Sunday March 12 is the time to move your clock ahead one hour for Daylight Savings Time. It is also a good time to change your smoke detector batteries if you don't have the ten year lithium batteries - click here for a informational message out from Community Relations Officer David Glanz.

• Lt. Tyk and Lt. Seyferth were trained on a new supply ordering and inventory management software being implemented by Milwaukee County EMS. This software was initially introduced to the County by North Shore Fire/Rescue and is also being implemented within the Department for other uses.
• Assistant Chief Harris and Battalion Chief Maydak participated in a joint firefighter recruit interview process with representatives of the Cities of Wauwatosa and West Allis this week. 75 candidates were interviewed. The top candidates will be offered an interview with the Fire Commission on March 17.
• The Training Bureau is participating in the final planning stages for a six week high-rise firefighting training program that will include all Milwaukee County Fire Departments. A high-rise office building in Wauwatosa is being used as the training site. The building is being demolished once the training is completed. This has been an extensive undertaking and includes standardizing operational procedures across the entire County. Look for more information on this in the near future.
• The Department responded to nine calls for wires down as a result of the high winds experienced in the area on March 8.

Incident Type	Incident Count
Fire/Rescue/Service Weekly Average (2015 & 2016)	48 38
Emergency Medical Weekly Average (2015 & 2016)	127 108

Priority 1 & 2 Calls Meeting Response Goal of 7:02	87% (goal of 90%)
Average Response Time Priority 1 & 2 Calls	5 minutes 23 seconds (goal of 6 minutes)

*Priority 1 & 2 calls are calls for service which the Department sends an initial responding unit to a scene with lights and sirens operating. Priority 3 calls are responses that are considered non-emergent.