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Honorable Mayor and Board of Council

City of Fort Thomas 130 North Fort Thomas Avenue Fort Thomas, Kentucky 41075

April 20, 2015

In 2014, your Fire Department continued to provide excellent emergency services to our community. The numbers of runs we handled has increased from a total of 1,656 in 2013 to a total of 1,815 in 2014. The nature of the runs will be broken down as part of this report. In addition to our traditional emergency Fire/EMS and Fire Prevention – Code Enforcement responsibilities, we have again endeavored to provide several value-added programs to our community. This report will identify those programs and explain their values. Your department continues to take an active role in regional, state and national organizations dedicated to the delivery of quality services in public safety, the fire service, emergency medical services and emergency preparedness. We have continued to seek out and apply for grants to augment the efforts of the city to fund our activities and we have been successful in those efforts. Finally, this report will no doubt identify those areas in which we need to improve our performance to better serve our customers, the citizens of Fort Thomas, as we look forward to the future. We hope that this report explains in detail the efforts of our personnel over the past year. We would also take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the Mayor, Board of Council and Administration for their continued high level of support for the Fire Department. Respectfully Submitted,

Mark K. Bailey, Chief

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PERSONNEL 2014 Fire Department Officers

Chief Mark K. Bailey 1 2 3

Captain Steve Lumpp

Captain Chris Amon

Captain Jeff Parker

LT/P Steve Rath

LT/P Tammy Webster

LT/EMT Dick Boothe

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FF/P RICK DAUGHERTY

FF/P SCOTT SHEPHERD

FF/P CHRIS WULFECK

FF/P MATT STUART

FF/P KASEY CARR

FF/P CHRIS RUST

FF/P ERIC

SHERPENBERG

FF/P JOSH EDMONDSON

FF/P MIKE WATSON

FF/P KYLE KAUFMAN

FF/P JEREMY ANDRASIK

FF/P MATT BRYANT

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Ft. Thomas Fire Department Organizational Structure

Mark K. Bailey FIRE CHIEF

SHIFT ONE SHIFT TWO SHIFT THREE CAPTAIN CAPTAIN CAPTAIN Steve Lumpp Chris Amon Jeff Parker LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT Steve Rath Tammy Webster Richard Boothe FIREFIGHTERS FIREFIGHTERS FIREFIGHTERS Rick Daugherty Scott Shepherd Chris Wulfeck Matt Stuart Kasey Carr Chris Rust Eric Scherpenberg Josh Edmondson Mike Watson Kyle Kaufman Jeremy Andrasik Matt Bryant Administrative Assistant – Elaine Henderson

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FORT THOMAS FIRE DEPARTMENT

OFFICER/SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNMENTS

SHIFT 1 CAPT./P STEVE LUMPP - FIRE TRAINING COORDINATOR, CIS ADMIN.,

INSPECTIONS COORDINATOR (INC. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES)

LT./P STEVE RATH - INSPECTIONS SCBA MAINT., ACCOUNTABILITY FF/P RICK DAUGHERTY - PHYSICAL FITNESS, CPAT, TURNOUT GEAR (PPE) FF/P MATT STUART - HAZ. MAT. TRAINING, SCBA MAINTENANCE, MSDS FF/P ERIC SCHERPENBERG - FACILITY COORD./SUPPLIES, PUB. ED. POSTER CONTEST, PRE-PLANS FF/P KYLE KAUFMAN – SCBA MAINT, PRE-PLANS SHIFT 2 CAPT./P CHRIS AMON - VEHICLE MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR HOSE, PHYS. FIT, MINOR EQUIPMENT LT./P TAMMY WEBSTER – INSPECTIONS PHYS. FIT., GRANTS MANAGER FF/P SCOTT SHEPHERD - RADIOS & PAGERS FF/P KASEY CARR - PRE-PLANS COORDINATOR FF/P JOSH EDMONDSON – HYDRANTS, EXTINGUISHERS FF/P JEREMY ANDRASIK – PRE-PLANS SHIFT 3 CAPT./P JEFF PARKER – EMS COORDINATOR

FIRE PREVENTION/PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER

LT./EMT DICK BOOTHE – INSPECTIONS PHYS. FIT., SCBA MAINT. FF/P CHRIS WULFECK - FIRST AID/CPR PROGRAMS(INC. HMS PROGS),PRE-PLANS FF/P CHRIS RUST - SMALL ENGINES/EQUIPMENT FF/P MIKE WATSON - EMS SUPPLIES, PRE-PLANS FF/P MATT BRYANT - PRE-PLANS

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ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

