HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-BFC-2011-02-08ITHACA BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
AGENDA
L CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
III. ADDITIONS /DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
IV. PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK TO BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
V. CORRESPONDENCE
VI. MEMBERSHIP CHANGES
VII. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS:
A. TOWN OF ITHACA
B. CITY OF ITHACA
C. AUDIT
VIII. DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
A. CHIEF and DEPUTY CHIEF REPORTS
B. FIRE PREVENTION
- Codes Division
- Fire Investigation Unit
- Juvenile Firesetters Program
- Public Education
C. FIRE POLICE REPORT
IX. OLD BUSINESS
A. Donation and Rescue Fund — Memo of Understanding with City Chamberlain
B. Letter to City Parks Commission regarding Fire Alarm Bell in Thompson Park
C. Discussion of Meeting with City Charter Review — Role of BOFC
D. Process for Recruitment of New Fire Police Volunteers
E. Radio Battery Chargers for Fire Police
F. Posting Agenda and Minutes to City Website
G. County Fire - Disaster -EMS Advisory Board
X. NEW BUSINESS
XI. EXECUTIVE SESSION
XII. ADJOURN
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
JANUARY 11, 2011
MINUTES
Present: Commissioners Gilligan, Hoard, Kelly and Ellsworth.
Chair Gilligan called the meeting to order at 1803 hrs.
II. Approval of Minutes: Members of the Board were given time to review the
minutes of the December meeting — following the Department Reports (Item
VIII), a motion was made by Comm. Hoard to approve the minutes of the
December 14, 2010 Board of Fire commissioner4s meeting. Seconded by
Comm. Ellsworth and approved unanimously.
III. Additions /Deletions to the Agenda: Included under New and
Old Business
IV. Persons wishing to speak to the Board of Fire Commissioners:
Lyman Baker addressed the fact that he and Ray Wheaton maintain the Fire
Fighter Memorial site at the City Cemetery. They individually commit 100
hours each for a total of 200 hours. Lyman feels that this should show up as
volunteer hours just like the Fire Police
V. Correspondence:
Company 7 report of their officers (under New Business)
Letter from the Vets
- Request for bell display (under Old Business)
- Years of service recognition for volunteers with service of 50 years or
more.
- Bank Statements:
o Statement from Tompkins Trust Donation Fund showed an
ending balance of $537.82
o Statement from Tompkins Trust Rescue Fund showed an
ending balance of $1336.68.
VI. Membership Changes:
None
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Miscellaneous Reports:
Town — Scheduled for quarterly. A written report was submitted in January
to the Town Board and an in- person update will be made to the Town Board
in February.
City — In Packet
Audit — None
VII. Department Reports:
A. Acting Chief /Deputy Chief Report: (see complete written report in the
Minute book). Acting Chief Tom Dorman offered highlights of his report
and answered questions as follows:
Career Personnel:
One open Fire Chief position
Three Open Fire Fighter positions
A fire fighter filed a human rights complaint against Brian Wilbur, Tom
Dorman and the Department claiming unfair treatment due to his Middle
Eastern decent. IFD is being represented by the same attorney that IPD
had for a similar case. The official complaint is in the Fire Chief s office
if anyone would like to read it.
The Department was approved for 2 fire fighters with the condition that
the Union has to agree that the new fire fighter will be in the new
retirement system. This is still in negotiations. This will delay the
opportunity to get the new fire fighters into the Fire Academy at the end of
February.
Chair Gilligan asked if there is any opportunity to discuss alternative
coverage options for new hires with the City and also, what the possible
impact this would have on transfer candidates who are in an older
retirement tier. Acting Chief Dorman responded that we cannot change
the system, but we would have to take the transfers with the retirement
systems that they currently have.
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Budget:
As usual for this time of year, there is no audit for the Board to review.
This is because the City is in the process of closing out the financial
activity for 2010 and preparing the accounts for 2011 financial operating
activity. Acting Chief Dorman added that he anticipated that the
Department will close out 2010 with a surplus of approximately $48,000
compared to the original expense budget for 2010. The Department will
be keeping a very close eye on 2011 over time.
Comm. Ellsworth asked about the roll -over funds. Acting Chief Dorman
responded that we can only roll -over funds that we encumber — ie:
salaries, items for which a purchase order has been issued, etc. DC
Parsons added that only 2/3 of any surplus (or encumbrance) impacts the
City. The other 1/3 impacts the savings or expense charged to the Town
of Ithaca.
County Communications and 911:
We continue to have problems — delays, inability of dispatch to recognize
when we replace trucks, etc. We only have limited control because it is a
County system.
Grants and Donations:
Repeaters are being put out to bid to see what can be purchased. The
expected cost of the equipment was under estimated and therefore the
Department doesn't have the funding to acquire all the equipment
originally called for in the grant application.
Training Center:
City Parks will consider a waiver request at their January meeting that will
let the construction project at the IFD training center proceed. Joann
Cornish is aware that IFD would like to see this underway before Acting
Chief Dorman's retirement.
Reports on Mutual Aid calls are included in the packets.
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B. Fire Prevention Bureau Reports: (see complete written report in the
Minute Book). Deputy Chief Tom Parsons offered highlights of his report
and answered questions as follows:
December tends to be a slower month. Complaints were down. Fire
alarm testing continues. Nine operating permits and 11 occupancy permits
were issued.
Most of the business owners that are non - compliant are aware of the
penalties.
Ithaca Dumpster Fire — source of fire was a lighter and a pizza box. IC
didn't feel that they had enough information to prosecute, but the student
was dismissed from school.
109 Cleveland Fire on December 27, 2010 — Fire was quickly
extinguished.
Comm. Ellsworth asked about the fire down on the Commons. DC
Parsons stated that the building suffered significant damage. The clothing
store is close to reopening.
Gamewell — Fire Alarm System
This project to decommission the old alarm system is progressing. The
biggest problem is with Verizon keeping up with installation requests for
phone lines for sites that need to replace the old Gamewell system with a
new alarm system. Three boxes were taken down today.
Boxes are being tagged out of service and will be taken down as quickly
as possible.
Acting Chief Dorman explained that there is a limit on the time that Fire
Alarm Superintendent Joe Pellegrino's position is funded. If his position
ends before the work on dismantling the Gamewell system is completed,
the Department would have to go to the City and ask if they want to fund
FAS Pellegrino's additional salary or contract out the remaining work.
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B. Fire Police: Dave Cornelius offered highlights of his report and answered
questions as follows:
There was a meeting /training session on December 21, 2010. The training
was on filling cascade bottles. The next training session will be on the
new radios.
An email was received from fire fighter John Powers stating that he found
chargers for $18 each on eBay. We don't know how they would fund
them. The older radios provide a better way for internal Fire Police
communications when the Fire Police are at an event, but there is still a
communication issue with incident command.
The Fire Police are interested in recruiting more Fire Police volunteers.
FASNY has an upcoming statewide volunteer recruitment program with a
theme of "Open Your Doors ". Posters and other means of publicizing
this activity may be available through FASNY. More discussion is
needed about the process of recruitment.
VIII. Old Business:
Traffic Calming:
Acting Chief Dorman stated that Bill Grey called him and said that over the
holidays they did not get to Board's request. But, they will be addressing it
soon. They meet twice a month. The neighborhood protested the removal last
time. Commissioner Hoard reported that the issue will be considered as part
of the City's review of its 6 point traffic plan.
IX. New Business
Recognition and Tracking of Volunteer Cemetery Site Work:
In response to the issue raised by Lyman Baker earlier in the meeting, Acting
Chief Dorman stated that the Department acknowledges the Cemetery work
every year, but the key to tracking it along with other volunteer service is for
them to report the work done preferably on a monthly (or quarterly) basis so
the volunteer work can be entered into the reporting system used by the
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Department. It's not possible for the Department to do a "bulk" entry on an
annual basis.
Audit of Donation Fund:
City auditors were concerned about the two tax exempt accounts at Tompkins
Trust maintained by the Board of Fire Commissioners that use the City's
Taxpayer ID number but are not under the City Chamberlin's signature
authority. The accounts of concern are the Donation Fund and the Rescue
Equipment Fund.
Two remedies:
1) Signature authority with the bank should be held by the City Chamberlin
and no longer directly by the Board. The BOFC would still have the
authority on the use of funds in the account.
2) We would no long use the City's tax payer ID. We would have to get our
own.
Ray Wheaton suggested the Board consider consolidating the two accounts
into one. Acting Chief Dorman stated that the Rescue Fund is very specific
and shouldn't be combined with the more general donation fund account.
Chair Gilligan stated that he will work on a resolution for the next meeting —
along with a Memorandum of Understanding regarding these accounts.
