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Training Report of the Each year members of this department undergo Fire Chief hundreds of hours of emergency medical,fire fighting, special operations and incident command training. This training is accomplished through on-duty in-ser- j To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the vice drills, County, State and National Fire Fighting I' Citizens of the Town of Mashpee Academies, the Community College System and spe- cial training courses. This program of ongoing train- I am pleased to communicate to you the 2000 ing keeps the members of our department up to date j report of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department. with current practices and ready to react to the daily challenges of providing fire and emergency medial Our Mission services. I' "The Mission of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department is to minimize loss and suffering within In May of this past year, this department and the our community. We accomplish this by education, members of the Cotuit Fire District participated in a training and the mitigation of emergency incidents day long "training burn" at the abandoned structure within the limit of available resources". located at the corner of Main Street and Great Neck Road North. This property, taken by the town for tax Personnel title, gave our firefighters the opportunity to practice r As Fire Chief, I recognize that the greatest asset firefighting skills in an actual single family home. The of this department is its 31 full-time and 7 part time day included search and rescue, ventilation and inte- employees. Time and time again our personnel rior firefighting evolutions. The last evolution of the demonstrate to me that our fire department has the best day was a full burn of the structure. This evolution Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics on Cape Cod, and allowed for the full demolition of the structure. possibly,in all of Massachusetts. Prevention In the fall of 2000, this department held a pro- Inspection activities include the review and pre- motional exam for the position of Lieutenant. This fire approval of building plans, daily smoke detector exam is held every two years for the purpose of for- and oil burner inspections. During 2000, 630 smoke mulating an eligibility list for any future promotional detector inspections and 29 oil burner inspections j opportunities. I am pleased to announce that were performed. Ten underground fuel storage tanks Firefighters Joseph Fellows, John Phelan, Stephen were removed under the direction of the Fire is Bold and Michael Evaul passed the exam and have Department and 190 special Fire Protection installa- L' been placed on the eligibility list. Congratulations to tion/repair permits were issued. To date, we have 185 these future leaders. commercial, mercantile and multi-family residential j complexes pre-fire planned. Operations j During 2000, your Fire & Rescue Department Station Renovation responded to 2,344 emergencies. This reflects an During April of 2000 ground was broken to increase of approximately 4% in responses from last begin the process for a major addition and renovation year. to our station. At a price of$2.4 million, this project will provide the fire department with new office space, Ii At the May 2000 annual Town Meeting, voters a 35 person training room, new crew quarters and a approved $650,000.00 for the purchase of an aerial renovated apparatus room with one additional appara- ladder truck. This vehicle, scheduled to be delivered tus bay. I look forward to the completion of this pro- July 1,2001,is currently under construction by Pierce ject in late 2001. Manufacturing Inc., located in Appleton, Wisconsin. This vehicle will be an essential piece of firefighting Thank you 1, equipment to respond to our ever-increasing commer- For a structure to stand tall over the years it must cial occupancies. Further, this vehicle will provide have a strong foundation. I am pleased to report, and Your firefighters with a safe operating platform for any I hope you concur, that the foundation of the Mashpee above grade fire/rescue operations. Thank you for Fire & Rescue Department is strong and healthy. As II Your support on this initiative. noted above, our strength is due to the excellent job done daily by the members of your fire department. I appreciate their commitment to Mashpee and am hon- ored to work with them. i 109