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CAYUGA HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORT FOR MAY 1971
There were nine routine fire alarms in May with an estimated fire loss of $300.
• Three investigations and one fire inspection were made. The fire inspection
was of the BOCES complex and accounted for about 20 manhours by the inspector.
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The annual hose tests (required by the underwriters) were completed. This is
the pressure testing of each length of the 5300 feet of hose owned by the
department. The test involves removing each 50 foot length from the trucks,
testing it to 250 pounds pressure, cleaning and drying each length, recording
the test on individual hose inventory cards and finally reloading each length
on the trucks. This was accomplished by the volunteers at the three squad drills
held in May and represents many, many hours of hard labor. All the hose, even
the 2000 feet of hose purchased 16 years ago, was determined to be in serviceable
condition. This reflects the proper care by the department and the careful
selection of the original hose by the fire commissioners in 1955.
Attached to this report you will find a letter request from the resident driver's
wife, Mrs. R. Day, for more frequent garbage pickup at the fire station. The
Fire Council approved this request at their recent meeting and suggests that for
the reasons stated in Mrs. Day's letter that this practice be instituted.
The building program is progressing very well except for the installation of the
sprinklers. This will be delayed because we were unable to furnish the trenching
at the time the contractor had men and equipment available to install the 6 -inch
supply line across Pleasant Grove Road. Because of the delay and the fact that
the general contractor for the building could not delay the completion of the fire
walls and stay on schedule, some of the piping for the sprinklers will be in-
stalled exposed instead of concealed as originally planned.
The Fire Council's Building and Grounds Committee, chaired by Orval French, is
writing specifications for painting and hopes to secure cost estimates for
presentation at this meeting.
The Council requests the Board's approval to make the equipment purchases listed.
This will complete our equipment purchases for the year and still leave a small
balance in the equipment fund budget. The Council wishes to make these purchases
now to avoid predicted price increases. Not all of the prices show the discounts
but, for example, helmets sell for prices ranging upwards from $17.95 and we are
purchasing for less than $10.00 each through National Auto -weld.
Item
List Price
CHFD Price
Smoke ejector
259.00
211.50
Hose jacket
125.85
106.07
Siamese
63.05
53.50
Wye
54.25
46.45
quick action hose set
35.00
35.00
Federal Vitalight
25.00
21.00
H D Rescue saw
109.00
65.10
H D Battery charger
150.00
150.00
2 Foam nozzles
282.00
239.70
15 Turnout coats
582.85
582.85
15 Helmets
131.25
131.25
• 15 Pair safety boots
]. Pair fire police boots
383.90
11.95
383.90
11.95
15 Fire Police safety vests
47.25
47.25
3 Fire Police hats
22.50
22.50
1 Fire Police raincoat
17.95
17.95
1 Cap rain cover
4.25
4.25
2,305.05
Cost
2,130.22
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The Council requests authorization to purchase the following items out of the
Building Fluid.
Office - Dispatch Room Furnishings $341.05
Materials to move radios 318.18
Materials to construct console 210.30
Telephone relocation 145.00
$170-M-5-3
The Council also requests approval to increase the monthly telephone charges
by $10.20/month. (The increased amount provided in the utilities budget for
71 -72 should provide funds for this.)
After checking prices, including state contract prices, we find we can purchase
the needed furnishings from the Adirondack Co. and the Indoor - Outdoor carpeting
from Sears at the best prices.
Multi- purpose modular desk $ 99.60
2 Desk chairs 119.70
2 Side Chairs 66.50
12' x 17' carpet 55.25
$3 +
The material only to move antenna and the two existing radios includes one new
antenna to replace one on loan which is hooked up temporarily to our county base
radio and moving the present alerting system radio into the new Office- Dispatch
room. This also includes the needed cable, fittings, etc. to install the antennas
on the pole which is to be installed soon. This will result in removal of the
maze of antennas which now adorn the fire station roof giving us better lightning
protection, to say nothing of better radio communications.
The materials for the console will enable the communications committee (G. Moravec,
S. Lewis and H. McEwen) to consolidate the radio and communications equipment now
located on the shelf in the rear of the fire station into a neat, safe, efficient
cabinet and eliminate the hodge -podge of wires etc. that now esists.
We are indeed fortunate to have these men who have both the skills and knowledge
to accomplish this, volunteer to do the labor involved. Motorola quoted $320 to
install the one new antenna and a rough estimate on the console was $1,000.
Relocation of telephone service in the new building is quite involved and rather
than go into detail our basic aims are to add two extensions to the emergency
phone and one extension to the business phone. This will serve the greatly
expanded area and at the same time improve the existing service. We also propose
to remove the various bells and gongs now installed and to install one large bell
on the emergency phone (loud enough to be heard throughout the ground floor)
and two smaller bells on the business phone. This step will solve the current
problem of identifying which phone is ringing also eliminate the operational
problems now encountered by having more than the recommended number of phones
ringing on the same circuit. The increase in monthly charges will bring our
cost to $51.26/month for the two phones. The other monthly charge we pay is for
• the leased line to activate the Christopher Circle siren and these costs will
remain the same.
Ned G. Boice
Fire Chief