Watkins Glen Fire Department

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1 Watkins Glen Fire Department 201 Perry Street Watkins Glen, New York Chief Dominick Smith cell Fire & Rescue Watkins Glen Fire Department RE: 2013 Year End Report Well 2013 was another busy year and difficult year for the department. We lost 2 very good members to illness, they will be greatly missed. We had a slower year call wise we ran 748 calls. We averaged 40 minutes on scene per each call. This is everything from EMS calls, Rope Rescue Calls, Auto Accidents, Special weather related calls to House fires. There are a few items I would like to Hi-Light from this past year. FEMA Grant, we got a FEMA grant this year in the amount of $56, to buy a new air compressor to fill our airpacks with and to help us out with our Tech Rescue calls. This project is a $40,000 project that we could have not done without the FEMA money. We also were given $ 16, for EMS/Tech Rescue suits for the members to wear instead of the turnout gear they have. This will possible help with the replacement of the turnout gear sooner than we should because it is getting ruined during these type calls. The total cost to the Department for these two items is $2, which is coming out of the current budget. We got a new forcible entry door prop for training. This prop was $6, and will help training the firefighters on proper ways to gain entry to homes and other commercial buildings when a key is not available to be used to get in. This will help us become proficient in these tasks which can make a difference on the scene as far as getting into extinguish a fire. We sent 4 firefighters to a Big Truck rescue class in Oswego to learn proper tactics on dealing with these types of incidents. There was heavy use of air lifting bags in this class. We bought one of them to put into service for our department. More are planned. We just boat a Fire/Rescue boat to put into service this spring. We will take delivery of it in May and have it ready for the season by June. The Fire Company is buying it for the department and has spent $25, on it. The boat will be able to rescue people from the lake or any lake in the county if called. It will also have a pump on it to fight fires on the lake or to perform drafting operations for a fire on shore. It will be a great asset to have in providing protection to the County and our district. We also bought two storage containers to be used for live fire training. This will help us train our firefighters in better fire ground attack tactics

2 2013 Call report break down: Fires: 33 which is 5% of the call volume Overpressure Rupture or Explosion: 8 which is.5% of the calls EMS: 440 which is 58% of the call volume Auto Accidents: 42 which is 5% of the call volume Search for Person: 2 which is.4% of the call volume High Angle Rope Rescue: 1 which is.1% of the call volume Hazardous Condition (no fire) 35 which is 5% of the call volume Service Calls: 62 which is 12.5% of the calls these are asst the public, pump cellars etc.. Good Intent Call: 42 which is 6.2% of the call volume these are canceled enroute, no incident found type calls False Alarm: 69 which is 5.2% of the call volume Special Incidents: 12 which are 2% of the call volume these are calls to set up LZ for the medical Helicopter Bomb Scare: 1 which is.1% of the call volume We had a 3:59 response time average for the year. This means from the time a 911 call is placed for help until we were on the scene it took us an average of 3:59 minutes. That may seem like a lot but it is not considering we have to get people from their homes or work to the station and get on the truck and get onto to the scene of the incident. That is pretty quick thinking of all the things the firefighters have to do just to respond to the scene of the call. We answered 87% of the calls within 5 minutes. We also had an average turn out for calls of 6 firefighters. This is for all calls this average includes EMS to House fires. On fire type calls we averaged 13 firefighters per incident. Total responding personal was 3,956 firefighters for all of the calls. Alarm Time Analysis for 2013: this is when the alarms come out for us to respond too. Midnight to 1am-21 12pm to 1pm-54 1am to 2am-17 1pm to 2pm-36 2am to 3am-14 2pm to 3pm-44 3am to 4am-13 3pm to 4pm-42 4am to 5am-15 4pm to 5pm-55 5am to 6am-17 5pm to 6pm-49 6am to 7am -19 6pm to 7pm-51 7am to 8am-22 7pm to 8pm-37 8am to 9am-26 8pm to 9pm-27 9am to 10am- 39 9pm to 10pm-29 10am to 11am-32 10pm to 11pm-22 11am to 12pm-39 11pm to 12am-28 Mutual Aid Given to other departments: 41 times Monterey-1 Montour Falls-8 Odessa-4 Tyrone-2 Beaver Dams-13 Mecklenburg-1 Burdett-6 Dundee-3 Hector-1