Review of Annual Activity Statistics for 2010:
Defer discussion until next meeting
Charter Review Committee Meeting:
There is information on this issue in the Board packets. Comm. Hoard stated
that the City Charter Review Committee will be meeting in the next few
weeks and they will put us on the Agenda. Chair Gilligan that all members of
the BFC attend this meeting if they are available.
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Recruiting /Training /Equipping of New Fire Police Volunteers:
Chair Gilligan stated that we need to develop a procedure of bringing people
on as Fire Police. Acting Chief Dorman explained that there has been a
process in place for former active volunteers to become fire police members.
However, there were no provisions for people coming in with no prior
connection with the Department. Procedures need to be defined. The Fire
Police group will be asked to help in developing this procedure.
Chair Gilligan asked if there would be funding for the chargers. Acting Chief
Dorman responded that they currently have rack chargers available, but not
individual chargers. In response to the chargers available on eBay, he stated
that the Department can't use eBay. An option would be to use the Donation
Fund to fund the chargers. There is also the possibility that an individual can
use eBay and submit for reimbursement to either the donation fund or the
department.
Posting of Agenda and Minutes on City Website:
Chair Gilligan reported that Julie Holcomb, City Clerk, said that a newly
designed City website should be available in mid - February or March for
posting BOFC minutes and agendas.
Acting Chief Dorman added that IFD has its own website that Lt. Dave
Burbank (retired) had maintained and he expects that Dave will continue to do
so. The website could also be used for posting the Board minutes. Chair
Gilligan stated that he would like to use the City website with a link from the
Department's website. It should be easy to post items as most documents are
done as PDF files.
Staffing and Overtime Monitoring:
This was addressed in Acting Chief Dorman's report.
Uniform Bid Resolution (included with Minutes):
Acting Chief Dorman stated that the Resolution has been reviewed by the
Controller's Office.
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A motion was made by Comm. Kelly. Seconded by Comm. Hoard. Voted
unanimously.
Comm. Ellsworth asked if there is a fuel estimate with the gas prices going up.
Acting Chief Dorman explained that the fuel price is based on bids. If the
price goes up for us, it will go up for everyone. We also don't pay for State
taxes.
Bell and Volunteers:
The Vets have submitted a request asking to take over the old alarm Bell at
Thompson Park and move it to a more secure location. Chair Gilligan asked
if the bell was Fire Department property. Acting Chief Dorman stated that it
is under the control of the City Parks Commission, but if the Board is in favor
of the Vets proposal they could make a motion to make a recommendation in
support of the Vets proposal and send it to the Parks Commission.
A motion was made by Comm. Kelly. Seconded by Comm. Hoard. Voted
unanimously to support the Vet Fireman's request.
Hearing no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1928 hrs.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy L. Flynn, Clerk
Board of Fire Commissioners
(Minutes will be reviewed at the February 8, 2011 meeting)
Monthly Report of the Fire Chief to the Board of Fire Commissioners, for the February 2011,
meeting. Combined Chief s and Deputy Chief Operations Report
LIFE SAFETY DIVISION
Administration
1) Career Personnel Report
PERSONNEL STAFFING LEVELS
1 Acting Chief
1 Deputy Chief
5 Assistant Chiefs
8 Lieutenants
49 Fire Fighters
64 On duty personnel
1 Fire Fighter on Injury Leave
1 Fire Fighter on Administrative Leave
1 Fire Alarm Superintendent
1 Office Manager
1 Administrative Assistant
.05 Financial Clerk
Total employees as of 02/01/11 — 69.5
Open positions — Chief, 3 Fire Fighters (2 unfunded, 1 funded)
b) Hiring /Recruitment Committee
The Vacancy Review committee has approved the hiring of two Fire Fighters (one
to replace a disability retirement, one to replace a leave of absence) with the
condition that the City and the Fire Fighters Union reach an agreement regarding
the retirement provisions that would apply to new hires. Since the City and the FF
Union are in negotiations, I do not expect this to be resolved soon and therefore I
do not expect being able to hire soon.
2) Budget Status
a) Account totals for 2010 and January 2011 will not be available for a while.
Fire Chief's Report for February 2011
3)
4)
5)
6)
County Communications and 911 Program
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a) We continue trying to work with the County correcting problems with the new
CAD system (Spillman). We also are working with IPD, the Attorney's Office
and the Mayor on continuing problems with the 911 Center.
