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port ambulances. We expect delivery of these replace- '1 Reportof the ment vehicles in March of 2003. The funding for this 1 S Fire Chief purchase comes directly from the ambulance billing fund. B '4 This past summer we added 12-lead EKG equip- To the Honorable Board of Selectmen ment to both of the department pumpers. This equip- I and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: ment enables our crews to start Advanced Medical II Care to patients waiting for mutual aide ambulance II It is my honor to communicate to you the 2002 assistance. II report of the Mashpee Fire &Rescue Department. Prevention Our Mission For the last seven years,through changes in State iI "The Mission of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Fire Prevention Regulations, fire sprinkler systems iI Department is to minimize loss and suffering within b our community. We accomplish this by education, have been required in multi-family structures. training and the mitigation of emergency incidents Perceived by some as an unnecessary expense, this within the limit of available resources". regulation paid off on December 22, 2002. 4 Residents of Unit 153, 90 Great Neck Road l6 Personnel l6 As Fire Chief, I recognize that the greatest asset South,Wind Chime Condominiums were awakened at l6 of this department is its' thirty one full-time and two approximately 12:45 am Sunday morning by smoke detectors and a fire alarm system connected to the ib part time employees. Time and time again our person- 10 nel demonstrate to me that our fire department has the unit's residential fire sprinkler system. The Fire alarm best Firefighters,EMTs and Paramedics on Cape Cod, system also alerted our dispatcher. Ni and possibly, in all of Massachusetts. To each and Upon the arrival of our on-duty crew, the resi- ,._. every member, I thank you for your continued profes- dents had escaped the unit and reported a small fire in sionalism and commitment to the people of our com- the basement. The fire, which originated in a small munity. sawdust bin beneath a table saw had been controlled a Significant changes in our personnel occurred and extinguished by the unit's fire sprinkler system. ,x this past year in the ranks of our Supervisors. This fire had the makings of a tragic event. If the residential fire sprinkler had not controlled the fire, it In November of this past year, our Board of ' Selectman approved 3 public safety employees to par- is highly likely that the fire would have gutted the ticipate in the 2002 early retirement incentive pro- entire unit and possibly the entire building. gram. Lieutenant Richard Martini (26.5 years of ser- vice) and Lieutenant Geoff Willis (23.5 years of ser- Training vice) took advantage of this incentive ro ram and Each year, members of this department undergo retired effective December 31, 2002. To gthe new hundreds of hours of emergency medical, firefighting, retirees I offer m congratulations and a sincere thank special operations and incident command training. you for their man �ars of dedicated service to This training is accomplished through on-duty in-ser- YOU y vice drills, County, State and National Fire Fighting Mashpee. Academies, the Community College System and spe- In light of the retirements, two Firefighters were cial training courses.This program of ongoing training Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant effective January 1, keeps the members of our department up to date with 2003.Congratulations to Lieutenants John Phelan and current practices and ready to react to the daily chal- Joseph Fellows. lenges of providing fire and emergency medial ser- vices. Operations During 2002, your Fire & Rescue Department Firefighter Sean Willis completed one year of Paramedic training and was certified to practice in responded to 2,410 emergencies. This reflects an October. Congratulations Sean. increase of 2.5% in responses from last year. At the May 2002 annual Town Meeting, voters approved the purchase of two new advanced life sup- 99