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The
Fire Department has the following vehicles:
During 2003,
the Fire Department responded to 519 alarms:
* NFIRS: National Fire Incident
Reporting System During
2003, the
Estimated Fire Losses in
2003:
Estimated Property Saved in 2003:
Total: $158,975.00
Some
of the notable events of 2003 were: January
3, 2003: Report
of a fire in the basement with heavy black smoke throughout the structure. Upon arrival, first unit found a fire
outside the furnace in the basement.
Extinguished the fire and ventilated the house. CAUSE: Oil fired
furnace. April
4, 2003: Report
of a fire on a roof at Hampden Engineering. Upon arrival fire was in between the
roof and wall line on the front of the building. The roof was opened up and the fire
extinguished. CAUSE: Contractors cutting steel with a grinder. April
27, 2003: Report
of a structure fire at this address.
Upon arrival found heavy fire venting out the front picture window, with
heavy smoke throughout the structure.
Made entry and extinguished the fire. CAUSE: Arson. October
23, 2003: Report
of a fire in a detached garage.
Upon arrival there was fire at the rear wall and rooflines. The fire had burnt through the stovepipe
and had ignited the rear wall and roof section of the garage. The fire was extinguished and pipe
removed. CAUSE: Wood Stove November
13, 2003: Report
of a tree collape on the roof of a single family home. Upon arrival a large tree had fallen on
the home, completely collapsed the roof, and large branches had puncture the
interior ceilings. Fortunately no
one was injured. CAUSE: High
winds and rotten tree. November
23, 2003: Report
of a two-car motor vehicle accident.
Upon arrival two vehicles with entrapment. This was one of the worst motor vehicle
accidents in years resulting in one death, two critical injuries and three
minor injuries. We
were busy this year assisting area Fire Departments with mutual aid. There were a total of twelve responses.
Shaker Pines, CT (6); On
January 17, 2003 Deputy Chief Richard Hawley took a medical retirement after
thirty-three and one-half years of dedicated service to the Town. Rich was the Department mechanic,
S.A.F.E. coordinator and charter member and president of the
Firefighters’ union # 2426.
Rich has been missed over the last year and we wish him well with many
years of well-deserved retirement. On
January 2, 2003 Call Firefighter Edward McCandlish was hired to replace Rich
Hawley. Ed had been a member on the
Call force for six months prior to his appointment. Ed has since attended the
intensive eleven-week recruit-training program at the On
November 21, 2003 permanent Firefighter Frank Falcone, a member of the
department for twenty-one years, resigned to take a position on the Somers, CT
Fire Department. Due
to the change in personnel, there were promotions within the Department over
the past year. Captain Stephen
Rybacki was promoted to Deputy Chief; Lieutenant David Villamaino was promoted
to Captain; and Firefighter Paul Morrissette was promoted to Lieutenant. Captain
Steve Rybacki, Firefighters Frank Falcone, Gary Savaria and Edward McCandlish
addressed over 2100 school children throughout the school system on fire
safety, utilizing both classroom and our mobile Fire Safety House. We also
received a $2,800.00 State grant from the Student Awareness for Fire Education
(SAFE) fund. The
Fire Department received the 2002 Life Safety Achievement Award in recognition
of our work in keeping the community free of deaths from fire in the year 2002.
This award is the results of a team commitment between the schools and this
Department and the programs that are presented to the children and seniors of
the Town. This is the fifth
straight year we have received this recognition. The
Department also received a $21,000.00 Firefighter Safety Equipment grant from
the State. These monies were used
to replace our entire pager notification system for our Firefighters, and
purchase three more portable radios and three mobile radios to enhance our
communications within our Department as well as with area Departments. A
grant for $1,500.00 was awarded to us which was used to purchase new face
shields for all the Firefighters to enhance their safety during extrication
operations. We also purchased a new
carbon monoxide meter used to monitor structures when summoned for a CO
response. A laptop computer has been installed on our rescue apparatus to enhance our on-scene operation during a chemical incident. Eventually, this computer will have the capability of transmitting back to fire headquarters. We received two (2) Automated External Defibrillators from a grant from the Commonwealth. The entire Department was trained on the use of these units and they were put into service. We applied for the Federal Fire Act Grant for $6,930.00 to purchase three (3) more Automated External Defibrillators. (A.E.D.’s) We were fortunate to receive the grant and the three A.E.D.’s were purchased and put into service, bringing the total to five (5) units operated by this Department. The
year 2003 was an exciting year for our Explorer post with four advisors and
eight members. Once again the
Explores helped at the annual Firefighters 50’s dance parking cars,
assisted with the annual “Open House”, marched in both the Memorial
Day and Fourth of July parades, and assisted with crowd control at the
fireworks display. A few members
participated in the "Relay for life” cancer walk at On
September 11, 2003 we held our second candle light vigil on the front
lawn. It was attended by hundreds
of people and was a tribute and remembrance of the 2000 plus people who lives
were lost on the tragic day two years ago. In
October, we had another very successful “Open House,” with over
seven hundred people in attendance. The Town residents got a chance to view our
facility, meet our Firefighters, see our apparatus and equipment, view various
demonstrations, and receive many safety handouts for the family. With the help
of the East Longmeadow Rotary Club, we co-sponsored the “CHIPS”
program – Child Identification Program run by the Masons of the I
would like to extend my appreciation to all the Town Boards, the other Town
Departments’, their personnel and inspectors for their continued
cooperation during the past year. A special thanks to the Above
all others, I would like to thank and commend the Firefighters of this
Department. It is their dedication, motivation, and professional performance
that the people of this Town can be very proud of as they continue to maintain
an outstanding Fire Department and fire safe community. Respectfully
submitted, P. Robert Wallace – Fire Chief PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR
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