2008 annual report.pub - Cleveland Fire Department
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Annual Report<br />
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MESSAGE FROM YOUR FIRE CHIEF<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> Chief<br />
Chuck Atchley<br />
ANNUAL<br />
REPORT<br />
<strong>2008</strong><br />
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QUICK FACTS<br />
City Information<br />
• Land area—27 Square miles<br />
• Resident population—40,403<br />
• Total coverage area—84.5 square miles*<br />
• Total resident population—67,135*<br />
*(the city of <strong>Cleveland</strong> contracts a urban fringe area of Bradley County that consist<br />
of five (5) road miles from the closest city station.)<br />
• <strong>Fire</strong>fighters—87<br />
• Administrative personnel—7<br />
• <strong>Fire</strong>fighters per shift—29<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Operations<br />
• Total incident responses—1,996<br />
• Medical and rescue responses—428 (27.12%)<br />
• Average response time city—4:36<br />
• Average response time fringe—6:42<br />
• Average response time structures in city limits—3:47<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Prevention<br />
• Public education and community relations events—6,982 people<br />
• Life and safety inspections (admin)—1,594<br />
• Engine Company inspections—1,502<br />
Budget<br />
• 2007‐<strong>2008</strong> fiscal year budget (personnel, operations and capital) ‐<br />
$7,535,640.00<br />
Equipment and Facilities<br />
• Stations—5<br />
• Training tower—1<br />
• Engines—5<br />
• Ladders—2<br />
• Squad/Air vehicle—1<br />
• Hazmat response vehicle—1<br />
• Brush—1<br />
• Tanker—1<br />
• Reserve Engine—1<br />
• Reserve Aerial—1<br />
• Command—1<br />
• Staff Vehicles—6<br />
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OPERATIONS DIVISION<br />
The City of <strong>Cleveland</strong>, Tennessee <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Department</strong> responded to 1,996 total<br />
calls for service in calendar year <strong>2008</strong>. The number of emergency responses<br />
was up 14.43% from the previous year. We expect the number of calls for service<br />
to rise sharply in 2009 and in the future due to the fact that we are now<br />
responding to all priority one, medical first responder calls to aid/assist our<br />
local EMS. Our average response time to structure fires inside the city limits<br />
was 3:47 with first due engines meeting NFPA 1710 Standards 91.4% of the<br />
time.<br />
Our average response time to structure fires in the fringe area was 6:08 with<br />
first due engines meeting NFPA 1710 Standards 52.3% of the time. Our average<br />
response time for EMS and rescue was 4:20 and our average response<br />
times for all incidents was 5:06. (city and fringe)<br />
Deputy Chief<br />
Steve Haun<br />
Operations Responsibilities:<br />
• <strong>Fire</strong> Suppression<br />
• Emergency medical services<br />
• Training<br />
• Vehicle Extrication<br />
• Hazardous materials<br />
• Pre‐incident planning<br />
• Life safety inspections<br />
• Public Education activities<br />
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OPERATIONS DIVISION<br />
<strong>2008</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> Incident Analysis<br />
Battalion 1 Commander<br />
Buddy Smith<br />
<strong>2008</strong> Incident Analysis by Station<br />
Battalion 2 Commander<br />
Greg Hooper<br />
Battalion 3 Commander<br />
Bobby Gaylor<br />
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OPERATIONS DIVISION<br />
<strong>2008</strong> Incident Analysis by Shift<br />
<strong>2008</strong> Incident Analysis by Time of Day<br />
Property Loss/Saved Analysis by Years<br />
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OPERATIONS DIVISION<br />
NOTEWORTHY INCIDENTS<br />
08‐0000039<br />
January 7,<strong>2008</strong><br />
183 Bell Street SE<br />
A 72 year old female perished when units responded at 5:33pm, to a <strong>report</strong> of a structure<br />
fire at this location with one occupant possibly trapped inside. Upon arrival, fire<br />
units encountered a wood frame house<br />
heavily involved with fire venting through<br />
the roof and multiple windows at the<br />
front of the structure. After the fire was<br />
knocked down, a primary search of the<br />
structure revealed one female victim deceased<br />
on a bed in the room of fire origin.<br />
After continued extinguishments, a thorough<br />
secondary search revealed no other<br />
victims. The arson division was contacted<br />
for further investigation and determined<br />
the origin of the fire was the bed, but unable to determine if it was due to smoking or<br />
an electric motor failure.<br />
08‐0000410<br />
March 24, <strong>2008</strong><br />
2211 Curtis Street SE<br />
Smoking while being administered oxygen, was determined to be the cause of a residential<br />
