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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnual Report of the Fire Department 19781978 A 11 N U A L R E P O R T F I R E D E P A R T M E N T V I L L A G E O F C A Y U G A H E I G H T S I CAYUGA HEIGHTS FIRF DEPARTMENT 194 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 Honorable Frederick G. Marcham, Mayor, and Members of the Board of Trustees Village of Cayuga Heights Gentlemen: I am submitting herewith the Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1978• The Department responded to 221 emergencies, of which 107 were general alarms and 114 were incident investigations. This is an increase of 64 emergencies over last year. This can be attributed to the first aid calls and mutual aid responses. The insured fire loss for the Village in 1978 was :9,276.98, down considerably from last year. The loss in that part of the Town of Ithaca which is in our fire district was $4,072.56, about the same as last year. Our Volunteer Fire Department has 58 active members. Of these, 43 are active firemen and 15 are fire police. Our response to alarms has been very good both day and night. We are very interested in recruiting new members and encourage anyone interested to talk with us about becoming a member. The Department members spent many hours responding to alarms, attending Fire Schools, drills, training sessions, and working at the Station. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members for their interest, support, and loyalty to the Department. I would also like to thank the members of the Board of Trustees for their cooperation and support over this past year. Respectfully submitted, Lowell T. George Fire Chief I N D E X Offieera - Fire Department and Fire Company Classification and Number of Alarms Fire Causes Fire Loss Incident Responses Mutual Aid Manpower Response /tdembership Equipment Used at Alarms and Incidents Present Status of Vehicles /Department Vehicles Equipment Purchased /First Aid Squad Training Fire Prevention Fire Inspection Page No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 r 9 10 11 and 12 12 13 page 1 ANNUAL REPORT 1978 CAYUGA HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT Lowell T. George, Fire Chief * Edward C. Collins, lst Assistant Fire Chief Francis L. Miller, 2nd Assistant Fire Chief * Robert J. Hults, 3rd Assistant Fire Chief Daniel R. Rogers, lst Lieutenant Michael J. Carver, 2nd Lieutenant Richard Wielechowski, 3rd Lieutenant Richard A. Vorhis, 4th Lieutenant (Fire Police) CAYUGA IiEIGHTS FIRE CO[4PAIiY NO. 1, Inc. Gerald S. Thomas, President Robert C. Swarthout, Vice President George R. Hanselman, Secretary Edward L. Kabelac, Assistant Secretary Edgar A. Whiting, Treasurer Ronald E. Anderson, Fire Warden * William H. Thompson, Fire Warden e Denotes Member of Fire Council CLP,SSIFICATION AND NUMBER OF ALARMS PROPERTY CLASSIFI•CATIOI7 Public Assembly Education Institution Residence Apartment Dormitory Private Dwelling Hotel Motel Mobile Home Mercantile - Stores Offices Utilities Industrial - Manufacture Storage Special Properties Motor Vehicles Other Standby Mutual Aid TOTALS GRAND TOTAL ALARMS TYPE OF SITUATION FOUND Fire Explosion (no fire) Rescue crash (no fire) Hazardous condition Public service call Alarm (no fire) Alarm (malicious) Electrical Failure Other page 2 VILLAGE FIRE DISTRICT MUTUAL AID FIRES NON -FIRES FIRES NON -FIRES FIRES NON -FIRES MUTUAL AID 10 1 1 16 12 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 11 7 6 5 1 1 1 7 1 3 1 2 1 23 13 72 2�F VILLAGE 22 3 10 Standby 1 Mutual Aid TOTALS 3T GRAND TOTALS SITUATIONS FOUND FIRE DISTRICT 11 3 1 18 3 1 16 1 8 --W ?.7 107 MUTUAL AID 10 4 12 1 8 35 107 r pope 3 FIRE CAUSES The Department responded to 43 actual fires during 1977. Listed below are the breakdown causes in two categories. ACT OR OMISSION (N.F.P.A. 901, Chapter J) NUMBER Incendiary Act Suspicious Act 4 Misuse of Heat of Ignition 2 Misuse of Material Ignited 12 Mechanical Failure of Malfunction 22 Construction, Design, or Installation Deficiency 1 Other Act - ra„iaaion 2 TOTAL 43 EQUIPMEPIT INVOLVED III IGNITION (N.F.P.A. 901, Chapter F) Heating System 1 Cooking Equipment 10 Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Equipment Electrical