2024.07.22 EDA Public Hearing Submission from Gina Norris 15399 76th Street NE Audra Etzel
From: Jessica Stockamp
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 11:44 AM
To: Audra Etzel; Sabrina Hille; Adam Flaherty; Daryl Rausch
Subject: Fwd: EDA meeting/Fire Station
Please include in an official record for the hearing tonight.
Mayor Jessica Stockamp
City of Otsego
612-720-2956
JStockamp@ci.otsego.mn.us
Begin forwarded message:
From: Gina Norris<ginamarienorris@gmail.com>
Date:July 22, 2024 at 10:47:29 AM CDT
To:Tina Goede<TGoede@ci.otsego.mn.us>, Brittany Moores<BMoores@ci.otsego.mn.us>, Ryan
Dunlap<RDunlap@ci.otsego.mn.us>,Jessica Stockamp <JStockamp@ci.otsego.mn.us>,Jeff Dahl
<J Dahl @ ci.otsego.m n.us>
Subject: EDA meeting/Fire Station
Good morning Mayor and Council Members,
My name is Gina Norris, I live at 15399 76th St NE, and I am writing to offer my perspective on why I
believe Otsego should move forward with building the first fire station on our city. I cannot make it to
the meeting tonight, but wanted to send an email hoping it reaches you before the meeting.
As the EDA considers moving forward with an Otsego Fire Station, I wanted to share our experience
having had a fire in 2018.
Many see response times as black and white, but I want to be clear, what you see on paper is not exactly
what happened, therefore I'd like to give a different perspective.
According to records, on the day of our house fire, response time was 9 minutes. But the actual time
from when we called 911 to the time a fire engine showed up was 17 minutes, and it was 19 minutes
before fire suppression began.Those reports don't include time from when 911 was called, only from
when the fire dept was actually dispatched. In our case, Wright County had to dispatch Sherburne
County, who then had to dispatch Elk River Fire Dept which took 3 minutes. That 3 minutes doesn't get
included in the response time. Also, the recorded first response time is when the first emergency vehicle
arrives not the actual fire engine.
I hope the verified timeline below gives you a better understanding of"response times"and allows you
to understand that importance of having our own fire station in Otsego. We are a growing community.
We deserve this!
8/18/18
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7:41pm -call to 911
7:44-wright county dispatched sherburne country, sherburne dispatched elk river fire (average dispatch
time can be 1-3 min this time it was 3 min)
7:53-first emergency vehicle (non fire truck) arrived on scene (12 min after 911 call, 9 min after
dispatch)
7:57-Engine 2 arrived on scene (13 min after dispatched, 16 min after 911 call)
7:58- Engine 1 arrived on scene (14 min after dispatch, 17 min after 911 call)
8pm-garage entry, fire suppression began (16 min after dispatched, 19 min after 911 call)
I can provide any additional information you need should you have any questions.
I have also included a link to an online petition, which has nearly 500 signatures of support for an Otsego
Fire Station.
Petition • Otsego Needs a Fire Station! - United States • Change.org
Thank you for taking the time to read and for all you do.
Gina Norris
763-442-4840
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