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,I Report of the Fire Chief To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee It is my honor to communicate to you the 2009 Report of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department. Our Mission I i "The Mission of the Mashpee Fire & Rescue Department is to minimize loss and suffering within our community. We accomplish this by education, training and the mitigation of emergency incidents within the limit of available resources". Personnel As Fire Chief, I recognize that the greatest asset of this department is its' thirty four full-time and two part time employees. Time and time again our personnel demonstrate to me that our fire department has the best Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics on Cape Cod, and possibly, in all of Massachusetts. To each and every member, I thank you for your continued professionalism and commitment to the people of our community. The current authorized strength of this department is thirty-three operational members (4 captains, 4 lieutenants, 22 firefighters and one call firefighter) 4 administrative members (1 Chief, 1 Deputy Chief, 1 Admin Secretary and 1 Billing Clerk) and one fire prevention inspector for a total of 36 members. Two new paramedic positions were approved at the October 2008 Town Meeting. As of December 31, 2009 three positions remain vacant due an administrative hiring freeze. Linda Hickey joined this department in January of 2009 as this department's Administrative Assistant replacing Kim Dalpe who left this department in December of 2008. Welcome Linda!! Operations During 2009, our Fire & Rescue Department responded to 2774 emergencies. This reflects a IP decrease in responses of 3% compared to 2883 responses in calendar 2008. We saw an average of 7.6 incidents per day, our average response time (call taking, crew alert/dispatch and response) was 7.06 minutes and the average duration of an incident was 60.14 minutes. Station 2 in South Mashpee was staffed as follows: • January through Mach 2009 Station 2 was staffed occasionally based on daily staffing levels. i • March through May 2009 Station 2 was staffed on a daily basis 0800 through 1800 hours. • July through September Station 2 was Staffed on a daily basis 24 hours per day. • September through November Station 2 was staffed on a daily basis 0800 through 1800 j hours. • Since November Station 2 w as staffed occasionally based on daily staffing levels. 119