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MAYOR & COUNCIL
COMMUNICATION
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DATE: December 20, 2016
CONSENT
ITEM #6
MOTION
AGENDA ITEM: Monthly Fire Department Update
SUBMITTED BY: Greg Malmquist, Fire Chief
THROUGH: City Administrator
SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED: Review monthly activity update from fire
department. Advise on any additional information requested.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: On going monthly report to Council of Fire Department Activities.
34 calls for November.
2 Fire alarms with no fire – unintentional
7 Dispatched and cancelled en route
20 Medicals
1 Car accident with injuries
1 Outside equipment fire
1 Special outside fire, other
2 Steam or other gas mistaken for smoke
A CV did not respond on 4 of the calls for the month for a response rate of 88%.
Average response time was great at an average of 5.5 minutes.
6 of our calls had 3 or less responders minus the CV.
3 of those calls had only 1 responder minus the CV.
Training Drills for the month were:
#1 – CEU ICS (Incident Command System)
#2 – Search and Rescue
#3 – Quarterly EMS with Regions
- 2 of our fire fighters completed Fire Officer 1 training with Century College
- Both Chief’s attended VCOS Conference this month
Points of interest:
There were significant vehicle repairs needed this month.
City Council Meeting [Consent Agenda Item #6)
December 20, 2016
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- CV2 needed a new transmission as well as upper and lower ball joints on both sides along
with brakes all around and misc. $5,002.70
- E1 identified repairs from inspection, (pump, A/C, lighting) and additional engine work.
$3,780.49
- Truck radios needed repair or are in the process of repair in both Ladder 1 and Engine 2.
- Ladder 1 also needs significant electrical repair due to a short in the wires. Thankfully,
most of the electrical repairs are warranty work.
- The Engine 2 jake brake suffered a complete failure and required a complete
rebuild. Engine 2 also requires and is in the process of getting pump gauge repairs
completed. - Out of Service approx.. 2 weeks
- Utility 2 is scheduled for a new siren controller as the old one shorted out and started on
fire. U2 is also getting some minor marker light repair completed. – Cannot respond
emergency until repaired
RECOMMENDATION: Review monthly update.