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i Report of the Department. In addition to a new Fire Chief, Town voters approved a Proposition 2 1/2 override that Fire Chief authorized the hiring of four additional firefight- er/emergency medical technicians. Joining the ranks of people protecting people in Mashpee in "People Protectin¢ Peoole" September, 1988 were Firefighter/EMT's Steve Costello, Kevin Healy, Craig Messinger and Dennis To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Souweine. Extensive recruiting, testing and eventu- and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: al hiring of these new employees were performed I am pleased to submit this, my first annual re- by the Fire Department's Recruitment and Hiring port on the Fire and Rescue Department, to the Committee, assisted by the Town's personal board. community. 1988 was a year that saw tremendous In the Annual Town Meeting in May, 1988 vot- change and improvement within the Department, ers approved the appointment of a Fire Department and 1989 promises more of the same. Building and Needs Committee. The task for this Emergency fire, rescue and medical responses committee was to perform a study on all aspects of continued to increase as your Fire and Rescue De- fire and rescue protection for the Town of Mashpee, partment struggles to keep pace with the demand make appropriate recommendations, and anticipate for services posed by a growing, expanding commu- the fire and rescue problem and potential through nity. Demand for emergency fire and rescue service the year 2000. The committee is currently putting has increased by 59% since 1985. The emergency the finishing touches on their report, which is enti- response history for our community over the past tled A Master Plan for Fire and Rescue Protection four years is noted below: for the Town of Mashnee. When completed, this re- Year Total Total Total port will provide a systematic planning tool for the Emergency Fire Responses development and improvement of fire and rescue Medical protection in our Town for the next ten years. The 1985 334 512 846 following persons are serving on the committee and { 1986 389 604 993 have performed a tremendous service for the De- 1987 366 748 1.114 partment and the Town: 1988 471 876 1.347 *Mr.John Ferriday *Selectman Andrew Gottlieb Unlike other agencies within Town government, *Call F/F John Malone *Career F/F Richard Martini y the Fire and Rescue Department generates little rev- *Ms.Judy Mills *Chief Robert L.Ridgeway enue and is almost entirely dependent on the appro- *Career F/F Geoffrey Willis priations received from the Finance Committee and While the building and Needs Committee works the Board of Selectmen when the annual budget for toward planning for the future, the Fire Department the Town is approved. During 1988 however, the Renovation Committee has set about the task of Department did account for revenue received by the putting the fire and rescue station into top-notch Town, with a resulting savings by our citizens in condition. All administrative and office areas have taxes. Revenue generated by the Department in the been cleaned and repainted, and new carpeting has past year included: been added. Repairs and renovations to the upstairs area have been completed, and the area converted * Sale of Engine 356 - 1986 into two usable rooms. Many of these repairs and Hose Truck.........................................$ 85,001. improvements were performed by the members * Receipts collected from Ambulance themselves, at a considerable savings in cost to Service User Fee.................................. 34,895. Town taxpayers. Members of the Building Renova- * Inspection Fees for Smoke tion Committee deserve much credit for their ef- Detector Inspections (280)..................... 2,800. forts in helping to restore and repair the building. * Inspection Fees for Oil They include: i Burner Inspections (77).......................... 770. *F/F Richard Martini *Chief Robert L.Ridgeway *F/F Charles Stone *F/F Geoffrey Willis Total Revenue Generated: $ 123,466. In the area fire prevention and public fire edu- It is noteworthy that the funding generated by cation, hundreds of Mashpee school children were the Ambulance User Fee will totally pay for a new treated to live visits in their classrooms from fire- ambulance, while revenue obtained from the sale of fighters delivering life-safety information. The the- the Hose Truck will pay for one half of the cost of me of this past years' Fire Prevention Week, "Exit our new attack pumper. Both vehicles are currently Drills in the Home - Have A Home Fire Escape on order and are scheduled to be delivered in the Plan", was delivered to all school children in Town with Spring of 1989. excellent results. The Department also participated in 1988 will be remembered as a year of signifi- numerous speaking programs at the Middle School, and can't growth and change for the Fire and Rescue sponsored a fire prevention and education booth at the - 82 -