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Our largest dollar loss fire this past year occurred on Report of the April 21st at Cherry Stones Restaurant located on Nathan Fire Chief: Ellis Highway in Mashpee. This local favorite saw heavy fire damage resulting from worn outside wiring. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Regarding Emergency Medical Services, of the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: 1763 responses 88% were transported to an area hospi- tal. Of those patients transported, 58% required med- It is my honor to communicate to you the 2007 ical intervention at the advanced(paramedic) level. Report of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department. Prevention Our Mission 2006 saw one major addition was made in 2007 "The Mission of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue to the General Laws of the Commonwealth that will Department is to minimize loss and suffering within affect life safety. The new law, now codified as our community. We accomplish this by education, M.G.L. Chapter 64C, Section 2A-2F, requires that all training and the mitigation of emergency incidents cigarettes sold or offered for sale in Massachusetts within the limit of available resources". shall have self extinguishing properties as required in 22 other states. Smoking has been the leading cause of Personnel fatal fire in Massachusetts since World War II. It is my expectation that this new law will drastically reduce As Fire Chief, I recognize that the greatest asset the number of fire deaths in Massachusetts. of this department is its thirty four full-time and two part time employees. Time and time again our per- In my last annual report I provided an update on sonnei demonstrate to me that our fire department has the progress of the Night Club Safety Act. This past year local business that hold a liquor license, an enter- the best Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics on Cape ' Cod, and possibly, in all of Massachusetts. To each tainment license and have an occupancy of greater � and every member,I thank you for your continued pro- than 100 persons were required to have fire sprinkler fessionalism and commitment to the people of our protection installed and operational by November of community. 2007. All of our community's businesses that were required to have the fire sprinkler installed did so by The current strength of this department is thirty- the required date. one operational members (4 captains,4 lieutenants, 22 firefighters and one call firefighter) 4 administrative The Future members(1 Chief, 1 Deputy Chief, 1 Admin Secretary and 1 Billing Clerk) and one fire prevention inspector March of 2008 is the scheduled ground breaking for a total of 36 members. Twelve members of this for Mashpee Fire Station 2 to be located at 101 Red department are certified paramedics and twenty two Brook Road in South Mashpee. This satellite station members are EMTs. will have room for an ambulance, a pumper and a brush breaker. Completion is scheduled for Fall of 2008. In July, Adam Peters of Mashpee, Christopher Thank you Adams of Brimfield and Eric Anderson of Sandwich joined our department as Firefighter/EMTs. Michelle Thank you to the Board of Selectmen for their Long of Sandwich joined our department in October as our new Ambulance Billing Secretary.Welcome all! confidence in each and every member of the depart- ment. Thank you to the administration, department Operations heads and the members of every town department. Your support and assistance is critical for us to com- During 2007, your Fire & Rescue Department plete our mission. responded to 2829 emergencies. This reflects a decrease in responses of 0.1% compared to 2834 On behalf of this department, I thank you, our responses in calendar 2006. We saw an average of community, for your continued support and apprecia- 7.75 incidents per day, our average response time (call tion of our work. ung, crew alert/dispatch and response) was 6.77 minutes and the average duration of an incident was Respectfully submitted, 57.9 minutes. George W. Baker Fire Chief 109 I