September 2024
Fire Department Activity Report
Dave Bray – Interim Fire Chief / Division Chief
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Monthly Statistics
5 Fire
92 Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incident
7 Hazardous Condition (No Fire)
5 Service Call
29 Good Intent Call
5 False Alarm & False Call
1 Special Incident
143 Number of incidents
Noteworthy Information
1. Responded to four (4) fires and one (1) cardiac arrest:
a. Structure fire and vegetation fire on Ferguson Road
b. Vegetation fire on Bloomfield Road
c. 8361 (Type-3 engine) responded to the Line Fire in Southern California for two weeks d. Shopping cart fire at O’Reilly Media
e. Cardiac arrest with CPR
2. Seven (7) occurrences of simultaneous calls this month where the initial apparatus was committed on a call requiring another FD unit or mutual aid. Additionally, there were several instances where the response involved only one firefighter.
3. Fire prevention conducted 21 inspections in the City (including initial and follow-up)
4. Public education event at Fircrest Mobile Home Park. Firefighters taught hands-only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and Narcan delivery.
5. The Sebastopol fire station now has an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) mounted on the exterior for public use during a cardiac arrest. The AED and wall cabinet were provided by the Gold Ridge Fire Protection District.
6. 8350 (Ladder Truck) has returned and is in service.