Emergency and fire related activities
Emergency Runs included the Lincoln Firefighters responding to 197
responses including: 7 Structure Fires, 1 car fire, 10 rubbish
fires, 5 motor vehicle crashes, and 8 alarm activations.
Fire related runs: 57
EMS related runs: 135
Rescue related
runs: 5
Non-Emergency
activities
Fire Inspectors for
the month of June have been following up fire safety inspections and
code enforcement. The following facilities were visited: Salvation
Army, State Bank of Lincoln, 519 N Kickapoo, Lincoln Banquet Center,
D&D Sewer, Comfort Inn, Budget Inn, NAPA, Halle’s, Court House, Big
R and Hardees.
Fire Prevention
activities included fire extinguisher training for employees at
Lawrence Place, a residence for the Mentally Disabled. Inspectors
reviewed fire safety plans with children at 705 S McLean after there
was a fire in their home.
Lieutenants have
conducted plan reviews at the following facilities to ensure safe
response when notified of an emergency: Heartland Community College,
Comcast, Illinois American Water, Fire Apparatus Supply Team, Ace
Hardware, Faith Assembly of God Church and Castle Manor.
Firefighter
Training
Captains had
conducted training for the firefighters on topics such as Single
company response and fire suppression, MABAS Tent Deployment,
Hazardous materials response and decontamination, EOC operations for
Incident Command, Boat Operations for surface victim removal from
water hazards and EMS respiratory assessment and a review of lung
sounds for various medical conditions.