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September 9, 2016
Honorable Linda Woodard
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report June 2016
The fire department ran 45 calls in June. There were 21 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 18 calls in the
Town of Ithaca and 6 mutual aid requests. We had 22 EMS responses and 23 fire calls. The month started with
an incident on Highland Road in which an individual on a moped struck a moving vehicle while not wearing any
safety equipment. The individual was found to have injuries that led us to make the decision to airlift the patient
to a trauma center. Fire department EMTs worked closely with Bangs Ambulance to stabilize the patient for
transport to the landing zone that we had set up at Jessup Field. We did have several mutual aid calls through the
month to help our neighbors with fire and EMS coverage while they were involved with other incidents. We
contacted the family of a resident on Tareyton Drive and they have since been able to make arrangements for
supportive care for their father. This has decreased the number of times that we need to visit that location.
Training has slowed down for the summer. We are still doing a couple of community CPR classes each month for
any local groups that are looking for CPR training. We fully encourage CPR awareness in the community and our
instructors are dedicated to provide the training to all who request it. In June our Assistant Rescue Director
Griselda Velado, who skates for the Bluestockings team of the Ithaca League of Women Rollers, did two classes
for the league at the station. EMS training in June focused on initial patient assessment and transfer of care to the
ambulance crew. We did have a low angle ropes training scheduled for an all day session o n June 11th on the
hillside beside the DPW on Sheldon Road. We found out before the training that the hillside is owned by Cornell
and we did not have their permission to use the area so we postponed that training until we can find another
location. July will be busy with trainings on new equipment. We will be training on our new airbag lift system,
the new Zoll cardiac monitor and the new E203.
We kicked off “Movies at the Station” on June 28th with a showing of Top Gun. The movie was well attended by
a slightly older crowd of movie goers. It was a fan favorite. Our food truck for much of the summer will be Dos
Amigos. These folks make fantastic tacos and enchiladas and were very well received by those attending. We
decided that through the summer we will do a movie every other week for the younger crowd and start at 7:15
from a screen inside the truck bays. This will allow families to see the movie and get the little ones home for a
decent bed time. The outside showings can not start until after 8:30 in the evening after the sun dips below the
horizon. Our second movie was The Lion King and was very well attended.
We are still waiting for delivery of the new KME engine. We were hoping for a mid June delivery but the truck
has been delayed until early July. We do have most of the equipment to be mounted on the truck at the station.
We will be working with KME on the penalty that will be applied after delivery of the unit. At the time of this
report the truck is currently in Buffalo at the vendor’s facility getting the radios and loose equipment installed.
It has been a busy summer so far for the department with decreased staffing but we are getting the calls covered.
We always look forward to the return of our out of town members this time of the year.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent