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26 <br />Fire Department Report <br />To the Honorable Board of Selectmen <br />Mashpee, Massachusetts <br />Gentlemen: <br />There were sixty-three calls for assistance during the <br />year. <br />Brush Fires <br />iq <br />House Fires <br />14 <br />Dump Fires <br />19 <br />Reports of Fires investigated <br />4 <br />Rescue Calls <br />9 <br />At this time all the trucks and equipment are in good <br />condition. We do not have enough hose on one truck, but I <br />have asked for a slight increase in hose replacement account <br />so as to have all trucks fully equipped. <br />I would like .the taxpayers to know I have asked for alter- <br />ations to the fire station so that all equipment can be housed <br />and in service. During the winter we have to drain the <br />tanks and pumps of two trucks to prevent freezing, and re- <br />move all cotton jacket hose to prevent rotting and it would <br />take not less than thirty minutes to put these trucks in <br />service which is too long a delay to be of any use at a build- <br />ing fire. It would cost the Town Thirty Thousand Dollars <br />($30,000.00) to replace one truck that is standing outdoors. <br />This truck may be a bit old but it runs very good. <br />I hope the public can remedy this situation as it has <br />existed as far back as 1958, and I haven't been able to cor- <br />rect it. We have all the trucks we need at this time but if <br />we don't protect them from the weather they will be use- <br />less in a short time. <br />I <br />i <br />