Strawberry Festival Weekend

This weekend was Strawberry Festival in Cedarburg. So the Clubhouse was staffed on Saturday and Sunday. During the preceding week the new engine arrived and the Cushman was moved to Station 2. The with both vehicles at the Clubhouse thing got done. First on Saturday old 162 and new 162 were placed side by side and all the equipment was mounted on the new truck. Here is a sample of the finished product.

This is the passenger side front compartment.

This is the passenger side rear compartment.
This is the rear compartment

Driver side Rear

Driver side middle

Engineers Compartment

On Sunday some small work was done on 162. The majority of the work done was on the Cushman. The exterior was taken apart and the shell taken off. It will now be cleaned and repainted before assembly.

New Engine 162

Fire!

Shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning a working structure fire was reported. The CFD responded and knocked down the a majority of the fire in the first twenty minutes. Crews then worked on scene for the next four hours. This could be considered a Clubhouse response since a good portions was on the scene but we came from station 1. However 158 did get to the scene. This was the first house fire for the CFD since May of 2008 and the first house fire in the City since 2004.

June

The past few weeks have been normal in the amount of calls run by the CFD. However what is unusual has been the lack of fire calls. There has been no more than fifteen calls over a 7 week period. That includes five mutual aid calls. On the other hand the rescue squad is busy as usual.

The Clubhouse has been quiet recently since the lack of calls. Other things have been going on otherwise. Engine 163 got a scene light put on the front of the cab. The station will be the hub of activities involving the new Engine 162 and will be a little more filled then usual. The new engine should arrive sometime next week, hopefully Monday.