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October 11, 2008
On the afternoon of Saturday October 11, 2008 at 1306 hours
the Cicero Fire Department was activated by the Onondaga
County 911 Center for a Signal 80 (Motor Vehicle Accident)
in the parking lot of 6002 Route 31 at "Cicero North
Syracuse High School" involving a motor cycle. Cicero Chiefs
Car 1 (Carvel), Car 3 (Barrett) and Car 4 (Barling) all
arrived on scene at 1309 hours, Chief Carvel advised Fire
Control that the accident scene was on the left side of the
school and units has a motorcycle rolled over down the
embankment with one female patient down on the ground.
Car 1 (Chief Carvel) assumed Incident Command while Car 3
(Asst. Chief Barrett) assumed Operations and assisted Car 4
(Asst. Chief Barling) with patient care. Cicero Engine 3
(Firefighter R. Hines) arrived and their crew was given the
assignment to assist the Chiefs will patient care, Cicero
Squad 1 (Firefighter Perrin) was the next arriving and their
crew was assigned vehicle hazards and patient information.
The Cicero Police and Onondaga County Sheriffs department
were at the scene conducting their investigation. NAVAC
Ambulance transported the patient to University Hospital
(ALS) Advanced Life Support to be treated. |
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October 7, 2008
On the afternoon of Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 1102 hours
the Cicero Fire Department
was activated by the Onondaga
County 911 Center for a Signal 80 (Motor
Vehicle Accident) in front of 8932 Brewerton Road
involving two vehicles with one vehicle that rolled over.
Cicero Rescue 1 (Lieutenant Florczykowski) was the first
arriving and confirmed the dispatched information, Cicero
Engine 3 (Firefighter R. Hines) was the second arriving
unit. Lieutenant Florczykowski consulted with Firefighter R.
Hines at which time it was determined that crews would have
to extricate the driver of the vehicle that rolled over and
it was necessary to remove the roof of the vehicle. At this
time Firefighter R. Hines requested that the Brewerton Fire
Department be activated for one Engine with man power to
assist on scene with extrication and manning a hose line.
Cicero Car 3 (Asst. Chief Barrett) arrived and assumed
"Operations, Brewerton Car 1 (Chief Stassi) was assigned
"Incident Command" and Brewerton Car 3 (Asst. Chief Dwyer)
was assigned Safety. Cicero Fire Police Captain Vann Dristle
assisted with closing the road down during extrication
efforts.
The following units were on scene - Cicero Car 3, Engine 3,
Rescue 1, Rescue 2, Brewerton Car 2, Brewerton Engine 1,
Brewerton Ambulance, NAVAC Squad 58, SOVAC Ambulance, Cicero
Police Department and the Onondaga County Sheriffs. |
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July 1, 2008
On the morning of Tuesday July 1, 2008 at 0940 hours the
Cicero Fire Department was activated for a reported Signal
80 (Car Accident) at the corner of Route 31 / Sandra Ave.
The Onondaga County 911 Center received several calls
reporting there were two vehicles involved and two people
injured. |
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June 9, 2008
Incident Address was in front of 5879 Route 31 at 0711 hours
- Dispatched to a reported Vehicle - vs - Motor Cycle -
Cicero Car 3 (Witnessed) this accident occur and immediately
contacted the Onondaga County 911 Center to have units
dispatched. |
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April 23, 2008
Cicero Fire Department was activated to responded Mutual Aid
to the Bridgeport Fire District for a "Signal 99" (Working
Fire) at 7554 East Taft Road at 0645 hours. |
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April 14, 2008
The South
Bay, Cicero, Clay and Bridgeport Fire Departments were
dispatched to a reported Structure fire at the corner of
Lakeshore Road and Ontario Ave at 1342 hours. Signal 99,
South Bay Fire Protection District. |
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April 8, 2008
The call was at 1208 hours - while driving south bound on
route 11, I observed a vehicle headed north bound as it
crossed the center line. The car was headed for me, with
approximately 2 feet between the chiefs vehicle and hers, I
turned the wheel and went right missing her. She then struck
the red Saturn head on. I requested two ALS Ambulances, the
female was transported ALS - V-TAC and Syncope while the
other driver refused. Car-3 (Jon Barrett) |
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Current Department News
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October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween |
October 14, 2008
Our heart felt sympathy goes out to
the family of Ginny Kocher who passed away this past
weekend. Ginny was the wife of Bob Kocher who is a Life
Member, Past Fire Commissioner and their son Tim who was a
Past Chief of the department. |
September 7, 2008
"New" Cicero Fire Department Chiefs vehicle that was
purchased on "State Bid" contract.