fire units responded to at 9:19pm. Upon arrival, units encountered moderate<br />
smoke and fire coming from the single story dwelling. The occupants were out of the<br />
residence when units arrived, with one occupant having severe burns. <strong>Fire</strong> companies<br />
extinguished the fire with two inch and three quarter hand lines. The 52 year old<br />
male occupant later died from his injuries.<br />
08‐0001165<br />
August 18, <strong>2008</strong><br />
3004 Trewhitt Rd. SE<br />
Engine company three was dispatched to the listed address to a possible structure<br />
fire. Upon their arrival, they found no fire<br />
evident, but found a 54 year old male<br />
sitting on the porch with burns over 90%<br />
of his body. Engine three attended to the<br />
patient until Bradley County Emergency<br />
Medical Services arrived, and then established<br />
a landing zone for medical air<br />
evacuation. The patient later died from<br />
his injuries. To this day, it is still a mystery<br />
how the occupant came to be<br />
burned. After an extensive investigation,<br />
the evidence pointed to a novelty lighter explosion.<br />
Since this incident, the State of Tennessee has passed a law banning the sell of novelty<br />
lighters in stores.<br />
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PREVENTION DIVISION<br />
Education<br />
• The <strong>Department</strong> utilized our Smoke House and handout materials, to educate<br />
6,982 kids and adults on fire safety and severe weather.<br />
• The <strong>Fire</strong> Prevention division accommodated several industry and medical<br />
facilities throughout the year, with free fire extinguisher classes.<br />
• <strong>Fire</strong> Prevention week reaches every student that attends <strong>pub</strong>lic or private<br />
schools in the City of <strong>Cleveland</strong>.<br />
Arson Investigator<br />
Donnie Sullivan<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Inspector<br />
Mika Vaughn<br />
Inspections<br />
The Inspections division and Engine Companies completed 3,096 life and<br />
safety inspections in the year <strong>2008</strong>. This was the first year, that an attempt to<br />
inspect every commercial occupancy inside the city limits had ever been accomplished.<br />
They also take care of<br />
• Hydrant obstructions<br />
• Plans reviews<br />
• New construction inspections to ensure<br />
code compliance<br />
• Change of occupancy inspections<br />
• State License inspections<br />
• Consultations on fire protection and code compliance<br />
• Insures that <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Department</strong> Connections to sprinkler systems are well<br />
marked and visible for the<br />
safety of our employees<br />
• Received an “Exempt”<br />
status from state plans<br />
reviews. This allows the<br />
City of <strong>Cleveland</strong> to be able to review plans that previously would have<br />
been sent to the state for approval.<br />
The <strong>Department</strong> also provides, and if needed, installs smoke detectors to anyone<br />
who does not have them, free of charge.<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Inspector<br />
Gil Frederick<br />
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TRAINING DIVISION<br />
• The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Department</strong> both instructed and participated in more<br />
than 44,213 hours of training in the year of <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
• The department completed two classes and started the third class of<br />
Rookie School for new firefighters<br />
• Implemented new driver training procedures and completed the first<br />
pump class mandated by that procedure.<br />
• Created a weekly training curriculum<br />
• Created a shared media library for employees to be able to take online<br />
classes<br />
• Implemented an exposure control plan for the department<br />
• Completed our <strong>annual</strong> In‐Service training<br />
• Participated in a bomb awareness class held in New Mexico<br />
Training Captain<br />
Ben Atchley<br />
Training Responsibilities:<br />
• Training Library<br />
• Class Curriculum<br />
• Meet NFPA Compliance<br />
• Records Maintenance<br />
• HEPA records<br />
• Procedures for exposure<br />
control<br />
• In Service<br />
• State mandated material<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Department</strong> was third in the State for most training<br />
hours through the academy<br />
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ADVANCMENTS AND AWARDS<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Department</strong> added fourteen (14) new personnel in <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Chris Light<br />
1/2/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Jeremy Kelly<br />
1/2/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Matthew Wittmaier<br />
