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Keith Island. Once on the island,the son screamed for Mrs. Carberry's grandson, Matthew Avitabile, did help. A Sandwich resident on Cove Road heard the the right thing in telling his grandmother to "Stop, young man calling for help and called the fire depart- Drop, and Roll" and by activating the EMS system via ment. A search for the father ensued and continued "911". Matthew recently moved to the Cape from into the night. When it became obvious that recovery Bridgewater and received his Fire Prevention was not imminent, operations were suspended and Education through the Bridgewater School system and rescheduled for the next day. Early the next morning, the Bridgewater Fire Department. Matthew was rec- teams from Mashpee, Sandwich and Centerville- ognized for his efforts during Fire Prevention week at Osterville-Marstons Mills and numerous law enforce- the Fire Department. ment agencies re-instituted the search with the assis- tance of two canine recovery dogs. The dogs were July 16, 1998. At 1232 firs, this department brought out separately onto the water (by boat) and responded to a reported structure fire at 40 Neshobe searched the area for a scent. Each of the dogs indi- Road. On arrival, there was heavy smoke coming cated the same specific area. This area was then from the eaves and ridge of the house. The fire was checked by the dive team and recovery of Brian located in the walls on the first and second floor of a Sampson, age 38, of Bourne was made within 15' of 2-story cape style home. The fire was contained and the area that the dogs indicated. extinguished within a half-hour. The cause of the fire was from an electrically charged telephone line. July 11, 1998. At 1657 hours, this department Apparently, a neighbor down the street was installing received a call for a woman with her clothes on fire at a metal mailbox post and drove the post through the 28 Old Colony Drive. Apparently, Hildreth Carberry, underground telephone lines into the hot side of the age 77, was cooking at the oven and her shirt sleeve underground electrical service. In addition to the fire ignited into flames which traveled up her arm to her at 40 Neshobe Road, there was also a small exterior back and chest. In a panic, Mrs. Carberry tried to fire on the shingles and trim boards at 59 Neshobe extinguish the flames. Her grandson, Matthew Road. The entire underground phone service for Avitabile age 12, walked into the room and instructed Neshobe Road was damaged as a result of this inci- his grandmother to "Stop, Drop, and Roll". While his dent. grandmother was on the floor, Matthew's father, who was in the shower at the time, was alerted by the Prevention smoke detectors that were sounding. Matthew's father assisted Mrs. Carberry in extinguishing the flames Again this past year, select members of the depart- while Matthew got the portable phone and dialed 911. ment participated in the SAFE (Student Awareness of When the ambulance arrived and assessed Mrs. Fire Education) program. Under the coordination of Carberry, a request was put into Med-Flight for a heli- Firefighter Nicole Stanley,members of the department copter because of 2nd and 3rd degree burns to her right provided numerous hours of fire safety and smoking arm, chest and back. Mrs. Carberry was loaded into cessation lessons to student grades One through Four the ambulance and transported to the Heritage Park in the Mashpee School System. Ball Field to wait for Med-Flight. The Med-Flight left the scene at 1743 hours and transported Mrs. Carberry In the area of Code Enforcement, Deputy Chief to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Hamblin worked closely with Barnstable County Health and the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal's Office in an attempt to bring the Town's 9 licensed fuel storage facilities into compliance with the 'i Commonwealth's and the Federal Government's 'f Underground Storage Tank regulations. These new "s regulations required numerous pollution prevention practices to be in place by December of 1998. As a result of his diligence, 8 of the facilities were brought into full compliance and one facility was shut down. Other inspection activities included the review and pre-fire approval of building plans, daily smoke detec- for and oil burner inspections. In 1998, 651 smoke detector inspections and 42 oil burner inspections were performed. To date, we have 185 commercial, mercantile and multi-family residential complexes pre-fire planed. i 122