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Home My WebLink AboutFire Department 1996 r r ; FIR; 4 �.i J . J yriDA,41)\,\;,pil rki VI « . .,..c.c.s , „ COLLEGE STATION FIRE DEPT - ' ::: °- 1 I V R I ,- v „=, ,fit Y • s II t a • + ' ' : • . #i s � ' • 390 f _ � • �,i �•' � + + .el+ � # i A 4. . , _ ,' /p "" • - , ; -� ti -s - College Station Fire Department Staff Photo taken 1996. The College Station Fire Department is considered a EMS and Haz -Mat. Every firefighter needs 20 hours of proactive force seeing substantial growth and the conver- Continuing Education (CE). Emergency Medical Tech - sion to a full paid fire department over the past 27 years. nicians (EMT's) are required another 20 hours of CE, Current staffing for the department includes a total of 81 with Paramedics being required an additional 40 hours personnel making up the areas of administration, support of CE. All emergency response people are required 8 staff, training, prevention, suppression and the newly added hours of CE Haz -Mat training every year. Community Enhancement Division/Code Enforcement. • The city of College Station has over 2000 businesses and these must be inspected for compliance with fire The fire department staffs three first run engines, two and life safety codes. These inspections are done by of which are designated Paramedic Engine Company, a 75' the fire crews on a 12 -18 months schedule under the Quint and a command vehicle. CSFD is heavily involved direction of the fire prevention division. in Emergency Medical Services, staffing two first run MICU • Wednesdays and Thursdays an inventory of the ambu- ambulances responding to emergency incidents in the city lances, fire trucks and EMS supply cabinets is done to of College Station and medical responses to South Brazos ensure there are adequate supplies to respond as needed. County. CSFD has sixty -six certified firefighters staffing • Maintenance & repairs is another task performed by these units working under the guidance of the Assistant the firefighters. Selected personnel will repair or main - Chief of Operations. One -third of these firefighters are tain appliances, nozzles, flashlights, stretchers, over- trained at the paramedic level. Supplemental vehicles in- haul SCBA's, and even calibrate gas detectors. elude three reserve engines, two reserve ambulances, and a • Firefighters must make their bed every shift and laun- Hazardous Material Response unit. The fire department also der the linen every 3rd week. responds to Texas A &M campus, Easterwood Airport and • Firefighters must provide their own meals. A kitchen automatic aid responses to the City of Bryan and Brazos and utensils is provided by the city. County. Complying with Federal and State regulations, equip - The firefighters' day begins at 7:00 a.m. Upon arrival ment inspections are performed quarterly on each at their assigned station, they will check their equipment firefighter's bunker gear, and monthly for each SCBA. An- (bunker gear, truck and breathing apparatus a.k.a. SCBA's, nually, a pump test is performed on each truck and approxi- etc) all of which must be in proper operating order. The mately 20,000 feet of fire hose is pressure tested. The Fire firefighters are also responsible for the janitorial work at Service is regulated by several agencies such as Texas De- their respective stations. Every morning the floors will be partment of Health, National Fire Protection Association, mopped, carpets vacuumed, toilets scrubbed, trash emp- Texas Commission on Fire Protection, and, to some extent, tied, kitchen duties completed, and emergency vehicle OSHA. cleaned. After this, a short meeting with the station offic- ers determines the day's events. These include: Firefighters need to be in good physical condition. They • A firefighter is required to have annual training for Fire, are required to spend 1 hour per day doing some form of — I — The College Station Fire Department physical activity, such as basketball, tennis, walking /jog- Technology. A firefighter advancing to paramedic will need ging, or weight lifting. An annual stress test is given to to spend 2 semesters in class and approximately 200 hours evaluate each firefighter's progress. observing and training in the hospital, with another 150 hours riding an ambulance on emergency calls. Fire Prevention is also a major goal. The most benefi- cial prevention method is public education. Firefighters The Fire Department provides many services to other assist the Public Education department with approximately city departments. 