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Buxton Fire-Rescue 185 Portland Road Buxton, ME 04093 Office (207) 929-3099 Fax (207) 929-3076

Chief Nathan Schools, EFO Deputy Chief Jeremy Redlon Deputy Chief Jason Grant

Deputy Chief Jamie Grant6 Department Website: www.buxtonfr.org Deputy Chief Michael Mirisola

Buxton Board of Selectmen

March 1, 2017

185 Portland Road Buxton, Maine 04093 Board of Selectmen: It is my pleasure to submit the 2016-2017 Annual Report on behalf of the Officers and Members of Buxton Fire-Rescue. During calendar year 2016 the department responded to more incidents than in 2015.

Calendar Year

Emergency Calls

Overlapping Calls

Aid Given

Aid Received

2015 2016

1,012 1,068

177 (17.49%) 199 (18.63%)

93

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104

The data above shows that the department’s call volume is increasing and simultaneous calls happens more frequently. It also shows the more frequent need for mutual aid to handle emergency calls. Some interesting statistics that are not shown above, are that our peak call times are on the weekend and after 6 PM; many factors contribute to this statistic. These times are also when our paid staffing is the leanest. Another statistic that is important to note is our response time has decreased slightly from 2015 to 2016. As during past years, employees spend considerable time training and preparing for emergency response to both fire and medical incidents. During 2016 employees collectively spent more than 5,000 hours training.

Water Supply Training

Pump Training

Car Fire on Waterman Road

This year has been a busy year, not only with our training and meeting schedule, but with serious emergency calls. The department has responded to car fires, oil truck roll overs, serious vehicle accidents and many structure fires (in and outside of Buxton). The month of October was especially busy for the department with two multiple alarm fires in two weeks. The first was on Chicopee Road and the second was on Henderson

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