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Fires in Highway Vehicles 10 0 $37,900 Fires in Other Vehicles 1 Fires Outside of Structures, Not Vehicles 6 0$ 6$40055 Fires in Brush, Grass & Wildlands 47 $4 ! 0 $1,312 i Fires in Rubbish 7 0 $350 r All Other Fires 2 0 $1,000 TOTAL FOR ALL FIRES 67 2 $324,182 k Rescue, Emergency Medical Responses 1350 0 $0 I False Alarm Responses 285 0 $0 Mutual Aid Given 151 0 $0 ' Hazardous Materials Responses 32 0 $0 Other Hazardous Responses 0 0 $0 All Other Responses 323 0 $0 TOTAL FOR ALL INCIDENTS 2246 5 $324,182 Selected Incidents Itemized Below 0 0 $0 Malicious, Mischievous, False Call 4 0 $0 System Malfunction 119 0 $0 Unintentional 96 0 $0 Other False Alarms 2 0 $0 Structure Fires - Incendiary 1 0 $90,000 Structure Fires - Suspicious 1 0 $5,000 Vehicles Fires, Incendiary & Suspicious 0 0 $0 Report of the At this time I would like to thank the other Town Departments that we work with: Department Public Harbormaster Works, Police, Fire, Network Administrator, Selectmen's Office, Conservation, etc. The depart- ment will be adding some evening patrols next season, To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Please have a safe and enjoyable boat season,and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: always lend a hand to other boaters in need. What a busy year! The economy drove boating to Respectfully submitted, the limits. Mashpee implemented a waiting list for all Perry F. Ellis salt water mooring locations. The waiting list applica- tion forms are available at the Town Clerk's office, Harbormaster and are filled on a first come basis by date.The depart- ment now manages over 700 moorings. The lakes were busy with the ramps full on some Report of the i weekends by 7:00 AM.The Bay ramps were full every weekend and some weekdays. The number of boats Shellfish Department using waterways is at an all time high. The boating i season itself started earlier and ended later. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the The dredging at Popponesett Bay went well both on Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: the outside and inside channels. The number of Bass Tournaments on Mashpee Wakeby Lake this year Patrols and enforcement by the Shellfish, totaled 23. Mashpee River is in the process of getting Harbormaster and Police Departments were effective the permits needed to do the dredging it so badly in preventing illegal shellfishing in the closed areas Is needs.With the ever increasing number of people with well as protecting the shellfish resources in other j boats and personnel watercraft using the same space areas. Enforcement is essential as more areas are accidents will tend to increase, Mashpee will be no closed, and the population increases. exception. Education of safe boating rules will help. To keep up with this demand the department equip- Soft-shell clams continued to be the most abundant ment includes 4 patrol boats, 1 jetski, 2 mooring shellfish in 1999. Quahogs were the next most plenti- barges and one pumpout boat. ful.The scallop harvest was better than in recent years, but oysters remained very scarce. Most of the oysters Age, %' L 92