HomeMy WebLinkAboutrepjan16.pdfEXHIBIT 2016-099
April 21, 2016
Honorable Kate Supron
Village of Cayuga Heights Board of Trustees
Monthly Report January 2016
2016 started out with a busy month including several fires and 50 calls. There were 25 calls in the
Village of Cayuga Heights, 17 calls in the Town of Ithaca and 8 mutual aid requests. We had 31 EMS
responses and 19 fire calls. Late in the month we responded to a reported motor vehicle crash with one
vehicle on fire on Route 13 in the north bound lane. E202 responded immediately to the scene to find a fully
involved vehicle fire. Cayuga Heights Police and the Sheriffs Department had the highway shut down and
E202 stopped in the south bound lane and stretched lines across the median and quickly extinguished the fire.
One person was transported with minor injuries and the road was opened within 30 minutes of the initial call.
On January 18th we were requested to Newfield to assist on a structure fire when several departments
from the south end of the county responded but were having difficulty getting interior firefighters. A
manpower request prompted a response from our department with seven interior firefighters. We were able to
assist Newfield with suppression and overhaul. On the last day of the month the Lansing Fire Department
had an apartment fire on Graham Road in the village and we were dispatched automatically for the working
fire. E202 and L231 arrived on scene prior to Lansing’s apparatus and initiated attack on the fire. Since we
arrived with the first apparatus we were committed to the scene for the duration of the call. Cayuga Heights,
Lansing and Ithaca firefighters worked together to suppress the fire and do overhaul and salvage and we
worked for six hours on the scene. While we were committed to this call the Varna Fire Department stood by
in our station along with those firefighters from our department not on scene. A great job was done by all
hands and everybody came home safely.
We continue to work with our probationary members to get them through the checklists that are due
by the first Sunday in March. We held several checklist parties throughout the month to get closer to this goal.
On January 30th we held our annual OSHA refresher training and our annual CPR recertification. We had 45
of our 51 members attend the training. The morning session is dedicated to 5 hours of OSHA required topics
and the afternoon session concentrates on CPR recertification. We use the American Heart Association for
our CPR certifications. AHA is a two year certification so annually we need to retrain half the department. It
is a great system that we have been using for many years in order to meet these mandated trainings. Early on
in the month we also did a walkthrough of the new areas at Kendal at Ithaca. We walked through the facility
with the head of maintenance to become familiar with the new layout.
We are planning for our Spring Recruit Dinner on February 25th and have we have gotten close to a dozen
emails from people interested in a spring class. The dates for the classes have been set including one
weekend in which we will train all day Saturday and Sunday because we need to fit the classes in before
Cornell’s spring break.
We will be holding an officers meeting at the station on February 7th to discuss the upcoming 2016/17
budget. Looking forward to the coming year, one of our potential projects will be replacing our cardiac
monitor which is a Life Pack 15 that is now 10 years old with a Zoll Cardiac monitor. The hospital and
Bangs Ambulance have moved over to the Zoll product and since we are due for replacement it would be
beneficial to look into this product to keep us current with the other agencies we interact with. According to
our vendor there is a nice “trade in” offer on the LP15 units at this time. We will look at replacing the last
two air handling units that we were not able to fit into the budget last year. The other six air handlers were
able to work into last year’s budget before the end of the 2015 fiscal year and the beginning of this current
budget.
As I have said in the past, the busier we are, the happier our members seem. January was a busy
month with several fires that allowed everyone to get a chance to be involved. I was proud of the
performance of our firefighters. Everyone worked as a team and everyone came home safely from all
incidents.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent