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ANNUAL REPORT
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194 Pleasant Grove Roach
19 5s Ithaca, NY 14850
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March 4, 2010
.Mayor James Gilmore and the
Board of Trustees for the Village of Cayuga Heights
The following is the Annual Report of the Cayuga Heights Fire Department for 2009.
The volunteers of the Cayuga Heights Fire Department ran fewer calls in 2009 then in
2008 but it did not seem that way. It was a very busy year for the members of the
department with a total of 517 runs for the year. We had 294 calls in the Village of
Cayuga Heights, 169 calls in the Town of Ithaca and we responded to 54 requests for
mutual aid in 2009. We had 220 fire calls and 297 EMS calls. This is the first time we
have seen more EMS calls then fire calls in the department's history. This is a statistic
that we are seeing nation wide with the number of requests for medical assistance
increasing every year. We did have many calls of note throughout the year. Our
members continue to provide excellent fire protection to the residents of our district, On
Thanksgiving Day our rapid response to a home kept a stove fire from spreading to the
entire kitchen. Our firefighters responded to a report of a:stove fire and:arrived.,to find
the fire spreading above the stove. Quick work with a fire extinguisher allowed the
situation to be controlled with little spread of the fire. One week later we were
dispatched to a dryer fire in a residence. Again a rapid response averted. disaster. First
arriving units found that the home was filled with smoke and that the fire that had started
in the dryer was spreading up the wall in the basement. A rapid knock down of the fire
stopped the spread of the fire and saved the home. As stated in previous years, the
Cayuga Heights Fire Department responds to many incidents every year that have the
potential to be fully involved structure fire but because of our rapid response times and
well trained firefighters small incidents remain small.
In 2009 we had an average response time of 3.1 minutes with and average of 9
firefighters per call. The average incident length was 18.7 minutes for a total of 2907
man hours spent on calls for our members last year. This number only includes the
amount of time spent on the call itself; it does not include the amount of time spent back
at the station putting equipment back in service after the call. The amount of time it takes
to put equipment back in service is often longer then the call itself. Our members also
spend many hours at the station maintaining our equipment and ensuring that everything
is serviceable and in working order. Our members also ensure that the building and
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grounds are well taken care of. Our members clean the station, paint the walls, and
maintain the grounds and all the other tasks that keep the station and the grounds looking
good.
There are currently 50 members of the fire department and 12 members of the fire
company support staff for a current roster of 62 members. We have been very pleased
this year with our recruiting and retention efforts. We did hold spring and fall recruit
training in 2009. Those who joined the department in 2009 completed their probationary
checklist work and have taken the required state fire classes to maintain their active
membership. We added 10 members in 2009. In last years annual report we had 46
members of the department and 10 members of the support staff so we have grown by 4
department members and 2 company members in 2009. We continue recruiting efforts
throughout the year and always seem to be right around the 50 active member mark
which is where we like to be.
Our EMS responders can not be overlooked. There were 297 EMS incidents in our
district last year. There were over 1400 man hours spent on EMS calls alone for 2009.
The department has 6 paramedics and 12 EMTs. Our EMTs respond to all manner of
medical calls-throughout the year. 'We respond to anything from an automatic medical
alarm to patients in cardiac arrest. We have some of the best equipment in the county to
assist us with our jobs. In 2009 the fire company purchased a LifePak 12 Cardiac
Monitor/Defibrillator for the fire department. At a cost of over $20,000 this project was
completely funded by the fire company's annual donation-letter and proceeds from the
annual yard sale. This piece of equipment is cutting edge and allows us to provide
outstanding cardiac care to our patients.
In 2009 we had. 46 in house trainings at the fire department. We averaged 10 members
per training-'for a total of 1822 man hours of training at. the station or other training
facilities in the area. The in-house trainings put together by members of the department.
Officers and firefighters in the department are encouraged to put together trainings and to
teach them to the membership. Through the year we did several trainings with other
agencies. The Lansing fire department came over a couple of times to do joint trainings.
This is very helpful to get our members and Lansing's members comfortable working
together. Our departments rely on each other so much that we need to be comfortable
working with each others equipment and personnel. We also held a training with Cornell
EMS. We hosted a Guthrie Air Medical Landing Zone training at our station with
CUEMS. Our firefighters also took 1320 hours of state and national fire training last
year. This number includes the required classes of Firefighter I or Scene Support
Operations. All new members are required to take one of these two classes in their first
year with the department. The training hour numbers do not include two very important
categories of training. All EMS members are required to take between 12 and 24 hours
of continuing medical education annually to maintain their certification. This number
also does not include the countless hours of checklist work our new members do to move
up in the ranks of the department. The probationary and interior checklists require the
firefighters to perform skills in front of evaluators to ensure that they are proficient. This
also requires the checklist evaluators to be proficient enough in the skills to be able to
evaluate.
