HomeMy WebLinkAboutrepdec16 - for merge.pdfEXHIBIT 2017- 091
February 22, 2017
Honorable Linda Woodard
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report December 2016
We slowed a bit through the month of December with a total of 36 calls. We had 20 calls in the Village of
Cayuga Heights, 14 calls in the Town of Ithaca and 2 requests for mutual aid. There were 22 EMS calls and 14
fire runs. We closed 2016 with a total of 576 calls for the year, up 35 calls from 2015. It was a very busy year
of calls and training. For 2016 we ran 299 calls in the Village, 211 calls in the Town of Ithaca and we
responded to 66 requests for mutual aid. There we 319 EMS calls and 257 fire and other type runs. In those
fire and other type calls we had 2 fires inside of structures, 2 car fires, 7 motor vehicle crashes, 6 gas leaks, 106
detector activations of various sorts and 134 other calls for the year. It was a busy yet safe year. All the
members of the department stepped up and covered calls throughout the year and everyone came back to the
station safely. Our average time from dispatch to response was 2.5 minutes, an amazing accomplishment for a
volunteer department.
December training slowed down with the winter break upon us. Early in the month we had a search training
scheduled for the training facility at the mall but we ended up holding the training at the station due to extreme
cold weather. The training was very well attended especially by our probationary members who used the
evening to work on new skills and then checklist work. Our new members all completed their required first
sign offs for their checklists. This deadline we placed on the first sign offs has worked very well for us for the
past couple of recruit classes. It makes the new members focus on getting the first sign offs done and makes it a
priority for them and then makes the second sign offs seem much easier. We will pick up the training schedule
again in late January with our required annual OSHA update. This is an all day training at the s tation that all
members are required to attend. On this full day of training we cover all of the required OSHA topics as well as
CPR recertifications for those members with expiring cards. The chief officers split the topics up and we each
teach a section. It is a long day but well worth the effort. We are looking at the VFIS training schedule for
2017 and the chief officers of the department are planning to attend the Emergency Vehicle Operators Instructor
Course some time in early 2017. This will allow us to teach the EVOC class in house and it will probably
become part of the new member training. It is difficult to find an EVOC class in the area for our members and
we require the class before we allow a person to drive any vehicle with lights and sirens. The class is also
required for anyone taking the Pump Operators course and the lack of local classes has proven problematic in
the past couple of years.
We were not able to get HSC Associates in to the station in late December because of emergency calls for them.
We are still hoping to get the issue of malfunctioning relays and thermostats resolved in the next month.
We are looking forward to the end of the Christmas break and the return of many of our members. The bunkers
who stayed in the area, the members who live in Ithaca and the chiefs have been running a lot of calls and are
ready for a bit of relief. Firefighter Alex Gresov, an interior firefighter and bunker, has taken a job with the
Ithaca Fire Department and will be leaving the department in February. Alex will be greatly missed as a leader,
trainer and friend of all in the department.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent