HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-BFC-2005-10-11OFFICE OF
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
CITY OF ITHACA
'310 WEST GREEN STREET
ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850
NOTICE
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE
TEL (607) 272 -1234
FAX (607) 272 -2793
ITHACA BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE
AT THE ITHACA CENTRAL FIRE STATION
310 WEST GREEN ST., ITHACA, NY. -
"An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" `� s�
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ITHACA BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS
OCTOBER 11, 2005
AGENDA
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Sept. minutes not available
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. AUDIT
C. TOMPKINS COUNTY FIRE ADVISORY BOARD
VIII. DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
A. CHIEF:
B. DEPUTY CHIEF /TRAINING
C. FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU REPORT
- Codes Division
- Fire Investigation Unit
- Juvenile Firesetters Program
- Public Education
IX. OLD BUSINESS
X. NEW BUSINESS
XI. ADJOURN
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
Monthly Report of the Fire Chief to the Board of Fire Commissioners, for the October 11, 2005,
meeting.
Administration LIFE SAFETY DIVISION
1) Career Personnel Report
See report from Deputy Chief Dorman.
2) Operating Budget Status
a) See spreadsheets distributed. Note, overtime now projects to a total expenditure
of $334,461, based on weekly average. The four -week average projects to
$314,218, and the standard deviation low- and high- estimate range is $237,174-
$431,749, respectively. At 77% into the year, we have expended 129%
($257,278) of our overtime budget.
Please see the attached summary of extraordinary incident costs. Extraordinary
incidents are those where additional and off -duty resources were called in to assist
or cover during a working incident.
b) As of this writing, we have not seen the Mayor's proposed budget for 2006, and
SO cannot comment or provide information regarding same.
3) County Communications and 911 Program
a) Municipal Fire Alarm Retransmitter: The new equipment has been installed and
running since September. The vendor continues to work with the manufacturer to
resolve errors caused by improper function of the equipment.
b) Former Dispatch Space: We are authorized by the County to engage contractor
to do the necessary cleaning and restoration of the space. This will occur as soon
as possible.
"An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification."
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Fire Chief's Report for October 2005
11 OCT 05
Page 2
5) Grants and Donations
a) SAFER Grant: No word since last report.
6) Strategic Planning
No activity, no report.
Fire Prevention Bureau
See Assistant Fire Chief Parson's report, attached.
Safety Section
Stand Down for Fire Fighter Safety: As of 31 JUL 05, the stand downs have all been
completed, and a final report will be issued.
OPERATIONS DIVISION
Response
1) Monthly Call Report
See distributed year -to -date report series for 2005. The final report for 2004 is still in the
works.
2) Emergency Management
No report this month.
Support
1) See Deputy Chief Dorman's report.
2) Training Center report for July 2005, from Assistant Chief LaBuff, will be included in
next month's report.
IFD 22 Hours
Tompkins County 18
NYSOFPC 24
Private 18
Total 82 Hours
Fire Chief's Report for October 2005
3) Marine Facility
No report for this month.
4) Boat Disposition
No action.
5) Cornell Hazardous Materials Program
No action.
Training
No report this month.
VOLUNTEER SERVICES DIVISION
Recruitment and Retention
1) No report.
Service
11 OCT 05
Page 3
1) Volunteer service hours for the period 01 SEP 05 — 30 SEP 05, and bunker service hours
for the period ending 07 OCT 05, are attached.
Respectfully submitted,
I ,- 4 0�,
Brian H. Wilbur
Fire Chief
Attachments
ITHACA FIRE DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS REPORT
October 2005
PERSONNEL STAFFING LEVELS
1
Chief
1
Deputy Chief
5
Assistant Chiefs
8
Lieutenants
50
Fire Fighters
65
On duty personnel
1
Fire Alarm Superintendent
1
Administrative Secretary
1
Financial Clerk
0.5
Account Clerk Typist
1
Light Duty Fire Fighter
Total employees as of 10/01 /05 — 69.5
MUTUAL AID CALLS — From: Enfield (Enfield initially dispatched to Ithaca call), Cayuga
Heights
To: Cayuga Heights, Newfield (3), Enfield, Brooktondale
SELECTED CALLS —
No Report
SUPPORT
48 Vehicle work orders were written and 32 were closed.
TRAINING —
See Attached report.
