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HomeMy WebLinkAboutrepjul2015.pdfEXHIBIT 2016- 044 September 3, 2015 Honorable Kate Supron Board of Trustees Village of Cayuga Heights Monthly Report July 2015 In July we again had a total of 44 calls. There were 26 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 12 calls in the Town of Ithaca and 6 mutual aid requests. We had 28 EMS runs and 16 fire calls. We again saw a bump in call responses due to weather related incidents. On July 14th a storm rolled through the village and caused some problems with flooded basements and trees down in roadways. Crews worked quickly to assist home owners with water removal. Luckily these storms seem to move through quickly so we are busy for a few hours then it tends to calm down. July was a fairly slow month for training. We did take the trucks to the inlet in Ithaca for pump training. We are working hard to get some of our members through the driver training program and one of the last things the trainees have to do is pump from the draft. While our district is 100% cover ed by hydrants we do respond mutual aid regularly and need to perform rural water supply operations. Many of our neighbors have small or no hydrant systems and drafting water from creeks or ponds is the only way to supply water to the attack apparatus. The inlet by the training center offers us a great place to do this type of training. We are currently working through some mandated EMS protocol updates from the health department. Working with the Brent and the DPW we are planning to move forward in mid-August with the siding and insulation project at 825 Hanshaw. The current tenant is planning to vacate the house on August 15th and the work will hopefully begin soon after that. We are planning on residing the outside and painting the inside. We did push the front pad project to September so that the work on the house could be completed and the new tenants will move in in September. The paving is waiting on Suit Kote to have a road project in the village and they can move get the parking lot paved while they have equipment in the village. HSC is ordering the air handler for the second floor at the station which will be installed in August. Fall Recruiting is progressing well. We met with Cornell Student Services and have taken out an advertisemen t in the Freshman Orientation program. We are going to attend the North Campus Safety Fair hosted by Environmental Health at Cornell in late September and will be taking the ladder and rescue truck as static displays. We are hoping to attract incoming freshmen with some background in firefighting. We have found through the years that many incoming Cornell students have volunteered as teenagers at home. While we welcome all who wish to volunteer we would really like to grab some new members who have alre ady been through the basic firefighting training. We have also gotten several inquiries about joining from people attending Movie Night. We are hoping to get 15 to 20 recruits for the fall class. We have been having a great summer with Movie Night at the Station. The average attendance is around 30 people. We saw the largest attendance when we showed Star Wars Episode IV when we had about 70 people. The kids really enjoy the free popcorn, freeze pops, watermelon and ice cream. The food truck has bee n a great success and they have been using movie night to roll out new creations that have kept the selections very fresh. We are looking forward to the return of many of our student members in August. We are very thankful to those resident and student volunteers who have been in town all summer and have kept our department rolling. We have had a steady summer and everybody has worked hard to ensure we have covered all calls. Sincerely, George Tamborelle Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent