3.b Discussion on hiring probationary firefighters
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: May, 1 2019
To: City Council
From: Mike Hinz, Fire Chief
Re: Approval to Hire
Background:
Scandia fire currently has a roster of 20 employees. Our goal personnel number is 30, this number was derived
from the fact that we are a paid on call department and not every employee is available all the time.
A medical response call requires 4 personnel, a motor vehicle accident requires 9 personnel on average and a
structure or wildland fire requires at least 16 personnel for the initial response, but will use 30-40 personnel by
the time the fire is extinguished.
For this reason we request to hire up to 5 personnel every year until we can reach our goal staffing of 30.
Issue:
Should the council approve hiring 3 new members?
Proposal Details:
Scandia Fire and Rescue would like to hire 3 applicants; Steven Greenhow, Nick Vannelli & Darrin Gould
conditional on passing Osceola hospitals physical & medical testing. These 3 applicants have completed &
passed the interview, agility test at the fire station and background check procedures.
We have 1 additional applicant that requires additional verification that we will bring to a council meeting in the
future.
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact per year per employee is estimated at $2,300. This includes certification classes (EMT & FF1
each class $1600), hourly wage during in-house training and hourly wage for responding to emergency calls.
Options:
(1) Approve the conditional hiring of Steven Greenhow, Nick Vannelli & Darrin Gould
(2) Approve conditional hiring of some of the candidates
(3) Not approve hiring of any personnel
Recommendation:
Option (1).