Elaine Henderson

RETIRED PERSONNEL

Captain Greg Schultz June 1, 2014

21.5 years

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FROM THE CHIEF’S PERSPECTIVE : A YEAR IN REVIEW

The year 2014 was again a very busy year for the Fort Thomas Fire Department. The following is a breakdown month-by-month of our major activities: January – 187 total responses, 28 drills and 261 staff hours, major training-Fire – Company Inspections and Knots Review. In January, a new in-house alerting system was installed in the FD. This new system replaces an older outdated system that was installed in the 1970’s. This system was installed at no cost to the city as it was funded via a KOHS grant. In January, the FD also hosted a meeting of the Northern Kentucky Firefighters Association. February – 138 total responses, 44 drills and 379 staff hours, major training-(EMS)ALS Run Report Critiques and Cardiology Review and Fire - consisted of Radiological Monitoring/Haz Mat Operations update. We also participated with the Campbell County Office of Emergency Management and our schools with National Emergency Preparedness Month. Also in the month of February 2013, two of our personnel (Lt. Steve Rath and Lt. Tammy Webster participated in the annual Fight for Air Climb at the Carew Tower in Cincinnati. March – 141 total responses, 62 drills and 480 staff hours, major training-EMS was Renal Dialysis Patients taught by Dr. Tim Love, Medical Director for FTFD and Fire – FD SOP’s Review. We also participated with the Campbell County Office of Emergency Management and our schools with National Severe Storms Month training. In March, the FD hosted a meeting of the Campbell County Fire Protection Association (CC Fire Chief’s). April – 147 total responses, 24 drills and 182 staff hours, major training-Fire - hose testing. Furthermore, the Fire Department again participated in the Prom to Dawn activities at Highlands High School to ensure the safety of the students participating in this overnight activity. Furthermore, the FD hosted a state meeting of the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association.

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May – 147 total responses, 26 drills and 219 staff hours, major training-EMS – 12-Lead EKG’s. The Fire Department assisted with two presentations for the 3rd grade students of Ruth Moyer. Also, a number of our personnel either completed college classes and degrees or began summer classes to work on their respective degrees. Furthermore, EMS Week was May 18th through May 24th. This year’s National theme was EMS Dedicated For Life! June – 127 total responses, 17 drills and 104 staff hours, major training- Fire – Drivers Training. Capt. Greg Schultz retired with 21.5 years of dedicated service to our department. With Greg’s retirement, we were able to promote two personnel from our current promotional list. Lt. Jeff Parker and FF/P Tammy Webster were promoted to the positions of Captain and Lieutenant respectively (photo on cover). On June 5-7, Lt. Tammy Webster attended the Kentucky State Fire School in Lexington. Lt. Webster participated in the Fire Inspector 1 and 2 curriculums. On June 25th, I participated in the annual MDA “LockUp” fund raiser (photo attached). With contributions collected ($830.00), MDA will send one child to summer camp in the name of the Fort Thomas FD. July – 176 total responses, 19 drills and 124 staff hours, major assignment for month-Fourth of July Parade and Independence Day Celebration. Major training-EMS –Neurological Assessment of the Trauma Patient taught by the University of Cincinnati. August – 142 total responses, 27 drills and 164 staff hours, major training- EMS – Respiratory Emergencies; Fire –Portable and Aerial Master Stream Devices. We also again participated in the annual Eggs and Education Breakfast for the Fort Thomas City Schools as a table sponsor. September – 167 total responses, 27 drills and 164 staff hours, major training-EMS – Medical Emergencies; Fire-Auto Extrication Evolutions. Our department also participated in the annual 911 Memorial Service at the World Peace Bell and in the annual Touch-A-Truck and Merchants and Music Festival in Tower Park. October – Fire Prevention Month – 155 total responses, 25 drills and 211 staff hours, major assignment for month-Fire Prevention Public Education. In October, the FD also received a grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security in the amount of $1500.00 for a Gas Monitor/Detector to place on our out of town vehicle (Engine 602). November – 131 responses, 22 drills and 219 staff hours, major training-Fire – all shifts reviewed our annual 911 Communications training update with Dispatch Director Dale Edmondson. We also winterized all fire hydrants in the city. In the month of November 2014, we welcomed Jeremy Andrasik (actual start date 10/13/2014-badge pinning 11/3/2014) as the newest member of our department. Jeremy comes to us from the Central Campbell FD. Congratulations Jeremy and good luck on your tenure with FTFD.

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December – 157 responses (our total responses for the year were 1815), 16 drills and 103 staff hours. Training for the year 2014 consisted of 347 drills and 2664 staff hours. The Fire Department also participated in the City Holiday Walk. As you can see, the year 2014 was a very busy and productive year for the Fort Thomas Fire Department. In closing, the Fort Thomas Fire Department looks forward to 2015 in continuing to provide the utmost in protection and education for the citizens of the City of Fort Thomas. Thank you Retired Mayor Brown, Mayor Haas, Board of Council and Administration for all of your constant support.

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GRANT PROCESSES Lieutenant Tammy Webster, Grant Coordinator

The fire department continues to aggressively pursue grants for funding

and equipment via private foundations as well as the state and federal government. Many of these grants have purchased equipment that is used solely by your fire department. Several of the grants have been for countywide projects and others have been partnerships with other cities/communities.

