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2017 St. Joseph Fire
Department Annual Report
FIRE BOARD
Jeff Taufen Fire Chief
Bob Loso City of St. Joseph
Jerome Salzer Township of St. Joseph
Greg Salk Township of St. Wendel
Judy Weyrens Administrator to the Board
The Fire Board typically conducts their business on the first Wednesdays of February, May, August and
November at 6:00 PM in the St. Joseph Fire Hall.
AUTHORITY
An Advisory Fire Board has previously been established by St. Joseph. The Board facilitates the
performance of the fire contract through its life. The Fire Board has the powers specifically identified in
the Fire Contract and is able to make recommendations to the City Council and St. Joseph Town Board to
improve cooperation and efficiency in carrying out the intent of the contract and to make
recommendations for amendments and supplements to the same.
FINANCIAL
The Fire Board is responsible for approving a budget to forward to the City Council for adoption. The
budget includes both operation and capital funds and the final requested budget must balance revenues
and expenditures. It is the policy of the Fire Board to maintain a reserve balance equal to 12 months of
operating expenses, not including capital equipment.
The City maintains a fund entitled Joint Operating Fire Fund. The major revenue stream for the Fire
Fund is the jurisdiction apportionment. Each participating jurisdiction share be assessed an
apportionment based on the percent of taxable market valuation of their respective jurisdiction in
relation to the total taxable market valuation of the Fire District served. The following table is a three
year summary of the cost sharing apportionment percentage by jurisdiction:
2016 2017 2018
City of St. Joseph 47.44% 47.14% 47.33%
St. Joseph Township 31.37% 31.09% 31.05%
St. Wendel Township 21.19% 21.77% 21.63%
Based on the allocation percentage, the following table is a summary of the contributions assessed each
jurisdiction for the past three years.
Additional sources of revenue for the Fire Fund include: donations, community center rental fees, State
Aids and Grants, Federal Aids and Grants, interest, firefighting reimbursements, and surplus property
sales.
The following is the December 31, 2017 unaudited Fund Summary.
ACTIVITIES
During 2017 the Fire Board approved the following actions:
Authorized the implementation of Class B uniforms. The Fire Relief Association agreed to outfit
all current members and the Fire Board agreed to finance new members as they are hired. Class
B uniforms are used for ceremonial and public outreach events.
Authorized the reconstruction of the Fire Hall parking lot.
Authorized the Chief to look at different technology for the vehicles, such as IPADS.
FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
The Fire Board acknowledged the following officers for 2018:
Fire Department
Officers
Fire Chief Two Year Term 01-01-18 to 01-01-20 Jeff Taufen
Assistant Fire Chief Two Year Term 01-01-18 to 01-01-19 David Salzer
Captain Two Year Term 01-01-17 to 01-01-19 Paul Phillipp
Captain Two Year Term 01-01-18 to 01-01-20 Ken Jacobson
Captain Two Year Term 01-01-18 to 01-01-20 Dan Muyres
Captain Two Year Term 01-01-18 to 01-01-20 Keith Louwagie
Captain One year term 01-01-18 to 01-01-19 Andy Loso
Emergency Calls 2016 and 2017
2016 2017
Emergency Calls $46,442.00 $57,096.00
Drill Hours $16,648.50 $26,811.00
Meetings $980.00 $1,015.00
Chief’s Salary $3,500.00 $3,500.00
Asst. Chief’s Salary $2,500.00 $2,083.23
Captain’s Salary (5) $5,000.00 $5,000.00
Secretary’s Salary $300.00 $300.00
Total: $75,370.50 $95,805.33
2016 2017
Location of Calls
City of St. Joseph 248 289
St. Joseph Township 77 84
St. Wendel Township 20 35
Mutual Aid 6 6
351 414
Total:
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Type of Call
2016 2017
Type of Emergency Call
Medical Emergency 224 – 63.8% 282 – 68.1%
Car/Truck Accident 27 – 7.7% 38 – 9.2%
False/CO Alarm 23 – 6.6% 35 – 8.5%
Structure Fire 7 – 2.0% 8 – 1.9%
Gas/Fuel Leak 4 – 1.1% 5 – 1.2%
Mutual Aid 6 - 1.7% 2 - .5%
Car/Truck Fire 10 – 2.8% 8 – 1.9%
Grass Fire 4 – 1.1% 9 – 2.2%
Other 6 – 1.7% 5 – 1.2%
Canceled Medical Emergency 40 – 11.4% 22 – 5.3%
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2016 Breakdown of Emergency Calls
2017 Breakdown of Emergency Calls