OPEN SHIFTS: Everything is covered at the moment.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. and Mrs. Shevaughn Shay.
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BLOOD DRIVE: Tomorrow 0900-1400.
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ROAD CLOSURE: Chappell Shores Dr. between Mast Road and Michaela Dr. will be closed for paving on Saturday, 9/30. Michaela Dr. and Chappell Shores Dr. addresses will have to accessed via Clarks Woods Road. The first two houses in from Mast Road, will still have to be accessed via Mast Road.
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RECENT CALLS: We've had a busy September. 50 calls for service as of this morning. Baring any calls today, September has been our slowest month this year. However, this past month may have seen the most serious calls and the most Desk Boxes struck in a single month. We ran on three Desk Box 8 calls. Two were successful. With the help of the State Police, we revived a patient who overdosed. We resuscitated an elderly man who had a faint pulse and wasn't breathing. He was talking with the crew before we got to SMHC. There was the one overdose that, despite our best efforts, didn't go how we wished. We nearly delivered a baby this week. We ran the usual trauma calls to MX207, we covered an MVA on Route 5, where we got to meet some very interesting individuals. And at the same time covered a call in Lyman that turned out to be cocaine induced seizures. We saved a home on South Waterboro Road, Desk Box 82. That fire was handled with textbook precision. And as usual, we handled the standard variety of calls. CO, MVAs, lift assists, unattended fires, suicidal persons, etc, etc. The Association washed cars to raise money, we married off our Rookie of the Year and ate lobster the next day. We did all this with team work and purpose. I have often said that all of you make this community a better place to live. I truly believe that. Thank you for all that you do!
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ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Progress has been made on the attention and accuracy given to our equipment check lists. However, we still fall a little short. If something is missing, take action to get it replaced. Open a "supplies needed" work order or write the item on the white board. Details.
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FRONT YARD: I want to extend a big thank you to Scott Littlefield and Black Magic Seal Coating
for donating your time and equipment to seal coat the front yard. Scott did the work for cost of material only. The yard not only looks great, it will preserve the pavement for a few more years.
FFs Cole and Boucher engineered the angled parking spots and painted the white and yellow lines. There work was well supervised, if you saw the Facebook photo.
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ENGINEERS' TIME: Thursday, Oct. 19th at 1830 and Sunday, Oct, 22nd at 0900, Engrs Robert and Smith along with Lt Steiner, will be holding training on EVO2 and 3 skills. Also, tasks like, operating at a chimney fire (yeah, it's that time of year again), operating the water way, or anything else you would like to work on, practice or see operate. Training with a purpose.
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SIXTEEN FIREFIGHTER LIFE SAFETY INITIATIVES: The 16 initiatives were developed in 2004 with the goal of ensuring Everyone Goes Home. Take some time to learn about these.
The first of the 16 talks about Cultural Change within the fire service. Safety needs to be the bedrock of what we do. https://www.everyonegoeshome.com/16-initiatives/1-cultural-change/
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PREPARATION FOR INITIAL COMPANY OPERATION (PICO) Course: We have scheduled this NFA class tentatively for January 11, 18 and 20, 2018, here in Goodwins Mills. This course is a requirement for promotion in our department (Directive 2215). Chief John Duross will be the instructor. More info to come.
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YORK COUNTY FIREFIGHTER I and II ACADEMY: Application deadline is 11/29/2017. The flyer is posted on the bulletin board. Classes run from January 3rd through June 3rd.
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FIRE OFFICER I and II ACADEMY: An FO 1&2 course is being planned for this winter. It will be a blended classroom & on-line course. More into to come.
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IMAGE TREND UPDATE: October 4th 0900-1700 Eastern Time.
ImageTrend is pleased to announce that we will be updating your ImageTrend Elite site to v1.17.09.1 on Wednesday, October 4 between 8 am and 4 pm Central Daylight Time. A warning banner will appear on your site 15 minutes prior to your site updating, letting any users currently in the system know to save their work and close the browser. There may be up to 10 minutes of downtime during this update.
Highlights of this release:
Select System or Agency default Incident List views for EMS, Fire, Community Health, etc.
Mark Facilities as Referred To and document corresponding fields in the incident
Document users' Emergency Contacts (migration available if you have data in your old system)
View all the release updates and details in the release notes available on your site under Community > Help/University > Release Notes.
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EMTs: Please review the Pyxis training slides and sign the attendance sheet ASAP. The slides are in the 3rd quarter training binder.
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EMS PROTOCOL UPDATES: Protocol updates will be taking effect on 1/8/2018. MEMSED training should be available soon.
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK: Starts October 8th. Our open house is scheduled for 1800 on Wednesday, October 11.
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EVO2 DETAIL: EVO2 is needed on October 14th to take an engine to the EVOC class in Scarborough.
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The EMR-ISAC InfoGram for September 28, 2017 contains the following articles:
1. FirstNet Update
2. Hemorrhage control for law enforcement
3. NASEMSO releases updated EMS clinical guidelines
4. "Adopt an EMS Family" program aids those impacted by hurricanes.
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Events Next Week: Blood Drive tomorrow. Sunday 10/1: MX 207 is racing. Monday 10/2: 1000 Fire Inspection Dayton School, 1240 Fire Inspection Lyman School. Tuesday 10/3 1900 GMFRA; Thursday: 0930 and 1330 Day Care Tours; 1830 Executive Board.
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Have a great weekend,
Chief
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Roger S. Hooper, Fire Chief
Goodwins Mills Fire-Rescue
481 Goodwins Mills Road
Lyman, ME 04002
Office: 207-499-7878
Cell: 207-432-0390
Station: 207-499-2362
Fax: 207-499-2893
www.gmfd.org
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