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Fire chief: new medic, hydrant painting and Safety Town on track; FEMA paperwork delaying grant reimbursement
Summary
Fire Chief Robert Chegan updated the Safety Committee that March was a busy month, the department expects a second-line medic back in service by August, aims to paint about 250 hydrants this year with the program finishing in 2028, and is awaiting FEMA corrections to collect roughly $300,000 for SCBA reimbursements.
Fire Chief Robert Chegan told the Safety Committee on April 21 that the department saw an unusually busy March and is returning to normal run volume. He said mutual aid was received six times and given five times in the recent reporting period.
Chegan said the department expects a newly acquired Medic 2 unit to complete a 90-day process and final inspection this summer; he hopes the medic will be in service in August and will replace the medic currently assigned to station 2. "That will become the second line out at station 1," Chegan said.
He described the hydrant painting program: about 250 hydrants are scheduled for painting this year as part of a multi-year effort; the department estimates there are nearly 2,500 city-maintained hydrants overall and expects to finish hydrants north of Rt. 82 in 2027 and south of Rt. 82 in 2028, with a future discussion to decide whether to include private-street hydrants maintained by Cleveland Water.
Chegan encouraged residents to attend the annual Safety Fair on May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and said the department is pursuing BWC and FEMA reimbursements connected to an SCBA purchase; FEMA's paperwork contains a clerical error that is delaying collection of about $300,000 in funds.
What happens next: department will post hydrant maintenance locations on its Facebook page, continue the medic commissioning process and work with FEMA and BWC on grant reimbursements.
Provenance: remarks and program details appear in committee transcript segments beginning SEG 002 through SEG 004.
