Shakopee Fire Department 2024 Year in Review

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S COMMITMENT TO MEETING OUR COMMUNITY’S NEEDS

As our community thrives, we’re proactively addressing the evolving needs of our services. Here’s how we’re tackling key challenges to ensure continued safety and responsiveness. 1. CHALLENGES OF A LARGE RESPONSE AREA The department’s coverage extends across 52 square miles, including the City of Shakopee and Jackson and Louisville townships. With Station 1 as our only staffed location, drive times to many of our borders range from 11 to 15 minutes. Consequently, emergency response times are long, with calls closer to Station 2 experiencing some of the greatest delays. With continued growth in the western part of the city, consideration for adding additional on-duty staffing at Station 2 will be essential to meeting response standards identified in the Citygate Fire Department Services Evaluation Study and as recommended by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA). 2. INCIDENT VOLUME AND SIMULTANEOUS CALLS In 2024, our call volume rose by 12% to 1,938 incidents, with 8% occurring simultaneously. The increased call volume stretches our daily operational capacity of 1–2 apparatus, especially during multiple or significant incidents. Our limited staffing resources are frequently strained by

the demands of managing concurrent medical and fire emergencies. This increased call volume also impacts our capacity to conduct essential non-emergency functions, including training, fire prevention, and public education. 3. EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE With a daily staffing of just 3–4 positions, we rely heavily on call-back staff and mutual aid resources for additional support. However, off-duty staff’s availability to respond to a call-back is contingent upon them being able to leave their family obligations or full-time jobs. Mutual aid resources from neighboring agencies are also experiencing staffing challenges, with response times taking upwards of 15 minutes. This impacts our ability to meet NFPA standards for an effective response force on a scene. 4. SUPERVISION AND INCIDENT COMMAND The on-duty Captain assumes all supervisory duties of staff and incident command responsibilities outside administrative staffing hours. This often involves managing high-stress incidents independently until additional resources are available. In these situations, the Captain must balance hands-on task-level work with strategic-level incident management obligations. Due to our limited supervisory staffing, our three chief officers must provide

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