FY 2007 - Town of Uxbridge

All Electrical work was inspected and approved
or corrected for approval according to the NEC
and the State of Massachusetts.
Respectfully submitted,
Romeo Ethier, Inspector of Wires
Gas & Plumbing Inspector
During FY07 there was a slow down in Single
Family Homes. There were a lot of additions
to existing homes which included new
plumbing & gas.
Hannaford supermarket was in the process of
remodeling the complete store.
St Mary’s Church added an activities center &
offices to the church and Precision Engineering
added more warehouse space onto their building
on Industrial Drive
There were 198 Plumbing permits issued during
the Fiscal year 2007; of those16 were commercial:
Fees collected Residential $ 16,532.00
Fees collected Commercial $ 8,860.00
Total Fees $ 25,392.00
There were 170 Gas permits issued during the
Fiscal year 2007 out of those 18 were for
commercial:
Fees collected Residential $ 7,121.00
Fees collected Commercial $ 850.00
Total Fees $ 7,971.00
Total Gas & Plumbing
Fees Collected $ 44,275.00
All Plumbing and Gas work was inspected and
approved or corrected and re-inspected for
approval according to the State of Massachusetts.
There were over 586 inspections completed.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Harper, Plumbing & Gas Inspector
Emergency Management and
Local Emergency Planning
The National Homeland Security Directive
HSPD-5 has required that a National
Incident Management System (NIMS) be established
and communities was adopted by formal
declaration of the Board of Selectman on June
10, 2006. This action designates the Incident
Command System of Management for all critical
departments in the event of a disaster or catastrophic
event. We have continued to focus on
the NIMS requirements, which provide a consistent
nationwide template to enable Local, State
and Federal agencies to work together effectively.
The second phase of NIMS implementation
has required all functional responders in the
operation level be certified in ICS 200. It has
been the focus of this Department to facilitate
training and pursue alternative sources of funding
to accomplish this mission. All mandates
were met and the required responders certified.
Uxbridge Emergency Management continued
with facilitation of school security and emergency
planning and exercises. Several very successful
drills were conducted within the
Uxbridge School system with the cooperation of
the Superintendent, School Principals, Crisis
Intervention and Response Teams, Police, CERT
and Fire personnel.
The Uxbridge Citizens Emergency Response
Team (C.E.R.T) was successful in receiving a
grant providing personal protective equipment
for each member. The team has been active in
supporting police, fire and emergency management
functions. Several members have participated
in Massachusetts Emergency
Management training opportunities.
The Central Massachusetts Planning
Commission has been working with our agency
to complete mapping of our protected infrastructure
and hazardous occupancy exposures.
This map will contain site information that is
useful in conducting threat assessments for our
community. It will be available in an electronic
format to all emergency responders in the event
of a disaster.
In cooperation with the Uxbridge Board of
Health and the Massachusetts Department of
Public Health we have been active in pandemic
planning. As director I have attended training
and become an instructor for Continuity of
Government Operations or commonly referred
to as COOP planning. This function incorporates
a plan of succession for continued operations
of vital community services in the event of
a disaster that disrupts the Towns ability to provide
citizens with normal government services.
Efforts in completing the Town’s plan are ongoing.
Once again I would like to thank the Town
department heads and elected officials for their
continued support. The volunteers who give so
generously of their personal time and security
cannot be commended enough for their
participation.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter B. Emerick
Director of Emergency Management
Chairman LEPC
Uxbridge Fire Department
The Fire Department is the service provider
for the community responsible for fire suppression,
rescue and emergency medical services.
Personnel also provide fire prevention services
through plan review, inspections, and participation
in the planning process in cooperation
with the Building Inspector and Planning
Department and public education through
school and community programs. Members
include 11 full-time Firefighter/EMTs and 29
“on-call” members operating from three stations.
We provide intermediate life support (ILS)
ambulance service with two ambulances serving
the town.
On Saturday, February 24, 2007 EMT Bernie
Gervais passed away suddenly at age 78. Bernie
had retired from the department several years
ago after more than ten years of service on the
Ambulance. Throughout that time he served as
a capable EMT as well as mentor to new members
of our squad. He served in various other
capacities in Town government and we are
honored to have had him on our department.
There are several personnel changes to report
this year. New appointments as firefighter
included James Huth and Micheal Bosma both
appointed as reserve members. Jim has been
serving as an EMT on the ambulance for some
time and Micheal was our student intern from
Uxbridge High School during the previous
school year. Firefighters Kevin Feen and Roger
Lavallee have been certified as EMT-Paramedic.
Both of these individuals put incredible effort
and personal investment into reaching this
goal. Three members have left the department
over this past year. Thanks to Firefighters Rob
Kimball, Brad Chabot and Barry Smith for their
service.
We continued our successful internship program
in association with the Uxbridge High
School. Jeff Hutchinson spent the school year
with us and spent countless hours learning the
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