HomeMy WebLinkAboutrepnov15.pdfApril 21, 2016
Honorable Kate Supron
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report November 2015
November was a pretty busy month for the department with 58 runs . There were 25 calls in the Village of
Cayuga Heights, 21 calls in the Town of Ithaca and 12 mutual aid requests. We had 31 EMS responses
and 27 fire calls. There was a good mix of fire and EMS calls for the month. The 12 mutual aid requests
were spread between the Ithaca Fire Department and the Lansing Fire Department.
We managed to get in a lot of training through the month of November. We purchased a demo unit rescue
tool from Tyler Fire Equipment early in the month using 2% money from fire council. We picked this tool
up so we will have two rescue tools when we put the new engine in service. The new tool has the “core”
system for the hydraulic hose. This is a one hose hydraulic system that is far superior to the old two hose
system that our current tool uses. We have ordered the parts to convert the old tool to the core system. We
did chainsaw training on a stand of downed trees at Asst. Chief Joe Price’s home. This was a great
opportunity for our new members to use the saws to cut something other then pallets. Late in the month
we did a road rally. At road rally we take the trucks to various spots around the district and perform skills
at each stop. The members take turns sitting in the officer’s seat and directing the driver to the location
and the crews on the task to be performed. This is excellent area orientation. The FAST team went to
Cortland in November to train with other area teams on several acquired structures in the Cortland area.
All of our EMS personnel were required to complete their annual continuing medical educatio n skills
session on November with the deadline for skills and CME hours to be done by the end of December.
The station played host once again to the Cayuga Heights Elementary School PTA auction. The event
went very well for the PTA. We held a work party before the event to make sure the station was clean for
the auction and after the auction the bunkers came down and helped clean the place up and get the truck
bays back in order. The station has really become a meeting place for community organizatio ns. Almost
every weekend we are hosting birthday parties in the training room. Kids and parents love the opportunity
to spend an afternoon at the station. We have a group of members who have made this a great program.
There were several outside groups looking for CPR training and our instructors have been very
accommodating and work hard to make sure every group looking for CPR training is able to get it.
The repair work on L231 is complete and the truck is recertified. All other apparatus is currently in great
shape. Rick Arsenault from the DPW has been performing all scheduled village level maintenance on the
trucks and it is greatly appreciated. He has been getting the trucks in for regular oil changes and he
ensures the schedule lubrications and any other services that are able to be done at the barn are getting
done. This is a great cost savings to us and greatly appreciated.
As we move into December we are preparing for our student members to depart for break. Luckily, this
year, we have a bunch of senior members who are only planning to leave for a brief period of time and
several others who are planning to stay in the area through the entire break. We have encouraged anybody
who wants to stay at the station to do so and many of those staying in the area have said that they would
love to stay as winter bunkers. This should keep the district covered very well.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent