Evendale Fire Department Annual Report 2009 Celebrating 50 ...

Celebrating 50 Years of Caring
Professional Service
Evendale Fire Department
Annual Report
2009

EFD 2009 Annual Report
Message from the Fire Chief
Dear Mayor and Council,
2009 represented a milestone for the fire
department as we celebrated fifty years of
dedicated, professional service to the Village
of Evendale and surrounding communities.
On April 26 th 2009 (the departments’
50 th anniversary date) the department
held a celebration, honoring past and
current members of the department and
thanking council and the community for
their support. The theme of the 50 th celebration
was “Touching Lives”. The men
and women of the Evendale Fire Department
have responded to over 40,000
emergencies since its inception, touching
countless lives.
A major area of focus for the fire department
this year was the review, update, and reformatting of all
department Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs). Included in
the review and update were the elimination of non applicable or
outdated SOGs and the creation of new guidelines reflecting
changing techniques, response practices and new safety guidelines.
This process required hundreds of hours of work and involved
every member of the department. Our goal was to reduce
the number of SOGs and provide more user friendly documents
that reflected current trends in the fire service.
Table of Contents
Administration &
Organization
Personnel Changes 4
EMS 5
Apparatus & Station
Maintenance
Water Supply
Fire Prevention
Public Education
Training
Safety & Additional
Information
Additional Stats &
Information
3
6
7
8
9
10
26%
The fire department works daily
to improve every aspect of service
delivery. Below is a brief list
of some of our efforts this year:
Established long‐term
minimum training requirements
Evendale Fire Department Core Values
Safety - The preservation of
life remains the number one
goal of the EFD, beginning
with the responder and extending
to the public.
Respect - We respect the
diversity, value and rights of
both members of the community
and ourselves.
Integrity - Always do what is
right, even if this is a diffi-
18%
1% 1%
3%
14%
7%
and schedules, insuring consistent training cycles
and compliance with state and federal minimum
training guidelines, including topics such as :
o Live Fire Training
o Emergency Vehicle Driving and Operations
O Hazardous Material Mitigation
o Combined training with surrounding de‐
partments
Added Photoelectric smoke detectors to our Free
Detector Program
These detectors respond more efficiently to
certain types of fire
o Provide better reliability (with a much
smaller failure rate than previous detec‐
tors)
(continued on page 10)
cult or unpopular action.
This will allow you or our
department to stand up to
public scrutiny.
Dedication - We are committed
to the mission of our
fire department, and we will
diligently pursue the successful
mitigation of every
emergency call.
Professionalism - We will
2%
28%
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2009 Fire Response By Type
(624 Incidents)
Fires
Extrication
MVA
Hazardous Condition
Service Call
Good Intent Call
False Alarm
Weather Emergency
Miscellaneous
maintain a high degree of
training and expertise in
fire, rescue and EMS. We
will continually re-evaluate
the service we provide the
residents and visitors of the
Village of Evendale.
Excellence - We will strive
for continual improvements
to serve both the community
and ourselves.

Page 3 EFD 2009 Annual Report
Fire Department Administration & Organization
The Evendale Fire Department
consists of one chief,
three captains, three lieutenant/paramedics,
fifteen
firefighter/paramedics,
three firefighter/emergency
medical technicians and an
administrative assistant .
The fire chief works a fortyhour
shift and is on call
twenty-four hours a day,
every day. The administra-
Firefighter/EMT
Dave Hauck
Firefighter/Medic
Ross Mosher
Firefighter/Medic
Steve Hamm
UNIT 1
Captain/Medic
Mike Hauck
Lieutenant/Medic
Mike Roa
tive assistant works a thirtyseven
and a half hour week.
The captains, lieutenants
and firefighter/paramedics/
emergency medical technicians
work a fifty-three hour
workweek, utilizing the
three-unit system, with each
unit consisting of a captain,
a lieutenant/paramedic, five
firefighter/paramedics and
one emergency medical
technician.
Fire Department Organizational Chart
Administrative Assistant
Pat Ernst
Firefighter/Medic
Rob Haynes
Firefighter/Medic
Trey Ferris
Firefighter/Medic
Carlton Thomas
Chief
Richard Cruse
Firefighter/EMT
Firefighter/EMT
Randy
Randy
Daugherty
Daugherty
Firefighter/Medic
Dave Stark
Firefighter/Medic
Mark Bond
UNIT 2
Captain
Greg Merz
Lieutenant/Medic
Chip Rielage
Years of Service Number of Personnel
Firefighter/Medic
Ken Vaske
Firefighter/Medic
Dan Graham
Firefighter/Medic
Josh Asbach
1-5 5
6-10 3
11-15 7
16-20 4
21-25 4
26-30 3
UNIT 3
Captain/Medic
Dennis Brown
Lieutenant/Medic
Bob Murray
Firefighter/EMT
Roger Neff
Firefighter/Medic
Craig Kennedy
Firefighter/Medic
Jennifer Vollmer
Firefighter/Medic
Rob Long
Firefighter/Medic
Andy Wilfong
Firefighter/Medic
Bob Lehman

