Departmental Weekly Update

Weekly Summary

  • The Fire Department Board of Directors will hold a special meeting on October 23 to discuss entering into an agreement with the Village of Shorewood regarding the purchase and remodeling of the fire station in the Village.
  • Firefighter Recruits Kenny Llamas and Steven Tippel will complete their recruit training today. A graduation ceremony will be held at 3 PM.
  • The Department send several units to a high-rise fire at 1032 E. Knapp St in the City of Milwaukee on October 12. The City of Milwaukee Fire Department called a 3rd Alarm for the fire. The Countywide High Rise Fire Operational Plan that was developed and trained on by all firefighters in Milwaukee County in 2017 was utilized. A post-incident review of the fire will be held in the next several weeks.
  • A fire in an attic was quickly extinguished by firefighters on October 17. The incident occurred at 5542 N Bethmaur Ln in Glendale.
  • Members of the Department have been allowed to wear Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Caps while on duty to show their support of the Brewers during the current playoff run.
  • Staff was trained on a new accounts payable workflow module the Department purchased.
  • The Department conducted its annual ground ladder testing this week. Annual testing is required by the State of Wisconsin.
  • The Department presented fire prevention programs to eighteen classrooms this week in the North Shore.
  • Staff is authoring a 2018 FEMA Fire Act Grant Submission.
Calls for Service This Week
 
Incident Type
Incident Count
Fire/Rescue/Service
Weekly Average (2017)
48
39
Emergency Medical
Weekly Average (2017)
118
113
 
Priority 1 & 2 Calls
Meeting Response Goal of 7:02
88%
(goal of 90%)
Average Response Time
Priority 1 & 2 Calls
5 minutes 31 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.


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