Grant Requests Awarded 2001-2014

Year Source Request Award Match Total 2001 AFG PPE (gear)/SCBA $56,700 $5,670 $62,370

2001 AFG prevention

programs/props $41,790 $4,170 $45,960

2003 St Luke EMS training $3,500 $0 $3,500

2002 AFG Training Room $56,279 $5,628 $61,907

2005 AFG 1 TIC, RIT Pack,

MDT $52,559 $2,766 $55,325 2008 AFG 2 TIC $19,000 $1,000 $20,000 2008 AFG Regional Radio $263,156 $65,789 $328,945 2008 Wal Mart Rescue Randy $1,000 $265 $1,265

2008 KY Fire

Commission Fitness equipment Elliptical Machine $4,000 $0 $4,000

2010 KOHS Warning Devices $85,500 $24,000 $109,500

2011 KOHS PPE boots/EMS

Coats $10,000 $0 $10,000

2010 AFG Radio Narrow

banding $215,280 $53,820 $269,100

2010 AFG Pumper $327,750 $17,250 $345,000 2010 AFG Gear Lockers $8,075 $425 $8,500 2010 KOHS SCBA Fill Station $42,000 $0 $42,000 2012 KOHS Cardiac Monitor $25,000 $7,200 $32,200

2012 KY Fire

Commission Fitness Equipment Universal Machine $5,000 $0 $5,000

2013 KY Fire

Commission Elliptical Machine $4,500 $0 $4,500

2013 AFG EMS Cardiac Monitor

& Station Alerting $37,050 $1,950 $39,000

2013 KOHS Multi-Gas Detectors $7,000 $0 $7,000

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KY Christian

Paramedics Mattresses $24,700 $0 $24,700

2014 KOHS Multi-Gas Detector $1,500 $0 $1,500

2001 -2014 Awards $1,262,139 $189,933 $1,481,272

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The table shown above represents only the grants that have been awarded.

The department has submitted numerous other grants that have gone unfunded. The fire department in 2014 applied for and was awarded a unique grant

opportunity. We received 19 Tempur-Pedic mattresses. This grant was provided by the Fellowship of Christian Paramedics Inc. They replaced mattresses that were many years old and literally falling apart. The mattresses we received were valued at $1,300 each for a total of nearly $25,000. This was a non matching grant, meaning the city did not financially contribute to the purchase of the mattresses, although the city did provide labor to pick the mattresses up in Lexington, KY.

Also in 2014 The Fort Thomas Fire Department was awarded a Kentucky

Office of Homeland Security Grant (KOHS) grant for $1,500 to purchase another Sensit P400 multi-gas detector. Gas detectors are vital to the mission of the Fort Thomas Fire Department. We respond frequently to calls for carbon monoxide alarms and the smell of natural gas. We also encounter scenes that have IDLH (Immediate Danger to Life and Health) atmospheres. IDLH environments are especially dangerous to firefighters and have been linked to firefighter fatalities. Having the ability to accurately monitor these dangerous atmospheres is necessary.

Pictured are the P400 (black) and Sensit Gold II (yellow). These are the gas detection monitors that the department currently uses (both awarded by a KOHS grant in 2013). Both of these devices, along with another Sensit P400, awarded in 2014 complete and modernize the gas detection capability of your fire department.

The fire department has applied for a Federal Fire Act grant this year to replace our aging SCBA’s or “air tanks.”

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS ACTIVITIES

National

• Fire Department Instructors Conference • National Fire Protection Association • International Association of Fire Chiefs • International Association of Fire Fighters

Statewide

• Kentucky Firefighter’s Association –Lt. Steve Rath attended the annual conference in Elizabethtown Kentucky as well as serves as a Legislative Lobbyist for the KFA.

• Kentucky Association of Fire Chiefs – Chief Bailey is an active member

of this organization.

• Kentucky State Commission on Fire Protection, Personnel Standards, and Education – Chief Bailey and Captain Lumpp maintain a close working relationship with this organization relative to the tracking of fire service training hours for our personnel. FF/P Rick Daugherty is an active member of this Commission on their Board of Directors.

• Emergency Medical Services Educators of Kentucky – Chief Bailey is

an active member of this organization.

• Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services – Chief Bailey and Captain Parker maintain a close working relationship with this organization and continue to monitor Kentucky’s Administrative Regulations 202 KAR Chapter 7 and Kentucky Revised Statutes, Chapter 311A, covering all aspects of Emergency Medical Service throughout the Commonwealth. Chief Bailey was the first chairman of this Board organized in September 2000.

• Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association – Chief Bailey maintains a

close working relationship with this association; FF/P Matt Bryant serves as the Northern Kentucky representative.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS ACTIVITIES CONTINUED

• Kentucky Emergency Medical Services Academy – Chief Bailey serves

as chairman of this organization and assisted in formulating the curriculum for the Paramedicine Associate Degree Program offered through Western Kentucky University and Bowling Green Community College.

• Kentucky Community and Technical College System – Chief Bailey

continues to serve as an adjunct instructor for the EMS Evaluator Course taught through KCTCS and the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services and Lieutenant Parker currently teaches through the State Fire Rescue Training Division.

• Green River Fire Officers School – Captain Lumpp maintains a close tie

with this prestigious school through the Kentucky Firefighters Association.

Regional

• Northern Kentucky Hazardous Materials Unit – Agency that provides Hazardous Materials response capability for the Northern Kentucky Region. Chief Bailey was on the steering committee that formulated this unit. FF/P Stuart is the team leader for the Campbell/Kenton County Unit. Lieutenant Rath serves on the Decon Team for the Haz Mat Team.

• Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Unit – Agency that provides

Hazardous Materials response capability for the Greater Cincinnati Region. FF/P Matt Stuart is our representative to this unit.

