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The Woodlands Fire Department

Administrative Report

January 2015

December Incidents

THE WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENTINCIDENT REPORT

December 2014

Incident Type CountFIRE100 Fire, Other 1111 Building fire 5113 Cooking fire, confined to container 4114 Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue 2131 Passenger vehicle fire 1132 Road freight or transport vehicle fire 1143 Grass fire 1150 Outside rubbish fire, Other 1151 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 3160 Special outside fire, Other 2162 Outside equipment fire 1

SUBTOTAL 22

RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INCIDENT300 Rescue, EMS incident, other 6311 Medical assist, assist EMS crew 280320 Emergency medical service, other 2321 EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 187322 Motor vehicle accident with injuries 20323 Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped) 1324 Motor Vehicle Accident with no injuries 34331 Lock-in (if lock out , use 511 ) 9352 Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle 3

SUBTOTAL 542

HAZARDOUS CONDITION (no fire)411 Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill 1412 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 5424 Carbon monoxide incident 1440 Electrical wiring/equipment problem, Other 3

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442 Overheated motor 1444 Power line down 1463 Vehicle accident, general cleanup 1

SUBTOTAL 13

SERVICE CALL500 Service Call, other 2510 Person in distress, Other 2511 Lock-out 2520 Water problem, Other 2522 Water or steam leak 4531 Smoke or odor removal 1550 Public service assistance, Other 1551 Assist police or other governmental agency 4552 Police matter 1553 Public service 1561 Unauthorized burning 3

SUBTOTAL 23

GOOD INTENT CALL600 Good intent call, Other 1611 Dispatched & cancelled en route 112622 No Incident found on arrival at dispatch address 4631 Authorized controlled burning 1651 Smoke scare, odor of smoke 7652 Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke 2661 EMS call, party transported by non-fire agency 5

SUBTOTAL 132

FALSE ALARM & FALSE CALL700 False alarm or false call, Other 9715 Local alarm system, malicious false alarm 1730 System malfunction, Other 6733 Smoke detector activation due to malfunction 8734 Heat detector activation due to malfunction 1735 Alarm system sounded due to malfunction 6736 CO detector activation due to malfunction 3740 Unintentional transmission of alarm, Other 3743 Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional 13744 Detector activation, no fire - unintentional 2745 Alarm system activation, no fire - unintentional 26746 Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO 1

SUBTOTAL 79

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SPECIAL INCIDENT TYPE911 Citizen Complaint 1

SUBTOTAL 1

TOTAL INCIDENT COUNT FOR DECEMBER 2014 812

December Non-Incident Activity

Public Relations Events Station tours 31Attended on site public relations event 17Miscellaneous citizen contacts 58Commercial on site walk thru (emergency preparedness pre planning) 8

Woodlands Fire Department Non-emergency administrative calls 1,486Emergency calls dispatched 368Mutual Aid given 24Mutual Aid received 9

Training Emergency Training Center events 7Woodlands Fire Department training classes at Emergency Training Center 5Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) applications processed 0Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) applications processed 4Total departmental training hours recorded 1,089

Code Enforcement Fire Code Inspections performed 24Life Safety Code Inspections performed 22

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Truck 104 attends the Cochran's Crossing Village Association’s holiday lighting contest.

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December Staffing Updates

Promotion:Victor Zacharias Driver Operator II effective 12/7/14Bryce Whetzel Firefighter 2 effective 12/21/14Jeffery Johnston Battalion Chief effective 12/21/14Doug Adams Battalion Chief effective 12/21/14Michael Berryman Battalion Chief effective 12/21/14Jason Washington Battalion Chief effective 12/21/14

December Notable Accomplishments

Promoted four Battalion Chiefs and created two districts

Promoted four Lieutenants, four Driver/Operators, and hired six Cadets

Reorganized department shift assignments

Implemented Grace Electronic Accountability System for emergency scenes

Tested PSTrax program for maintenance inventory

Completed King Vision Train-the-trainer course

Upcoming Projects & Events

Station #2 Renovation

Develop predetermined public emergency notification messages

Develop action plans for EOC operations covering major operational components

911 signage project for George Mitchell Preserve

Regional Mutual Aid Agreement – evaluate county, state, and HGAC agreements

Implement CallBack Solutions software for scheduling overtime

State-required dispatch personnel certifications

Reorganize Special Teams Operations (Hazmat and Technical Rescue)

Installation of Bright Box (a dynamic maintenance status program for apparatus)