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Report of the September of 1994, I was authorized to change recall procedures to better insure available department mem- Fire Chief bers to be able to respond quicker to second calls for service. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the As reported last year, our ability to fight fires con- Citizens of the Town of Mashpee. P y y g tinues to improve as Mashpee Water District continue I am pleased to communicate to you the 1994 report to expand its service area. This improvement meant of"your" Fire &Rescue Department. the difference between loosing one home or multiple homes during the operations at Spoon Drift Circle. Personnel In July of 1994, this department took delivery of a As Fire Chief I recognize that this departments asset new Wheeled Coach ambulance. This new ambulance is its people. Without the dedicated men and women was constructed on a heavy duty International Truck that make up our department my job would be impos- chassis and we look forward to many years of depend- sible.I am very proud of Mashpee's Fire/EMS person- able service. Additionally, the department purchased a nel, my hat is off to them. new Life Pak defibrillator/external pacemaker, enabling both ambulances state of the art cardiac mon- This past year we said goodbye to Firefighter/para- itoring equipment. medic Bucky Mabile. Firefighter Mabile left Mashpee for employment with the Harwich Fire Department. Prevention We wish Bucky well. Joining our department in 1994, was Firefighter/Paramedic Stephen Bold and Call As last year the number one priority of this depart Firefighters Michael Cannata, John Lacava and Terry ment is in the prevention of injuries, death and proper- Keith. ty loss caused by accidents and fire. To this regard, Firefighters Nicole Stanley, Thomas Bauer and The high point of the year was an exam held for the Michael Evaul have taken departmental roles in the position of Lieutenant. Although no position was open delivery of prevention programs. at the time, the members that successfully passed the exam are currently on a list for promotion and serve Firefighters Stanley and Bauer have started to the department as back up supervisors. address the youth of our town participating in pro- Congratulations to Firefighters Michael Evaul, John grams with Mashpee Leisure Services, Mashpee Phelan, Danial Kelley and Joseph Fellows. Schools and Barnstable County 4H. Firefighter Evaul has taken a leadership role in our county by way of his In December, Firefighter Thomas Bauer was cerci- participation in Cape and Islands EMS System public fied by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a education committee. Firefighter Evaul's participation Paramedic.This certification culminates over one year has assisted our departments efforts by "being in the of training for Firefighter Bauer. To assist the depart- loop" when regional programs are developed and mens in our future EMS needs, Firefighter Joseph implemented. Fellows began paramedic training in September. Including the Deputy Chief and I, the department This department continues its ongoing partnership ended 1994 with a complement of eight paramedics. with Mashpee Leisure Services in the delivery of Eight Paramedics has been a goal of this department monthly CPR training. This one-night program has ' since 1991 and took a few years of planning and train- proved effective in dealing with medical emergencies ing to now have Advanced Life support capability 24 prior to the arrival of our EMS providers. hours a day. Rounding out the departments prevention activities, Operations is my attempt to bring to Mashpee regulations that require new residential construction to be equipped During 1994, the number of emergency responses with rapid response fire suppression sprinklers. It is by this department increased by 13%. This was 2% my strong belief that, with a working smoke detector, greater than projected. of significance, was the combined and residential sprinklers can better protect increase in structure fires including an August fire in the people of Mashpee in a proactive, cost effective New Seabury that occurred while the on-duty crew approach. was responding to a medical emergency causing a delay in response. While this was not the only multi- Conclusion pie call received by the department in 1994,this called attention to the need to change staffing patterns. In On behalf of the members of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department, I extend my thanks to the people 84