Grants and Donations
a) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG): (in- vehicle repeaters) — We have ordered
the necessary equipment and will be proceeding with the installation.
b) Training Center Project Funding: The City Parks Committee voted to move this
item to the Board of Public Works
Resource Recovery Legislation
No report
City Charter Update
I have forwarded the Board's report on Charter Revisions to Alderman Dan Cogan, Chair
of the Charter Revision committee. [same report as last month]
7) Traffic Calming
No updates
Operations
1) Mutual Aid Calls: Quarterly Report
2) Selected Calls —
On 1/24/11, 1823 hours, D Shift responded to a fire at the Prize Diner, 114 -118
W. State St. An excellent stop prevented the fire from spreading to adjacent
buildings and limiting the damage in the diner.
On 1/30/11, 0204 hours, B Shift responded to a structure fire at 803 Coddington
Rd. A quick initial attack extinguished the fire limiting the damage. A hole was
burnt through the second floor indicating the extent of the fire.
3) Support
Fire Chief's Report for February 2011
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West Fire continues to work on the keyless entrysystem. I do not have a date
when we will be converting to the prox cards and fobs.
Fire Prevention Bureau
1) Please see Deputy Fire Chief Parson's report of Fire Prevention Bureau activities
Safety Section
OPERATIONS DIVISION
Response
1) Quarterly Call Report
2) Emergency Management
We continue research into the emergency response aspects associated with natural gas
well drilling. This work is for the entire County. [same report as last month]
Support
1) Training Center
Quarterly Report
Training
Quarterly Report
Recruitment and Retention
1) See DC Parsons report
2) Summaries of Service Hours:
Quarterly Report
Respectfully submitted,
J. Thomas Dorman, Acting Fire Chief
Fire Police Report to the Board of Fire Commissioners
February, 7, 2011
The Fire Police held a meeting and training session on January 18, 2011. The training was on confined
space dangers and procedures.
The 10 radio chargers ordered by John Powers have arrived and are available for pick up by the Fire
Police personnel. The reimbursement form for these chargers has been turned over to Acting Chief
Dorman, for payment to John Powers.
Our next training session is scheduled for February 15, 2011. The topic is to be determined by AC
Sheldon, Training Officer.
Respectfully submitted,
David Cornelius
ITHACA FIRE DEPARTMENT
2010 Recap - 2011 Outlook
2010 Summary
IFD 2010 Report
2011 Outlook
The men and women of the Ithaca Fire Department responded to 4874 alarms in
2010, which is approximately a 5.5% increase over 2009. This equals over 13
alarms per day. We will be analyzing all of our alarms to determine if the increase is
in any one specific area or, as we suspect, just a general increase due to building and
population increases in our district.
Even with the increase in alarms, we had no serious Fire Fighter injuries. This is a
tribute to the staff's dedication to safety as the number one priority.
We also had no civilian fire fatalities and no total structural loses. The excellent
work of the staff combined with sprinkler and alarm systems made this possible.
Our Fire Prevention Bureau continued its excellent work issuing 233 operating
permits, 13 fire sprinkler permits, 49 fire alarm system permits, and 132 certificates
of compliance during 2010. They also cited 2317 violations.
We continued our extensive training programs in the areas of fire, emergency
medical service, hazardous materials and technical rescue. Additionally, a
Community Building /Diversity training conducted by Dr Ednita Wright was
delivered to all personnel.
We implemented an State mandated Fire Fighter Emergency Escape System that
cost the City $30,000.00. We did this within the existing budget appropriations.
We began the process of dismantling and disconnecting the users of our Gamewell
Fire Alarm system. This was necessitated due to the age of the system and the
significant expense that would have been necessary to upgrade the Gamewell
System to meet current standards.
We managed to have a surplus in our 2010 entire budget with overtime
approximately $48,000 less than budgeted. We believe that maintenance of full
staffing is the primary reason we have been able to stay below the overtime budget
for the last two years. Since two positions are not funded in 2011 and we have two
fire fighters off duty (one on 207 medical leave and one on disciplinary suspension),
we may have a more difficult time in 2011 achieving the same overtime savings.
IFD 2010 Report
2011 Outlook
2011 Outlook
The dismantling of the Gamewell System will be concluded in 2011.
