Form FA-1: 2017 Fire Equipment Certification For Fire State Aid Payable in 2018

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Form FA-1

2017 Fire Equipment Certification for Fire State Aid Payable in 2018
Submit by email to [email protected] or by mail to Minnesota Revenue, Mail Station 3345, St. Paul, MN 55146-3345

All fields must be completed and all questions answered. The answers should reflect your department’s equipment and
personnel as of December 31, 2017. This form must be submitted by March 15, 2018, to avoid penalty.
Answering “No” to any question will not affect your aid amount, but may affect qualification for aid. (Minn. Stat. § 69.011, subd. 4)

Name of Fire Department Street Address

County Where Fire Department is Located City, State, Zip

Name of Person Filling Out Form Phone Number

1. Has your fire department provided service for at least one year prior to December 31, 2017?
Yes No
2. Does your fire department have at least 10 active firefighters, including a chief and assistant chief?
Yes No
3. Does your fire department hold regularly scheduled meetings and frequent firefighting drills?
Yes No
4. Is your equipment housed in a building of good construction with facilities for care of hose and equipment?
Yes No
5. Does your fire department have a reliable and adequate method of receiving fire alarms by telephone, paging
system, or with electric siren and suitable means of sounding an alarm?
Yes No
6. If response is provided to calls from outside the corporate limits of the municipality where the fire department is
located, does the department have at least one other piece of motorized apparatus remaining within the corporate
limits, or a written agreement for a neighboring fire department to assist on a second call?
Yes No Not applicable (no response outside of corporate limits)

7. Does your fire department have a motorized fire truck equipped with the following items?
a. Motorized pump Yes No
b. 250-gallon or larger tank Yes No
c. Fire hose – two lines with combination spray and straight
stream nozzles, and at least 300 feet 1” or larger hose Yes No
d. Five-gallon hand pumps/tank extinguisher or equivalent Yes No
e. Dry-chemical extinguisher or equivalent Yes No
f. Regular and extension ladders Yes No
g. Pike poles Yes No
h. Crow bars Yes No
i. Axes Yes No
j. Hand lights Yes No
k. Fire coats, helmets, and boots Yes No

I certify that the above information is true and correct. (Both lines must be checked and signed.)

Signature of Municipal Clerk or Secretary of Independent Nonprofit Firefighting Corporation Date

Signature of Fire Chief Date

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