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Dayton staff to respond to Maple Grove and Rogers over southern fire coverage; duty crew, new ladder truck cited
Summary
At a Dayton City Council work session, staff and the fire chief reviewed a March letter from Maple Grove and Rogers about response to South Dayton fires, citing duty-crew staffing, a newly purchased ladder truck and the need for South-specific response-time data. Staff will draft a response and provide the data.
Dayton City staff told council they will draft a formal response to a March letter from neighboring departments Maple Grove and Rogers that raised concerns about Dayton’s coverage of fires in the city’s southern neighborhoods. Staff said a new duty-crew staffing model and a recently purchased ladder truck should reduce turnout and travel times for many structure fires.
The issue surfaced in a council work session after staff summarized the letter and the timeline of exchanges with Maple Grove and Rogers. City staff outlined several short- and medium-term options the city could offer in its reply, including analyzing South-Dayton-specific response times, proposing a temporary south-side location for duty crews, changing alarm/auto-aid settings, and pursuing a formal mutual-aid agreement or a service contract if the neighboring departments prefer that approach.
Why it matters: Maple Grove and Rogers said they are frequently first on scene in parts of the city and raised…
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