We will continue to work with the County through a difficult transition to their new
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. There are major problems that still need
to be resolved. We also continue to work with the Police Department, the Attorney's
Office and the Mayor on addressing concerns with the County's operation of the 911
center.
A small committee will be formed to write the specifications for a new Heavy Rescue
apparatus.
Further Community Building and Diversity training will be scheduled.
We hope to work with others on a solution to the situation in the "Jungle ".
And, finally, we look forward to the appointment of a new Fire Chief and the
retirement of the current Acting Chief.
Boarrd of Fire Commissioners
Report to Ithaca Town Board
February 7, 2011
The following is a summary of the Board of Fire Commissioners quarterly report to the Ithaca
Town Board:
• Included with this report are: the Fire Chief's Report for the January 11, 2011 BFC
meeting, Fire Marshal's Report for December 2010 plus a summary of all activity for the Fire
Prevention Bureau for the entire year, and the Training Officers report for 2010).
• The department call activity reports for 2010 were distributed separately in early January.
Call volume increased from 4,600 in 2009 to 4,874 in 2010.
• Fire Department Staffing (January 2011)
a. Current Department Active Fire Fighting staffing totals 64 (on duty staffing- 1 Acting
Chief, 1 Deputy Chief, 5 Assistant Chiefs, 8 lieutenants, & 49 Fire Fighters. There is
an additional fire fighter on injury leave and 1 on Administrative leave. Current open
positions are: 1 Chief and 3 Fire Fighters.
It is expected that an additional fire fighter will be on a leave of absence for at least a
year, beginning in February or March of 2011. Chief Dorman advised the Board of
Fire Commissioners that the Department is getting close to having overtime issues.
b. Department Staff met with the City's Vacancy Review Committee in December to
request the hiring of 2 Fire Fighters. Chief Dorman expressed optimism in December that
the Department will be permitted to hire 2 Fire Fighters in February in time for them to
receive training at the Fire Academy. In January he reported that because any newly
hired fire fighters would have a different retirement package from the other union
members, the union must agree to placing the new hires into a separate retirement plan
before the Department can proceed with filling the 2 positions. The City and Fire
Fighters union are currently in contract negotiations. The last contract with the Union
terminated over a year ago.
Budget Status 2010 — Chief Dorman reported that the Budget Expenditures for 2010 were in
"good shape" and the department expects to have a slight surplus over the amount budgeted
for expenditures in 2010 —approximately $48,000 . The final expenditure and revenue totals
will not be available until after the City Controller closes the City's financial records for
2010.
Fire Police Activity: The volunteer Fire Police unit continues to develop and meets monthly
for training They are available for traffic control at the scene of fire or traffic incidents.
Members of this unit are interested in recruiting new volunteers to serve.
Items in progress:
Traffic calming device remediation. — The Board of Fire Commissioners has written to the
BPW requesting they review and hopefully modify the traffic calming devices located on
Wood and South Street. The Board has been informed that this will be considered as part of
the City's 6 point traffic plan.
BFC Report to Town of Ithaca Board 7 February 2011
Charter Review- the Board met on February 2, 2011 with the City's Charter review
committee to discuss issues with the current city charter's description of the Board of Fire
Commissioners duties and responsibilities. There was an open discussion that recognized
that significant changes had occurred from the time the Board of Fire Commissioners was
established in the early 1900's and that there were areas of overlap in the authority imbedded
in the City Charter and Code that should be reviewed and resolved. It is anticipated that the
BFC will be discussing this issue at its February meeting and that they will meet again on
February 16th with the Charter Review committee.
• Resource recovery — no action.
• At the December and January meeting of the Board there was a brief review of the County
Fire - Disaster — EMS Advisory Board (see attachment). The Board has had minimal activity
for the last few years. The County Fire Chief's Association has recommended that this
advisory board be reconstituted to become a more effective organization.
• Training Center Facility Project — the City Park's Commission is considering a waiver that
will let the expansion of class room space at the IFD training center to proceed.
• The Board is working with the City Clerk's Office to begin posting BFC meeting agendas
and minutes on the City Website.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bill Gilligan
Chair, Board of Fire Commissioners
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CITY OF ITHACA
310 West Green Street Ithaca, New York 14850 -5497
OFFICE OF THE FIRE CHIEF
Telephone: 607/272 -1234 Fax: 607/272 -2793
February 81h, 2011
Board of Fire Commissioners
Ithaca Fire Department
310 W Green St
Ithaca, NY 14850
Dear Board Members:
The following is the Fire Marshal's report for January 2011.