• Tri-State Emergency Association – Association that acts as a forum for

Police, Fire, EMS and Emergency Management Offices in the region to share information and contacts through quarterly meetings.

• University of Cincinnati – Our department serves as a practical training

site for Paramedic Interns.

• Cincinnati State Technical and Community College – Our department serves as a practical training site for both Fire, EMT and Paramedic Interns.

• Gateway College - Our department serves as a practical training site for

EMT and Paramedic Interns.

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PROFESSION AFFILIATIONS ACTIVITIES CONTINUED

• Northern Kentucky Firefighter’s Association – This is a regional

association with Chief Bailey serving on the Radio Committee. Capt. Amon serves on the RIT Committee and Lt. Rath serves on the Incident Management Team.

• Northern Kentucky Fire Inspectors Association – Captain Lumpp

serves actively with the association.

• Northern Kentucky EMS Advisory Committee –Captain Parker currently serves on the ALS sub-committee.

• Campbell County Fire Protection Association (formally CCFEA)–

Chief Bailey currently serves as the Chair of the Radio Communications Committee and Vice-President of the organization, Lt. Rath is the out-going President of this organization and on the Legislative Committee, Captain Amon servers on the Firefighter Safety Committee, FF/P Shepherd on the Radio Committee, FF/P Stuart on the Haz-Mat Committee, Captain Lumpp on the Training and Schools Committee, Lt. Tammy Webster on the EMS/SAVE Committee, and Captain Parker on the Fire Prevention Committee.

• Campbell County Consolidated Dispatch Board – Responsible for the

operation of Public Safety Answering Point for Campbell County 911 Emergency Dispatching. Chief Bailey serves on Board of Directors as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

• Northern Kentucky Emergency Services School – Captain Lumpp,

Captain Parker and Captain Amon served on the faculty.

• Northern Kentucky Fire Officer Training School – Captain Lumpp and Captain Parker serve on the faculty.

• Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl . Airport Disaster Committee –

Chief Bailey serves as the representative for Campbell County Fire Chief’s and the Campbell County Consolidated Dispatch Board on this committee.

• Campbell County Fire Investigative Team – Captain Amon, FF/P

Daugherty and FF/P Stuart are members of this team which investigate fires and their potential causes in Campbell County.

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PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Capt. Jeff Parker - Fire Prevention/Public Education Officer The fire department’s effort to provide fire safety education to the citizens we protect was accomplished using several new and previously tried and true methods. We are always looking for opportunities to reach all ages.

We provided public fire safety and prevention education to 930 people in 2014. This instruction was primarily through our visits to all schools in Fort Thomas. In the last year, the demographic that we targeted was all children in the Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades in all 5 elementary Schools: Johnson School, Ruth Moyer School, St. Catherine’s School, St. Thomas School, and Woodfill School. There were 40 to 50 separate teaching sessions our firefighters provided. The Campbell County Fire Protection Assn’s Fire Safety mobile house trailer was utilized to provide many valuable life safety lessons to these children. This tool enables us to combine many lessons efficiently into one place that engages the children. These sessions provided teaching in the following age-appropriate topics: kitchen safety, general child trauma prevention, home hazard detection awareness, calls for help and 911, home fire prevention, effective exiting and emergency escape, post-evacuation meeting place gathering, and others. We provided smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector installation guidance and assistance to our citizens. These detectors continue to be the most important tool in providing early warning of a fire or carbon monoxide gas presence and the need for emergency action and evacuation. This year, Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Rust initiated and coordinated an innovative approach to deliver a timely reminder to the citizens of Fort Thomas of the importance of working smoke detectors. He recognized that a Highlands home football game with a new scoreboard was an excellent opportunity to deliver this fire safety message during the fire prevention week of October 5th thru 11th, 2014 to many people gathered in one place. He also

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recognized that the demographic that attended these games were the ones that would directly be responsible for installing and maintaining detectors. Chris met with Mr. William Poffa, the teacher of the Highlands High School Film and Production Class, and coordinated the production of a short but effective public service message carrying NFPA’s 2014 theme of “ Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!”. This short film project was produced by students Molly Mearns and Jeff Orne. The PSA was projected on the scoreboard at a fall home game. This was another effective partnership between the fire department and the school system. It will now be broadcast on a Time Warner Cable’s channel throughout northern Kentucky. This video can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfASmVK5H3s&feature=youtu.be Another example of this partnership for many years is the example provided by Firefighter/Paramedic Chris Wulfeck and his collaboration with Ms. Debbie Hammel with Highlands Middle School. Through this effort, CPR is taught to

about 200 7th and 8th grade students at this school. FF/P Wulfeck also has coordinated our public CPR and First Aid classes offered each month at the fire station for at least 15 years. Classes are held bi-monthly for a minimal cost to students at the station. This instruction is delivered to about 100 persons per year. We also have continued to encourage children of all ages to visit the fire station for tours. This includes school groups, scout groups, day cares and others. These tours enable us to

deliver many of the lessons above combined with demonstration of the firefighter’s protective clothing, breathing air equipment, tools, engine & aerial apparatus, medic unit, and station functional features. The fire department also visited day cares, schools, and other functions with our crews and apparatus for demonstration and fire safety lessons. The Sparky the Fire Dog’s robot car required some minor repair with replacement parts this year and was used to capture the attention and delivery fire safety and injury prevention messages to smaller children.