5 classes a month at the local schools and day care centers • Alpha- Numeric Paging service is maintained by the Fire to teach children about the Stop, Drop and Roll method of Department. safety. With the use of the department's Fire Safety House, • Maintain, repair and fill SCBA's for wastewater. children are taught to stay low, go to a selected meeting • Teach CPR and First aid to the Police Department. place, and dial 911 for emergency assistance. Tours are also • Provide EMS standbys for Parks and Recreation when given at all the fire stations showing the children what a they host National and State softball tournaments firefighter looks like in his protective clothing, the equip- • The Fire Department hosts and assists in developing ment used on emergency scenes, and a hands -on look at and assisting with the disaster drill exercises and engi- the fire trucks and ambulances. neering response action plans for the Emergency Man- agement Office as well as the local hospital. • Places the Star at Christmas time for Parks and Recre- ation with the use of the Ladder Truck • Many hours have been spent in developing and distrib- �- uting the Apartment pre -plans to the Police Department, .'c T ! ` ,y a ^ a' t � Building Solid Waste and Bryan Fire Depart- ._. " viii 1 — _ g Y P �, � ment. a z r : :::::77,--,7:,-.-:!:-.:_m- BM � `-� ', ' ,4 '' . The Fire Department is also working on other commu- :� r , nity projects: a ., , , ,. � .r , ,„ ; ,, Sponsoring and teaching a Fire Technology course at r -p:-,;'-'' s" ' ' �$ °'� �° '. A &M Consolidated High School. ' t .. g s 31 s v4"' ......e.% r E t.z..,,,,..' i '- +, .,,:,s6 ....v�.'°7;1t ar . ' v.. `',' • The Training Division is currently working to increase the level of care the county first responders provide to Responding to calls is what the public generally sees. the patient when the ambulances respond to the county. The fire department responds to an average of 11 calls per • Provide Fire Extinguisher training for many businesses day which include EMS, fire alarms, Haz -Mat, and special within the city. event standbys. After each call a report must be made docu- menting the events of the incident. Any equipment used on the call has to serviced or replaced and put back on the engine or ambulance. Cooperative efforts with Texas A &M has enhanced their �. fire safety program. The College Station Fire Department � assists TAMU Safety & Health Office by performing ; mo .... standpipe tests, installing keys in their Knox Box system,_t. 7 . � and performing a Tactical Information Planning System �" (T.I.P.S.) for selected buildings on campus. ' ° The firefighter is released from work at 7:00 a.m. upon _ 'r'" 1 Mal completing their 24 hour stay at the fire station. However, his job may still not be done. Firefighters desiring to pro- mote to a higher rank within the fire department's para- military organizational structure must complete minimum educational requirements set forth in the CSFD's Profes- sional Development Guide. These standards range from obtaining a Intermediate Structural Fire Protection Person- nel Certificate through Master Structural Fire Protection Per- sonnel Certificate to an Associate Degree in Fire Science —2— • The College Station Fire Department — S T A F F A" Shift since "C" Shift since Batt Chief Thomas Goehl 7/78 Batt Chief Tom Thraen 7/78 Lt. Rodney O'Connor 12/72 Lt. Tim Fickey 4/75 Lt. Morgan Cook 3/74 Lt. Gary Stevener 8/78 Lt. Bobby Rogers 5/78 Lt. Maggie McGraw 9/79 Lt. Greg Rodgers 9/88 Lt. Pat Quinlan 12/79 Drv\Eng Jim Connor 9/80 Drv\Eng George Rosier 3/79 Drv\Eng Louis Solis 8/82 Drv\Eng Doug Arndt 9/81 Drv\Eng\Para Paul Gunnels 9/90 Drv\Eng\Para Jim Barker 10/85 Drv\Eng\Para Robert Mumford 6/93 Drv\Eng Jeff Kuykendall 12/85 FF1 David Moore 8/78 FF1\Para Bill Walton 1/79 FF1 Brad Clark 3/79 FF1 Larry Wentrck 5/79 FF1 Paul Place 8/79 FF1 Johnny Ward 1/80 FF1 Andy Ramirez 12/79 FF1 Bobby Rhodes 11/81 FF1 Bobby Stanford 10/83 FF1\Para Andy Jones 1/84 FF1 Dan McNeill 3/88 FF1\Para Joe Don Warren 6/84 FF1\Para Kristen Mosby 9/90 FF1\Para Jim Morris 7/85 FF1\Para Darryl Smith 10/91 FF1 Steve Smith 10/85 FF1 Richard Weisser 2/92 FF1 David Novak 4/88 FFI\Para Tim Valdez 8/94 FF1\Para Anthony Marino 9/88 FF2\Para Tim Kinchloe 6/95 FF1 Jim Mack 9/88 FF2\Para Shawn Kucera 8/95 FF1\Para David Looney 3/93 FF2\Para Chris Kelly 8/95 FF3\Para Joe Gibson 9/96 "B" Shift since Training since Batt Chief George Spain 1/79 Batt Chief Bart Humphreys 2/79 Lt. Rodney Zalobny 7/76 Drv\Eng Para Billy Bradshaw 3/88 Lt. Terry Thigpin 5/77 Lt.