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Chief reports December incidents, NEARIS transition and a $2,000 Lions Club gift offer
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Summary
Chief and officers reported December incident responses and expanded training totals, noted adoption of NEARIS federal reporting starting Jan. 1, and commissioners accepted a Lions Club offer of $1,000'$2,000 for safety equipment to be placed in special projects.
At Tuesday's meeting the New Canaan fire chief reviewed December responses and ongoing projects, described a training push over the past year and confirmed the department's move to NEARIS federal reporting.
The chief listed four December incidents investigated this month: a transformer wiring burn at 111 Cherry Street, a suspected electrical fire at Ramhorn, a confined oven fire at 21 Maple Street and a chimney fire on Sagamore Trail; all were followed up and returned to service, he said. The department recorded 56 emergency responses this year and 170 volunteer standby hours; training tallied about 297 topic hours and just under 3,100 personnel training hours for the year.
Lieutenant Vedi discussed efforts to align training to ISO topics, new driver and extrication training, and a winter-operations video series; the department also launched a YouTube page for distributing assigned training videos. Staff said the NEARIS federal reporting system was kicked off in late December and that data will flow to federal reporting starting Jan. 1.
On facilities and projects the chief said paperwork for a YMCA generator and battery-storage project had been submitted to the siting council and that the Irwin House demolition is nearly complete. Ladder 3 returned to service after springs and tire work; other apparatus repairs continue to be tracked by work orders.
The commission also discussed a Lions Club offer to donate between $1,000 and $2,000 toward employee and volunteer health-and-safety items (the note suggested protective eyewear). Commissioners said the gift could be accepted into a special projects account and brainstormed uses ranging from eye protection to thermal-imaging equipment; staff will follow up to formalize acceptance and allocation.
What's next: staff will file work orders for follow-up apparatus maintenance, continue NEARIS reporting, and return to the commission with vendor diagnostics and budget implications related to fleet repairs.
