Rombout Monthly Activity
Report
October 2003
Rombout Firefighters Kept
Busy with Alarms and Fire Prevention Details
The Rombout Fire Department
responded to 43 calls in the month of October:
Twenty-three motor vehicle accidents, seven automatic fire alarms, one carbon
monoxide call, four calls for flooding conditions
requiring pump outs, one medical assistance call, one child locked in a
vehicle and one smoke in building. Firefighters responded to two calls for power
lines and trees down in roadway, a Haz-Mat spill and one propane gas grill fire.
Mutual Aid was provided to East Fishkill FD and the Village of Fishkill FD. This
makes a total of 388 calls for the year to date.
October, aka Fire Prevention Month, is traditionally a busy month and this
year was no exception. Firefighters and equipment were at Wal-Mart and Geering
Park for Fishkill Community Day providing the public with brochures about fire
safety and prevention. The Rombout Fire Department every year receives requests
to teach the young children of the community about the do's and don'ts of fire
safety. Paul Messina, Fire Prevention Officer, coordinated many of the
programs at the following locations: Brinckerhoff ES, Saint Mary's ES, Fishkill
Baptist nursery
school, the Dutch Reformed Church, Estelle and Alfonso Nursery School and the
Children's Ark.
Chief Jeff Marino expresses his thanks to all the schools that invited Rombout
FD to talk to their students, the firefighters look forward to it every year.
He also extends thanks to
Paul Messina for coordinating the events and to the many members for taking
their
time to participate.
Training that occurred during
October involved:
Congratulations go to our newest firefighters, Chris "Sparkles" Mazzuca and Dom
Sceppaquercia for completion of Firefighter Basic Training 2000. This 42-hour
course was held at Putnam County Fire Training Center in Lake Camel and
instructed by Charles Liggio, a nine-year veteran of
the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. This course provides a
standardized fire training program needed to train new firefighters. It
instructs the students on fire behavior, rescue, forcible entry, use of hoses
and ladders, and ventilation of a building.
Driving tip. Avoid using cruise
control when it is raining and the road is wet.
Happy Thanksgiving from the
members of Rombout FD.