This new vehicle is a "2008" Chevrolet
Trailblazer "LS" that replaces a "2000" Jeep Cherokee that
was used until this vehicle was outfitted and placed
in-service on August 5, 2008.
Emergency Equipment:
Life Pack "1000" Defibrillator - "AED" (Heart Start)
Oxygen / EMT First Responder Equipment
Vehicle Lockout Kit
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
Firefighter Turn Out Gear
15 lb Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher
"LED" Flash Light
Emergency Radio / Lighting:
Low Band Radio (To communicate with Fire Control)
800 MHz Portable Radio
Mobile Data Computer (MDT) - (To Access Data)
Several Emergency Warning Lights and Siren |
September 6, 2008
Cicero Fire Department purchases new EMS Squad for Station
#1.
The vehicle is a 2008 Ford F350, Color White, Dual Rear
Wheel, 4 X 4, Six Man Crew Cab, Cab and Chassis, XL Trim
/ Wheelbase, 176/60 ca.
The vehicle has the following options:
6.8 V10 Gas Engine
Vinyl High Back Front Bucket Seats
Vinyl Rear Bench Seat
Power Steering and Brakes
Hydro Boost Brakes
Up Fitter Switches
Driver and Passenger Front Air Bags
4.10 Ratio Limited Slip Rear Axe
13,000 # GVWR
Engine Block Heater
50 State Emissions
40 Gallon Aft off Axle Fuel Tank
AM /FM Stereo with Clock |
September 4, 2008
Chief Richard Carvel names EMS
Administration
EMS Administrator: Christopher Hines
EMS Director: George Barrett
EMS Deputy Director: Jeff Paquette
Infection Control Officer: Mike Flanagan |
September 2, 2008
Our heart felt sympathy goes out to
the Hines family. Christopher's Mother pass away on
September 1, 2008. |
September 1, 2008
Our heart felt sympathy goes out to
the Jennings family and daughter Erica. Dan Jennings
pass away Friday night as the result of a car accident.
There is a Remembrance Page that friends and family can post
comments at
http://www.hockeydot.net/. |
August 7, 2008
Congratulations to Eric Nicholas for
his appointed to position of Lieutenant. |
July 12, 2008
Cicero Library Burndown -
Slideshow |
June 29, 2008
Companies within the Cicero Fire
Department Fire Protection District can now upload their
MSDS Files in PDF Format directly
to the fire Department. The form is under the Library
Section. |
June 28, 2008
Lock Box
Information is now available Online
under the Library Section. |
June 25, 2008
Congratulations to Cele Barrett, Ron
Barling, David Pangaro and Ralph Howe for completing their
EMT Refresher. |
June 17, 2008
Cicero
Community Festival Slideshow |
June 4, 2008
We have added a
new Chat Program called
CFD FlashChat.
Should you have any questions, please contact the
Web Site Administrator. |
May 31, 2008
Join our
CFD Forum.
Great way to discuss Fire Operations and EMS with other
Department throughout the Country. |
May 30, 2008
We have transfer
our Website to another Web Server to provide enhance
services to our visitors and members. |
May 15, 2008
Fund Drive 2008
If you would like to make a donation,
please stop by any of our stations. Address are listed
above. |
May 3, 2008
Congratulations to
Joe Barrett finishing the Boston Marathon on April 21, 2008,
with an excellent PR.
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112th Boston Marathon |
Distance: 26 miles, 365 yards
Field Limit Size:
25, 000 |
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Barrett, Joe
Cicero
NY USA |
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Checkpoints |
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5k |
20k |
Half |
40k |
Finish |
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0:25:06 |
1:39:30 |
1:44:56 |
3:24:10 |
3:37:10 |
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Pace |
Official Time |
Overall |
Gender |
Division |
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0:08:17 |
3:37:10 |
8524 |
6606 |
904 |
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May 1, 2008
Installation Banquet |
April 7, 2008
New Section -
Cicero Fire
Department History |
April 3, 2008
Congratulations to Fire Police members Captain Vann Dristle,
Cele Barrett, Louise Schmidt and Joe Henderson who recently
completed a 6 hour training session at Montour Falls Fire
Academy. |
April 3, 2008
Northern Section Line Officers held elections on Wednesday
April 2, 2008 at the Brewerton Fire Department; President
Don Mackey (Brewerton F/D), Vice President Jon Barrett
(Cicero F/D), Secretary Vacant and Treasure Paul Default
(Mattydale F/D). |
 During
the last few months we have created a new web
site to reflect the mission and values of the
Cicero Fire Department.
