| Now that 2015 has come to an end, lets look back and see just how busy the Rye Fire Department actually was.
In the 2015, The Rye Fire Department responded to a total of 976 Alarms. Here is a partial breakdown by Alarm Disposition:
Structure Fires: 12
Cooking Fire: 4
Chimney Fires: 4
Boiler Malfunctions: 5
Motor Vehicle Fires: 5
Brush/Rubbish Fires: 9
Elevator Rescues: 10
Extrication of Victim(s) from Vehicle: 2
Hazardous Materials Spill: 10
Vehicle Accidents: 53
Vehicle or Structure Lockouts: 33
Misc Service: 67
Animal Rescue: 3
Public Assist: 7
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Malfunction: 58
Fire Alarm Malfunction: 148
Unintentional Activation of Alarm: 185
Good Intent: 25
Water or Steam Condition: 29
Gas Leaks (Natural or LPG): 74
In addition to covering alarms in our district, Rye FD provided mutual aid 8 times and received mutual aid 14 times.
Notable incidents in 2015 include:
Ice Storm MVA Response (1/18/15)
Double Fatal MVA on 95 (1/31/15)
Chimney Fire on Lavender Lane (2/7/15)
Structure Fire on North Kirby Lane (3/6/15)
Chimney Fire on Ridgeland Terrace (3/19/15)
Semi Rollover on 287 (4/29/15)
Rollover with Entrapment (5/10/15)
Structure Fire on Bennett St (5/24/15)
Double Fatal MVA on Playland Parkway (6/3/15)
Structure Fire on Red Oak Drive (6/6/15)
Garage fire on Florence Ave (6/14/15)
Structure Fire on Hillside Pl (7/1/15)
Major Gas leak on Sonn Drive (9/11/15)
Fatal Motorcycle Accident on 95 (10/4/15)
Chimney Fire on Lakeside Dr (10/17/15)
Structure Fire on Purchase St (11/27/15)
Bus Fire on Cedar St (11/29/15)
Multi Vehicle Accident on 95 (11/29/15).
The Rye Fire Department looks forward to serving the citizens and visitors of Rye in 2016! Happy New Year! |
