Merriam Fire Department 2011 Annual Report

2011 Annual Report

Fire Apparatus

Received New Pierce Velocity Pumper

$499,296.00

Build Date

9/11

Loss/Save

Loss Save %

Save Rate

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 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

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

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

Significant Alarms

Shawnee Fire Overland Park Fire

Significant Alarms

Lenexa

Mission

Mission

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.

Community Outreach

Guardians of the Flame

Dedication of Trucks to

these two women

Jenni Lee and Deb