0600 - 0659 ~ g 1.77%
0700 - 0759 17 3.75%
0800 - 0859 17 3.75%
0900 - 0959 29 6.40%
1000 - 1059 23 5.08%
1100 - 1159 16 3.53%
1200 - 1259 24 5.30%
1300 - 1359 23 5.08%
1400 - 1459 22 4.86%
1500 - 1559 29 6.40%
1600 - 1659 25 5.52%
1700 - 1759 40 8.83%
1800 - 1859 30 6.62%
1900 - 1959 25 5.52%
2000 - 2059 20 4.42%
2100 - 2159 26 5.74%
2200 - 2259 17 3.75%
2300 - 2359 15 3.31
rotary-ot Lans - -453. -1-00.00%
Number of Incidents by Day of the Week
Dav of the Week $ of ~`~Ilc Der..."+.~...,
Sunda 50 11.04%
Monda 70 15.45%
Tuesda 76 16.78%
Wednesda 48 10.60%
Thursda 64 14.13%
Frida 70 15.45%
Saturda
T _ 75 16.56%
' "`a"r "' walla 45~ 100.00°/a
Number of Incidents by Daytime/Evening & Weekends
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Da ime 155 34.22%
Evenin and Weekends-
T_1_1 11 _r n ~I_ 298 65.78%
1 Vlgl TT VI VQlla
453
100.00%