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Fire Chief's ?;sport to ;+ne :974
The Fire Deparcmen;:. ^esponded ;•o elever. alarxc. ( =a Ing the wont -b of June.
On dmnr—. 4, l ';� T- ,ngi.cas 201, 202, and Car 261 reapon;tr: to r. a:r.:gll gxahe
fire r.1t '_;_i;. 6u:: ^e'{'• ;'i.:iue. Ten firemen were present.
1 "ce ;Jtq jrtmerit was called to 101 Klinewoods Road on June 8. 1971! wher •:
.Lin', asbc- .)v- cheated and was smoking. Car 261 and one man answere4 this yell,
a.: flh? ;:onr ,njoer said there was no fire.
T,* %c :. ...) nartment answered five calls on June 10, 1974, mostly due to a
severe storm.
11.c first call at 2:35 p.m. eras at 435 Wyckoff Road when an interior fire
alarm maalfunaticnad. Engine 202 and Car 261 responded with three men. The fire
monitors were not used as there was no fire according to the person who called
in the alarm.
At 9 :20 p.m., a second call was to the Convenient Food Mart where a second
floor office and the Food Mart were flooded when the roof leaked. Engine 203,
Car 261, and 13 men responded and swept out water and used tarpaulins to protect
furniture and merchandise.
. A 'third call at 9 :39 p.m. was to the Cayuga Heights School when the storm
caused a malfunction in the fire alarm system at the school. Engine 201, Car 261;
and V, uen responded.
=•.lso at 9:30 p.m., a fourth call vise received for a fire at 101 Highgate Rd.
Engine 202, Car 261, and 12 men responded and extinguished a fire in a partition
caused by lightning.
A fifth call at 10:30 P.M. was to 106 Highgate Road, where electric wires
ware doom and burning. Engine 201 and 9 men responded.
O.: Ju.1e 122 1974, Engines 201, 202, and Car 261 and eleven men responded
to 511 Ylinp Road, where an electric motor in a dishwasher overheated and was
burning.
The Department was cal Iad to Klinsvroods Road on June 15, at 12:33 p.m., when
heavy winds blew down electric wires which were burning on the ground. Engine
202, Car 261, and 14 men answered the alarm. Several firemen stood by for
four hours until the electric company arrived at the scene.
On June 27, 1974; a malfunction in the interior alarm system at the Cayuga
IIeighcs Gchool caused by a loss of electric power was sounded at 2:34 p.m.
Engines 201, 202, and Car 261 and 9 men responded.
The Fire Department was called to the Hill Drug Store on June 28, 1974,
ac 10:36 a.m. to extinguish a fire in a waste barrel. Engine 201, Car 261, and
• four men responded.
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We hnve 'ievai+ed. word that our new ladder vrv.ck will t)e reinx ;:cr delivery
on Augusb 17, 19711..
As yaa hncw, `,:wn�r Sire Chief Ned Boise had programmed the rnplacerarnt
of 17,wgine .0nwpa_ 2103 for 1975• This truck will be 16 years old and must be
replm:eu.. The mire Council has appointed a committee to obtain and pre.parN
aueen for a new pumper. The latest word we have is that a new truck from most.
aierapani.::r; %ri.D. take from two to three years to fill an order. We have talked
x:Lth oiw.. ?anvany that purchased several trucks ahead of the excessive price
i.ncressPC„ and they can fill an order for a regular pumper for 1979. Prelim -
.ira i Sri: ;h this company indicate an order placed with this company could
save the Village between 10 and 15,000 dollars. I should be able to give you
a fta " "L ..port on this at the'raeeting.
Bueene J. 1Jymek, Fire Inspector, reports that in June he visited the
316 Highland Roan, constvaction site at least once a weer. and advised the otmer,
Mr. Sal Indelicato, that the north section was acceptable for occupancy.
bir. Hill was advised that his property at 1007 Triphammer Road was in
compliance with the Multiple Residence Residence Law.
Plans were reviewd on June 21 with Mr. D. Griffith of BOCES fcr the new
maintenance and storage building to ba constructed at BOLES. He will also be
. asainting *rith plans for classrooms to be developed in the space presently
occupied by the maintenance department.
Lowell T. George
Fire Chief
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