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June 13, 2016
Honorable Linda Woodard
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report May 2016
May was a busy month with a total of 54 runs. There were 21 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 27 calls in
the Town of Ithaca and 6 mutual aid requests. We had 32 EMS responses and 22 fire calls. It was another fairly
steady month with many routine calls. The upswing in calls to in the Town of Ithaca can be attributed to a person
who is falling regularly at a one location in the middle of the night. Crews are responding frequently to the
address and luckily we are just providing assistance back to bed for the patient. We are working with the family
to try to find a solution that works best for the family and the department.
In May we placed a fair amount of focus on the probationary checklists for the spring recruits. We found that
with our spring classes the new members are not focused on the sign offs because the deadline for completion is
not until October because of the summer break. This class we set a deadline for all first sign off to be done by
June 1st. This worked very well. All the recruits finished first sign offs and many of them are almost done with
second sign offs. We will carry this practice through to the fall class this year as it worked very well to keep
people focused on the process. Early in May we did EMS training on rapid assessments at onset of care. We also
did an SCBA confidence training to ensure that everyone was comfortable with their skills leading up to a live
burn training held all day on Saturday May 14th. This training was very well attended and allowed several of our
members to get the final skills sign offs for their interior checklist.
In preparation for E203 to be traded in we had all of the equipment that is not being sold with the truck taken out.
We are planning an inspection trip to KME in late June. The contract for the truck states that it was supposed to
be completed on June 15th and if not delivered by that date there is a $500 per day penalty. We will be addressing
this issue with them prior to the inspection trip. We have been getting much of the loose equipment that we
ordered for the truck. We did find out that the thermal imaging camera we put in th e specification is no longer
made and we are getting the next model up at the same price. We are looking forward to getting the new truck in
the station. We have been trying to not use the old E203.
As of this report all of the air-handling units at the station have been replaced. We are getting ready for the
second phase of the project which will replace all of the thermostats to better control the entire system. The
system is set up so that we have to shut the air conditioners down at the breaker in the winter and the circulating
pumps in the summer. With the new thermostats and some changes in the wiring we should not have to do that
any longer and the system should work more efficiently.
Graduation weekend went very well. The graduate’s dinner was fantastic and all the families were very
appreciative to not have to worry about getting everyone fed. It was very nice to meet all the parents of our
graduating members and all were very impressed with the level of dedication it takes to be a member of this
department. The fire company covered the cost of the dinner which was also much appreciated.
We are looking forward to an active summer. Movies at the Fire Station are set to start up on June 28th. We have
spoken to a local food truck, Dos Amigos and they are fairly certain that Tuesdays will work for them and they
will be our dinner provider through the summer. We have not picked the movie lineup yet but everyone at the
station is excited and I have been approached by many members of our community asking if we will be doing
movies again. We hope that this summer is even more successful than last.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent