HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-06-17 Work Session Meeting Packet
Meeting location:
Edina City Hall
Community Room
4801 W. 50th St.
Edina, MN
City Council Work Session Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
5:30 PM Accessibility Support:
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Meeting Topics
3.1. Fire Department Response Time Policy Review and Operations Update
4. Adjournment
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ITEM REPORT
Date: June 17, 2025 Item Activity: Discussion
Meeting: City Council
Agenda Number: 3.1
Prepared By: Andrew Slama, Fire Chief
Item Type: Report & Recommendation Department: Fire
Item Title: Fire Department Response Time Policy Review and Operations Update
Action Requested:
Review and recommend a response time policy update for the Fire Department.
Information/Background:
The Edina Fire Department is unlike any other Fire Department in Hennepin County. We provide
Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Service (ALS ambulance response) on a 24/7 basis relying on
full-time staffing to operate and respond efficiently to all parts of the City of Edina. A critical
performance metric for the organization is response time. Since there are no Federal or State
requirements for fire or ambulance response, a local decision must be made on the expected
response time performance of an organization. The goal of the Fire Department in the 2008
Comprehensive Plan is an eight-minute or less response to all calls in the City. In the 2018 revision
of the Comprehensive Plan the goal was adopted to reduce this response time to six-minutes or less
throughout the City.
During the work session, City Council will be educated on the definition of response time, a review
of the current goals in the Comprehensive Plan, industry standards for Fire Departments, and a
review of the current performance of Edina Fire Department in regards to the response time goal.
I will provide an operational update on the Fire Department's response challenges and staffing
constraints, as well as short-term and long-term considerations to reduce risk to the community.
With an established and directed response time goal from the City Council and the operational
considerations, the Fire Department can create a comprehensive review (Standards of Cover) of the
organizational need to meet city and resident expectations of service.
Resources/Financial Impacts:
• Budget – Staffing plans and Standards of Cover are proposed in future budget considerations.
• Implementation – Fire Department staff will implement changes and reviews based on
Council feedback.
• Operation –Fire Department staff will maintain operations with all changes.
Relationship to City Policies:
• 2008 Comprehensive Plan
• 2018 Comprehensive Plan
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• 2019 Response Time and Station Location Study
• NFPA 1710 - Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression
Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career
Fire Departments
• Center of Public Safety Excellence: Quality Improvement for the Fire and Emergency
Services
Budget Pillar:
Reliable Service
Livable City
Strong Foundation
Values Impact:
Health The Health of residents is impacted by the ability for the organization
to respond efficiently in the event of an emergency.
Stewardship
Ensuring the successful response and operations of the Fire
Department and Ambulance response is one of the highest priorities of
a City.
Equity
Residents throughout the City should have an equitable response by
the Fire Department. Resourcing the Fire Department to achieve an
equitable response is a priority.
Supporting Documentation:
None
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