Town of Shirley - Shirley, MA

SHIRLEY FIRE DEPARTMENTThe year 2012 was an active year for the Shirley Fire Department. We responded to1200 calls for assistance, continued our many civic activities as well as departmentcommittee activities, meetings and training sessions.The Mission of the Shirley Fire Department is a commitment to excellence in the serviceto the people in our community, by protecting the lives and property of the communityfrom emergencies involving Fire, Medical, Hazardous Materials and EnvironmentalCauses. The driving values motivating our personnel are a spirit of co-operation, loyaltyto organization and community and a positive outlook toward the future of outDepartment and Town.The department now has a roster of 7 officers and 16 firefighters. The officers areDeputy Chief William Callahan, Deputy Chief Joseph Hawthorne, Captain Troy Cooley,Lt. William Poitras, Lt. Albert Deshler, Lt. Brandon O'Connor, Lt. Neal Guthrie andFirefighters: Kristy Levesque, Terry Atwood, Paul Farrar, Robert Shakarian, BrianWhite, Matthew Addonizio, Matthew Callahan, Michael Poitras, Derek Ranno, StevenHenry, Jennifer Ouellette, Andrew Devoll, Adam Ouellette, Brian Callahan, CodyRoberts, and Brandon Taylor.The open burning season, which is governed by the rules and regulations of theDepartment of Environmental Management, commences on January 15th and ends onMay 1st. Daily permits are issued depending on weather conditions after 10A.M. Allpermits must be out by 4P.M. daily. The department conducted our annual testing of allour dry hydrants in town.The year of 2012 has proved to be a good year yet again for the Training Division.Throughout the year, we have provided a multitude of training opportunities for themembers of the department. From in-house training evolutions to the Massachusetts FireAcademy classes, we have tried to cover the basic topics of training and some advancedtopics to better the membership of the department. Some of the topics included wereS.C.B.A. Basics, Ice Rescue, Firefighter Safety, Hazardous Materials, Wilderness Searchand Rescue, Engine and Ladder Company Operations, Auto Extrication and ColdWeather Operations. We have recertified 23 members to the current C.P.R. standard aswell as 11 members that are certified First Responders. We have also brought the bulk ofthe membership up to the current standard for Hazardous Materials First Responder andprovided a specialty Decon and Emergency Operations class to a number of members.The Training Division under the direction of the Training Department is still in theprocess of building a training facility in town. The members of the department have donea lot of fundraising and donated their time to work on the construction of our soon to betraining facility here in town. I would like to thank the members of this department andour gracious benefactors enough for the time, donated materials and effort spent on theconstruction of this facility. I would also like to thank the Training Department for all99