09.b 2022 Dec Fire and Rescue Report
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Scandia Fire and Rescue Department
December 2022 Activity Report
Operations and Administration
There were 21 total calls in December
8 Fire related.
13 EMS related
0 Dive related
Total for 2022 is 328 with 217 medical, 86 fire related, 4 dive calls and 21 canceled calls
Fire Drills, Rescue Drills, and Medical Training
Fire / Rescue Training:
12/13/22
Cancer Awareness (MN FIRE)
• Prevention
o Tools and clothing
• Programs
12/28/2022
Shop till you drop
• SCBA use and air management
• Radio use
• Truck and equipment familiarization
Medical Training:
12/19/2022
First arriving “person down”
• Zoll use / refresher (tip and tricks)
• Airway Management
o BVM, I-Gel, Rescue pod
• Pit Crew CPR
o Working as a team to provide high quality CPR
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Other Information:
Scandia has ended the year with an overall call volume increase of 13% over 2021.
Year over year we have seen and increase in the number of calls within the community.
Below is a chart outlining the last 5 years of calls.
Year Total
Call
%
change Medical
calls
%
change Fire
call
%
change Dive
call
%
change
2018 225 170 54 1
2019 229 2% 124 -27% 73 35% 4 300%
2020 250 9% 142 15% 70 -4% 10 150%
2021 290 16% 180 27% 81 16% 3 -70%
2022 328 13% 217 21% 86 6% 4 33%
% Change over 5 yrs 46% 28% 59%
Fire Chief’s contact information
Fire Chief Mike Hinz Cell: 651-303-4611 mike.hinz@scandiafire.com
Assistant Chief Bill Havener Cell: 651-328-9700 bill.havener@scandiafire.com
Assistant Chief Ian Skarja Cell: 651-755-2700 ian.skarja@scandiafire.com