merriam fire department 2011 annual report
DESCRIPTION
The Merriam Fire Department has created an annual report which is presented to the City Council and Mayor. The annual report provides information from the previous year about roster changes, community outreach, statistics of the department, budget expenditures, and critical incidents.TRANSCRIPT
Unit Response
Two Unit Response – 221
Reaction Time – 1 minutes 5 seconds
Response Time – 4 minutes 37 seconds
Fire Calls
House Fires – 43
Building Fires – 40
Car Fires – 15
Other Fires – 12
Investigation Alarms – 153
Automatic Alarms – 130
Other (standby, assist, modified) 119
Total Alarms - 512
EMS Calls
Car Wrecks – 171 (7 required
extrication)
Non-Breather – 28 (5 Saves out of 10
people resuscitated)
Water/Ice Rescue – 1
Other Medical – 975
Total Calls - 1175
Mutual Aid Given/Received
Given Received
CFD2 - 29 14
Lenexa - 1 0
Overland Park - 29 5
Shawnee - 30 9
Totals - 89 28
Inspections
Building Inspections – 572
Violations Identified and Corrected - 907
Preplans Updated - 535
Invalids Registered – 15
Premise Hazards Registered - 7
Public Education
Public Education Events – 75
Attendees – 4,675
Aerial Andy – Crestview and Merriam
Park
Personnel
Lt. Gary Ramsey Retired – 28 years of service
Firefighter II Mike Dunham left to work at OPFD and Firefighter II Scott Higgins left for Forbes Field
Hired Kallen Jennison, Tim Burke and Kyle Cochran
David Gardner served on KIAAI Board of Directors
Fire Chief Bob Pape was appointed by Governor Brownback to the Kansas Firefighter Memorial Committee
Lt. Rick Mosher was appointed by Governor Brownback to the Kansas Fire Service Training Commission
Personnel Promotions
Jason Howell promoted to Firefighter II
Matt Tidd promoted to Firefighter II
David Gardner promoted to Master FF
Mitch Livingston promoted to Master FF
Ben Petry promoted to Lieutenant
(All the above individuals took both written
and practical exams to be promoted)
Department Demographic
35%
30%
13%
22%
Paid Firefighters
<5 Years
6-10 Years
11-19 Years
>20 Years
8 Firefighters
5 Firefighters
7 Firefighters
3 Firefighters
Training Hours
5067
322
508
723
594
Training
Assigned Shift
Extra Training
Outside Training
Physical Fitness
Unit Checks
Training
Total Hours Training – 7,214
Average Hours per Firefighter – 314
Hosted KU Driver/Operator Course
National Fire Academy
Assistant Chief Doug Crockett took
Executive Leadership
Fire Chief Bob Pape took (off campus)
Executive Series Class – Leading
Diverse Communities
Physical Fitness
Firefighters completed 723 hours of fitness
Since implementation of program – overall department average level of fitness has gone from fair to good level
Mandatory Cooper testing performed twice a year and voluntary testing for two more
Personalized goals established for anyone under 60% level.
Physical Fitness
Fitness
requirements were
added to annual
evaluations
A minimum of 50
minutes of fitness
per shift is now
required
Insurance Services Office
ISO Rating – Class 2
Merriam is 1 of 4 fire departments in
Kansas with a Class 2 rating.
Rating scale is Class 1-10 (Class 1 is
best and 10 is worst)
Grants
Heart of America Fire Chief smoke
alarm grant which included hearing
impaired smoke alarms
KFIP smoke alarms and Carbon
Monoxide Alarms received.
Administered through KDH&E. (100
smoke and 100 CO)
We requested $182,000 from FEMA for
replacement of SCBA but did not get it
Grants We received a $60,000
FEMA grant for replacement
of our 4 severe weather
sirens
We received a MARC grant
for 7 Severe Weather signs
that were installed in our
parks
Community Outreach
Town Pavilion Stair Climb
Firefighters climbed 110
stories in remembrance of
9/11/01 firefighters
Raised approximately
$17,000 for NFFF
65 Fire Departments from
6 states participated
Community Outreach
Assisted in raising approximately $4,000
for stockings for Soldiers in Afghanistan
Community Outreach
Firefighter II Joe Chizmar and Captain Kenny Mikulich worked closely with MDA at both the camp and with boot block fundraising efforts raising $2,794
Master Firefighter Steve Parke assisted Shawnee FD and Merriam PD in the Polar Bear Plunge raising funds for Special Olympics
Bob Pape served in Merriam Kiwanis
We assisted HD Lee with raising their Pink Ribbon for cancer awareness campaign
Community
Outreach
Master Firefighter David Gardner now has two pink fire trucks as part of Guardians of the Flame. He tours the Mid-west each year as part of the Pink Heals Tour to raise funds and awareness for women with cancer.