Submitted by: J. Thomas Dorman, Deputy Chief
Date Printed: 10/4/05
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Ithaca Fire Department Printed: 15:22:51
Report Period VFF Duty Hours List 10/07/05
DE ' , Start: 09/01/05
DL End 09/30/05
Name Badge Credit
************************************************* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **
BEGG , SUSAN
CANTONE FRANK ✓
GILLIGAN WILLIAM J
JUPITER KEN
KILGORE CARL
MAAS , DANIEL
04190
Ithaca
Fire Department
14.00
Printed:
15:22:36
04362
Bunker
Duty Hours
Report
04193
15.25
10/07/05
Hours
N =me
Badge
Credit
Off
Sick
Family
Available
C. -1BURY , JOEL
04539
1902.00
1837.0
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.00
65.00
COOK , ROBERT
04585
403.00
381.67
12.00
.00
9.33
DAUPLAISE , DANIEL
04586
382.00
390.00
.00
.00
-8.00
DEGANY OPHIR
04587
303.42
246.00
14.00
.00
43.42
GRANT JOSHUA
04588
795.00
491.00
.00
.00
304.00
HOWE CRAIG
04589
440.00
409.00
.00
.00
31.00
KARIUS , BRANDON
04591
196.00
192.50
.00
.00
3.50
SAUL , JOSHUA
04593
127.50
107.00
.00
.00
20.50
SCHLEIERMACHER , JOHN
04594
223.90
162.00
.00
.00
61.90
VANN , JUSTIN
04595
117.00
107.00
.00
.00
10.00
WALLENSTEIN , DANIEL
04590
226.50
125.50
.00
.00
101.00
YAM , PHILIP
04596
390.00
249.50
56.00
7.00
77.50
Ithaca Fire Department Printed: 15:22:51
Report Period VFF Duty Hours List 10/07/05
DE ' , Start: 09/01/05
DL End 09/30/05
Name Badge Credit
************************************************* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **
BEGG , SUSAN
CANTONE FRANK ✓
GILLIGAN WILLIAM J
JUPITER KEN
KILGORE CARL
MAAS , DANIEL
04190
27.00
04413
14.00
04188
14.50
04362
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04574
18.50
04193
15.25
2005 EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENTS
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DATE
ESTIMATED COST
INCIDENT
DESCRIPTION
22 -Jan
$12,825.11
0201
Winterstorm Coverage several other incident #'s
24 -Jan
$2,541.41
0247
Bostwick Rd Gas Leak
29 -Jan
$15,310.69
0309
Flooding & Ice - EOC several other incident #'s
11 -Feb
$715.69
0501
Mutual Aid Danby Rd House Fire
13 -Feb
$11,937.24
0527
116 Lake St. , Structure Fire
21 -Mar
$4,260.70
0913
110 N. Meadow St Structure Fire
25 -Mar
$1,774.61
0935
110 Dryden Rd. Structure Fire
27 -Mar
$1,286.03
0936
Mutual Aid Enfield MVA
2-Apr
$8,132.35
1030
Flooding several other incident #'s
2-Apr
$1,620.50
1024
Motor Coach Leak
10-Apr
$1,805.68
1148
St. Olin Chem. Lab 2nd Alarm
16-Apr
$3,118.50
1217
Hackberry Lane Brush Fire
18-Apr
$9,367.10
1242
Six Mile Creek Gore Rescue
22-Apr
$3,420.08
1296
Mutual aid Tau hannock Falls Gore rescue
23-Apr
$5,613.85
1304
Mutual aid Uptown Rd Structure Fire
29-Apr
$1,031.94
1382
Ithaca College Last day of classes
6-May
$2,419.92
1467
CU Slope Da also incident 1462 & 1457
10-May
$1,500.65
1521
Body Recovery @ Ithaca Falls
24-May
$3,845.66
1671
227 Rid edale Rd. House Fire
25-May
$15,112.74
1682
Walmart Hazmat
1 -Jun
$3,060.29
1754
Dryden Rd. Machine Shop Fire
4 -Jun
$709.11
n/a
Ithaca Festival Inspections
7 -Jun
$4,096.70
1832
Mutual Aid to Trumansburg Structure Fire
8 -Jun
$4,023.69
1840
314 Warren PI Structure Fire
21 -Jun
$1,960.18
2017
117 E. King Rd. Natural Gas Leak
26 -Jun
$3,114.00
2064
Ithaca Falls Rescue
28 -Jun
$3,359.00
2086
Wires Down / Structure Fire 311 S. Plain St
29 -Jun
$3,329.84
2110
Mutual Aid to Enfield - Mecklenburg Rd Fire
1 -Jul
$655.41
n/a
Fireworks Coverage
8 -Jul
$2,868.57
2211
Willard Way Gore Rescue
11 -Jul
$1,568.83
2242
Elm St. - Serious MVA
15 -Jul
$1,587.95
2290
Mutual Aid to Newfield Gore Rescue
22 -Jul
$1,107.27
2370
Diesel Leak in Six Mile Creek
25 -Jul
$1,464.73
2398
Hazmat Incident at McGuire Ford
5-Aug
$2,430.12
2515
West Haven Rd Structure Fire
19-Sep
$3,022.43
3032
Mary Donlon Residence Fire
21-Sep
$6,568.02
3069
Suspicious Package @ Walmart
25-Sep
$2,428.35
3128
Multiple incidents - Purdy MVA/Dryden Rd Fire
27-Sep
$1,891.73
3149
Newfield Natural Gas Leak
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Statistical Summary
Board Report - Otober 2005
There are 23,054 records in the Incidents Table. Between Saturday, January 1, 2005 and Friday,
October 7, 2005 there were 3,194 incidents. Currently there are an average of 11.41 incidents per
day. Average response time for the department is 4.9 minutes. The average duration of an incident
is 21.41 minutes.
