HomeMy WebLinkAboutFire Department Reports for Jan 1973CAYUGA HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORT FOR JANUARY 1973
The department responded to 5 alarms of fire and 2 incidents during the
month. Alarms were:
1/3 Mutual Aid to Lansing (Langmuir Lab)
1/3 Mutual Aid to Trumansburg (Needed Smoke Ejectors)
1/3 Accidental False Boces
1/4 Wires down (Oak Hill and Parkway)
116 Vehicle 412 Hanshaw Road $100 loss
Incidents were:
117 Natural Gas Leak (600 Block Highland Road)
125 Smoke Odor in House (1037 Hanshaw Road)
At recent meetings of the Fire Company and Fire Council the fire protection
contract, as proposed, was approved by each body.
Bids for the ladder truck are scheduled to be opened on February 16
and a recommendation concerning these bids will be made at the February
Board Meeting.
At the January meeting of the fire council the matter of hydrants was
again discussed and the council wishes to remind the Board that in
January 1972 they recommended that 16 new hydrants be added to the
water supply system.
At this same meeting the council discussed the matter of changing the
name of the Fire Department Equipment Fund. They felt that there was
no real advantage to changing the name and request that the present
name of the fund be continued.
The fire inspector requests that if changes in the Zoning Ordinances
are made to permit 'bluster Housing" that before definitions are written
into the ordinance that clarification of N.Y.S. Multiple Residence
Law as it would apply to this type of construction be obtained and
the ordinances be written to include approval of the inspector prior
to issuance of any permits for construction of 'bluster Housing" in
the Village. The Fire Chief wishes to advise the Board that 'bluster
Housing" in large amounts might change the needs and operational
procedures of the fire department and be reflected in increased costs
for operation of the fire department.
Ned G. Boice
Fire Chief