3 Millport-1 Schuyler Ambulance-1 Mutual Aide received: from other fire departments-20 times Montour Falls-2 Odessa-1 Tyrone-1 Beaver Dams-1 Burdett-5 Dundee- 2 Millport-1 Schuyler Ambulance-1 Mecklenburg-1 Hector-1 Wayne-1 Branchport/Kueka Park-1 Horesheads Village-1 Town & Country-1 Trainings: We had a great year of training offering 65 different classes and topics for hours of training that is put on by the staff of the Watkins Glen Fire Department under the leadership of Training Officer Judson Smith. We had 8, fire fighter hours training this year. Some of the topics covered where Engine Company drill, Ladder Company drill, Auto Extrication, OSHA topics, Natural Gas and Propane emergencies, Power Line and Electrical Emergencies, SCBA skills and awareness, Drivers Training, Self Rescue Techniques, Railroad Safety, All EMS disciplines (monthly), Monthly Tech Rescue drill where we practice the disciplines of low and high angle rescue and repelling, confined space rescue, and shoring Grand Am Event: Date: June 29 th July 1 st 2012 Special Event Detail Report for 2013 WGI Events: Resources Requested: 1 Engine Company, 1 squad, and 1 officer for command purposes Coverage: 12 hour coverage starting on Friday June 29 th and ending on Sunday July 1 st. Shifts ran Personnel Hours Per Shift: 84 hours Total Personnel Hours for Event: 300 hours 2013 Finger Lakes Wine Festival: Date: July 13 th July 15 th 2012 Resources Requested for Shift : 1 Engine Company, 3 squads, and full command staff Resources Requested for Shift : 1 Engine Company, 1 squad, and 1 officer for command purposes Coverage: 24 hour coverage starting on Friday July 13 th at 0600 and ending on Sunday July 15 th at Personnel Hours for Shifts : 332 hours Personnel Hours for Shifts : 168 hours Total Personnel Hours for Event: 500 hours

4 2013 NASCAR Event: Date: August 9 th August 13 th 2013 Resources Requested for Shift : 5 engine companies, 4 squads, Hazmat Team, and full command staff, A Haz Mat team was added this past year also Resources Requested for Shift : 3 engine companies, 3 squads, and full command staff, A Haz Mat team was added this past year also Coverage: 24 hour coverage starting on Thursday August 9 th at 0600 and ending on Monday August 13 th at Total Personnel Hours for Event: 4224 hours 2013 Vintage Grand Prix Festival: Date: September 7 th September 9 th 2012 Resources Requested: 1 Engine Company, 1 squad, and 1 officer for command purposes Coverage: 12 hour coverage starting on Friday September 7 th and ending on Sunday September 9 th. Shifts ran Personnel Hours Per Shift: 84 hours Total Personnel Hours for Event: 300 hours Grand Total for 2013 WGI Events: 312 hours of shift work Total Personnel Hours for WGI 2013: 8,892 hours

5 We do many other Stand By events each year as a service to our community, this are events that the Firefighters will go to and set up at them to provide Fire and EMS coverage at them so that all the people attending get help in the event it is needed. We did 20 of them this past year below is a list of the ones we stood by at. High school stand by s- 14 ff 30 total hrs, 420 ff hours 5 calls Wine fest Clute park- 6 ff 11hrs, 66 ff hours 1 call Boat regatta- 10ff 6hrs, 60 ff hours -0 calls Italian fest- 14 ff 30 hrs, 420 ff hours 6 calls Grand prix- 7 ff 8 hrs, 56 ff hours 1 call Village Xmas 12 ff 2 hrs, 24 ff hours 0 calls Jet Ski Race & Swim Event at Clute Park- 20 FF, 320 FF hours, 3 calls Live like Liz Race-3FF, 12FF hours 0 calls Work Details: We had 38 total work details for, 85 man Hours 848 FF hours Truck Nights: 12 for 52 hours and 420 FF hours Monthly Meetings-12 meetings for 24hrs and 386 FF hours Total Working Hours: 6, Total Firefighter Hours: 26, Responders with at least 100 calls answered: Derek Bacon-108 Robert Monteiro-130 Keith Caslin-209 Charlie Smith Aaron Emery-212 Dominick Smith-194 Jason Fuller-131 Judson Smith-145 Jason Hudon-163 Jimmy Spencer-134 DJ Locke-175 Mike Stamp-126 Stan Mason-174 Jake Teeter-159 Brent Miller-236 Sam Miller-193 If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call or me. Respectfully, Dominick Smith Chief of the Watkins Glen Fire Department