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.

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

Old 153

Hopefully this works Sent from my iPhone

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.