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During the year the Fire Department has hired On a daily basis Station 2 is staffed with a three candidates with and additional candidate minimum of 1 officer or relief officer and one completing the final process. This will bring the Firefighter. At least one of the personnel minimally is department's shift personnel up to full staffing for the a paramedic. An engine, an ambulance and a brush first time since Station 2 was opened. Below is the list breaker are assigned to this station. of the three new Firefighters Three new Ambulances were purchased to Firefighter Torey Montesi is a resident of replace a similar version that had become unreliable. Mashpee,who joined our department in September. This was thoughtfully planned for in advance to meet the increased needs of the Town. They are designed Y Firefighter Paramedic Kyle Smith was a resident around efficient operations and patient comfort. of Boynton Beach Florida and is now a resident of Mashpee also joined our department in September. Wild Fire Planning Firefighter Paramedic Ryan Higgins is a resident Wild Fire mitigation projects continue in the Massachusetts, and has joined the Mashpee National Wild Life Refuge. The use of of Mashpee, prescription fire for habitat restoration and fire fuels department in December. reduction was accomplished during the season off Lieutenant Glen Milliken was awarded the Great Hay Road at Bearse Road. This was department Medal of Valor for his efforts rendering accomplished with the existing partnership of U.S.Fish care.Specifically, for outstanding efforts on 12-29-12 and Wildlife Service, Massachusetts Department of while off duty and with little regard for his safety, Conservation and Recreation, Massachusetts Fish and J Lieutenant Milliken extricated a driver who was in an Wild Life, Orenda Wildlife Land Trust and the Town accident and was trapped inside a burning vehicle. of Mashpee. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also Without this intervention the drivers outcome would prepared properties South of Red Brook Road at Great have been uncertain. Hay Road that we expect to begin burning in 2014. Firefighter Joel Clifford was awarded the Winter NEMO Storm department Medal of Merit for his efforts above and Snow began to fall on February 8,2013 at around beyond the call of duty. Specifically, on 02-11-13 1:00pm.This was the beginning of the predicted winter during the aftermath of the winter storm NEMO he storm NEMO. A good portion of the Town lost power ensured the safe return of all the Mashpee residents around 8:00pm and took almost 24 hours to restore. from the Falmouth Shelter.His efforts went above and The Fire Department responded to 192 calls for service beyond the call of duty. That initiative shows his from the beginning of the storm until February 11, commitment to both Town, Department and serves as 2013.Not all these call were emergency calls but it still an example of good customer service. represented an increase of 48 calls per day.There were also many unrecorded incidents performed in-between Operations ' P the calls as the Fire Department rose to the challenge to During 2013 our Fire & Rescue Department assist the community. responded to 3,289 emergencies. This reflects an increase in responses of 10.9% compared to 2,967 The Future responses in calendar 2012. There were an average of While keeping our fingers crossed it appears we 9.01 incidents per day, an average response time (call are cautiously turning the corner towards a recovering taking,crew alert/dispatch and response)was 6 minutes economy. This represents an increase in building of 9 seconds and the average duration of an incident was both commercial and residential properties. The Fire 57 minutes. Department is preparing for this by anticipating the needs of the customer. On a daily basis Station 1 is staffed with a minimum of 1 Officer, 1 Firefighter Paramedic and 2 firefighter EMTs. �I 91