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REPORT OF THE AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENTTo the Honorable Board of Selectmen June 30, 2011The Milton Auxiliary Fire Department, a unit of the Milton EmergencyManagement Agency, provides volunteer support services to the Milton FireDepartment and responds to special calls from the Milton Police Department.The Auxiliary Support Service Unit contains seven portable generators andone vehicle-mounted generator; first aid equipment; AED; floodlights; 1500-watt roof-mounted lighting mast; electrical cables; mobile command post space,re-hydration supplies; a DIGITAL PACKET radio data link for MEMA communication;assorted tools and portable radios.The Auxiliary Fire also has a ’97 Chevrolet 4WD TAHOE containing a1KW portable generator, lights, radio, re-hydration and safety equipment. Itwas in-service for several months as an emergency replacement vehicle for theMFD, Fire Prevention Officer.The Auxiliary trailer-mounted 5Kw-gen. and four lighting masts can providefour thousand watts of illumination. A second trailer carries four largeportable gens.(5Kw diesel;6.2Kw,5Kw,& 3Kw gasoline). The Milton Fire Dept.‘Decon’ Unit 6KW diesel is kept ‘at ready’ for MFD use.The Auxiliary Fire staffs and maintains Engine No.5, a 1934 Maximpumper. In FY-11 it took part in three parades and two special assignments.The Auxiliary Fire members responded to twenty-six incidents during FY-2011 including four multiple alarm fires; three parades; two road races; onefire scene investigation; three responses not needing auxiliary services; NationalNight Out; DPW Open House; lighting details on Halloween Night atAndrews Park and at the Tucker School; assisted the Braintree Emergency Managementin staffing the Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant Evacuee Reception CenterDrill held at Braintree High School.The Milton Firefighters Memorial Archives, containing Milton Fire Departmentmemorabilia, was established by The Auxiliary in 1993 and is locatedin the Chemical Building. With support from the Milton Fire Department, it isnow in its eighteenth year. For over twenty one years the Auxiliary Fire has hadthe primary responsibility for maintaining the 1881 Chemical Building. Membersroutinely check on the building and the vehicles at various times during theweek.In FY-11 the Auxiliary has used its Internet access to obtain weather data,training information and communication. There are four Auxiliary Fire memberson the Milton Local Emergency Planning Committee.88