HomeMy WebLinkAboutFire Department Report 9/14/1970FIRE DEPARTMENT
VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
J� 194 Pleasant Grove Road
Ithaca, New York
September 14, 1970
• Hon. Frederick G. Marcham, Mayor
Members of the Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Gentlemen:
August shows a total of 9 alarms. Four of these were false alarms. None of
the false alarms were malicious and three were directly traced to malfunctions in
the leased telephone line connecting Cayuga Heights School to the fire station.
The other alarms were all of a rountine nature.
Our average response when the alerting devices were activated was again
excellent 19.3 men.
Repairs to apparatus and equipment have made serious inroads into our repair
budget. Every effort is being made to stay within our repair budget but we have
experienced a series of costly breakdowns. The main items being: the main alerting
siren, Engine 2 failing its annual pump test, Engine 3 failing its annual pump test,
and Engine 1 with a difficult to locate short which caused the batteries to go dead.
The reasons for these breakdowns vary but mostly they reflect increased use of
apparatus for both fire fighting and training, increase in the amount of apparatus
and equipment, increasing age of apparatus and equipment.
As the time approaches for negotiation of next years fire protection contracts
•with the towns of Ithaca and Lansing the Fire Council will make some suggestions to
the trustees in the near future. As a start the following figures show the sources
of alarms.
Total alarms of fire 1/1/70 - 8/31/70 = 57
Within Village - - -
- - 22 -
- 39%
Town of Ithaca - - -
- - 16 -
- 28%
Town of Lansing - - -
- - 8 -
- 14%
Mutual Aid - - -
- - 3 -
- 5%
False Alarms - - -
- - 8 -
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57
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A small library of reference books has been set up for use by the volunteers.
This carries out another of the NYFPRO's suggestions.
The building program is now awaiting final plans and specifications from Tallman
and Thomas. The latest word from their office is that these will not be ready for
this meeting. We do have available the preliminary floor and site drawings which
the fire council has approved so that the final drawings could be made. These will
be available at the September meeting.
Approval to purchase the following items is requested. There are funds in the
budget for these items.
2 Steel storage shelves -
• -
24 Fire fighting brooms - -
Air tank refill station - -
24 pair firemen's gloves -
- - $ 28.4o
- - 33.36 (State Contract Price)
- - 82.45
72.00
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RespecfuLly submitted,
Red G. Boice
Fire Chief
Monthly Report Cayuga Heights Fire Department
August 1970
Report of Alarms:
Date Type Location Damage Man hours
UFT Vehicle 210 Texas Lane 200 3
8/3 False
8/8 Oven 103 Maplewood Dr. minor 71
8/18 Oven Lansing East none 102
8/20 Accident Hanshaw & Parkway none 14
8/28 Wires down 104 Klinewood Rd. none
8/30 False
8/30 False
8/31 False
9 Alarms $200 + 35t hours
Average response per alarm - 19.3 men when alerting devices used.
Complaints and Investigations:
8/5 209 Texas Lane Wires down
8/11 1018 Triphammer Rd. Wires down
8/12 Super Duper Smoke and embers from incinerator
8/23 200 N. Triphammer Rd. Automobile Accident - Oxygen
Vehicles
•# No. Fires Miles Hours Drills - Miles - Hours Other
Car 1 5 29 —3-F— 1 9 10 hrs. + 169 mi.
Engine 1 2 1.1 21.0 3 47 5 -3/4 14J + 216 "
Engine 2 3 10 2z 5 65 5.0 " + 142
Engine 3 X X X X X X 32 "+ 65 "
Totals 10 50 26 -3/4 9 121 12 37� hro. 592 mi.
Vehicle Expense
# Fuel Oil Other
Car 1 30.6 None
Engine 1 81.7 Pump repairs
Engine 2 79.0 Pump repairs
Engine 3 6.8 Pump repairs
Totals 198.1 gallons
Equipment Used: (Fire Fighting Only)
Npe Frequency Amount
moke Ejector 1
Dri l.l.s
• :7ate Type Number men Man hours
h1:1'9 Company 21 ---W2—
8/24 Group special 4 6
,,27 3 41
3 j23 Squad 3 6 102
4 34 63
., Bunkers and
resident man hours: 372
man hours on duty (one
man 7:00 P.M.
- 7:00 a.m.)
Name
Equipment Checks
Station Maintenance
Fires
Drills
• R. Day
hrs.
15 bra.
7 hrs.
20 hrs.
D. Barnes
10 hrs.
32 bra.
5 hrs.
10 hrs.
Chief man hours - Total
Alarms and standbys
Drills and Training
Fire Prevention
Investigation
Administration
82 hours
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21
651
Volunteers man hours in addition to fires, drills and training: 202 hours
Inspections: Atwaters Super Duper (INCINERATOR ONLY)
310 Triphammer Road
BOCES (PRELIMINARY)
Northeast Grade School (PRELIMINARY)
Petrillose Cleaners (Check on hazard corrections)
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