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From: "Brian Wilbur" <brianw@cityofithaca.org>
To: "Paul Alexander" <palexand @icsd.kl2.ny.us >; "William Gilligan" <wdgl @cornell.edu >; "Bob
Romanowski" <elboro m@ usadatanet. net>; "Steven Williams" <swilliams @town.ithaca.ny.us >;
"Dave Burbank" <burbank @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Rob Covert" <covert@ifd.cityofithaca.org >;
'Tom Deis" <deis @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Tom Dorman" <dorman @cityofithaca.org >; "Mahlon Irish
Jr." <irish @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Lee LabufP' <labuff @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Chris O'Connor"
<oconnor @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Tom Parsons" <parsons @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Mike Schnurle"
<schnurle @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Gillian Sharp" <GillianS @ci.ithaca.ny.us >; "Willis Sheldon"
<sheldon @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Dan Tier" <dant @cityofithaca.org >; "Rich Tracy"
<tracy @ifd.cityofithaca.org >; "Guy VanBenschoten" <gvanb @baka.com >; "Brian Weinstein"
<president @iaff737.org >; "Kimberly Spencer" <kspencer @ifd.cityofithaca.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:44 PM
Subject: Budget Comparison
Hi Everyone,
Here is a quick recap of Mayor Petersen's budget as compared with what
IFD submitted.
In general, the Mayor's budget appropriates the funds necessary to
maintain the staffing levels we have currently. The "current roster" was
submitted to hold most costs at 2005 levels, and maintain current
staffing levels. Differences from what IFD submitted under the "current
roster" scenario and the Mayor's budget are as follows:
105 - admin salaries: increased to reflect a 4.5% raise for the fire
chief and deputy fire chief, which adjusts slightly for past years of
lower than COL increases.
110 -staff salaries: same as submitted
125 - overtime: the current roster scenario calculated overtime for this
year to reach $368,696. Mayor's budget increases the appropriation from
2005 to 2006 from $200,000 to $300,000. If disabilities and
extraordinary incidents return to more normal levels, this amount will
allow us to have staff meetings, accomplish some specialty training, and
other discretionary activities that have been suspended due to overruns
in 2005.
210 - office equipment: funds a document scanner for the Fire Prevention
Bureau. Other expenses that appeared in different scenarios were not funded.
215 - motor vehicles: appear in capital budget.
225 - other equipment: $43,979 includes rescue and haz mat equipment.
Other items that appeared in other budget scenarios were not funded.
405 - telephone: Historical funding level.
410 - utilities: Historical funding level, increased as recommended by
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Controller's Office.
415 - clothing: same as current roster request.
420 - fuel: used Controller's Office recommendation, which is increased
about $6,500 from 2005 appropriation.
425 - office supplies: historical funding level.
435 - contractual expenses: historical funding level.
440 - staff development: used current roster scenario level which is an
increase over recent years. This is an important increase.
445 - travel and mileage: historical funding levels.
450 - insurance: established by Controller's Office.
460 - program supplies: used current roster submittal, which is based on
historical expenditure levels.
470 - equipment rental: Up slightly from 2005.
475 - property maintenance: Has a $17,026 increase from current roster
proposal. Reflects current experience.
476 - equipment maintenance: nearly a $45,000 increase over 2005
appropriations. We project we will spend over $200,000 in 2005. Mostly
related to fewer vehicles responding to more alarms over streets and
highways in poor shape or impeded by traffic calming.
477 - equipment parts and supplies: historical funding levels.
480 - building maintenance supplies: historical funding levels.
Other lines in the budget are prepared and maintained by the Controller's
Office.
While this budget does keep us whole, while providing a second year of
some increases, it does not address our long standing requests for
additional personnel. The budget submittal included an optional scenario
that requested ten additional fire fighters and a municipal training
officer. The increasing demands for services and continuing decline in
personnel work to create an increase in risk for the community and its
fire fighters.
Brian
Brian H. Wilbur, Fire Chief
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