HomeMy WebLinkAboutFire repdec15.pdfEXHIBIT 2016-
April 21, 2016
Honorable Kate Supron
Board of Trustees
Village of Cayuga Heights
Monthly Report November 2015
The volunteers of the Cayuga Heights Fire Department finished the year with 46 runs in
December. There were 25 calls in the Village of Cayuga Heights, 19 calls in the Town of
Ithaca and 2 mutual aid requests. We had 29 EMS responses and 17 fire calls. We
finished the year with a total of 541 calls. Through the year we responded to 262 calls in
the Village of Cayuga Heights, 212 calls in the Town of Ithaca and we responded to 67
requests for mutual aid. We had 258 fire calls and 283 requests for EMS. We averaged
10 members per call. We responded to our calls in an average time of 2:47 which is an
amazing accomplishment for a volunteer department. The dedication of the members of
the department is nothing less then heroic. The residents of the Village of Cayuga
Heights and the Town of Ithaca are well served by this dedicated group of volunteers.
We had our usual training slow down in December. With the students leaving and the
holidays upon us we cut back training for the month. We did a checklist party for the
probationary members early in the month and continued to work with those in town
through the month to keep them on track to complete checklists by early March. Right
before the break we held our annual Jeopardy training. This is a fun night of fire
department knowledge and skills testing set in the format of the game show. We make
teams of senior and junior members and test skills and knowledge based on matchups of
like skilled folks. This is always good for some laughs right before break. Training will
continue to be slow through January picking up with our annual OSHA training on
January 30th that all members are required to attend. We have been getting regular emails
on our web site from people interested in joining the department for a Spring 2016 recruit
class. We will set the dates for the class at our January Fire Council Meeting.
As many of you have heard, one of our firefighters was recently arrested for endangering
the welfare of a child. Ryan has been a long time dedicated member of this department
participating in every aspect of department operations. During this time Ryan has
willingly agreed to not participate in fire department activities. I made the mayor aware
of the situation as soon as Ryan told me what was happening. The department has taken
what we consider the appropriate actions in this situation. At no time did any of the
actions that Ryan is accused of take place at the fire station or during operations or
functions related to the department. We will keep the board informed as this situation
progresses.
We are very grateful to all our members who have stayed in town for the holidays who
are keeping up on the calls.
Sincerely,
George Tamborelle
Fire Chief/Fire Superintendent