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Home My WebLink AboutFire Department Monthly Report April 2005.PDFCAY(IGA ITEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMEIVT 194 Pleasant Grove Road Ithaca, 1'{Y 14850 (607) 25t-2317 May 12,2005 Honorable Walter Lynn, Mayor Board of Trustees Village of Cayuga Heights Monthly Report - April, 2005 The pace picked up in the month of April. We ran 39 calls for a very busy month. There were 16 calls in the village, 15 calls in the town and 8 mutual aid calls. Once again we ran just about half and half for EMS calls versus fire calls. As noted before we had eight mutual aid calls for the month. This was even more then we usually run. On the day ofour banquet we assisted the Lansing Fire Department with an apartment fire. Our mgmbers did a superb job on the scene. At the beginning of Aprif we were very busy withL flooding calls from all the heavy rains we had. V/e have several pump kits that we use to help residents of our fire district remove water from basementi when they have water problems. We had our annual banquet on April 23'd. Agood time was had by all who were there.All of our current offtcers have been installed and we are getting ready to set our goals for the upcoming year. Things are moving along steadily in the station. The trucks are all working well and the station is looking great. The new ladder truck is in service and running calls. We had our training with the engineer from E-One and all the previous drivers for the truck are now certified on the new truck. We are currently trainins the newer drivers on the ladder. Training continues at a frantic pace at the station. Our members are training in house all the time. The newer members are working through checklists and attending trainings at the tower. We have several firefighters staying in town for the summer to a:ttend claises at the fire academy. Firefighter Joe Palin is in the recruit firefighter training class at thefire academy at this time. He is ranked number one in his class of approiimetly forty paid firefrghters. we are all very proud of Joe's accomplishment. Our bunker rooms are full at this time. We have one bunker leaving at the end of the sununer this year but we looked over our waiting list and are pleased with the prospective new bunkers. We have had a couple of members express interest in staying aithe stationfor extended periods of time over the summer. This will work out w"ll b""urrr" *" foresee many of our members being out of town this summer for varying periods of time. ,, H ELP P REVEIVT F I RES'' The back door of the station will be replaced in early June. This has been a project we have wanted to get done for some time. We are also having the parking lot resealed and reshiped in June. All of our annual equipment maintenance is scheduled for the upcoming year. Engine 202 is starting to get some rust spots that we are going to have looked at soon and will try to have the work done over the swnmer to prevent larger problems from occurring. Our preventive maintenance program is working very well ior us and we are experiencing fewer truck down times when there are issues. Sincerely, EMERGENCYCALLS: 39 TOTALCALLSYEARTODATEI 147 Total Calls - 39 Fire Calls - 14 EMS Calls - 17TotalMutualAid-8 Lansing-3 Ithaca- 5 Calls in the ViIIage - 16 Calls in the Town - 15 T\AIITIING / MEETINGS / EYENTS: 4111,12,13 - E-One Ladder Training 4l2O - EMS Training on Cold Water Emergencies 4123 - Annual Banquet 4/28 - Search Training 511 - Tri for the Y T]PCOMING EVENTS: 5111 - Fire Training - Advanced techniques for senior firefighters 5114 - Blood Drive at the Fire Station 5126- Fire Training APPARATUS: All trucks working well STATION: Back door for station on order and work scheduled Parking lot sealing and striping scheduled for early June. Cayuga Heights Fire Department Fire Department:55002 Companies:All Date Range: From 04/01/2005 to 04/30/2005 Box/Zone/ Code:All District:All Situation Found:All Exclude Mutual Aids:No Exclude Exposures:No Incident Run Log ncident# Date Time Address Occupant Situation Found Tumber Attending f005-050110-00 04102/2005 17:05 a'E Flood assessmenl Directcalltothefirestationforwaterprobleminbasement. Respondedtoresidenceandfoundaverysmallamountofwaterinthesumphole, Advised resident to contact us back ifproblem got worse. 15 |005-050111-00 04/0212005 17:54 D tlr Flood assessment Dispatched to 5 10 Hanshaw for a possible flooded basement. Call initiated from neighbor at 1 08 Hampton. Arrived on scene to find the homeowner out of town. After a.360 of the propefty, no water could be seen in the basement. At this iime, 284 contacted a neighbor across the street and found a key to the house. Upon entry to the house, I to 2 inches ofwater was found in the basement. pumps were operated for approximately 30 minutes and most water was removed. Two basement windows were left open to preven mold and the house was re-secured. The keyholder (Mr' Joe and Ann Quigley) were advised to check the house in several hours for further water accumulation, and to contact thefire department .if more water was found. l6 )005-0s0109-00 04102/2005 l'7 59 ;- - Flood assessment Investigated possible flooding. Resident was concerned that the stream across the road would flood over the road into her house as it did in 1995. Investigated,andfoundnostandingwaterinherhouseorgarage. Atthetimeofthecall,wedeterminedthattherewasnotingwecould do to prevent potential flooding. We told residents to call us ifthe situation qot worse. lt :005-050112-00 04/021200s 20:05f,In Water problem, other Direct call to station - woman reporting clogged drainage ditch in front of her house. AOS to find neightbors clearing draininage pipe under street - water flowing - nothing we can do about water at the end of the front yard. Advised residents to be very careful when working near water. Returned in service. I -r- EMS call, excluding vehicle:005-0501i4-00 04/02/2005 22.32 See NYS PCR# 5-2889669 :005-050113-00 0410212005 22,39 JrrE Water evacuation Direct call for water in basement. AOS to find basement apaftment had water in the ductwork which was set in the slab. Unable to pump out with our equipment because registers too nanow. Aided resident in removing with her shop vac. I u:005-050115-00 04/0312005 14:04 -It lf Waterproblem,other Water problem in basement. Standing water approx. 2 inches. Left sump pump and advised resident to contact us when problem resolved, i005-050116-00 04103/2005 2l:47 - Water evacuation Recieved a direct call for water in the basement. AOS to find exterior recessed stair well to the basement filled with approximately 4 inches of water, and water starting to leak under door. No direct entry made to confirm presence ofwater in basement. CHFD pumped out stair recess. AII units cleared and returned in service. 005-050117-00 04/04/200s 18:39 - Smoke detector activation, no 2{ DispatchedbyTC9llforafirealarmgoingoffintheareaofHamptonRd-calledinbyaneighbor. AOsandfoundalarmatll0HamptonRd going off - met with owner and found out that food had been bumed. Checked house and found smoke in residence - slowly clearing. Residents had no idea how l.o reset alarm - system would not reset correctly. Residents taped reset switch to get alarm to go off -said they would contact alarm company. We told them to make sure it is taken care of ASAP. Returned in service. Note: The resident was unsure why we had so many people there, and would not let our interior crew search for an activated head. Kept near alarm panel and uncooperative with a full investigtion ofthe alarm and residence. t9005-0s0118-00 04t09t200s 08'0il8 Called for an alarm activation at Kendall - no Kendall staffaware ofalarm upon contacting them on the radio they told us the alarm was acting up last night, and it appeared to be having a computer glitch today as well. attempting to get it reset and back to normal - notified fire control ofthe issue and returned in service Unintentional transmission of AOS and met with Kendall staff- Nothing we can do, the staff was 005-050119-00 04110/2005 l0:50 rE Called for standby at Ithaca Central Fire Station for fire at Olin Lab. Cover assignment, standby,21 Cover assignment, standby,5-050120-00 0411012005 ll:22 F CalledforalarmactivationatTitusTowers2. Stoodbyforsupplyathydrant. IFDunitsfoundsourceasburntfood. Cleardby945. 21100 rrrji-!ji!'f :r-rfl rr+ rrr -ilri i rii a-Cover assignment, standby,2l :005-050123-00 04il0/2005 See NYS PCR 5-2889678 t414,23G EMS call, excluding vehicle :005-050124-00 04111/2005 08:36 lF ar- 202 AOS, nothing showing. Alarm panel showed ZONE 2, second floor CO detector activation. No hazardous condition found. Alarrn system was reset. tlCO detector activation due to Interior crew investieated with CO detector. 1005-050125-00 04/1112005 12:54 -I EMS call, excluding vehicle Date: 05/01/2005 Page: I Time: 1:46 PM ncident# Date Time Address Occupant llutltuEl Situation Found Attendins See NYS PCR # 5-2889679 EMS call, excluding vehiclef005-050126-00 0411?/200s l6:01 See NYS PCR# 5-2889680 -G 19 f005-050127-00 04/1 See NYS PCR # 5- EMS call, excluding vehicle I I/2005 23:44 - 18968 1. f005-050128-00 0411 SEE NYS PCR# 5- EMS call, excluding vehicle 712005 13:27 rtp| 889682 1005-050129-00 04ll+/2005 L9:14 l- Coverassignment,standby, 20 Called to standby I{D Central while they were at a call - cancelled before arriving at central - returned in service f00s-050130-00 04t see pcr # 2889683 i/2005 01:09 - EMS call, excluding vehicle 1 f00s-050131-00 04115/200s ll:28 -l False alarm or false call. other I Dispatched for alarrf activation in basement. 