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REPORT FOR JUNE 1972
The department responded to 7 alarms of fire and 17 incidents during the
month. Eleven of the incidents were storm related, flooding, etc.
To assist the Corning area, at the request of the County Fire Coordinator,
the department sent the portable pump to the Corning Fire Department.
Our departmental policy on flooded cellars and the like is: we investigate
the situation and if an emergency exists we assist the owner in shutting
down gas and electric service. We then advise him to secure the services
of a commercial establishment to pump his cellar and restore his property
to a safe and sanitary condition. The reason for this policy is that
we rely on volunteers for manpower and our pumping capacity is limited
to one portable pump. It would not be possible to provide equal service
to everyone calling if we pumped cellars. This policy seems to meet
the need for emergency service and apparently is satisfactory to the
residents of the fire protection area.
At the end of six months our total responses show an increase of 14.
Response to alarms of fire decreased by 4, responses to other incidents
increased by 18. This again reflects the growing national trend to call
the fire department for non -fire emergencies.
Break down is as- follows:
Alarms of Fire: Total 26
Village 15 Loss $3,200
Town 8 Loss 260
Mutual aid 3
Incidents: Total. 38
Village 21
Town 17
J
Ned G. Boice
Fire Chief