HomeMy WebLinkAboutrepaug15.pdfEXHIBIT 2016-055
September 4, 2015
Honorable Kate Supron
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report August 2015
We closed out August with 39 runs. There were 26 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 10 calls in the Town of
Ithaca and 3 mutual aid requests. We had 19 EMS responses and 20 fire calls. We did respond to two reported fires
in our district in August. Both fires were caused by cooking and were contained to the stove. Rapid response by our
department and mutual aid departments kept these incidents small. Late in the month we again had an incident at 106
Cayuga Heights Road, the Sigma Chi Fraternity. We responded to find an activated alarm during a party. It appears
some type of liquid was sprayed into a heat detector head in the main party room. We were unable to get the system
to reset so it was left in alarm, the party was shut down and they were put on fire watch. This is another in a long
series of incidents at this fraternity. We are meeting with the leadership of the fraternity as well representatives from
Cornell’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs on September 3 rd to express our concern about the continuous
issues with this particular house. As we were dealing with the incident at 106 Cayuga Heights Roa d we were request
for a FAST response to Dryden for a working fire on Main Street. The FAST team responded and stood by the fire
until suppression was complete and then assisted with overhaul of the structure. It was a very long night for the
department as the initial call went out at 11:15 and we did not return to the station until 2:30 in the morning.
August saw the release of several new EMS protocols by New York State. All of the department’s EMTs were
required to sit through a 2 hour lecture on use of tourniquets for bleeding control and new spinal immobilization
protocols. After the lecture we scheduled a certified instructor to come to the station on September 3 rd to do the skills
portion of the new protocols at which time we will be compliant with the Department of Health. As far as we know
we are the first agency in the area to be 100% compliant with these new standards. Our Rescue Director Colleen
Price has been the driving force behind making this happen. As our members returned to the area from summer break
Lieutenants Berger and Gladstone put together a welcome back training focused on handline movement and water
supply. The training was well attended and it seemed to get everybody back in a good mindset for the upcoming year.
The 825 Hanshaw siding project is well under way by the end of August. After removing the old siding it was
determined that there was no insulation whatsoever in the walls of the house. The DPW rented an insulation blower
and placed blown in insulation into the void spaces between the interior and exterior walls. They did find some
structural issues with the house that they are working on before they complete the siding project. The interior of the
house was painted and cleaned in preparation for the new tenants. These were much needed projects for the house
and hopefully with these things done the house will be in great shape for a many years. I truly appreciate all the work
the DPW has put into the project. Several of us visited the KME plant in Pennsylvania for the prebuild conference for
the new truck. We went through the spec line by line and worked with the manufacturer to clear up any issues. The
truck in now in the production stage with a delivery for some time in the spring of 2016.
We are getting several inquiries a day from people interested in our fall recruit class. The members have been on
campus and in the community getting the word out about volunteer opportunities. The department is going to be
involved in a safety fair on North Campus on September 9th where we will give safety pointers and be handing out
information about the department. We are hopeful that there will be a good turnout at the informational dinner on
September 24th and we end up with a good pool of candidates for our fall class.
Movie night wound up on August 13th with a showing of “Back to the Future”. It was a fantastic summer of movies
and community involvement. Everybody who attended seemed to enjoy themselves immensely. We went through
about 10 boxes of popcorn, handed out around 600 freezee pops, chopped up a dozen watermelons and gave away
several hundred ice cream sandwiches through the summer. The members had a great time and all who attended the
movies seemed to really enjoy themselves.
We are gearing up for a busy fall with the recruit classes, the open house and Fire Prevention Week.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent