2006 Monthly Reports

Titusville Fire Department

*last updated 9/13/06*

February     March     April    May    June   July    August

October     November     December

February

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of February 2006:

·        2-1-2006 – Assist Pleasantville – Structure Fire – 13313 Springcreek Road

·        2-3-2006 – Dispatched to assist the Titusville Police – MVA, no injuries – 400 Block of East Central – traffic control

·        2-3-2006 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central, Apt. 712 – 88 y/o female, dsypnea

·        2-4-2006 – Assist EMS – 109 West Street – 83 y/o female, dsypnea

·        2-6-2006 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central, Apt. 511 – 78 y/o female, dsypnea

·        2-8-2006 – Assist EMS – 101 West Spring Street – 70 y/o female, dsypnea

·        2-8-2006 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central, Apt. 808 – 75 y/o female, dsypnea

·        2-8-2006 – Dispatched to 210 East Main Street – Water coming in basement – crews found ruptured boiler water line

·        2-9-2006 – Dispatched to assist Pleasantville – Fire Alarm on Keyes Road – crew placed in service prior to response

·        2-9-2006 – Dispatched for a Structure Fire – 221 North Drake – 2 story wood frame, residential, fire in attic area, fire held to the area of origin, fire under control in 10 minutes

·        2-10-2006 – Dispatched fro a 2 vehicle MVA – West Main & Monroe – no injuries, assisted with traffic control

·        2-10-2006 – Assist EMS – 507 North Perry – 56 y/o female, possible stroke

·        2-10-2006 – Assist EMS – 220 North Washington – 3 month old female , fainting

·        2-11-2006 – Assist EMS – 522 North Franklin – 84 y/o male, cardiac arrest

·        2-11-2006 – Assist EMS – 410 West Spruce Street – fall victim – crew cancelled prior to arrival

·        2-11-2006 – Assist EMS – 302 East Walnut, Titusville High School – 60 y/o female, syncope

·        2-11-2006 – Assist EMS – 302 East Walnut, Titusville High School – 15 y/o male, abdominal pains

·        2-14-2006 – Assist EMS – 315 South Franklin – 90 y/o female, fall victim

·        2-14-2006 – 109 West Spring – 45 y/o male, chest pain

·        2-14-2006 – Assist EMS – 339 East Central – 74 y/o female, dsypnea

·        2-15-2006 – Dispatched to assist Hydetown – Structure Fire

·        2-15-2006 – Dispatched for a Structure Fire – 327 East Spring Street – 2 story wood frame, residential, all 6 occupants clear of the structure, fully involved bedroom fire on the 2^nd floor. Crew suppressed fire and had under control in under 10 minutes

·        2-17-2006 – Dispatched to 509 West Oak for a tree and electrical lines down – crew secured scene & had GPU notified

·        2-17-2006 – Dispatched to 210 East Main Street – tree & lines down – utilities notified, secured scene

·        2-18-2006 – Assist EMS – 109 West Spring Street – 40 y/o male, diabetic emergency

·        2-19-2006 – Assist EMS – 708 ½ West Walnut – 31 y/o female, unknown problem

·        2-19-2006 – Assist EMS – 416 East Main – 84 y/o female, cardiac symptoms

·        2-20-2006 – Dispatched to assist Cherrytree – Structure Fire – 530 Dutch Hill Road – fully involved 1 ½ story residential

·         2-20-2006 – Assist EMS – 108 Highland, Apt. 5 – 66 y/o female, cardiac symptoms

·        2-20-2006 – Dispatched for an odor investigation – 650 West Central – nothing found

·        2-21-2006 – Assist EMS – 509 Maxwell – 75 y/o male, flu type symptoms

·        2-21-2006 – Assist EMS – 314 South Franklin – 54 y/o male, cardiac symptoms

·        2-22-2006 – Dispatched for a Vehicle Fire – Vehicle in the garage – Attached to the structure – crews arrived to find an overheated vehicle (steam from engine) – crew removed vehicle from garage

·        2-23-2006 – Dispatched for a Car vs. Tractor Trailer  MVA – West Central & Monroe – assisted in patient care & remained on standby until scene cleared

·        2-23-2006 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central, Apt. 512 – 58 y/o female, syncopal episodes

·        2-24-2006 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central, Apt. 306 – female, general weakness

·        2-25-2006 – Assist EMS – 208 East Central – female, 39 weeks into pregnancy, having contractions

·        2-26-2006 – Assist EMS – 625 West Walnut – 20 y/o male, drug overdose

·        2-27-2006 – Assist EMS – 701 East Spring Street, Universal Stainless – 63 y/o male, cardiac symptoms

·        2-28-2006 – Assist EMS – 302 East Walnut Street, Titusville High School – 18 y/o male, syncopal episode ( passed out)

·        2-28-2006 – Assist EMS 94 North Dillon – malicious / false call – caller prosecuted by Titusville Police

During the month of February, we were dispatched to (5) five structure fires. (3) Three of these fires were in response to our mutual aid neighbors (Cherrytree, Hydetown, and Pleasantville).

We in the City of Titusville had (2) structure fires. Both of these fires were fires that had the potential for rapid growth. Due to the fast response and efficient operations of our crew, both were under control in under 10 minutes after arrival.

We, in the month of February were dispatched for 28 1^st responder medical calls. A good 85% of these responses we are the 1^st unit on location by 2 or 3 minutes. Arriving those 2 or 3 minutes faster could very well be the difference between life & death. Our abilities to administer basic life support services such as AED application, O2 administration, and CPR have tremendous positive impact on survivability of those citizens / customers  in need.  

New hires (firefighters Shaun Miller, Gordon Lamey, & Troy Frazier) are logging approximately 70 hours per month in call response, station maintenance, and training activities. This is testament to the improvements made to the hiring process that allowed us obtain passionate & driven firefighters. 

During the month we conducted 2 fire prevention / station tours and participated in the middle school’s career day.

Respectfully submitted

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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 March

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of March 2006:

·        3-1-06 – Assist EMS – 402 West Walnut – 28 y/o female, diabetic emergency

·        3-1-06 – Assist Pleasantville – Structure Fire – 12068 Springcreek Road, Henderson Chapel – Electrical fire

·        3-2-06 – Assist EMS – 1021 Industrial Drive – 22 y/o male, syncope

·        3-2-06 – Assist EMS – 134 East Central, PNA Club – 48 y/o male, diabetic emergency

·        3-3-06 -  Assist EMS – 607 West Spruce – 43 y/o male, allergic reaction

·        3-4-06 -  Assist EMS – 227 Water Street – 84 y/o female, dsypnea

·        3-4-06 – Assist EMS – 227 Water – 65 y/o male, medication reaction

·        3-5-06 – Dispatched for an odor investigation – 516 West Elm – Performed atmospheric with negative findings

·        3-5-06 – Assist EMS – 212 North Franklin – 18 y/o female, seizures

·        3-5-06 – Assist EMS – 601 South Franklin – 89 y/o female, dsypnea

·        3-6-05 – Dispatched to assist Titusville Police – 200 Block North Franklin – intoxicated subject

·        3-6-05 – Assist EMS – 106 Beechwood – male, chest pains

·        3-6-06 – Assist EMS – 413 West Hemlock – 80 y/o female, altered level of consciousness

·        3-6-06 – Assist EMS – 702 Popular – male, possible stroke

·        3-6-06 – Assist EMS – 415 North Franklin – 64 y/o female, cardiac symptoms

·        3-8-06 – Assist Cherrytree – Structure Fire – 1859 Buxton Road – portable heated in basement, combustible liquids ignited

·         3-8-06 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central – 88 y/o male, dsypnea

·        3-8-06 – Assist EMS – 712 West Park – 73 y/o male, possible stroke

·        3-9-06 – Dispatched for an automatic alarm – 406 West Oak, Titusville Hospital – Detector malfunction

·        3-10-06 – Assist EMS – 507 East Bloss – male, cardiac symptoms

·        3-10-06 – Dispatched for an automatic alarm – 118 West Main, Apt. #2 – Malfunctioning automatic phone dialer alarm

·        3-10-06 – Assist EMS – 110 East Central – 78 y/o male, syncope

·        3-11-06 – Assist EMS – 110 South Martin – 4 y/o female, fall victim

·        3-11-06 – Assist EMS – 406 West Linden – 57 y/o male, syncope

·        3-12-06 – Assist EMS – 511 West Central – male, allergic reaction

·        3-12-06 – Assist EMS – 203 West Main – Female, chest pain

·        3-12-06 – Assist EMS – 757 Rockwood – 52 y/o male, syncope

·        3-13-06 – Assist EMS – 727 West Elm – 71 y/o female, cardiac symptoms

·        3-13-06 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central – 80 y/o female, syncope

