Duty Crew
A duty crew staffing model was implemented July 13, 2007.
With the Duty Crew, Firefighters are able to select times or shifts that they are assigned to a fire station and ready to respond to calls. There are two 3-person crews on shift from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and one 3-person crew on shift from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., 7 days per week.
Previously, our department utilized a paid-on call staffing model where Firefighters would respond from their homes to the fire station and then to the emergency scene. The paid-on-call component still exists, however the number of times that a Firefighter is unexpectedly called to respond from home has been greatly reduced.
Prior to 2007, the paid-on-call staffing model saw Brooklyn Park Firefighters responding to approximately 1400 calls annually. With the implementation of the Duty Crew, and Firefighters now responding regularly to medical calls, our calls increased to 3,355 emergency calls in 2007 - our transition year. In 2008 we are expected to respond to approximately 5,500 calls.
The Brooklyn Park Fire Department made this change in order to continue to assure the highest level of service possible to our residents. We believe that our citizens deserve a rapid response, the highest level of service, and the best partnership with existing emergency services.
We are pleased to note that there have been several medical calls where the outcome for the patient undoubtedly improved due to the rapid response afforded by the Duty Crew, working in partnership with the Police Department and North Ambulance.
We are one of the busiest non-full-time fire departments in Minnesota.
Brooklyn Park Fire Department does not have full-time firefighters.
We are part-time professional Firefighters.
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