The Bath Volunteer Fire Department held their annual meeting
and summarized the year of 2019. Their total number of alarms answered was 478.
Some of those:
43 were fires, 11 of them being structure fires and the
balance of miscellaneous like brush, nuisance, rubbish, etc.
135 Rescue and Emergency Medical Service which of those 71
were Motor Vehicle Accidents, 57 Medical Assist, 3 other type rescues.
78 Hazardous Conditions, gasoline spill, gas odor and leaks,
carbon monoxide alarm, etc.
127 False Alarms which vary from detector malfunctions,
trips from cooking or steam, etc. 31 calls for wires down.
These were the majority broken down by groups, but of course
there were many others too numerous to list.
Aside from running regular calls our members have taken
thousands of hours of training classes, Tuesday night drills every week and
special drills on other nights and weekends. Of course, lots of fund raisers
like our monthly breakfast buffet, Bingo twice a month, the annual gun raffle
and chicken BBQ’s we thank our generous community for supporting, and the many
fire prevention activities given at schools, the library and facilities in our
district.
Probably the major accomplishment this year was taking
delivery of the new 110-foot Ladder Tower which replaced our 32-year-old Ladder
Truck. Our truck committee made up of our own members gave up a lot of their
own time to spec the needed requirements of this truck and go over the bid proposals
over a year, prior to the build. This truck was 2/3rd purchased with $671,000
State and Municipal Facilities grant Mayor von Hagn was able to secure with
Senator O’Mara and Assemblymen Palmesano. Another $29,000 purchased a new
patrol car.
Respectfully Submitted,
John Conrad Sr.
Public Information Officer
The Bath Volunteer Fire Dept.
