Merriam Fire Department 2011 Annual Report

2011 Annual Report

Fire Apparatus Received New Pierce Velocity Pumper $499,296.00 ď‚ž Build Date 9/11 ď‚ž

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Save Rate ď‚ž Fires $28,225 $2,289,875 98.78%

Alarm Activity EMS Runs – 1175  Fire Runs – 512  Total Runs – 1,687  (8.6% increase over 2010) 

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  CFD2 29  Lenexa 1  Overland Park - 29  Shawnee 30  Totals 89

Received 14 0 5 9 28

Inspections Building Inspections – 572  Violations Identified and Corrected - 907  Preplans Updated - 535  Invalids Registered – 15  Premise Hazards Registered - 7 

New Construction Quick Trip  Superior Toyota  Timber Ridge 

New Construction SM MOB – New Day Surgery Unit  SMMC Women’s Center 

Public Education Public Education Events – 75  Attendees – 4,675  Aerial Andy – Crestview and Merriam Park 

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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 Paid Firefighters 5 Firefighters 22%

8 Firefighters 35%

3 Firefighters 13% 7 Firefighters 30%

<5 Years 6-10 Years 11-19 Years >20 Years

Training Hours Training 594 723 508 322 5067

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. 

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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. 

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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 ď&#x201A;&#x17E; We received a MARC grant for 7 Severe Weather signs that were installed in our parks ď&#x201A;&#x17E;

Significant Alarms

Shawnee Fire

Overland Park Fire

Significant Alarms Mission

Lenexa

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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

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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.

Community Outreach Guardians of the Flame

Dedication of Trucks to these two women

Jenni Lee and Deb