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to our meetings and was quite instrumental,in his own ways, of bringing a resolution of the issues with the Report of the School Committee. I want to thank James Condon as Fire & Rescue Department well for his service to our committee. Jim,who had retired as the Fire Chief of the Pawtucket, RI Fire Department,was appointed by the Town Moderator to To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the fill Mr.Johnson's unexpired term. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: To fill the vacancies, Town Moderator Jeremy It is my honor to communicate to you the 2012 Carter,Esq.appointed Theresa(Terrie)Cook for a full Report of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department. three year term expiring in 2015 and Sal DiBuono for This is my 19th annual report as your Fire Chief. a two year term expiring in 2014 to fill the unexpired Our Mission term of Robert Chalker. "The Mission of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue No stranger to us, Terrie most recently decided Department is to minimize loss and suffering within not to run for re-election after serving six years on the our community. We accomplish this by education, Board of Selectmen. She also served three terms as a training and the mitigation of emergency incidents member of the Mashpee School Committee and a par- within the limit of available resources". tial term on the Mashpee Finance Committee. Terrie will certainly bring us not only a sense of historical Personnel perspective, but also an immeasurable understanding As Fire Chief,I recognize that the greatest asset of our municipal entity and its inner workings. of this department is its thirty four full-time and two part time employees. To each and every member,I Sal, on the other hand, has had no municipal thank you for your continued professionalism and experience. Following his retirement,he and his wife, commitment to the people of our community. Jane,became full time Mashpee residents in 2005 liv- ing in New Seabury. Sal, a Certified Public The current authorized strength of this depart- Accountant, brings 38 years of national and interna- ment is thirty-three operational members (4 captains, tional executive financial accounting experience 4 lieutenants,22 firefighters and one call firefighter)4 beginning as an Assistant Officer with UNICEF at the administrative members (1 Chief, 1 Deputy Chief,l United Nations in 1963 and ending as the Assistant Administrative Secretary and 1 Billing Clerk)and one Vice President of Accounting for the Grolier fire prevention inspector for a total of 36 members.As Company in CT in 2001. Without a doubt Sal will of December 31,2012 one position remains open due bring new financial accounting perspectives and rec- to a recent vacancy. ommendations to our committee. In March of 2012 Thomas Rullo joined our Any residents interested in serving on the department as Deputy Fire Chief. Tom brings 32 Finance Committee, or who might have questions years of fire rescue experience;his most recent assign- about serving on the committee, please e-mail me ment was as Training Battalion Chief for the Orange through the town web-site: www.mashpeema.gov or County Florida Fire Rescue Department. Welcome write to my attention,care of Town Hall. Tom. Respectfully submitted, Firefighter Morgan Reed,joined our Department Mr. Christopher J.Avis,Chairman in April. Morgan, a Mashpee resident and former Mr. Charles E.Gasior, Vice Chairman Army Captain, had served 15 month combat tour in Dr.Mark A.Davini,Clerk Iraq. Welcome Morgan. Mrs.Theresa M.Cook Mr. Sal V.DiBuono Firefighter Paramedic Jamie Hall joined our Mr. Oskar H.Klenert department in September. Jamie, a Mashpee resident Mr.George C.Schmidt,III is a former Cohasset Firefighter Paramedic with 7 years of fire and EMS experience. Welcome Jamie. 108