THIRD QUARTER – REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
FIRE DEPARTMENT

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1. Fire Department

       The major responsibilities of the department are:
       (See Fire Quarter – Review and Analysis)

2. Annual Operating Program and Goals

       (See First Quarter – Review and Analysis)

3. Analysis of Activities and Accomplishments

      A.    Training

              1.    Fire Personnel

                     a.    Quarterly Department Training Hours – 1706.5
                     b.    Department personnel trained in the following areas during the quarter:

                            1.    Right to Know
                            2.    Fire Incident Critique
                            3.    FADO Review, Written Test and Recertification
                            4.    Building Construction
                            5.    Truck Company Operations
                            6.    Pump Operation
                            7.    Confined Space Entry
                            8.    Scene Safety and Control
                            9.    Making Battle Ready Firefighter Video
                            10.  Growing Trends in Hepatitis C
                            11.  Fire Command Video Series
                            12.  Weapons of Mass Destruction – ARD 2000 Monitor
                            13.  Scuba Equipment Repair
                            14.  Swim Test
                            15.  New Staffing Forms
                            16.  Policy Review
                            17.  Equipment Familiarization
                            18.  Coordinated Fire Attack
                            19.  Ice Rescue Technique
                            20.  Emergency Communications
                            21.  CPR/AED and Blood Borne Pathogens
                            22.  Driver Training
                            23.  Airbags Familiarization
                            24.  Healthy You
                            25.  Diver Operator Safety
                            26.  Hare Traction Immobilization
                            27.  Portoaccount Fit Testing
                            28.  Accountability Review
                            29   Mayday Review
                            30.  Familiarization of Reports
                            31.  Airway Management
                            32.  Ladders and Tools
                            33.  Master Streams
                            34.  Rescue Operations
                            35.  Airbag Operations
                            36.  Protocol Review
                            37.  Rescue Tools Familiarization
                            38.  Pumps Refresher
                            39.  Ventilation Refresher
                            40.  Salvage/Overhaul Operations
                            41.  CPAT Survey
                            42.  Brush 7 familiarization
                            43.  HazMat Operations
                            44.  Structural Firefighting
                            45.  LDH and Hydrant Connections
                            46.  Standpipe Operations
                            47.  Firefighter Safety
                            48.  MFRI Quiz of the Month
                            49.  EMS Jeopardy
                            50.  Dive Team Operations
                            51.  Hose/SCBA Evolutions
                            52.  Multi-gas Monitor Familiarization

                     c.    Department personnel toured the following facilities during the quarter:

                             1.    Salisbury University
                            2.    CATO Oil Company

                 2.   EMS Personnel

                        a.    Firefighter/Paramedics Robert Quillen, Danny Long, Shirley
                              Reddish, Kim Matthews, Daniel Webster, David Brimer, and
                              Christopher O’Barsky completed the mandatory ninety six (96)
                              hours of continuing education for renewal of their Paramedic
                              license during the quarter.

        B.    Fire Prevention and Education

               1.    Fire Department personnel visited the Kent Street neighborhood as
                      part of the “After the Fire is Out Program” and issued smoke
                      alarms, batteries and also inspected smoke alarms that were already
                      in place during the quarter.

               2.    Salisbury Fire Department Tours with brief Fire Safety Talks:
                      a.    Shore Up! Head Start – 44
                      b.    Salisbury Head Start – 38
                      c.    ParksideHigh School Day Care – 21
                      d.    St. Francis de Sales Tiger Cubs – 20
                      e.    Asbury Church Tiger Cubs Pack 151 – 14
                      f.     Pinehurst School Special Education Program – 8
                      g.    St. Francis de Sales Daisy Troop 847 – 12
                      h.    Shore Up! Head Start – 45
                      i.    Crosspoint Church of the Nazarene – 18

        C.    Community Service

                1.    Six (6) CRP (Cario-pulmonary Resuscitation) Classes were taught this quarter.
                2.    The following students are doing their clinical rotations on our
                       Paramedic Units during the quarter:

                        a.    MIEMSS – EMT-B Students
                        b.    Salisbury University – Athletic Training Students
                        c.    Parkside Career and Technology Center – Health Occupations
                        d.    Parkside Career and Technology Center – Criminal Justice

                3.    Salisbury Fire/EMS Paramedics conducted medical standby’s and
                       ambulance demonstrations for the following during the quarter:

                        a.    Salisbury University Athletic Training Classes
                        b.    PRMC Kiddie Tours at Hospital Emergency Room
                        c.    Delmarva YMCA – Race/Walk for Cancer

        D.    Home Fire Safety Inspections

                1.    During the quarter members of the inspection team visited/inspected
                       twenty-five (25) homes in the community.
                2.    Department personnel have issued/installed thirty-six (36) smoke
                       detectors to members of the community during the quarter.

        E.    Salisbury Underwater Recovery Unit

               1.    Members of the dive team had one hundred one (101) man-hours for
                      the quarter.
               2.    Training dives, missions, and meetings for the dive team consisted of
                       the following:

                       a.    Three (3) Meetings
                       b.    YMCA Pool (Two (2) Training Swim Tests)
                       c.    Equipment Maintenance (Training)
                       d.    Full Face Mask Class (Training)
                       e.    Salisbury University Pool (Training –Skill Review)

        F.    Note Worthy Events

               1.    Chaplain J. Harvey Dixon performs many services for Wicomico County and the
                      State of  Maryland. Heprovides Pastoral care for our members, Wicomico County
                      and other fire departments in the State of Maryland, attends various meetings in
                      Wicomico County and the State of  Maryland, assists at accidents and house fire
                      alarms, hospital visitations, funerals and death notifications.He also works with the
                      American Red Cross and the community in helping citizens in emergency situations.

                4.    Problems and Corrective Action Taken

                       None to report at this time.

                5.    Statistics

                       A.    Fire Division

                               Alarm Activity

                              Location                       Hqtrs.               Sta 1                   Sta 2           This Qtr.
                               In City                            153                    51                        135                339
                               Outside City                     99                    61                          48               208
                                                                     252                  112                        183                547

                                TOTAL CALLS THIS QUARTER                            547

                        B.    Emergency Medical Services Division

                                Response Activity

                               Location                   Type of Call                       This Qtr.
                                In City                        Charge                                 719
                                Outside City               Charge                                662
                                                                                                            1381

                                In City                        No Charge                             29
                                Outside City               No Charge                            39
                                                                                                                68

                                In City                        No Service                           150
                                Outside City               No Service                          130
                                                                                                              280

                                TOTAL CALLS THIS QUARTER                          1729

                        C.    Total Department Activity

                                                                                                            This Quarter
                                1.    Emergency Responses                                        2276

                                2.    Non-Emergency Responses                                    18

                                3.    Other Responses
                                       a.    Marine Division                                                  0
                                       b.    S.U.R.U.                                                           0

                                TOTAL CALLS THIS QUARTER                            2294
 

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