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Home My WebLink Aboutrepsept14.pdfEXHIBIT 2015-046 September 16, 2015 Honorable Kate Supron Board of Trustees Village of Cayuga Heights Monthly Report – September, 2014 September was a steady month with 47 calls. There were 17 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 25 calls in the Town of Ithaca and 5 mutual aid requests. We had 22 EMS runs and 25 fire calls. Late in the month our crews responded to Graham Road in the Village of Lansing for a reported apartment fire in the middle of the day. We were able to immediately respond E202 to the scene with a full crew. We were the first engine on scene and the crew made a rapid entry to the apartment to find it full of heavy smoke. It was determined that an unattended heat source had caused the carpet and part of a couch to ignite. The fire was quickly brought under control and we ventilated the smoke from the apartment. September was a good month for training. Early in the month we took everybody over to the Crash Fire Rescue building at the airport for a refresher on airport responses in anticipation of the airport disaster drill scheduled for October 11th. We went over response procedures and alarm assignments to the airport. The next two trainings we held were in preparation for the joint FAST training with departments from three counties. We did training on large area searches and downed firefighter packaging and movement. We are working closely with departments from Tompkins, Cortland and Cayuga Counties to improve procedures for rescue of downed firefighters. Many departments are developing team and procedures. Our department has had a team in place for the last eight years so we are teaching the other departments the way we operate as well as picking up tips from them. These are lively and very ha nds on strenuous trainings. The FAST drill was held the last Tuesday of the month in Cortland this time. Our senior members spent countless hours in September getting the spring probies through their checklists. We have accepted 10 new members into the department after our fall recruit drive and training will start in early November. Our apparatus is in good working order at this time. We have L231 back in service and it is showing no further leak problems from the lift jack. I am still in the process of working with the manufacturer E-One to get some reimbursement from them for the work performed. U243 had a rust problem on the driver’s side. Dodge finally came through after many phone calls and emails and covered the cost of the body work. The work is done at this time. We have had two of the air handling units at the station fail in September. We have been repairing this unit for several years. The units tend to freeze and crack causing water leaks. We have been working closely with HSC Associates for some time now and they are having a difficult time procuring repair parts for these air handlers. At this time I have gotten a quote to replace the air handlers. We will salvage parts from one unit to repair the other one and then completely replace the second unit. We will continue to work with HSC and will plan to budget for replacement of units in the next fiscal year. Several members of the department again traveled to New York City for the Tunnel to the Towers Run on September 28th. The race was first run in 2003 and the Cayuga Heights Fire Department has participated every year since. We are looking forward to a safe and productive fall. Sincerely, George Tamborelle Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent