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Grosse Ile fire chief reports higher calls, mutual aid response and new training funding
Summary
Fire Chief Roscoe reported about 250 EMS calls year-to-date, an increase in night calls, recent structure fires and new training funding from the Downriver Community Conference, plus new pagers and scholarships.
Fire Chief Roscoe told the Grosse Ile Township Fire Commission that the department has handled about 250 EMS runs so far this year and that night calls have increased to about 60, a 29% rise from the same time last year.
"Currently, we're at about 250 calls for the year EMS runs," Roscoe said during the commission meeting. He reported a cluster of incidents around April 25, including a structure fire at 11 p.m. followed by two more structure fires and 12 EMS runs within the next 36 hours. He said mutual aid to a structure fire in Gibraltar required six members to respond at 2 a.m., and no injuries were reported.
Roscoe said recruitment and training remain active: one recruit began EMT class April 23; two members are finishing Fire 1 or Fire 2 training; and the department awarded 20 scholarships through the Joe Miller scholarship fund at the high school. Roscoe also reported that the department received funding from the Downriver Community Conference (DCC): "$4,000 per member for certain trainings and equipment," and that DCC will fund the Fire 2 course for members.
The department has purchased 26 new pagers, to be placed in service June 1, Roscoe said. He also described routine training events, including an extrication training and an annual driver "rodeo" — an obstacle-course exercise — that all members must complete in both ambulance and fire apparatus. Roscoe described the driver rodeo as "a better known as an obstacle course" with cones and measured maneuvers required for compliance.
Commissioners asked for clarification about the driving rodeo and about the department’s community fundraising participation; Roscoe described participation in the American Lung Association’s Climb for Air at Comerica Park, where department members climbed stadium steps in full gear to raise funds.
