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Study recommends north-side satellite fire station to improve 4-minute response coverage
Summary
A consultant's feasibility study recommended that the city design and construct a new north-side satellite fire station (preferred site: 365 N. Main St.) to improve four-minute response coverage and water-rescue capability; council members were given cost timelines and programming details and were not asked to act that night.
A consultant hired by the City of Fond du Lac recommended on June 11 that the council design and construct a new north-side satellite fire station to improve emergency response times and to serve lakefront and higher-density neighborhoods.
Jim Schmidt of 5 Bugles Design summarized a GIS-based study that found gaps in four-minute NFPA 1710 response benchmarks on the city's north side. The study compared current coverage from three stations to a hypothetical four-station model; the consultant reported current 4-minute coverage of 47.8% for the response area and 65.4% for historical incident locations under the three-station model and estimated those figures would increase to about 59.7% (response-area coverage) and 86% (incident-call coverage) with a fourth station.
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