Year End Report

The purpose of this report is to inform the Board of Directors of the Montrose Fire Protection District and the citizens that live and work within the District with information that will demonstrate the dedication and work performance of the Officers and firefighters of the District.

This report is made up of several reports from Deputy Chiefs, Battalion Chiefs, a Captain, and Lieutenant of the District.  I have listed the individuals in the order of the reports.

• The Operations Division is responsible for all incident response of the District and the day-to-day operations of the Department.

• The Fire Prevention Division is responsible for code compliance for new construction, issuing of permits, company and self-inspections, and investigation of all fires.  This division has divided the inspections district so that each station will have specific areas for inspections.

• The Training Division is responsible for the training of all members of the Department.  The training includes Fire, EMS, Special Operations, Inspections, and Safety etc.

• The Special Operations Division is responsible for our specialized teams.  Those teams are Wildland response, Hazmat response, High Angle and Rope Rescue, Swift Water rescue, Ice Rescue and dive Team.

• The Maintenance Division is responsible for the maintenance of all department vehicles and facilities.

• The Physical Fitness Division is responsible for administrating the Wildland Pack Test and Structural Firefighting Ability Test.

• The Safety Division is responsible for the safety of all employees at emergency scenes and daily duties.  Safety is also responsible for the safety of citizens that might be involved in an emergency scene.  The Safety Division Report is included with Deputy Chief Erickson’s report.

The major accomplishments of 2009 are as follows:

• Six EMT-I’S became National Registry Paramedics
• The completion of Phase 1 of the Training Facility
• Purchase a new Ambulance
• Completion of Strategic Plan review
• Purchase land for Station 3
• Implementation of new reporting system
• New Reserves
• New Volunteer Recruit Class

All the employees worked extremely hard to accomplish these goals and morale is high.

We are all looking forward to 2010 being as exciting and productive as 2009.

My sincerest goal is that every Volunteer firefighter goes home after every call and that the career and reserve firefighters go home at the end of their shift.  Be Safe!

Bob Pistor

Chief

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