EFD 2009 Annual Report
2009 Personnel Changes
Captain/Paramedic
Dennis Brown
Lieutenant/Paramedic Dennis M. Brown and Michael K. Hauck
Promoted to Lieutenant on August 14, 2009
Firefighter/Paramedic Robert T. Murray
Lieutenant/Paramedic
Bob Murray
Promoted to Captain on November 12, 2009
Retired
Lieutenant/Paramedic Jeffrey L. Harper
retired July 6, 2009 after 22 years of service
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Captain/Paramedic
Mike Hauck
Hired on September 10, 2009
Firefighter/Paramedic Andrew C. Wilfong
Fire Fighter/Paramedic
Andy Wilfong

Page 5 EFD 2009 Annual Report
Emergency Medical Services
EMS Response
The department responded to
636 calls for emergency
medical assistance in 2009.
Responses were primarily via
Advanced Life Support Ambulance.
The engine company
or a staff vehicle functioning
in a “medical assist” or “First
Responder” capacity made
99 responses.
New EMS Equipment for 2009
Intra Osseous Device (EZIO)
Assists with administering medications
to cryonics patients with little or
no blood pressure in their extremities
or whose veins have collapsed.
115
177
EZIO
2009 EMS Incident Location
165
108
46
2009 EMS Response By Type
(636 Incidents)
13%
18%
4%
4%
2%
Zoll E-Series Monitor
Zoll E-Series Monitor/Defibrillator
A state-of-the-art cardiac monitor/
defibrillator. The unit replaces an older
M-Series monitor due for replacement.
15 10
2% 5%
1%
5%
22%
10%
155
15%
132
Autovent 4000
An automatic transport ventilator w/
independent settings for the critical
ventilation parameters of Breaths Per
Minute, Inspiratory Time, Tidal Volume,
and Airway Pressure Relief.
8
209
Miscellaneous 137
General Illness 95
Cardiac 67
Stroke/Seizures 32
OB 2
Gastro‐Intestinal 13
Psychological 25
Autovent 3000
2009 EMS Patient Transportation Destination
24 26 18
50
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EFD 2009 Annual Report
Apparatus Maintenance
Fire department personnel
spent an estimated 541.4
man hours in 2009 maintaining
the appearance,
condition and safety of the
department’s fire apparatus,
tools and equipment.
The chart at right shows an
estimate of man hours personnel
spent on each of the
vehicles in the department.
Hours
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Result of a rollover accident on I-75, driver was
burned & required an extensive extrication
Station Maintenance
15 14
Weekly Schedule:
27 25
87.4 95.3
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178
23
46.7
Fire Department Apparatus Maintenance Hour - Per Unit
The firehouse is a very busy place, requiring a lot of maintenance. Each day, the firefighters spend time taking
care of the firehouse. Through their diligent efforts, the firehouse is a clean, safe place to work that we can all
be proud of.
On a daily basis:
The floors are swept
Bathrooms are cleaned
Kitchen is cleaned
All scrap paper placed in recycle
bin
Trash cans emptied
Refrigerator cleaned
Showers cleaned
Apparatus bay floor and work
room are cleaned
Emergency generator is run
and inspected
Air-Care transports a victim of a multi-car
accident on I-75
2009 Special Projects:
30
Painting and carpeting of Training
Room
Painting of hallway in offices

