Departmental Weekly Update
16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives

Have you heard of the National Fallen Firefighter's 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives? Learn more about them here. Initiative #13 is to ensure firefighters and their families have access to counseling and psychological support.

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Weekly Summary
  • The Department entered into a contract with Absolute Construction for remodeling of the Shorewood Fire Station this week. Work began on December 5. Weekly project meetings are being held on Thursdays. Crews will eventually move into a temporary housing unit on the fire station site as the project progresses in the next month.
  • Operations Division Staff picked their vacation schedule for 2020 this week.
  • Staff is meeting with candidates that participated in the Fire Lieutenant Promotional Process to review their performance in the process and to identify areas of strength and improvement.
  • The Board of Directors will meet Tuesday December 10.
  • Half of the Department paramedic staff is completed biennial renewals of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification this week. 
  • Applications for the position of Fire Inspector closed this past Friday. The Department will conduct interviews for the position on December 12 with the intent to fill the position around January 1, 2020.
  • A fire damaged a home in Bayside on Monday December 1. No injuries were reported. The cause is likely a malfunctioning light fixture.
  • The Department assisted the Grafton Fire Department at a large house fire on Wednesday December 4. 
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Calls for Service This Week
 
Incident Type
Incident Count
Fire/Rescue/Service
Weekly Average (2018)
50
41
Emergency Medical
Weekly Average (2018)
121
122
 
Priority 1 & 2 Calls
Meeting Response Goal of 7:02
94%
(goal of 90%)
Average Response Time
Priority 1 & 2 Calls
5 minutes 1 second
(goal of 6 minutes)
 
*Priority 1 & 2 calls are calls for service which the Department sends an initial responding unit to a scene with lights and sirens operating. Priority 3 calls are responses that are considered non-emergent.
 


 

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