In the past year we have made a couple of improvements to the fire station. After we
replaced the carpet in the company room last year we purchased new couches and a new
television for that area. These projects were funded by the fire council 2% account. This
made the company room area of the fire station more comfortable for members. We also
redid the counter top on the room divider to make it easier for people to sit and work at
the station. The carpet has now been replaced in all of the bunker rooms. We continue to
have small issues with the physical plant of the fire station and we are still investigating a
permanent fix for the problems we have with the heat at the station.
Community outreach continues to be a priority with the fire department. Our annual
visits with Cayuga Heights and Northeast Schools are a highlight of our fall. Going into
the schools with gear and tools and watching the kids get excited about learning from the
firefighters is a thrill for all involved. We have our open house each October that is very
well attended no matter what the weather is. Last spring we sent a couple of members to .
Cornell University to speak with Girls Scouts from all over the central New York area
during their Technology in the Work Place Day. The firefighters took over several pieces
of equipment to show what developing technology has done for the fire service. We
often work with scouting groups, boys and girls, to assist them with their advancement
through the ranks. We also work with the scout leaders teaching them CPR and first aid
at the fire station. Each spring we go out to the middle school and speak to the students,
at Dewitt about the fire service and what it means_ to us. We are starting to see some
return to this project with three new members in the winter/spring class who learned
about the Cayuga Heights Fire Department during one of these visits. Our fire company
sponsored Community CPR Program is still functional. Our CPR instructors teach
several;Community CPR-classes throughout the .year free of charge to anybody who
wishes to learn this important skill. Lieutenant Dave Openshaw has developed and
amazing fire prevention program aimed at the college students in our district. This
program is intended to teach students living in high occupancy buildings the dangers that
are present in those living environments. We have been to all of the sororities and
fraternities in our district with the program and plan on working with Cornell University
EHS to get this message out to the students living in the dormitories.
Our bunking program remains strong and is serving as an example of how a program
should run for many area departments. We still have seven full time bunkers with several
more of our members staying in the overnight rooms on a frequent basis to help out with
calls. Many of the departments in the Central New York region have come by the station
to look at our facilities and ask about the program. Many of these departments have
based their new bunker programs on our model and are using our bunker agreement and
contract for their departments. This program has proved very successful through the
years. The bunkers do an excellent job for the village.
We at the fire department are dedicated to our mission of providing a very high level of
fire and EMS protection to our community. The officers and firefighters of the Cayuga
Heights Fire Department are proud of our accomplishments over the past year and look
forward to improving our services in the coming year. We again would like to thank the
village board for the support that you have given us this past year. Without the support of
the Village of Cayuga Heights and the Town of Ithaca our mission would be impossible.
Thank You.
Sincerel ,
Ue ge Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Superintendent
Fire Department:55002 --
Cayuga Heights Fire Department companies`All
Date Range:From 01/01/2009 to 12/31/2009
Box/Zone/Code:All
District:All
Incident Totals by Time of Day Situation Found:All
Exclude Mutual Aids:No
Exclude Exposures:No
Call Avg
Tim:of Day Count Attend
00:00 - 00:59 17 8.5
01:00 - 01:59 15 8.1
02:00 - 02:59 11 7.4
03:00 - 03:59 _] 6 8.0
04:00 - 04:59 15 8.7
05:00 - 05:59 12 5.1
06:00 - 06:59 14 7.9
07:00 - 07:59 15 9.0
08:00 - 08:59 T I 22 7.5
09:00 - 09:59 ___ _ J 32 7.7
10:00 - 10:59 _ 35 6.3
11:00 - 11:59 ---- -- -— —� 28 8.2
12:00 - 12:59 26 7.8
13:00 - 13:59 w __ 35 9.0
14:00 - 14:59 26 9.4
15:00 - 15:59 _ J 31 9.1
16:00 - 16:59 — 26 9.8
17:00 - 17:59 �_ j 24 10.6
18:00 - 18:59 __' 26 12.0
19:00 - 19:59 23 12.3
20:00 - 20:59 13 13.5
21:00 - 21:59 25 12.8
22:00 - 22:59 21 11.6
23:00 - 23:59 __� 19 12.3
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Cayuga Heights Fire Department Companies:All
Date Range:From 01/01/2009 to 12/31/2009
Box/Zone/Code:All
District:All
Incident Response Performance Analysis Situation Found:All
Exclude Mutual Aids:No
Exclude Exposures:No
Response Time
Response Time
(Minutes) Number of Incidents Totals Additional
0-1 78
Longest Time: 14.0
2 3 281 Incident#: 2009-090283
4-5 91
6.7 31 Average Time: 3.1
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Travel Time
(Minutes) Number of Incidents Totals Additional
0-4 - 428
Longest Time: 24.0
5 9 62 Incident#: 2009-090150
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Incident Length
(Minutes) Number of Incidents Totals Additional
0-29 T] 448 Longest Time: 410.0
30-59 34 Incident#: 2009-090055
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