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Water Supply
Hundreds of hours are spent each year maintaining and testing the components of the water supply systems in
the Village. These components consist of fire hydrants, fire hose, and pumping apparatus. Maintenance and
testing included the following:
Weekly Fire Hydrant Checks
Snow and Vegetation Removal From Around Hydrants
Flow Testing of Fire Hydrants
Cleaning, Painting and Lubrication of Fire Hydrants
Repair of Broken Fire Hydrants
Weekly Checks of Apparatus Fire Pumps
Annual Certification Test of Apparatus Pumps
Testing Miles of Fire Hose
Repair of Fire Fighting Nozzles
In 2009 the fire department has begun to implement a transition from threaded 5” couplings to Storz fittings
that are faster, lighter and less expensive to use. The fittings will be seen on all newly constructed or renovated
buildings equipped with sprinkler systems as well as on all replacement fire hydrants. Three fire hydrants that
were replaced in 2009 have this new type of fitting and are located on Glendale-Milford Road.
Fire Prevention
Performing fire prevention
services for the department
were five inspectors
split between
the three shifts. Inspections
took over five hundred
hours to complete,
involving ninety-eight
businesses in the Village.
The number of
inspections does not
include the number of
re-inspections needed to
ensure compliance to
the fire code of the Village.
Fire Protection Violations
Extension Cords
Obstructions
Structural Hazards
Maintenance of Safeguards
Exit Lighting
Egress Width
48
59
Permits Issued
Burn Permit - 8 Explosives, Storage - 1 Temporary Tent - 1
15
66
94
104
87
160
196
Fire hydrant
with
STORZ
fitting
Fire Prevention Violation Breakdown
3,497 Violations (266 Inspections)
163
301
291
351
485
Graph does not include 1,077 violations in
miscellaneous categories.

EFD 2009 Annual Report
Public Education
The department’s Life Safety Education Center (LSEC) was utilized
at nine public education details outside of Evendale and
twelve details in Evendale. On duty personnel were used for 43
hours, while the others hours were staffed by off duty personnel.
Total persons touched by the department’s public education efforts
in Evendale were 783, up 21% over last year. The breakdown
of the numbers was 471 children and 312 adults participated
in these educational opportunities.
Training
In 2009 the fire department concentrated on the
basics with a heavy emphasis on field work and
hands on training. The fire department continued to
develop inter department relations through training
with our neighboring cities and villages. This has
provided us with a larger pool of talents and skills to
draw knowledge from.
Over 3,487 hours of training was completed by the
members of the fire department. These hours include
our fire and EMS trainings that are conducted
on shift as well as classes or courses that are taken
outside of the fire department.
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Fire Fighters conduct a “Fire Safety” talk for
elementary students
Fire Fighters participate in numerous drills and training evolutions. Practice, Practice, Practice!
Evendale & Reading Train for Rope Rescue

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Safety
Reflective safety stripping was applied to the back of both medic units, engine 40, the utility pick up truck and
three command cars. This stripping brings us in compliance with NFPA 1901, the Standard for Automotive Apparatus.
100
80
60
40
20
0
Medic 40 before stripping
and after stripping
78
63
55
60
43
24
4 6
1
12
0 0
9
0
19
3
28
4 6
0
Blue Ash Lincoln
Heights
Before
A near Miss Report program has been implemented to help eliminate future accidents by documenting near
accidents and looking for prevention measures.
Mutual Aid 2009
After
Reading Sharonville Other
Given EMS Given Fire Received EMS Received Fire
Photoelectric Detector added to our free
“Detector Program”
Fire House Chili Lunch
“IT’S A STARING CONTEST”
Evendale &
Sharonville
personnel
extricated
one victim
from this
accident on
Reading
Road

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Message from the Fire Chief (Cont.)
The department’s Safety Committee implemented a “Near Miss” reporting system in an attempt to
identify areas that might pose a danger to personnel or equipment and take corrective action be‐
fore an accident or injury occurs.
Personnel received training in the delivery of vaccines in preparation for mass distribution of H1N1
inoculations if needed. This training was in cooperation with the Hamilton County Health District
and the CDC.
Participated in a regional hazardous material exercise at the Regional Operations Center.
Sponsored a two day seminar presented by a nationally renowned speaker and author on the topic
of “Leadership and Command”. All officers were required to attend. This seminar was attended by
over one hundred fire fighters and officers from departments around the tri‐state area.
Fire Prevention Bureau implemented two new programs:
Once a month the on‐duty fire fighters have lunch with the students at both Evendale Elemen‐
tary and St. Rita Schools
Provide a speaker at each “Meet & Greet”, talking on current topics as they relate to health,
safety and fire department services
Developed a new format for building pre‐plans (this will be a major push in 2010)
Our success over the past fifty years would not have been possible without the support of council, the
community and the hardworking personnel of the fire department. The men and women of today’s Evendale
Fire Department continue to honor the departments’ heritage by striving daily to deliver superior
service!
Richard Cruse, Fire Chief
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1400
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1000
800
600
400
200
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Ten Year Run Data
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Fire EMS Total