Distribution Equipment 7 Electrical Appliances and Equipment 7 Special Equipment 1 Processing Equipment Service and Maintenance Equipment Other Object, Exposure Fire 17 (Includes any fire not caused by any of the above) TOTAL 43 r page It FIRE LOSS TOTALS $6,108.00 5,217.00 37,700.00 51,031.49 9,276.98 TOWN OF ITHACA 1974 1975 1976 Buildings and Contents 136.56 15,455.00 2,075.00 Autos 0 200.00 650.00 Exposure Loss 0 0 0 TOTALS $ 136.56 15,655.00 2,725.00 1971 VILLAGE 3,735.00 4,000.00 1,050.00 1214 1975 1976 1977 19 8 Buildings and Contents $5,408.00 2,060.00 36,300.00 46,451.49 5,943.42 Autos 700.00 3,157.00 1,400.00 4,580.00 3,333.56 Exposure Loss 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS $6,108.00 5,217.00 37,700.00 51,031.49 9,276.98 TOWN OF ITHACA 1974 1975 1976 Buildings and Contents 136.56 15,455.00 2,075.00 Autos 0 200.00 650.00 Exposure Loss 0 0 0 TOTALS $ 136.56 15,655.00 2,725.00 1971 1978 3,735.00 4,000.00 1,050.00 72.56 0 0 4,785.00 4,072.56 INCIDENT RESPONSES INCIDE11T Assist Citizen Alarm Malfunction Auto Accident Animals in Building Assist Police Assist D.P.W. Dangerous Condition Electric Police Fire Electric Problem Flooded Basement Assist Other Departments Fire Prevention Survey Gasoline Flush Gas Leak Gas Odor Standby for Storm Smoke Odor Shovel out Hydrants Medical Emergency Wires Down TOTALS TOTAL INCIDENT RESPONSES VILLAGE 2 3 1 3 5 1 6 5 19 6 3 1 2 3 4 .2 12 1 fi FIRE DISTRICT 4 11 29 page 5 MUTUAL AID 2 2 2 6 114 page 6 MJTUAL AID RECEIVED FROM Alarm #25 Lansing #5 for Standby at Cayuga Heights Station Alarm #79 Lansing #5 for Standby at Cayuga Heights Station GIVEN TO Alarm #3 Ithaca to Standby Alarm #8 Lansing at Cooke Garage Alarm #9 Lansing at 9 Highgate Circle Alarm #10 Ithaca to No. 9 Station and Central Station to Standby Alarm #11 Lansing at Chateau Claire Apartments Alarm #13 Lansing at Pyramid Alarm #20 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #22 Varna at Varna Station to Standby Alarm #26 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #27 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #28 Lansing at Cayuga Mall Alarm #29 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #31 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #33 Varna at Varna Station to Standby Alarm #35 Lansing at Division for Youth School Alarm #38 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #39 Lansing at Mini Mall Alarm #40 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #43 Ithaca at Y.M.C.A. Alarm #49 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #53 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #59 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #68 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #69 Lansing at Lansing North Apartments Alarm #70 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #73 Lansing at Division for Youth School Alarm #78 Lansing at Lansing North Apartments Alarm #80 Lansing at Route 13 for a car fire Alarm #81 Lansing at Lansing West Apartments Alarm #85 Lansing at Division for Youth School Alarm #97 Lansing at Pyramid Mall Alarm #101 Lansing to Standby at Cayuga Heights Station Alarm #104 Lansing at Chateau Claire Apartments Alarm #105 Ithaca to Standby at Cayuga Heights Station Alarm #106 Lansing to Standby at Lansing #5 Station Total Mutual Aid received - 2 Total Mutual Aid Given - 35 MANPOWER RESPONSE page 7 Active Volunteer Firemen in the Department 43 Active Fire Police in the Department 15 TOTAL 58 There were 8 Volunteer Firemen recruited in 1978. Three members resigned and two members retired with exempt status. ME14BER AVERAGE ALARMS RESPONSE MEMBER RESPONSE General Alarms (days) 37 599 16.2 (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) General Alarms (evenings) 50 1035 20.7 (4:00 p.m. to 12:00 P4id. ) General Alarms (nights) 20 385 19.25 (12:00 a.m. Mid. to 8:00 a.m.) TOTAL 107 2019 Incident Calls (days) 64 272 4.25 (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) Incident Calls (evenings) 39 151 3.87 (4:00 p.m. to 12:00 Mid.) Incident Calls (nights) 11 40 3.6 (12:00 Mid. to 8:00 a.m.) TOTAL 114 463 Active Volunteer Firemen in the Department 43 Active Fire Police in the Department 15 TOTAL 58 There were 8 Volunteer Firemen recruited in 1978. Three members