·        3-13-06 – Dispatched for an automatic alarm – 406 West Oak, Titusville Hospital – System malfunction

·        3-14-06 – Assist EMS – 605 East Walnut – 52 y/o male, cardiac symptoms

·        3-14-06 – Dispatched to assist Hydetown – Structure Fire – 13439 East Park – Fully involved mobile home

·        3-15-06 – Assist EMS – 117 East Main – 86 y/o female, dsypnea

·         3-15-06 – Assist EMS – 114 North Monroe – 73 y/o female, chest pains

·        3-15-06 – Dispatched for an automatic alarm – 1021 Industrial Drive, Homerwood – System malfunction

·        3-15-06 – Assist EMS – 708 ½  West Walnut – 31 y/o female, dsypnea

·        3-16-06 – Dispatched for a 1 vehicle MVA – 700 Block of West Spring – Vehicle struck / sheared utility pole & house – no injuries – scene & traffic control

·        3-17-06 – Dispatched to assist Cherrytree – I vehicle MVA – 2383 Cherrytree Road – 1 male occupant extricated from vehicle

·        3-17-06 – Assist EMS – 132 South Martin – 90 y/o male, syncope

·        3-18-06 – Dispatched to assist Pleasantville – Structure Fire – Neiltown Road – Cancelled, controlled burn

·        3-19-06 – Assist EMS – 114 North Monroe – 52 y/o female, seizures

·        3-19-06 – Dispatched for an automatic alarm – 227 Water – Burnt food on the stove Apt. # 129 – occupant advised

·        3-20-06 – Assist EMS – 221 Brook – 97 y/o female, dsypnea

·         3-20-06 – Assist EMS – 512 West Walnut – female, cardiac symptoms

·        3-21-06 – Assist EMS – 205 Breed – 70 y/o male, general weakness / illness

·        3-21-06 – Assist EMS – 527 West Spruce – male, flu type symptoms

·        3-21-06 – Dispatched to assist Cherrytree – Black & Shreve Road – Brush Fire

·        3-21- 06 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central – 75 y/o male, dsypnea

·        3-22-06 – Assist EMS – 117 East Main Street – 86 y/o female, cardiac symptoms

·        3-22-06 – Assist EMS – 113 East Central – 58 y/o female, diabetic emergency

·        3-23-06 – Assist EMS – 633 South Franklin – general illness

·        3-24-06 – Dispatched to assist Pleasantville – automatic alarm – 23505 Titusville Road – cancelled prior to response – system malfunction

·        3-24-06 – Dispatched for a 2 vehicle MVA – South Martin & Water Street – No injuries, traffic & scene control

·        3-24-06 – Assist EMS – 206 St. John Street – cancelled prior to response

·        3-25-06 – Assist EMS – 711 West Elm – 34 y/o female, abdominal & chest pains

·        3-27-06 – Assist EMS – 422 South Franklin – 77 y/o male, altered level of consciousness

·        3-27-06 – Assist EMS – 307 North Franklin – 81 y/o female, dsypnea

·        3-28-06 – Dispatched for an automatic alarm – 617 West Elm, Apt. #4 – burnt food on the stove, occupant advised

·        3-28-06 – Assist EMS – 639 ½ West Spring Street – 34 y/o male, back pain

·        3-30-06 – Assist EMS – 227 Water, Apt. #122 – 69 y/o female, dsypnea

·        3-30-06 – Dispatched fro an automatic alarm – 227 Water – System malfunction

·        3-30-06 – Dispatched for an illegal burn investigation – Smock Blvd. & Barber – occupants advised, fire suppressed

·        3-30-06 – Assist EMS – 217 East Central, Apt. #403 – 83 y/o male, dsypnea

·        3-31-06 – Dispatched to assist Pleasantville – Structure Fire – 13000 Block of Gaswell Road – structures involved as well a 10 acre gas / woods / interface fire

During the month of March 2006, the Fire Department responded to 63 incidents. A breakdown is as follows:

·        (44) forty-four – Emergency medical incidents

·        (6) five mutual aid fire responses

·        (1) mutual aid response for patient extrication from a vehicle

·        (12) fire alarm, MVA, misc. responses

In addition to the aforementioned emergency responses, the Fire Department was involved in the following:

·        Conducted (2) two fire safety in service sessions for the Titusville School District. Witnessed / audited a fire drill, Titusville High School.

·        Conducted (1) one fire prevention / education session at the station.

·        (4) Four personnel attending a (16) sixteen hour PA State certified truck company operations class.

·        Authored & submitted grant application for firefighting turnout gear to the Federal Fire Act Grant program.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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April

To follow is a breakdown of Fire Department responses for the month of April 2006:

·        Emergency Medical Responses – 27

·        Structure Fire – 3 – 1, in the City, 2, in assistance to mutual aid

·        Brush / Woods Fire – 4 – 1 in the City, 3 in assistance to mutual aid

·        False Alarms – 6

·        Burn Complaints – 3

·        Rescue – 2

·        Misc., Hazardous Conditions – 3

·        Smoke Investigations – 1

·        Total : 49 responses

In addition to response activities, the Fire Department was involved in the following activities:

·        3 Firefighters completed a 16 hour, PA State Fire Academy certified, Truck Company Operations class on April 1^st.

·        All Firefighters received annual CPR / AED recertification training.

·        Conducted 2 fire prevention / fire safety sessions at our station.

·        Started annual flow testing & hydrant maintenance on the Cities 250 + hydrants.

·        During the month of March, the 3 new hires put in 225.5 hours in training & call response.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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 May

To follow is a summary of response activity for the month of May 2006:

·        EMS 1^st Response Incidents – 28

·        Fire Alarms – 5

·        Motor Vehicle Accidents – 2

·        Hazardous Conditions (wires / trees down) – 2

·        Hazardous Material Incidents – 1

·        Vehicle Fires – 1

·        Brush / Vegetation Fires – 3

·        Structure Fires – 1

·        Total Incidents, May 2006 – 43

In addition the Fire Department was involved in the following activities during the month of May 2006:

·        Continued annual fire hydrant flow testing & maintenance duties.

·        Conducted (5) five fire safety / preventions tours for school age children at our station.

·        Spoke at the monthly meeting of the Titusville Senior Care Givers group.

·        Delivered a presentation to Titusville High School students on Fire & Emergency response careers.

·        Participated in the City clean up day. (5-20-06)

·        Participated in the Memorial Day activities at Scheide Park

·        Attended a City of Titusville Board of Health meeting. Advised group of upcoming NIMS training.

Respectfully submitted

J. Joseph Crotty

Fire Chief

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June

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of June 2006:

·        EMS 1^st Responses – 28

·        Haz Mat ( gas, Co, etc.) – 5

·        Hazardous Conditions ( wires, trees, etc.) – 3

·        MVA’s (motor vehicle accidents) - 3

·        Mutual Aid Response – 1 ( Assist Hydetown, Structure Fire)

·        Fires ( Misc. / Other) – 4

·        False Alarms – 4

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·        Total – 48

In addition to emergency response, the department was involved in the following activities during the month of June 2006:

·        Completed annual flow testing & maintenance of all hydrants.

·        Provided (3) NIMS training sessions for City Officials, Public Works employees, and School district Officials.

·        Conducted (3) Thursday night training session. Topics: Water Rescue, Live Fire Suppression Scenarios, and Foam Application.

Respectfully submitted

J. Joseph Crotty

Fire Chief

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July

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of July 2006:

·        Emergency Medical 1^st Response – 28

·        Fire – 1

·        Mutual Aid – 1 ( Assist Cherrytree, Structure Fire)

·        Smoke Investigation – 1

·        Haz Mat ( Co/ Gas) – 3

·        False Alarms – 4

·        Wires / Trees Down – 3

·         Motor Vehicle Accidents – 2

·        Weather Events (Flooding) – 2

·        Other – 1 ( Severe Water Main Rupture, Assist DPW, West Main

·        Total – 46

·        Incidents year to date – 337

·        (4) year average incidents to date - 339

·        Last year incidents to date – 388

During the month we also were involved in:

·        Safety Days at Roberts Grove

·        Conducted station tour for 1 group

·        Started annual hose testing process

·        Conducted flow testing of water system for an Industrial customer’s insurance underwriter.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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August

To follow is summary of emergency response activity for the month of August 2006:

·        EMS / 1^st Responder – 20

·        MVA – 5

·        False Alarms – 11

·        Mutual Aid – 1

·        Structure Fires – 2

·        Haz Mat Incidents (leaks, spills, etc.) – 2

·        Total Incidents year to date (1-1-06 through 8-31-06) – 380

·        Total Incidents year to date (last year, 1-1-05 – 8-31-05) - 427

In addition to emergency response, the Fire Department was involved in the following activities:

·        Conducted annual fire prevention / fire education session for the University of Pitt Resident Assistants staff. This included live fire portable fire extinguisher training.