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FF/P Eric Scherpenberg

RUDI WILSON

Also from L to R: Lt. Steve Rath, Chief Mark Bailey, FF/P Kyle Kaufman, FF/P Rick Daugherty, FF/P Matt Stuart, Capt. Steve Lumpp

The Hazard House also continued to be an educational aid. Lessons include installation of and location guidelines for smoke detectors, electrical safety, carbon monoxide hazards, storage issues, and cooking safety. Other lessons are planning your

escape, calling 911, trauma prevention such as gun safety, pool and playground safety. Along with fire inspection activities at schools, the fire department attends initial fire drills conducted at the schools and consults with the schools to provide guidance to enhance evacuation safety and efficiency. The fire evacuation drills are combined with earthquake, severe storm, and emergency school security threat training drills. Firefighter/Paramedic Eric Scherpenberg coordinated and represented the department the Northern Kentucky Junior Fire Marshall Poster Contest. Through all of Eric’s efforts, this program was a big success. The contest also carried forth the NFPA’s message theme for the year. Classrooms from kindergarten thru 5th grade from each of the schools created posters. Locally, 526 of our students participated in the contest from Fort Thomas Schools Grades K through 5. Evan Stuart from Woodfill School was a regional runner-up for the 3rd grade class. He is our own FF/P Matt Stuart’s son. Caroline Eaglin from St. Thomas School was a regional runner-up for the 2nd grade class. Annie Kuhnhein from Johnson

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School was a regional runner-up for the 1st grade class. Rudi Wilson, from Woodfill School was the 2nd grade regional winner. Winners were presented with trophies and cash awards at a ceremony held at the Syndicate in Newport on November 18th, 2014. The grand prize winning poster will be seen on the side of a TANK bus around northern Kentucky. In August, Capt. Lumpp and members from shift 1 taught a class at Pellitier Hall on Highland Ave. for 25 workers on fire safety, storm safety, protect-in-place, and general fire behavior/fire suppression/detection equipment. In June of 2014, Captain Greg Schultz, who among other duties, coordinated our public fire education, retired with after 21.5 years of service with the city. Greg was a strong advocate for the important departmental function of fire prevention education delivery to our citizenry. His steadfast contribution in this role will be missed and we wish him well in his retirement from Fort Thomas Fire Dept.

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STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Fire Training - Capt. Steve Lumpp, Fire Training Officer Personnel of the Fort Thomas Fire Department strive to gain knowledge and skills to enable them to perform their jobs to the best of their abilities, recognized best practices, and current national standards. Handling emergencies is one of those situations where there are constant improvements and different ways of doing things based on new research. For example, research is showing us better ways to control the flow path of heat and fire. In this same context, research shows that it might be better to apply water to the fire from outside the building with a fire stream just prior to entering the structure and the temperature at critical areas inside the building is not affected by this and may make it safer for the firefighters and cause less damage inside the structure. Initially, all career fire personnel in Kentucky attain 400 hours of training in specific categories. This does not include their training as paramedics. Every year, each firefighter is required to obtain 100 hours of additional fire training to maintain their skills and keep abreast of new knowledge and skills. Most of our personnel have thousands of hours of training they have attained in many different subject areas of fire science and emergency medical care.

In 2014, our personnel achieved 2,721 hours of training with an average of 143 hours per person. The state of Kentucky requires each firefighter to achieve at least 100 hours a year in fire training. Starting in 2014, a minimum of 75 hours must be in fire only training whereas emergency medical training can only account for 25 hours of the first 100 hours. Our

personnel attained a total of 2,196 hours of fire only training with an average of 114 hours of fire only training per person. Another addition in 2014 from the Kentucky Fire Commission was that only 25 hours can be from web-based training but that has not been an issue for us and we place a high value on skills and live instructor interaction. Every 3 months the Captains and the Chief meet and assemble a training calendar for the next 3 months. Every day, the shift will train on the assigned topic which might be in the classroom or out in the field. Some topics may add to a firefighter’s knowledgebase or may have a firefighter learn or new skill. Other times, the training reinforces important skills and knowledge that needs to be

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second nature in an emergency. The training selection might be to meet State and Federal regulations; it might be a topic that the Captains feel the shifts need additional training; or it could be a topic where research shows a new method of doing something. The State of Kentucky categorizes fire training into several different areas of concentration. Some of the areas that we did the most training include: Administration & Organization and Fire Officer Training. These areas apply to everyone and not just the fire department’s officers. While many of the classes include training on managing incidents, some classes also cover how to fulfill a role within the Incident Management System which any firefighter may have to do at an incident. These classes also cover review of new policies and procedures and critical decision-making skills needed at emergency scenes. Another area of concentration which we devoted a considerable amount of time to was Fire Behavior. This included reviewing the new research and conclusions of fire and heat flow paths and strategies and tactics for applying that research to our departments operations. Hose, Nozzles, & Appliances was also an area where the new techniques were applied but also encompassed reviewing basic evolutions of firefighting. A typical class in this category might include: connecting the fire engine to the hydrant, driving toward the fire scene, pulling the correct hoses, and then advancing toward the fire. All of these maneuvers involve specific techniques that aid in safety and speed where there is a minimal of wasted movements. Along with training with the fire hose and different nozzles and adapters is Pump Operations. We spend a large amount of time training in this category too. The fire engine is like a giant toolbox on wheels and we need to know how to operate the fire pump and all of the other tools and equipment on the vehicle. Because training can only be put into one category with the State’s records, there is sometimes an overlap and what might be entered into their system for Pump Operations might also involve practicing with Hose, Nozzles, & Appliances or even Water Supply. All of these categories and even more apply when we are practicing fire scene evolutions. For Rescue Training, we had several old vehicles that were donated by Simon’s Towing. We set the vehicles up in various motor vehicle accident arrangements and then practiced using the rescue tools and simulated extricating a trapped and injured patient from the vehicle. The fire department has many tools to stabilize a vehicle and then move and remove metal and other vehicle components. Each tool has a specific purpose and involves knowledge of how to properly set it up and use it.

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The Kentucky State Fire Rescue Training provides the department with 20 hours of annual training in various topics that they teach. We try to utilize this resource every year. In 2014 we had one of their instructors teach each shift a class in Drivers Training. This class reviewed the vehicle components on trucks and how to safely operate a vehicle. This was in addition to our annual drivers training where we alternate doing a road course through Fort Thomas that involves navigating a preset path where different driving maneuvers are needed and other years we do an obstacle course that involves many different maneuvers. The road course and the obstacle are done by each firefighter in every vehicle the department has. The driving maneuvers are based upon the National Fire Protection Association standards for drivers of emergency vehicles. Throughout the year the fire department also trains in many other categories. Some of these include Hazardous Materials, Ladders, Rope Rescue, Emergency/Disaster Planning, Fire Protection Systems (Alarms & Sprinklers), Personal Protective Equipment, and Pre-Planning & Inspections Training. The classes in these categories are selected for various reasons like meeting State and Federal regulations, meeting national standards, or to refresh personnel in specific techniques and knowledge. Sometimes we send department personnel outside to bring back information to start a new program or enhance the knowledge within the department. One of the programs was the S.A.V.E. program which involves techniques for rescuing victims inside a building where violence has occurred and there are multiple victims. The police and firefighters work together to rapidly enter and remove the victims from the scene and get them medical care for their injuries. This program is still in the beginning stages within the department and the County but 3 personnel in the fire department were trained as instructors in 2014 at Ryle High School in Boone County.

Classes Outside of FTFD

Personnel Class Attended Topic Dates

Capt. Amon Capt. Lumpp Lt. Webster

S.A.V.E. at Ryle High School in

Union, KY.

Swift Assisted Victim Extraction Instructor

Course

1/02/14 - 1/03/14

FF/P Wulfeck Bryant Stiles Officer School, Lexington, KY

Extrication & Stabilization at a Safe Scene and 17

Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

3/01/14 - 3/02/14

FF/P Stuart National Assoc. Fire Investigators

Conference at EKU Richmond,

Fire and explosion investigations and fire

dynamics

3/9/14 - 3/13/14

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KY

Capt. Schultz Ky. Chapter of International

Assoc of Arson Investigators

Fire codes, investigation photography, courtroom

testimony

3/20/14

Lt. Parker FF/P Daugherty FF/P Kaufman

Disaster Drill at Southgate, KY.

Disaster practice of simulated roof collapse

3/29/14

FF/P Stuart KY. State Arson Task Force at Frankfort, KY.

Fire Dept.

Fire dynamics. Fire patterns & ignitable liquid

patterns

9/03/14 - 9/04/14

Lt. Webster KY. Fire Instructor I

course

Fire Instructor I 9/5/14 - 9/07/14 & 9/19/14 - 9/21/14

Capt. Lumpp FHETS in New Orleans, LA

FireHouse software seminar

9/23/14 - 9/25/14

Capt. Parker FF/P Daugherty FF/P Stuart

Greater Cincinnati

Regional Arson & Fire Investigators

Seminar in Evendale, OH

Building codes & fire investigation, wild fires,

technology issues, and arc mapping

10/23/14 - 10/24/14

Lt. Webster FF/P Daugherty FF/P Rust

Greater Cincinnati &

Northern Kentucky Airport

Disaster Drill

Mass Casualty and Disaster Management

11/4/14

Capt. Lumpp Capt. Parker Lt. Boothe Lt. Rath Lt. Webster FF/P Wulfeck

Officer Leadership

Symposium in Edgewood , KY.

Applying modern firefighting tactics, Creating People Skills, Building the

Leader Inside You, and Saving Those Who Save

Others

11/06/14 - 11/07/14

Some of our personnel are involved in regional teams and attend extra training for those teams. Specifically, the Hazardous Materials Team and Campbell County Fire Investigation Team. Both of these teams provide personnel trained in these areas and by using the regional approach, many departments can pool their resources and personnel for functions that might make it very difficult for one department to provide. By contributing to these types of teams, we are also able to better train our personnel for sharing knowledge within the department and if we needs the specialty of these types of teams we have a liaison between our department and that team. FF/P Stuart is on the Northern Kentucky Hazardous

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Materials Team. Capt. Amon, FF/P Daugherty, and FF/P Stuart are members of the Campbell County Fire Investigation Team. This past year, the Fire Department hired a new Firefighter/Paramedic, Jeremy Andrasik. When a new firefighter is hired, they go through a 2 week orientation period working 8 hour days and a twenty-four shift on Fridays. This gives them a chance to work with all personnel in the department before they are put on their regular twenty-four hour shift. During this 2 week period they also receive training in our department specific protocols and general operating guidelines. They are also becoming familiar with the equipment in our department and learning to drive and operate the vehicles. This training continues for some time once they are on their regular shift rotation and will continue until they are proficient and knowledgeable about our department’s equipment, techniques, and skills. With the retirement of Captain Greg Schultz, there were promotions within the department. Lt. Jeff Parker was promoted to Captain and FF/P Tammy Webster was promoted to Lieutenant. When a firefighter is promoted to Lieutenant, there are more duties associated with this position such as being a fire instructor, a fire inspector, and scene management. Lt. Webster attended classes to help her fulfill her new role within the department. These classes included: the 40 hour IFSAC fire instructor course; the classes required to obtain her Kentucky Fire Inspection certification; and Incident Management courses ICS-300 and ICS-400 which involve managing incidents with multiple fire departments involved. The Fort Thomas Fire Department continues to always seek improvement through keeping up with national “best practices” and standard levels of service. Much of this is derived from research and technology. The fire department has always been adaptable to these new techniques and skills and will continue to do so. Training and education of fire department personnel is very important to achieve this high level of service to the citizens of the City of Fort Thomas.

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Emergency Medical Services – Capt. Jeff Parker, EMS Coordinator Dr. Timothy Love, an emergency physician for St. Elizabeth Hospitals, continues to provide medical direction of our EMS system. Dr. Love reviews and approves our EMS program on a continual basis and approves updates to out medical protocols and all of our personnel’s certifications. We continue to utilize Intermedix software through ADPI for EMS reporting and invoicing. These reports are submitted electronically to the hospital prior to the ambulance leaving the facility. Dr Love is able to remotely review all reports online immediately upon completion. Comments can be made directly to the lead medic on the run.

Fire Capt. Jeffrey S. Parker, BS, NREMTP continues the assignment of EMS Officer. This includes all operational aspects, treatment protocol maintenance, training, infection control, liaison with reporting software provider, and the patient information privacy officer. FF/P Mike Watson continued the assignment of managing all daily EMS supplies & equipment. FF/P Chris Wulfeck continued the coordination of the public CPR instruction program. The program is in place to address the AHA’s “Chain of Survival” that enhances a victim’s survival rate from cardiac or respiratory arrest by allowing early access to EMS, and receiving early bystander CPR and rapidly delivered defibrillation. We have (18) state licensed Paramedics and (1) EMT Basic. Nine (9) of our personnel are nationally registered paramedics – Capt. Parker, FF/Ps Daugherty, Rust, Carr, Scherpenberg, Watson, Bryant, Kaufman, and Andrasik. In 2014, the fire dept. had a total of (1964) calls for service including fire and EMS incidents. This was an average of 5.4 calls per day. This is also over 308 calls or 19% more than the previous year. There were (1560) EMS calls received at the station. EMS calls accounted for 79.4% of all calls for service in 2014. This is 331 calls or 26.9% more than the previous year. We responded to (157) runs outside of the city. We received EMS response from neighboring departments (107) times.

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The EMS Unit “Medic 680” with (2) paramedics was dispatched to a total of (1227) incidents through the year. This was an average of 3.4 per day. Of these (1143) were to locations within the city. Medic 680 was dispatched for incidents out of the city (84) times. Included in all of the EMS dispatches, were (55) incidents that became “non-encounters” such as when the unit is cancelled prior to arrival, or the call was found to be false or no patient was found. Of all the EMS incidents dispatched to, about 30% end up requiring ALS care, although many more get an ALS assessment. We were primary care for (1234) patients in 2014.The median age of patients was 70 years of age. We transported 1002 of the patients we evaluated to the hospital. We transported 90.1% of our patients to our local hospital, St. Elizabeth, Fort Thomas. Of the patients we encountered, (209) or about 16.9% elected to refuse transport to the hospital. Twelve (12) patients were found to be deceased upon arrival.

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The department carries advanced life support equipment on the 2 engine companies as well as the ambulance. The department carries (5) defibrillators, (3) ECGs, (2) 12-lead ECGs, and (3) external pacemakers. A defibrillator is carried on all vehicles except cars 650 and 631. In 2014, 216 patients were monitored by electrocardiogram, and of these, 82 patients, a highly diagnostic 12 lead ECG performed and interpreted by both our medics and the software built-in the device. This allows early pre-arrival notification of the hospital, and crucial data for decision making regarding the most appropriate hospital destination. Early notification and rapid transport to the appropriate destination is the standard of care and saves time to definitive remediation of blocked coronary vessels. An engine responded by request of the ambulance on scene to assist at the scene and/or provide support enroute to the hospital (92) times. An engine also responded initially with the ambulance on (133) runs. This occurs on dispatches where the patient is reported as a non-breather, or other rescue/fire incidents such as motor vehicle accidents, carbon monoxide runs, etc.

