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September 9, 2015
Honorable Kate Supron
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report – December, 2010
We finished 2010 with 39 runs in December to finish the year with a total of 576 calls.
This is 59 more then last year. It was a very busy year for the volunteers of the Cayuga
Heights Fire Department. We had 24 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 12 in the
Town of Ithaca and 3 mutual aid requests. We had 23 EMS calls and 16 fire calls. On
December 1st we were again out and busy removing water from basements throughout the
district after the major rain storm came through the area. We were running calls steadily
through the holiday weekend. FF Matt Morgan was the only bunker in the station over
the weekend and managed to cover all the EMS runs as well as ensuring he had crews for
fire calls. By the end of the weekend he was pretty tired but we did not drop any calls.
On the 28th of the month we were put on standby by the Ithaca Fire Department to man
an engine in our station for a possible move to the city due to a major motor vehicle crash
that they were dispatched to. A crew assembled at the fire station then we were
dispatched to the scene of a structure fire in the city. Our crew responded and assisted at
the scene of the fire. Luckily the fire was suppressed quickly with minimal damage to
the home.
Training slowed down a bit in December with the holidays and many of our members
traveling out of town. We did get in a FAST training that again incorporated all of our
members. We also did our Annual Fire Fighter Jeopardy training. This is a fun training
where we have to come up with answers to fire related topics. We split into teams for
this training and it is a fantastic training to reinforce knowledge and get in a good laugh
before we parted ways for break. The probationary members are working toward
checklist completion with the deadline being early February 2011 for their checklists to
be done. As with every class, the checklist must be complete by the deadline to continue
membership in the department. We have our annual training day on January 29th to
review all of the OSHA required topics and refresh CPR and teach an original CPR class
to those who need it.
I spoke with the KME engineer about our truck and it was being welded together the last
week in December and is coming along nicely according to our contact. He is planning
on sending along some photos of the truck this week. We are still looking at an end of
April delivery for E202. At some point in the near future we will take a day trip to the
factory in Pennsylvania and get a look at their progress.
We look forward to all of our members returning from break at the end of the month.
Several are coming back early to take some of the state fire classes being offered in mid
January and will be staying in the overnight rooms at the station. It will be great to back
at full staffing soon. We are all looking forward to a safe 2011.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent
EMERGENCY CALLS: 39 TOTAL CALLS YEAR TO DATE: 576
Total Calls – 39 Fire Calls – 16 EMS Calls - 23
Total Mutual Aid – 3
Calls in the Village – 24 Calls in the Town – 12
TRAINING / MEETINGS / EVENTS:
12/5 – Fire Council
12/8 – Fire Training – FAST
12/16 – Fire Training – Fire Jeopardy
UPCOMING EVENTS:
1/29 – Department Mandatory OSHA Training and CPR certification
4/23 – Annual Installation Banquet