Our focus is providing current news,
events, training, and information on our
membership.
We are receiving approximately 200 visits
per week, in which 40% are returning visitors.
We are striving to provide interesting
content to our community and membership.
Current Projects Includes:
History of the Cicero Fire
Department
Membership Information
New Video and Imaging
Section
Training Section
Officer Biographies
CFD Form
CFD Chat Room
Your comments
are very important to us. Please share them @
Web Site Administrator.
Christopher Hines (Web
Site Administrator) (Blog)
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Mission
Statement
It is the goal of the Cicero Fire Department to provide the best
professional service, care and protection of life and property for the
residents of our community and all that pass our way.
Recognizing our most valuable assets are the employees of this
organization, we will attain our goals by providing leadership, respect,
understanding and education for our employees. Since the health
and well being of our employees and the community is essential, safety
must prevail in all our operations. The future will bring dynamic
changes and we must actively pursue development, testing and adoption of
new technologies, ideas and innovations in our profession.
Teamwork is paramount in our organization.
Understanding that we are a team of diverse individuals, we will strive
to work together to achieve our mission for the benefit of the
community.
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Old Forge - News Release
Cicero Volunteer
Fire Department
P.O. Box 1111, Cicero, NY 13039
Cicero Firefighters Travel to Old Forge, NY for
Fire School Training
Nineteen Cicero Firefighters traveled to Old
Forge, NY on September 12th and 13th, 2008 to
experience training in the following classes:
• Forensic Findings at the Fire Scene
• Vehicle Fires, Just another Car Fire …..
Right?
• Working with “K-9” Partners
• Methamphetamine Labatories can be anywhere!
• Courage to be “Safe”
Those members that attended the two days of
training consisted of the following members:
Chief Richard Carvel, Deputy Chief David
Pangaro, 1st Assistant Chief Jon Barrett,
Captain Brian Johnstone, Lieutenants David and
Eric Nicholas, Past Chiefs Robert Owen, Edward
Lottermoser, Daren LaDue and Terry Sotherden.
Fire Commissioners in attendance were Douglas
Houmiel, Thomas Goettel and Ralph Howe.
Firefighters consisted of Stanley Costick, James
Perrin, Shawn Hunter, Brandon LaDue, Richard
Mayers and Chelsea Crouse. |
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Announcements
June 1, 2008
Important Notice:
E-mail Accounts have been moved to another
Server. Please use a
Support Ticket to update your account.
May 23, 2008
SEMO Director - Press Release - Hurricane Season
Drills and Meetings
November 13, 2008
Engine 91
Courses and Training
Emergency Management Training (Web Site)
Syracuse Airport Response
To Michaels Field, Cicero
Wednesday , October 29th - 0930 - Cicero FD #1
Presenter: Brian Falise - Syracuse Fire
Department
For those looking to
attend, Brian has a power point program of our
(Cicero) response to the Airport in an aircraft
emergency and we will discuss the policies and
procedures for Cicero in a response to Michaels
Airfield.
I strongly recommend that if you are "OFF" you
attend this training. I will also be planning a
drill for the evening later this winter.
NFPA 1403 / 1403A Training
Emergency Management will be conducting training
on NFPA 1403 / 1403A on Tuesday November 18,
2008 at their Brewerton FD Station #1 starting
at 1800 hours.
Please contact Car 3 as soon as possible as
seats are filling up.
Department Training
June 22, 2008
The North Syracuse Fire Department has invited
members of the department to join them in "Live
Fire" training on Saturday June 28th at 0800
hours. Any member that is interested in
attending needs to contact Captain Johnstone.
Deputy Chief Pangaro has announced that the
"Burn Down" of the training house will be
conducted on Saturday July 12th at 0600 hours
(weather permitting). If any should have
questions please direct them to Dave.
May 28, 2008
Vehicle Fires - Clay Fire Department
Training Facility
New Documents
Firefighter's Safety Bulletin
U.S. Firefighter Deaths Related to Training,
1996 - 2005
Preventing Deaths and Injuries to Fire Fighters
during Live-Fire Training in Acquired Structures
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