·        Conducted a fire / evacuation drill at Emerson Place for Department of Health compliancy. Annual requirement

·        Conducted fire prevention & emergency preparedness session for the YMCA. Compliance to Department of Welfare regulations.

·        Participated in the Oil Festival events. Demonstration set up, fireworks standby, parade, etc..

·        Annual hose testing is still taking place & looks to be completed by the end of September

·        Engines 1, 3, 4, had their annual certification & maintenance performed. All engines pump performances met compliancy.

·        Weekly training session took place for 3 of the 4 Thursday nights this month.

·        Monthly in-house training records sent to ISO for update.

Respectfully submitted

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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October

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of October 2006:

·        EMS 1^st response – 30

·        Fire Alarms – 6

·        MVA (Motor vehicle accidents) – 1

·        Structure Fires – 5 ( 3 in the City, 2 in Mutual Aid area)

·        Hazardous conditions – 2

·        Total – 44 emergency responses

·        Total year to date – 471  

In addition to the aforementioned responses, the department has been involved in the following activities:

·        Conducted (11) eleven fire prevention safety talks to various school age children.

·        Participated in the Middle School COW (Career on Wheels) day program.

·        Participated in the annual Fall Festival.

·        Participated in safety days at the Walmart.

·        Conducted portable fire extinguisher & employee preparedness training session for one of our nursing homes.

·        Planned and participated in Avian Flu training for City employees.

Additionally, our Ladder 26-2, has once again successfully passed certification testing for its aerial device and pump.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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November

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of November 2006:

• 1^st Responder Emergency Medical – 25

• Fires – 1 dryer fire – 2 mutual aid assist – 3 total 

• Fire Alarms – 7

• Total 35

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In addition to emergency response, the department has been involved in the following activities:

* Acquisition of a donated mini-pumper from the Greenfield Township Fire Department. This was formerly the General Electric, Lawrence Park Facility in plant response vehicle. It is a 1975 Ford, 

F-600, 250 gpm pumper. The vehicle, despite its age, is in pristine condition and has only 3600 miles on it.

Our intent is to utilize this vehicle as a brush/utility vehicle. It is hoped that the vehicle can be used in place of our front line structural pumpers for brush fires & miscellaneous runs.

We will be contacting the DNCR to see if they will donate 60 gallons of class A type foam for our use. The vehicle has an onboard foam eduction system with (2), (15) gallon tanks for foam.

• Participated in hanging of Christmas lights.

• Participated in the Christmas Parade.

• Submission of Turnout Gear Bid Specs. This is for the $18,000.00 Fire Act Grant we were awarded.

Respectfully submitted

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief   

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December

To follow is a summary of emergency response activity for the month of December 2006:

• 1^st Responder EMS – 26

• Motor Vehicle Accidents – 1

• Structure Fires – 3

• Service / Investigation / Misc. – 4

• Mutual Response (MVA/Fire) – 3

• Total – 42

In addition to emergency response activity, the department has been involved with:

• NIMS compliancy training – Phase 2 of the process consisted of instructing the IS-100, Orientation to Incident Command Systems, class. They took place on December 19 & 20. A make up session(s) will be held for those that were unable to attend.

• Acquisition of the 1975, F-600, 250gpm, Mini-Pumper – This unit will be utilized as a brush / utility response vehicle. DNCR has made a verbal commitment to provide class A & B type foam and loose equipment for interface operations at no cost to the City.

• The bid process for turn out gear has started. This purchase is with monies awarded via the Fire Act Grant Program from the Department of Homeland Security.

• A Knox Box has been placed at the Titusville Hospital. This is an armored, high security lock box. In the box are the keys to the facility. Have access to the keys precludes the need for forcible entry preventing unnecessary damages & expediting entry in the event of an emergency.

Respectfully submitted

J. Joseph Crotty, Fire Chief

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