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2 <br /> Chairwoman Goulart questioned Chief Baker on how large the staff is in the.Fire <br /> Department. Chief Baker stated that there are 24 Fire Fighters Shams of 6 Fire Fighters), <br /> day people,Chief,Deputy,full-time secretary,and a part-time secretary. <br /> Chief Baker reviewed a Response History of the Fire Department rtment for F 97,IFY98,and <br /> F9. He broke each down by individual months. Chief Baker noted that the Fire <br /> Department is getting busier. 1n addition, Chief Baker reviewed a report of the I'ocation of the <br /> responses—Central Mashpee,Forth, South,and responses for Mutual Aid. Chief Baker <br /> noted that the bulk of the calls go to Central l iarshpee,with a.lot of those calls being EMS <br /> related. Chief noted that Mutual Aid given out is just about the same as they give back. <br /> Mr. Golub questioned Chief Baker how the responses correlate to the population. Chief <br /> Baker stated that they are almost a direct correlation to the population. He noted that Central <br /> I iashpee is where all the multi-family dwellings are,where the commercial property is,and <br /> most of the mercantile property—it is where the people are. If you look at Central lfashpee <br /> and look at Route 151 and Route 2 ,it is also where most of the car crashes are. <br /> Chief Baker noted that for it to count as a fire,there has to be actual smoke and fire when <br /> they get there or had to be an actual fire before they got there. <br /> Chief Baker reviewed the Fire Department's Goals for Fiscal Year 2000 as follows: <br /> Going to try to contain expenses. <br /> Estimate to respond to approximately 2000 emergency calls—providing <br /> 24 hour person response. Chief Baker noted that what is happening more <br /> frequently as they-get busier is that when they receive a call, 17%to 20%of <br /> the time another calx occurs. <br /> Fund construction of the new Fire Station renovation/addition. Chief Bake' <br /> said that they met today with the architect. Chief Baker noted that they <br /> retired their old architect because they were not getti <br />