Fox Point Village President Mike West has represented Fox Point on the North Shore Fire Department Board of Directors for fifteen years. Mr. West has always been a strong advocate for the Department in his many roles in local government.  Mr. West retires as the Village President in April of this year. Click here for an article about Mr. West that was recently published in North Shore Now.

• A fire in a battery warehouse was contained by the fire sprinkler system in the building at 6200 N Baker Rd in Glendale in the early morning hours of March 16. The Department was alerted to the fire by a fire alarm activation in the building. Upon arrival, crews found heavy smoke in the warehouse and a fire on top of rack storage, approximately 30 feet off the ground. The fire sprinkler system had held the fire in check, but firefighters needed to remove the products that were burning, complete extinguishment and remove smoke from the building. Assistance was received from the Thiensville and Wauwatosa Fire Departments at this incident.
• A tractor trailer carrying petroleum products overturned at I-43 and Brown Deer Rd on March 11. A combination of 500 gallons of diesel fuel from the truck's fuel tank and petroleum product on the truck spilled on the roadway and had to be cleaned up by the fire department, County Highway Department and the trucking company. The roadway was closed for several hours while the clean-up took place and the truck was uprighted.
• Department members were a part of a team of area firefighter/paramedics who taught CPR to attendees at March 11's Milwaukee Buck's Game. The Buck's honored Milwaukee area emergency medical service providers as part of the game's events.
• The Fire Commission is meeting March 17 to interview 27 candidates for placement on the Firefighter Recruitment Eligibility List.

Incident Type	Incident Count
Fire/Rescue/Service Weekly Average (2015 & 2016)	40 38
Emergency Medical Weekly Average (2015 & 2016)	110 108

Priority 1 & 2 Calls Meeting Response Goal of 7:02	93% (goal of 90%)
Average Response Time Priority 1 & 2 Calls	5 minutes 11 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.