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Buxton Fire-Rescue

185 Portland Road

Chief Nathan Schools,

EFO

Buxton, ME 04093

Deputy Chief Jeremy Redlon

Office (207) 929-3099

Deputy Chief Jason Grant

Fax (207) 929-3076

Deputy Chief Jamie Grant6

Department Website:

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.

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.

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

Calendar Year

Emergency Calls

Overlapping Calls

Aid Given

Aid Received

2015

1,012

177 (17.49%)

2016

1,068

199 (18.63%)

104

Water Supply Training

Car Fire on Waterman Road

Pump Training