Nov. 11th 2008:
Mobile Home Fire
The City of Rose Hill
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Andover E10, T11, and 100 responded on automatic aid to Rose Hill for the report of a structure fire. Upon E10 arrival command (501) assigned them to RIT, 100 to safety, and T11 to water supply on a double wide mobile home with 25% involvement. No injuries were reported.
Companies Responded:
Rose Hill E32
Rose Hill T34
Mutual Aid:
AFR Engine 10
AFR Tanker 11
AFR Chief 100
SCFD E36
SCFD BAT34
Nov. 10th 2008:
4:56 P.M.
Grass Fire
11229 SW SANTA FE RD
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B11 on scene and found 20 acres of heavy grass on fire moving to the west at a fast rate. On scene units requested mutual aide from Augusta Fire. The fire was extinguished with no injuries of damage reported.
Companies Responded:
AFR Brush 11,12
AFR Tanker 11
Mutual Aid:
Augusta Fire
Nov. 6th 2008:
4:56 P.M.
Building Fire
408 E WOODS AVE
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R35 on scene and found smoke was showing from the south eves and a vent on the roof. The windows were smoke stained, no visible flames could be scene. Crews made an interior attack and extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported.
Companies Responded:
AFR Engine 1
AFR Tanker 11
AFR Rescue 35
AFR Chief 100,200
Automatic Aid:
Rose Hill Fire Dept.
Sedgwick Count Fire Dept.
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3 Engines
- 1 Rescue Squads
- 1 Quints
- 2 Water Tenders
- 2 Brush Trucks
- 2 Administrative Cars
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Andover Fire/Rescue responded to 1,125 calls for assistance in 2007, this is up from the 843 alarms of 2006. The increase in the total number of alarms shows an increase of 33.5%. That’s a pretty remarkable increase in the demand for our services. The increase can be attributed to a change in the philosophy of what we respond to. In the previous years we would not respond to the local assisted living centers and care homes except at the request of Butler County EMS. We felt that this was not fair to those Citizens of the Andover community for 1 simple reason; To those individuals that are living in these institutions THAT is their home, so what difference is it if they live there or they live elsewhere in the community? It is still an emergency to them and they deserve our services as would any other citizen. We make no assumptions of an individuals health status based on where they live. Our mission is to serve ALL citizens.
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68 (21 structure fires) |
7% of all alarms |
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775 |
69% of all alarms |
| All other alarms including:Service calls, false calls, spills,System alarms, etc |
282 |
24% of all alarms |
Fires that involved property, that had a value, totaled $3,515,500.00 of this total we saved $3,491,675.00 worth of property, a save rate of 99.32%. That is an unheard of save rate – granted, we were fortunate that we made several “good stops” and the damages were not that significant. But, as they say, “that’s what we get paid to do” – We just did it extremely well.
The average response time was 4 minutes 13 seconds, as measured from the “time of page” to “1 unit on scene”. 647 or 58% of all alarms had a response time of 4 minutes or less. Our response area covers over 37 square miles – some responses are several miles away. This is an excellent average response time.
Response times are critical because a small fire, if left unchecked, will continue to grow and flash over will occur in 8 – 10 minutes. Flash over is when everything flammable in the room, such as a bedroom, bursts into flames. In flash over conditions death is eminent for any occupants in the room. The room temperature at this time exceeds 1400 degrees. Firefighters must arrive before these conditions to have a reasonable expectation of a viable rescue of victims in or near the room.
Response time is equally critical for medical emergencies. A person will suffer irreversible damage to body systems when their organs are deprived of oxygen. Within 4 – 6 minutes of oxygen deprivation irreversible brain damage occurs. Firefighters must reach these individuals with the proper equipment and training before the narrow window of 4 – 6 minutes.
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