HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHFD07092012.pdf.pdf July 6, 2012
Honorable Kate Supron
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report—June, 2012
There were 42 calls for the fire department in June. There were 29 calls in the Village of
Cayuga Heights, 9 calls in the Town of Ithaca and 4 mutual aid requests. We had 21
EMS runs and 21 fire calls. In the middle of the month we responded to a call where an
individual lacerated his arm causing an arterial bleed. Arriving units held direct pressure
on the injury and slowed the bleeding. The patient was transported to the hospital with
rescue personnel on board the ambulance. The patient was stabilized and his arm was
saved.
June trainings were pretty routine. Early in the month we did a wild land firefighting
refresher. We went through our brush fire equipment and made sure that it was all in
service. We did an EMS training on allergic reactions that was well attended. At the end
of the month we took delivery of our new air packs. Tyler Fire Equipment came to the
station and did training with about half of our members in attendance. We covered the
new packs and basic maintenance procedures. We will hold two more trainings to get the
rest of our member's up to speed, one at the end of July and one in late August. We plan
to put the new pack in service after the training at the end of July.
During our annual ladder testing L231 was taken out of service due to leaking hydraulic
lift on the ladder. It has been sent out for service on the O ring and will likely be back the
first week in July. All of our ground ladders passed the annual testing. Hose testing will
be done some time in July or August.
We have an open bunker room at this time that we are hoping to fill in August. We have
had a couple of the members who are currently summer bunking express interest in the
room. One of them has been living in his fraternity house and told me that he really
enjoys how clean and quite the bunker area is compared to a frat house.
The summer has been steady but our members are handling the load well.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent