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Attention Firefigthers:
Below you will find links to fill out fire reports and to review the
Fire Department's GOP:
Fire Reports
Morrison Fire/Rescue General Operating Procedures
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Thanks to everyone
who took part in our 1st Annual Portrait Fundraiser. It was a great success!
The community
support is greatly appreciated!
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*From the desk
of Chief Parker*
The Morrison
Volunteer Fire Department started in 1950 and celebrates its 61st
birthday this year. It was the first volunteer department in Warren County. Your fire department consists of 35 volunteers both men and women. 10 are First Responders, 6 are EMT’s and 1 is a Paramedic. A total of 181 (15 per
month) calls were answered by your volunteers in 2010. All of our firefighters are well trained in both
firefighting and vehicle rescue. We operate out of 3 stations one of which EMS works out of. We have
2 pumpers, 1 tanker, 1 rescue pumper, and 1 brush truck. Our Department is the only volunteer fire department
in Warren County that has rescue tools (Jaws of Life) to do vehicle
rescue. It costs $2,000 to equip a firefighter, and another $5,500 of other equipment to have him/her ready to go inside a house fire to do a rescue and fight a fire.
Information about Morrison Fire Department
The Morrison Fire Rescue Department is a department you can be
proud of. It is made up of 33 men and women that voluntarily give their time and energy to protecting the
City and surrounding area. The department has many levels of trained personnel. From firefighters to trained extraction
technicians that can get you out of a wrecked vehicle, to first responders, EMT’s, and paramedics to help with medical
emergencies. The department also has trained personnel in rope rescue, and swift water rescue.
*The department has 3 stations, one in downtown Morrison at
City Hall,one at Smartt on Engle Blvd. and one on Manchester Highway at the Emergency Services Building. This building also
houses an ambulance.
*The Department has two pumpers, one rescue pumper, one tanker
and one brush truck.
*Chris Farley was named as Firefighter of the Year for 2010.
*The dinner was hosted by the Morrison Ruritan. A special thanks goes
out to the Ruritan for providing such a fine meal for the dinner each year.
Fire Prevention week is
October 3-9.
This year's theme is:
"Smoke Alarms: A sound you can live
with"
Smoke alarms
 Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a reported fire in half.
- Most homes (96%) have at least one smoke alarm (according to
a 2008 telephone survey.)
- Overall, three-quarters of all U.S. homes have at least one
working smoke alarm.
- Each year, nearly 3,000 people die in U.S. home fires.
- In 2003-2006, roughly two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted
from home fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
- No smoke alarms were present in 40% of the
home fire deaths.
- In 23% of the home fire deaths, smoke alarms were present but did not sound.
- In more than half of the reported home fires in which the smoke
alarms were present but did not operate even though the fire was large enough, batteries were missing or disconnected. Nuisance
alarms were the leading reason for disconnected alarms.
- More than half of the smoke alarms found in reported fires and
two-thirds of the alarms found in homes with fire deaths were powered by battery only.
- Most homes still have smoke alarms powered by battery only.
In a 2007 American Housing Survey (AHS), 67% of the respondents who reported having smoke alarms said they were powered by
battery only.
- In a 2008 telephone survey, only 12% knew that smoke alarms
should be replaced every 10 years.
- In fires considered large enough to activate a smoke alarm,
hard-wired alarms operated 91% of the time; battery-powered smoke alarms operated 75% of the time.
- Interconnected smoke alarms on all floors increase safety.
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In a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) survey of households with any fires, interconnected smoke alarms were
more likely to operate and alert occupants to a fire. (This includes fires in which the fire department was not called.)
Fire
- Cooking is the #1 cause of home fires and injuries.
- Smoking is the leading cause of fire deaths.
- Heating is the second leading cause of home fires, fire deaths
and fire injuries.
- Electrical failures or malfunctions are factors in roughly 50,000
reported fires each year.
- Roughly 30, 000 intentionally set home structure fires are reported
each year.
In 2008
- U.S. fire departments responded to 386,500 home fires.
- Home fires killed 2,755 people and injured 13,160.
- Someone was injured in a reported home fire every 40 minutes.
- Roughly eight people died in home fires every day.
- A fire department responded to a home fire every 82 seconds.
- 83% of all fire deaths and 79% of fire injuries resulted from
home fires
**Information obtained from NFPA website
Click Here for more information at NFPA website.
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| Engine 1 |
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| Rescue 6 |
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