HomeMy WebLinkAboutFire Department Report for April 1975CAYUGA FEIGNP'S FIAT? DF2Arr".07r
Report for the runtl: of April 1975
On April 41 1975, at 5 :15 p.m., Engine 201, 202, Truck 234, and Car 261 responded
to 308 Cayuga Heights Road. The third floor had smoke and a burning odor. nves-
tigation revealed a rubber pillow had fallen behind a bed and against a base heat-
ing element setting "-he pillow afire and scorching the wall. Twenty -one men
responded to the fire.
An alarm was received from 122 Texas Lane on April 5, 1975 at 1:28 p.m. where
a clothes closet was on fire. Damage was confined to the closet and contents..
Engines 201, 202, Truck 234, and Car 261 responded with 19 men.
County Fire Control requested our department to stand by at the Fire Station to ba
ready to respond to a major fire in Groton if needed. Eight men stood by for two
hours, but the department was not needed.
On April 11, 1975, a fire call was received from the Ccrners Drug Store. A burned
out ballast in a ceiling light caused an odor and smoke. Nine men with Engines 201,
202 responded.
An accidental alarm occurred at Dewitt Junior High School on April 17, 1975 at
1:55 P.m., when a Vice Principal tried to re -set the school alarm system after a
fire drill. A telephone call from the school stopped the response of the engines.
The monitors were not alerted.
• A malfunction in the alarm system at Cayuga Heights School called out the department
on April 17, 1975 at 5:55 p.m. Engines 201, 202, Truck 234, and Car 261 responded
with 18 men.
On April 19, 1975, Engines 201, 202, Truck 234, and Car 261 with 19 men responded
to 106 Deerfield Drive. Grease being melted on a stove spattered against the
wall setting it afire. Damage wan confined to a small area by the stove.
A malfunction in the alarm system at Cayuga Heights School was responsible for an
alarm on April 22, 1975 at 4 :40 p.m. E:igines 201, 202, Truck 234, and Car 261
responded with 12 men. Investigation later revealed a bad ceiling smoke detector
which was replaced.
On April 26, 1975 at 4 :30 a.m., five men responded to the fire station when a mal-
function in the system at County Fire Control set off all of the sirens and fire
horns in the County. The monitors were not alerted.
Also on April 26, 1975, at 8:55 a.m., Coady Fire Control requested the Cayuga
Heights Department for manpower to stand by at the Ithaca Central Fire Station
while Ithaca had a fire drill with men and equipment at Ithaca College. Cayuga
Heights firemen responded with some Ithaca firemen to Cornell University North
Campus Union where there was a kitchen grease fire.
One incident was reported on April 23, 1975, at 11:30 P.m., when a neighbor re-
ported a flashing light in the woods in the rear of 709 Triphammer Road. Car 261
• and four men investigated but were unable to find any lights.
page 2 Cayuga Heights Fire Department - rte%ort for month of April 3.975
Advertisements were placed in several newspapers to sell our 19511 Ford pumper.
• Two persons bid on the truck, neither of whom wished to use it as a fire truck.
One bid was for $500. The second bidder bid $800 for the truck, stripped, and
$12002 as is. This includes seven red -light Booster reel and line, ladders, and
two fire extinguishers.
The Fire Council recommends we accept the $1200 bid and asks your approval.
County Fire Control is in need of and wishes to purchase a recorder to record all
radio messages and telephone calls. It is necessary to obtain approval and funds
from our County representatives.
The Fire Departments in the County support this request and are passing resolutions
and forwarding these to the County Representatives. Each Department is asking their
Village or Town Boards to also support this request.
A proposed resolution has been given to our Clerk for your consideration.
Lowell T. George
Fire Chief
APRIL FIRE INSPECTION REPORT
During the month of April, the Village of Cayuga Heights garage area was inspected,
and re- inspections were made of the Congregational Church on Highland Road and the
Kappa Delta Rho fraternity.
• Progress in recommendations are reported in both locations.
Eugene J. Dymek
Fire Inspector
•