Code Enforcement Division:
The Codes Enforcement Division received 30 complaints in the month January. There
were 6 complaints forwarded to the City of Ithaca Building Department and 3 complaints
forwarded on to the Town of Ithaca Code Enforcement Department. There were 17
complaints closed out, and 32 complaints remain open for January and previous months.
The Code Enforcement Division performed 95 Fire Safety and Property Maintenance
Inspections or Re- inspections. The division also witnessed 5 Fire Alarm Tests; and 5
Hydrostatic Sprinkler System Tests witnessed. There were 191 violations cited.
The Code Enforcement Division issued: 15 operating permits for assembly occupancies;
7 certificates of compliance for fire and property maintenance inspections; 1 operating
permit of a hazardous occupancy; and 1 operating permit for a lumberyard occupancy.
Fire Investigation Unit:
There were two fire investigations performed in January. The first was for a fire that
occurred at 114 -118 W Martin Luther King St (aka W State St) in the City of Ithaca. The
cause of the fire was an electrical cord. The second investigation was for a fire at 803
Coddington Road in the Town of Ithaca. The fire investigation determined the cause to
be electrical.
Public Education:
There were 7 Child Safety Seat Inspections; and 2 Public Education Activities performed;
by the department in January.
Municipal Fire Alarm System
The municipal fire alarm system has remained operational while the remaining property
owners disconnect from the system. There is less than twenty buildings tied to the
system, and we have a February 28th 2011 date for the final shut down of the system. We
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have notified all the property owners who still have buildings tied to the system of the
termination of service date. There are still a couple of property owners who have yet to
take action on disconnecting from the system.
Respectfully Submitted,
C Thomas Parsons
Deputy Fire Chief / Fire Marshal
City Parks Commission
February 8, 2011
Dear Members of the City Parks Commission:
The Ithaca Board of Fire Commissioners received a request from the Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemen's
Association (IVVFA) that they be allowed to house and maintain the Fire Alarm Bell currently located in
Thompson Park. They are proposing to relocate the bell to their facility on the Elmira Road where it
would be displayed as part of a memorial area being established near the flag poles at the facility.
At the January 11, 2011 meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, we passed a motion of support for
this proposal and indicated that we would contact the Parks Commission on behalf of the Veteran
Volunteer Firemen's Association requesting that the Parks Commission and Board of Public Works allow
the Association to take charge of housing, displaying, and maintaining the Alarm bell which represents a
significant piece of the City and the Fire Department's history.
The Board of Fire Commissioners recognizes that the Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association
has played an integral part in maintaining a significant portion of the memorabilia and historical items
that represent the history of the Ithaca Volunteer Companies and of the Ithaca Fire Department. In
addition to numerous small equipment items, turn -out gear, and pictures, the facility currently houses
the 1896 Steamer that was restored and is now maintained by the IVVFA. In addition to this, members
of the IVVFA have been instrumental in restoring, enhancing, and maintaining the Fire Fighter's
memorial site in the City Cemetery.
Given their record of stewardship, we are requesting that the Parks Commission consider and
recommend approval of this request from the Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association.
Attached is a copy of the request from the IVVFA, If there are other Boards or City Departments that
need to be involved in this decision, please let us know and we will work with the IVVFA to provide any
additional information required in support of this proposal.
Sincerely,
William Gilligan, Chair
Ithaca Board of Fire Commissioners
Cc: C. Peterson, Mayor & Chair Board of Public Works
W. Baker, President, IVVFA
Fire, Disaster, and EMS Advisory Board
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Function: To develop and maintain programs for fire and EMS training and mutual aid in cases of fire and other public emergencies
in which the service of fire and other emergency personnel would be used. To work with the Tompkins County Legislature in
connection with establishment and maintenance of a County fire training school, mutual aid programs and any other duties the
Legislature may prescribe in cases of fire and other public emergencies in which the services of fire and other emergency personnel
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Town of Newfield
12/31/201 ]
Fire, Disaster, and EMS Advisory Board
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Town of Ulysses
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12/31/2012
Fire, Disaster, and EMS Advisory Board
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Town of UI sses
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12/31/2010
Fire, Disaster, EMS Advisory Board
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Village of Cayuga Heights .
12/31/2010
Fir Disaster, and EMS Advisory Board
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Village of Cayuga Heights ,
12/31/2011