resigned and two members retired with exempt status. Air Masks Brooms B & P Cuff Cascade System Crow Dar First Aid Kit Flares Floodlights Gas Detector Generator (portable) Handlights Hose 3" Hose Hose l" Hose Hard Suction Hose Booster Line Hose Clamps Indian Back Pump Ladders Ladders Aerial Mops and Pail Oxygen Pike Pole Plastic EQUIPMENT USED AT ALARMS AND INCIDENTS Amount Used 8 11 15 2 10 6 12 1 3 94 1125 ft. 200 ft. 1050 ft. 20 ft. 1800 ft. 1 2 167 ft. 3 5 4 1 100 ft. Number of Times 3 3 15 2 2 10 2 6 1 3 37 4 4 6 1 18 1 1 10 3 5 4 1 1 Portable Pump Resusciator Rope Stethescope Squeegees Step Ladder Shovels Smoke Ejector Stokes Stretcher Tools Wet Vacuum Wrecking Bar page 8 Amount Number of Used Times 16 16 1 1 100 ft. 1 15 15 18 9 3 3 18 9 10 10 1 1 9 9 10 10 2 2 Company Extinguisher - Dry Chemical 70 lbs. Company Extinguisher CO2 55 lbs. Privately Owned Dry Chem Extinguisher 85 lbs. Privately Owned CO2 0 DEPARTMENT VEHICLES ALARM INCIDENT MILES FUEL USED VEHICLE RESPONSES RESPONSES DRIVEN GALLONS Engine 201 62 3 942 366.2 Engine 202 17 2 505 120.3 page 9 90 15 912 365.7 PRESE14T STATUS OF VEHICLES 2 683 359.3 Squad Truck 241 80 65 992 FIRST LINE UNTIL RESERVE UNTIL In addition to Engine 201 (1968) 1000 G.P.M. pumper 1983 1988 Engine 202 (1960) 750 G.P.M. Pumper Expired 1980 Engine 203 (1975) 1250 G.P.M. Pumper 1990 1995 Truck • 234 (1974) Ladder Truck 1989 1994 Squad Truck 241 (1969) 1980 DEPARTMENT VEHICLES The engines and trucks of the Department are all in good condition. Some minor work needs to be done such as compartments rusting out on Engine 201 and Squad truck 241. Engine 202, a 1960 Ford, is to be replaced in 1980. All trucks are regularly serviced and maintained by our mechanic, John Patte, who is also our resident driver. ALARM INCIDENT MILES FUEL USED VEHICLE RESPONSES RESPONSES DRIVEN GALLONS Engine 201 62 3 942 366.2 Engine 202 17 2 505 120.3 Engine 203 90 15 912 365.7 Ladder Truck 234 65 2 683 359.3 Squad Truck 241 80 65 992 260.3 In addition to response to alarms, the trucks were driven many times for drills, driver training, and road tests. The engines and trucks of the Department are all in good condition. Some minor work needs to be done such as compartments rusting out on Engine 201 and Squad truck 241. Engine 202, a 1960 Ford, is to be replaced in 1980. All trucks are regularly serviced and maintained by our mechanic, John Patte, who is also our resident driver. . EQUIPMENT PURCiiASID page 10 The following items were purchased to replace or improve our equipment. 16 Fire Coats 12 Fire Helmets 1 Wet /Dry vacuum cleaner 24 spanner wrenches (purchased by Fire Company) 3 Fire Police raincoats 1 four - drawer letter file 2 pairs Fire Police boots 15 pair Fireman's boots 2 Minitor pager radios 2 Minitor pager radios (purchased by the Fire Company) 350 feet of 3 -inch fire hose 600 feet of 2i1-inch hose FIRST AID SQUAD During 1978, the Cayuga Heights Fire Department began to provide an additional service to the Village of Cayuga Heights and the Cayuga Heights Fire Protection District by forming a First Aid Squad. The Squad is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week and consists of 10 members. The purpose of the Cayuga Heights Fire Department First Aid Squad is to provide basic life support, cardio- pulmonary resuscitation, artificial respiration, and first a:'.. until an amtulance arrives on the scene of a medical emergency, primarily as assistance to the Cayuga Heights Village Police Department. The squad responds only at the request of the police or fire dispatcher. Each member of the squad has received training in first aid and cardio - pulmonary resuscitation. Several members are certified New York State Emergency Medical Technicians, and others are working toward EMT certification. Other squad members are also presently enrolled in a 44 hour emergency medical care course sponsored by the New York State Health Department. Squad members carry pocket radio pagers when on duty so that they may be quickly notified when their services are needed. It is not intended that the First Aid Squad will replace the service normally provided by the commercial ambulances. Instead the squad provides critical care in the first 5 -10 minutes before the ambulance arrives. During 1978, the First Aid Squad responded to 25 incidents such as electric shock, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, and heart attacks. This is one more way that the Cayuga Heights Fire Department is helping to serve the community. page 11 TRAINING Training is the xcapozzaihility of all of the Department Officers, and they each, at various times, assist our regular Training Officers. General Training in the Department is under the superviefow of Assistant Chief Francis Miller. rlret Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resusciation is taught by Assistant Chief Robert Hults and Driver Training by Lieutenant Michael Carver. Each of these officers contributed a great deal of time and effort and are to be commended for their efforts. Training this past year occupied a considerable amount of time for each fireman. We recorded over 1100 hours of scheduled training. This included 24 regular drills, Monday night and Saturday training, and individual training of new members Also, 28 members attended 14 different State and County Fire Training Schools. In addition, Lieutenant Carver re- certified by examination all member drivers as well as teaching new members to become drivers. There were many hours of training not recorded such as individual training, road testing of the different trucks and engines, and the study of the various books and fire magazines in our library. We plan to continue and strengthen our training program in 1979 and urge our members to attend the various state and county fire schools that are scheduled. Each of the following firemen attended State or County sponsored Fire Schools: ESSENTIALS OF FIREMANSHIP Warren Buck Fred DeMaio Charles Warren FIRE INVESTIGATION Christian Boissonnas David Bessel Richard Wielechowski FIRE POLICE Edward Collins Kenneth Parkinson Rodney Tobey Richard Vorhis FIRE DEPARTMENT MANAGMENT Robert Hults David Kronman Christian Boissonnas John Millier Richard Wielechowski MIERGE11CY HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Mark Handlan Christian Boissonnas Richard Wielechowski William Thompson FIRE PREVENTION Michael Carver NE1 YORK STATE FIRE CHIEFS SEMINAR Lowell George John Millier Daniel Rogers PUMP OPERATORS Christian Boissonnas Raymond Stark Fred DeMaio Michael Carver Richard Wielechowski Francis Miller Mark Warycka Joseph Vanek Fred Warner OFFICER TRAINING Christian Boissonnas RADIATION SAFETY David Bessel Christian Boissonnas BREATHING APPARATUS MAINTENANCE Christian Boissonnas r TRAINING OFFICER ADVANCED John Millier FIRE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Mark Ffandlan Lowell George John Millier Daniel Rogers FIRE TACTICS AND STRATEGY Michael Carver TRAINING (cont'd) page 12 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION James Bennett William Thompson Warren Buck Charles Warren Edward Collins Mark Warycka Robert Day Lowell George Robert Hults David Kronman Harlin McEWen John Millier Kenneth Parkinson John Patte Daniel Rogers FIRE PREVENTION In 1978, Department members distributed Fire Prevention literature and Tot Finder Decals to residents of the Fire District. nineteen groups visited the Fire Station composed of 208 adults and 312 children. These people were given tours of the Fire Station, talks on Fire Prevention, and, in some instances, Fire Prevention movies were shown. Fire engines were taken to several schools to demonstrate the equipment and talks were made on fire prevention. Fire extin- guishers were also demonstrated before several groups, The Department also participated in several parades in the county. Our Department strongly encourages visits to the Fire Station to see the equipment, receive literature, and get acquainted with the Department. 6 page 13 FIRE INSPECTION Fire inspections remain an important segment of Fire Department operations, with emphasis being placed upon school, multiple residence, and mercantile properties. The program was also responsive to Villager inquiries concerning residential fire protection, placement of smoke detectors, and the installation of wood burning stoves. Building renovation plans and projects for commercial properties were also reviewed with architects and contractors for code compliance prior to the approval of building permits.