\Para Fred Rapczyk 5/78 Support Staff since Lt. Steve Hisaw 9/81 Shirley Sicinski 3/86 Drv\Eng Chris Beasley 2/80 Patricia Rosier 9/89 Drv\Eng Tom Reed 6/83 Drv\Eng Matt Harmon 12/87 Administration since Drv\Eng Greg Janda 9/90 Interim Chief David Giordano 5/77 FF1\Para Jerry Duffey 7/82 Asst. Chief Operations Eric Hurt • 6/81 FF1 Bobby Fickey 10/82 FF1 Ed Phillips 9/84 Prevention / Code Enforcement since FF1\Para Paul Powell 12/85 Batt Chief\Para Jon Mies 4/80 FF1\Para Mike Carruth 12/87 Lt. Raymond Olsen 6/82 FF1\Para Lance Norwood 9/90 Lt. Mike Ruesink 11/82 FF1\Para Lee Gillum 3/91 Lt. Rick Westbrook 9/84 FF1\Para Marvin Wagener 10/91 Fl. Off David Sims 4/93 FF1 Tim Hamff 8/92 Code Enf Officer Wes Castelonia 5/81 FF1\Para James Sears 10/93 Code Enf Officer Shauna Anderson 2/97 FF1 Janet Laffey 8/94 Lily Landaverde 7/97 FF1\Para Ernie Goode 10/94 FF3 Tim Sullivan 1/97 —3— — The College Station Fire Department COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT ACTION CENTER The Fire Department was chosen to house the new Com- __,,,_ munity Enhancement Action Center at the Fire Department Administration offices on 1207 Texas Avenue. The Action `'� Center was developed earlier this year by the Code Enforce- �`' ?" ment Re- engineering Team. The purpose of the Action Cen- ter is to bring code enforcement personnel from various departments under one roof. This will help alleviate confu- �" ® 63 ` sion to both citizens and City employees over which de- partment deals with specific codes. In accordance to the City's new One Call Does it All program, people only need to know one number, 764 -MEND (6363), to reach Code v6 r Enforcement personnel. What is MEND? It is the acronym for Make Every Neighborhood Desirable. City Codes were developed to protect the health, safety and welfare of citizens. These codes • require residents and property owners to be responsible for maintaining their property in a safe, attractive, and sanitary or doing surprise fire code inspections on local businesses. condition. When a complaint does come in, an officer will take a look at the situation within 24 hours and issue a warning or cita- It is the job of the City's Code Enforcement Officers to tion. The Community Enhancement Officers strive for vol make sure City Codes are followed and to seek compliance untary compliance. Therefore, nine times out of ten, awarn- when problems arise. The Action Center is responsible for ing is issued and time is given to remedy the situation. violations dealing with: Parking, Sanitation, Appearance (i.e. landscaping), Health and Safety codes, Fire Codes, Illegal If your department would like more information con - Dumping, animal and Livestock permits, Zoning, and Drain- cerning the Community Enhancement Action Center, call age Ordinances. Neighborhoods whose residents abide by Julie O'Connell at x3643 to set up a Community Enhance - the codes are much more desirable places to live for both ment Training meeting. safety and aesthetic reasons. The Community Enhancement Action Team is staffed by eight employees. The division is headed by the Fire Marshal and includes three Lieutenants responsible for Existing Construction/Inspections, New Construction and Public Education, two Code Enforcement Officers who handle Health & Safety Ordinances, a F.L.A.M.E. Officer (Fire Lane Access Maintenance and Enforcement Officer) and a Part-Time receptionist. In addition, the Community Enhancement office is in the process of hiring a part-time Parking Officer. . C • The Community Enhancement Office prides itself as -t 7 - -117 " .12112 being a proactive organization. Staff members try to locate Published August 1997 for the and solve code violations before a citizen calls in a com- College Station Fire Department plaint. This is done by driving around town looking for by the Print/Mail Division, Health & Safety violations (tall grass, illegal dumping, etc.) City of College Station —4—