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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

In the News

A lot of things have gone on since the last post.

Engine 162- The engine was put into service on the 23rd of July after a majority of the drivers were qualified on it and delivery class was held. The entire process of getting the new truck was completed in about 9 months. The old engine was sold to Denmark, WI and left Cedarburg on the 24th of July.

Cushman- The body was painted and the chassis was prepped for paint. Once everything is painted the assembly should be quick.

Training- A Mass Casualty Incident training was held on the 25th of July at CHS. Multiple departments participated and a lot was learned from it.

Touch-A-Truck- An event was held at Wayne's Drive-in for little kids to see different municiple vehicles and the Clubhouse Gang joined in by bringing Engine 163.

Oh I almost forgot......
We got another structure FIRE.
The call came at 3:00 PM on Monday July 20th. A neighbor reported it since they had smelt something burning and found smoke coming from the house next door. The first crews quickly arrived on scene but were behind from the get go with a strong wind out of the east and a lack of water. Luckly nobody was in the house at the time and a dog was saved. The fire could not have come at a worse time since we were down an engine. Old 162 had already been bought by Denmark and the nobody had pumped the new Engine 162.

The rest of the week should be interesting it is the Ozaukee County Fair this week.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Task Force 119

On Monday the CFD was part of a MABAS Task Force to help the Cudahy Fire Department at the Patrick Cudahy Plant. Engine 163 was Cedarburg's contribution to the group. The other units in the group were; Mequon Tower, Port Washington Tower and Chief, Thiensville Engine and Chief, Grafton Engine, Saukville Squad. The Task Force met as Mequon Station 2. They left around 6 PM and arrived in staging around 6:30 PM. From that point units were assigned for duty as needed. Engine 163 was assigned to the C-Charlie side of the building around 8:30 PM along with Thiensville. The engine was then shortly assigned to relieve a Cudahy engine in relay pumping. The crew was left for assignment. The crew was assigned to relieve a crew on the roof at around 3-3:30 AM. This assignment included cooling the remaining debris and trying to extinguish the last of fire. At 7:30 AM the crew was relieved and arrived back in Cedarburg at round 8:30 AM.


Time Going Hot: 40 min
On Scene Time: 13 hours
Pumping Time: 7 hours
Gallons of Water Pumped: 400,000-500,000 gallon
Crew Work Time: 4 hours


Another Task Force was scheduled to go back on Wednesday but was called off.

It's not often to be at a fire that gets on the National News.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/81514/nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-fire-shuts-down-milwaukee-meatpacking-plant




Task Force 119 on the way.



The view from staging.

C-Charlie command post.The first assignment.The last area of fire.

The Sunrise

Monday, July 6, 2009

Old 153





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