Fire Chief’s Report April 2015 1. Alarm Responses: INCIDENT TYPE INCIDENTS PERCENT 141 - Forest, woods or wildland fire 142 - Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire 311 - Medical assist, assist EMS crew 321 - EMS call, excluding vehicle accident w/ injuries 324 - Motor vehicle accident with no injuries 341 - Search for person on land 551 - Assist police or other governmental agency 554 - Assist invalid 561 - Unauthorized burning 611 - Dispatched & cancelled enroute 631 - Authorized controlled burning 700 - False alarm or false call, other 743 - Smoke detector activation, no fire 745 - Alarm system activation, no fire - unintentional unintentional 746 - Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO 3 1 2 14 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 8.33 2.78 5.56 38.89 5.56 2.78 2.78 5.56 2.78 8.33 2.78 2.78 5.56 2.78 2.78 TOTAL INCIDENTS: TOTAL INCIDENTS YEAR-TO-DATE: Response Data Average response time to Fire Calls * Average response time to All Calls ** Average personnel to Fire Calls 36 143 100.00% N/A Month 05:53 08:08 10 *- No Structure events in April. This is an average response to outside fire calls. **- Outside Fires only. No structure events last month. APPARATUS Brush 1 Brush 2 Brush 3 Engine 1 Engine 2 Rescue 1 Rescue 2 Average Time AVERAGE TURNOUT TIME 1:27 0:57 1:24 1:08 1:07 1:42 1:16 1:17 1 Fire Chief’s Report April 2015  Average compliance on Turn-Out Times for Primary Response units (Brush-1, Car3, Engines 1 & 2 and Rescues 1 and 2 were 92.86% for April. Brush 1, Rescue 1 and Engine 1 had the best compliance time of 100.00%. 2.   Personnel Added 2 more recruits (Cadet and Regular member) to the roster. Received a resignation from Bill Cline who has moved out of the district and Justin Timmerman who had been mostly inactive during his tenure. 3.    Meetings / Operational Initiatives: Attended the Greenville County Fire Chiefs’ Association meeting. Presented with the team the last Town Hall meeting to The Cliffs of Glassy community. Attend the 3rd year Executive Fire Officer Program class: Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations in Emergency Management. Presented the request for Millage Increase and Refinancing of General Obligation Bonds to the Greenville County Finance committee with commissioners Hammack and Baker and Teressa Crawley from Southern Municipal Advisors. Successfully passed our DHEC EMS Division inspection prior to renewal of our EMS license. We will renew at the Advanced EMT level effective in July 2015. In process of developing a department Exposure Control Plan and securing of a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Certificate of Waiver (COW) and Non-dispensing EMS Drug Storage permit to comply with DHEC requirements.    2