203 responded first as attack engine priority I and dispatch notified 203 enroute that an additional call was pade to dispatch with caller unsure why alarm was activated and did not seem to be an emergency. AOS to find nothing showing, 202 responded priority 2. Investigation showed activated detector head in basement according to the panel. Interior crew cleared basement and deterrfrined that possible steam from a recently used shower in the basement may have activated the detector. Panel was reset, and confirmed reset with dispatch. All units cleared and retumed in service. l00s-050133-00 0411 See NYS PCR # 5- /2005 06:35 G 889684 EMS call, excluding vehicle 5 ,005-050132-00 04t Called mutual aid ?12005 15:00 Cover assignment, standby, 11 i asst. with brush fire on Coy Glen Road in Ithaca. Responded with manpower and assisted with operations at the scene. ,00s-0s0134-00 04tr See NYS PCR 5-28 EMS call, excluding vehicle 1312005 14:16 =9685 ,005-050135-00 04/l SEE NYS PCR# 5-: ?/2005 16:04 FE 1889686 EMS call, excluding vehicle 13 ,005-050136-00 04/2 Called mutual aid t with262 along witl store - confirmed sr t/2005 09:08 - Coverassignment,standby, 14 Old navy for a smoke condition in the store - dispatch reports they believe it is a smoking balast from a light. AOS and met I 105 and I 166 (Dorwood). 1 166 accompanied CHFD interior crew into store - crew discovered a light smoking in the rrce ofsmoke - checked with TIC and heat sun - all clear. Units returned in service. EMS call, excluding vehicle 9.005-050137-00 04/21/2005 09:36 H See NYS PCR#5-2889687 ;005-050138-00 04t2 See PCR# 5-28896 EMS call, excluding vehicle l6/2oos 16sj JD R :00s-0s0139-00 04n Called mutual aid i with smoke and firr floor offire buildin Cleared by Lansinp /2005 06:02 ,r Coverassignment,standby, r structure fire to Lansing. Responded with 203 and242for apparatus and manpower. AOS and found working structure showing. Provided manpower to search entire apartment building primary and secondary. Provided supression on second ,. Supplied Lansing 1 101 with water from primary hydrant. After fire supressed provided crews to salvage and overhaul. I l6l and units retumed to service. :005-050140-00 04/2 Dispatched for spri outside found no hi determined that no structure fire. Alarr Cover assignment, standby, 2( kler alarm. 242with Firefighter Buble in command found nothing showing on anival. Walk-around and investigation from ;ards. Bill Cooke arrived and opened the premises. Alarm panel showed sprinkler activation. Interior crew investigated and prinklers were activated and no hazards wore present. Sprinkler alarm was likely caused by hydrants opened for nearby was reset and units cleared. :005-050141-00 04/2 See NYS PCR #5-2 EMS call, excluding vehicle It200s 07:50 IJIF 89689 :005-050142-00 04/2 See NYS PCR # 5-: EMS call, excluding vehicle 10lzoos oo'ss Q 889690 :005.050143-0004/2+/200522:48FAlarmsystemsoundeddueto DispatchedprioritylforfirealarmactivationTownhouseH. Cornell 24lSadvisednofirewhileenroute. AOStofindnothingshowing. Investigation ofpa{el showed zone I I tripped which was an unassigned zone. Audible alarm caused and reset itself. Chris Jordan, ofEHS took zone offline and papel reset. All CHFD units cleared and returned in service. 2l :005-050144-00 04t2 Called for a smold€ awaiting NYSEG. u12005 18:38 IFr Hazardous condition, other ingbranchonwire.26laosandreportednothingsmokingatthistime.202retunedinservice.242remainedonscene .eturned after being released by NYSEG. :005-050145-00 04t2 Assisted IFD and D Search for person on land/2005 08:00 @ iC Forest Ransers in search for missins CU Freshman :005-050146-00 04.12 EMS call, excluding vehiclelt200s 15:58 Date: 05/01/2005 Time: 1:46 PMPase:2 .ncident# Da Time Address Occupant Situation Found Attending :005-050147-00 041 See NYS PCR # 5 20:37 EMS call, excluding vehicle 8 89670 005-0501 48-00 See PCR# 5-2 00:01 EMS call, excluding vehicle 3 Total lncidents: 39 Date: 05/01/2005 Page:3 Time: 1:46 PM Cayriga Heights Fire Department Fire Department:55002 Companies: All Date Range: From 04/01/2005 to 04/30/2005 Box/Zonel Code: All District: All Situation Found: All Exclude Mutual Aids: No Exclude Exposures: No t Totals by Time of Day Date: 05/01/2005 Page: I Time: l:47 PM ra e ro a{ E iP===o<ir<<<z4UUr..iii.: H€.: i EE5u;6< =E > x t* ?Eg;-cj "AN ES Fq aE 9x at nr) O t-*r$ q) F o lr q)A q)ti a b0 6)ht|.tl o0 ,\ Q v q)o +r - v) F e I - r.) 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