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Firefighter Paramedic Brenden Ramsey joined Hurricane Sandy department in October. Brenden,a Sandwich res- The Hurricane force winds and tidal surges of our ent,i Hurricane Sandy hit our community beginning ident,is a former call firefighter with the Cotuit Fire District. Welcome Brenden. September 29, 2012. This department responded to more than 33 incidents in the first 24 hours of the Firefighter Sean Willis was awarded the depart- storm and remained busy with storm related incidents ruent medal of valor for his efforts rendering medical for the remainder of the week. care. Specifically, on June 30, 2012 around 1015 hours,while off duty, Firefighter Sean Willis drove The use of the Town's reverse emergency call upon an Auto Accident at Great Neck South and the system enabled the transmission of storm related mes- New Seabury entrance.One of the persons involved in sages to community members in a rapid fashion. This the accident was pre-cardiac arrest&absent of breath- tool is a great addition to our Emergency Management ing.With little regard for his safety Firefighter Willis tool box. User's information for the reverse emer- performed rescue breathing that ultimately resulted in gency call system can be changed using a link on the ° reviving the patient. Without this prompt action the Town's Web site ` patient's outcome would have been poor. http://mashpeema.virtualtownhall.net. s Operations The Future During 2012 our Fire & Rescue Department Budget planning for Fiscal 2013 is leaning responded to 2,967 emergencies. This reflects an towards a budget that will continue a multi-year 't increase in responses of 5% compared to 2874 process of funding frozen positions with a hope of ° responses in calendar 2011. There were an average of returning to full strength. This action will be moni- 1 8.11 incidents per day,an average response time (call tored very closely as to provide the best services at the t d taking,crew alert/dispatch and response) was 6 min- best cost. utes 40 seconds and the average duration of an inci- dent was 58 minutes. Thank you Thank you to the Board of Selectmen for its con- On a daily basis Station 1 is staffed with a mini- fidence in each and every member of the department. 4 mum of l Officer, 1 Firefighter Paramedic and 2 fire- department heads j 1I i 11 g Thank you to the administration, fighter EMTs. and the members of every town department;your sup- e s port and assistance is critical for us to complete our Station 2 remains open on a 24 hour per day; 7 mission. e days a week schedule. Two persons from each shift �; 1 are assigned. An engine, an ambulance and a brush On behalf of this department, I thank you, our breaker are assigned to this station. community, for your continued support and apprecia- r tion of our work. Wild Fire Planning Wild Fire mitigation projects continue in the Respectfully submitted, e Mashpee National Wild Life Refuge. Funded by U.S. e George W. Baker Fish and Wildlife Service, a 17 acre prescription fire Fire Chief was completed at the intersection of Holland Mills Road and Great Hay Road. This first `burn' was the t r culmination of many years of planning and coopera- tion between U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation,Massachusetts Fish and Wild Life and the j r Town of Mashpee. The use of prescription fire for t habitat restoration and fire fuels reduction is planned for properties South of Red Brook Road at Great Hay Road and off Great Hay Road at Bearse Road at some time in the near future 109