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ell Re ort of the ::. :. , y d P Fire Chief =.. i "working to improve the quality of life in our community' To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: I am pleased to submit the Annual Report for the Mashpee Fire and Rescue Department for they ear 1992 `..a for your review. 1992 will be remembered as an extremely busy year, both administratively and operationally. On I the administrative side,the department's Master Plan for r: Fire and Rescue Protection was reviewed and updated to r reflect `current day"figures. This resulted in a general Mashpee Firefighters introduced our school children to revision of our future projected needs in the areas of the `friendly monster"during 1992. management, fire prevention, facility needs and staffing requirements. With Mashpee's population expected to I double by the year 2,000, we anticipate a corresponding In the area of code enforcement', our department f P � increase in the activities of your Fire and Rescue continues to maintain and imrove its Proactive' P Department. Meeting this increase in future demands approach to fire inspections and prefire planning.A total will require creative and innovative thinking on the part of 653 enforcement inspections were completed in 1992, *1. of both Town administration and this department's as mandated by Commonwealth regulation and loyal By- .ti $;. management team. As Fire Chief, I am proud of the Law. In addition, 135 preplanning inspections were M`+ capabilities and accomplishments of this department's completed in order to insure that our planning .; employees, and can insure out y that they are up to the documents were up-to-date. challenge. Completing our proactive approach, Deputy Chief Public Education and Fire Prevention Baker and I have been heavily involved at the estate level working to encourage legislation that would support the . The number one priority of this department is to installation of residential sprinkler systems. Using"state prevent the needless injuries, suffering and property loss of the art" technology, residential sprinkler systems caused by fires, accidents, and related incidents. In this would not only guarantee the fire safety of our citizens in regard, we maintain an extremely active educational their homes, but would reduce the increase in funding program aimed at preventing these incidents before they required to meet a g corres ondin increase in demand for corresponding occur, or at reducing their severity. During 1992,a total fire protection services in the future. of six classes on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were conducted for our citizens. Other classes held in operations conjunction with our school system insured that all of our During 1992, the number of fire and medical teachers have up-to-date training in CPR techniques. emergencies in Mashpee continued to increase in both This department is extremely grateful to Mr.Ben Gordon number and severity. The number of serious fires in for the generous donation of CPR training mannequins Town increased 38%over 1991,while the total dollarfire that allow this program to be offered with`state of the art' loss increasedears' a whopping 358%over the previous y equipment. total. Several private homes that suffered fires during the past Year were discovered to lack operating smoke With Deputy Chief George Baker serving as the detectors. In this regard, we were fortunate that no lives sparkplug, this department was able to launch a"Safe were lost given the number and severity of the incidents Kids Program" during the summer of 1992. WorkingPlease insure that your homes have at least one properly with Dean Driscoll of the Leisure Services Department, operating smoke detector on each floor.If you are unsure this innovative program enlisted helpfrom Mashpee y P of where to place smoke detectors or are unable to afford. Commons, Mashpee Family Medicine Clinic, and the themlease contact the Fire Department at P re and Rescue M aspee Police Department, over 250 children visited 539-1454 and we will gladlylace and install them for you P + displays and received information on child safety. at no charge. Participants included the U.S. Coast Guard,Keep Cape P � Cod Alive, Arts' Bike Shop, and Fire and Rescue 1]epartment personnel. fi �:74—