1/2/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Drew Rader<br />
1/2/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Cody Hicks<br />
1/2/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Zac Jaggers<br />
1/2/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Robert Cannatella<br />
7/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Eric Freeman<br />
7/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Randy Bienvenu<br />
7/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Shaun McAmis<br />
7/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Tim Walker<br />
7/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Josh Mowery<br />
7/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
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ADVANCMENTS AND AWARDS<br />
Josh Keller<br />
12/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
Ross Anderson<br />
12/1/<strong>2008</strong><br />
TUFF CHALLENGE <strong>2008</strong><br />
Rocky Eulo—Paid Individual Winner<br />
Chuck Atchley—Chief Challenge Winner<br />
Chris Townsend—Pro Individual Winner<br />
Paid Team Winners—L to R, Josh Woods,<br />
Chris Light, Eric McAmis, Chris Townsend<br />
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ADVANCMENTS AND AWARDS<br />
William V. Ragsdale Award<br />
L to R Chief Atchley, Presenter Joe Greenleaf, Recipient Wes<br />
Collins, Deputy Chief Haun<br />
Commanders Award Battalion 1<br />
L to R Chief Atchley, Recipient Jerry Vanderoef, Batt. 1 Cmdr.<br />
Smith, Deputy Chief Haun<br />
Commanders Award Battalion 3<br />
L to R Chief Atchley, Batt. 3 Cmdr. Gaylor, Recipient Richard<br />
Lesniewski, Deputy Chief Haun<br />
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ADVANCMENTS AND AWARDS<br />
Rookie of the Year Award<br />
L to R Chief Atchley, Recipient Josh Lavigne, Deputy Chief Haun<br />
<strong>Fire</strong>fighter of the Year Award<br />
L to R Chief Atchley, Batt. 3 Cmdr. Bobby Gaylor, Recipient Jason<br />
Pennell, Deputy Chief Haun<br />
Chief’s Award<br />
L to R Chief Atchley, Training Captain Ben Atchley, Deputy Chief<br />
Haun<br />
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PERSONNEL<br />
STAFF<br />
Chief Chuck Atchley<br />
Deputy Chief Steve Haun<br />
Administrative Assistant Donna Spatafore<br />
Training Capt. Ben Atchley<br />
Arson Investigator Donnie Sullivan<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Inspector Mika Vaughn<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Inspector Gil Frederick<br />
BATTALION 1<br />
Station One<br />
Cmdr. Buddy Smith<br />
Capt. Donnie Sherlin<br />
Lt. Jeremy Greenleaf<br />
Eng. Tony Taylor<br />
Eng. Rick Whitten<br />
Eng. Tim McCullen<br />
Randy Bienvenu<br />
Zach Jaggers<br />
Zac Reagan<br />
BATTALION 2<br />
Station One<br />
Cmdr. Greg Hooper<br />
Lt. Rock Eulo<br />
Eng. Aaron Jones<br />
Eng. Craig Foote<br />
Eng. Jasen Parks<br />
Drew Rader<br />
Tanner Goins<br />
Josh Mowery<br />
Ross Anderson<br />
BATTALION 3<br />
Station One<br />
Cmdr. Bobby Gaylor<br />
Lt. Hank Pate<br />
Eng. Micah Akins<br />
Eng. Steve Clayton<br />
Eng. Brent Runyon<br />
Kel Stansell<br />
Richard Lesniewski<br />
Josh Keller<br />
Eric Freeman<br />
Administrative Assistant<br />
Donna Spatafore<br />
Station Two<br />
Lt. Dennis Duggins<br />
Eng. Chris Bates<br />
Jonathan Carroll<br />
John Gamble<br />
Tim Hogg<br />
Station Two<br />
Lt. Chuck Payne<br />
Eng. Jeff Hampton<br />
Luke Landers<br />
Chris McRoberts<br />
Josh Woods<br />
Station Two<br />
Capt. David Lee<br />
Eng. Pete Vandusen<br />
Josiah Shelton<br />
Robert Cannatella<br />
Barry Weaver<br />
<strong>2008</strong> Retirees<br />
Steve Bradford<br />
Kenneth McAmis<br />
James Williams<br />
Station Three<br />
Lt. Ken Hyde<br />
Eng. Dennis Carroll<br />
Jeremy Kelly<br />
Josh Lavigne<br />
Station Three<br />
Lt. Dustin Samples<br />
Eng. Josh Ensley<br />
Richard Miller<br />
Jared Shelton<br />
Station Three<br />
Capt. James Rogers<br />
Eng. Tim Myers<br />
Chris Light<br />
Chad Haun<br />
Thanks for your years of<br />
dedication and service.<br />
Station Four<br />
Lt. Buddy Ford<br />
Eng. Billy Trentham<br />
Eng. Jerry Vanderoef<br />
Wes Collins<br />
Josh Duncan<br />
Chris Pennell<br />
Matt Wittmaier<br />
Station Four<br />
Capt. Ron Harrison<br />
Eng. Duane Sullivan<br />
Eng. Roger Turpin<br />
Eric McAmis<br />
Chris Harris<br />
Darrell Evans<br />
Joe Bodle<br />
Station Four<br />
Lt. Joe Greenleaf<br />
Eng. Larry Hafley<br />
Eng. Henley Ledford<br />
Jason Pennell<br />
TJ Smith<br />
Shaun McAmis<br />
Cody Hicks<br />
Station Five<br />
Capt. Mike Pierce<br />
Eng. David Allison<br />
Shane Harris<br />
Tim Walker<br />
Station Five<br />
Lt. Billy Durgin<br />
Eng. Wendell Couch<br />
Chris Townsend<br />
Station Five<br />
Lt. Matt Ford<br />
Lt. David Swafford<br />
Kevin Hair<br />
Eng. Steve Hixon<br />
Jeremiah Million<br />
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