EMS Personnel Our personnel are required to continually re-train and renew their skills. This is accomplished through a combination of attending monthly departmental training, daily shift training, regional seminars, and also teaching. Our personnel have an average of 12.5 years of experience at Fort Thomas, and a combined staff total experience serving the city of Fort Thomas of over 238 years.

We had personnel that reached various milestones in their careers at Fort Thomas in 2014.

Steve Rath had his 20 year anniversary. Chris Amon, Tammy Webster, Rick Daugherty, and Chris Wulfeck all had

their 15 year anniversaries. Kasey Carr his 10 year anniversary. Josh Edmondson had his 5 year anniversary.

Our personnel have attained various masters, bachelors, and associates degrees in formal education. The department is required to maintain various fire and medical certifications that must be renewed every couple of years.

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These include basic cardiac life support, advanced cardiac life support, EMT, & Paramedic. Other certifications are attained to enhance overall knowledge and upkeep of awareness of current methods, new trends, and enhancements to standards of care. Personnel are encouraged to continually seek educational opportunities and teaching is also an effective method of sharpening knowledge and skills.

The members of the fire department, particularly the Firefighter/Paramedics, working as a team, saved many lives in 2014. The following incidents are only a small representative sample and are typical examples of patients found by our medics experiencing a desperate, critical, imminent death circumstance, that were reversed to regain a pulse or breathing or even consciousness. Some of these patients did not ultimately survive, however a great majority of these survived to recover to full consciousness. Our medics, through their expert knowledge, skill, experience, and dedication provided these patients their best chance for survival in these dire situations. Provision of details has been limited to comply with the patient’s right to privacy of confidential medical information. Members- Lead Medic Team Members

Incident Description

Chris Wulfeck Lead Matt Stuart Driver Capt. Parker (E601) Lt. Boothe (E601)

At 1am, an elderly female was at home having severe shortness of breath. At arrival, she was very near death, unable to speak, her oxygen saturation was ½ of normal levels. Just after they arrived, she lost consciousness, and quit breathing; She had a rhythm on the monitor with a rate also ½ of normal - but no pulse. Chris directed care to include ventilation using a bag valve mask with high flow oxygen, and inserted an endotrachial tube in her lungs. The engine was called to assist. Matt Stuart inserted an intravenous line. Lt. Boothe drove the medic unit with both medics in the back of the ambulance enroute to the hospital. The patient regained a pulse of over 100 and her oxygen saturation returned to normal.

Kyle Kaufman Lead Rick Daugherty Driver

At about 2pm, a 4 year old with a history of epilepsy and suffering from a fever was having a seizure that had lasted continuously for 10 mins. despite other measures at home prior to calling for EMS. Kyle assessed the child, confirmed there was no need for glucose by performing a blood glucose test, and then prepared an IV dose of Ativan. Simultaneously, Rick started an IV that can be difficult in a child, especially one that is actively seizing. The Ativan was given per protocol, and seizure was terminated. The child was transported to Children’s Hospital.

Chris Wulfeck Lead Mike Watson Driver Capt. Schultz (E601) FF/P Rust (E601)

Around 1pm, an elderly female was found down. Chris assessed the confused patient and made note of a very low blood pressure of 64/35. She was given oxygen, and IV was started, and a bolus of IV fluid was infused. The patient’s vital signs improved, she was feeling much better, and the confusion had subsided.

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Scott Shepherd Lead Rick Daugherty Driver Capt. Amon (E601) FF/P Carr (E601)

At about 2:30pm, a female adult was found unresponsive, the apparent victim of a Heroin overdose. The patient was not breathing and cyanotic. Scott managed life-saving care that included ventilation using a bag-valve-mask with high flow oxygen. An IV line was established. Narcan was administered intravenously and in a few minutes the patient recovered to answer questions.

Josh Edmondson Lead Rick Daugherty Driver Capt. Amon (E601) Lt. Webster FF/P Shepherd FF/P Carr FF/P Andrasik

At about 11am, a motor vehicle accident occurred. The driver was pinned in the car and wasn’t breathing in a trapped, sitting position. The passenger compartment was pushed in greater than a foot and the steering wheel was deformed with air bag deployment. The engine crew worked on freeing the patient from the wreckage using the hydraulic rescue tools while Josh and his medic crew provided on scene care. A nasal airway was inserted, an IV was inserted. Narcan was administered per protocol. A tension pneumothorax was tentatively diagnosed and thoracic pressure was relieved per protocol by inserting a needle into the chest. The patient became responsive.

Chris Rust Lead Chris Wulfeck Driver

Capt. Parker (E601) FF/P Watson FF/P Bryant

At about 8pm a young adult handicapped male was found unresponsive, cyanotic, and breathing only about every 15 seconds. The PD had arrived and applied their semi-automatic defibrillator (AED). It had advised “No Shock Indicated”. Chris Rust managed care by providing bag mask ventilation with high flow oxygen, and initially provided nasally administered Narcan. The glucose blood level was obtained and was ruled out as a cause. The patient then responded and began answering questions.

Eric Scherpenberg Lead Kyle Kaufman Driver

Lt. Rath (E601) FF/P Daugherty FF/P Rust

About 4:30pm, a fallen elderly female was found to be barely breathing and cyanotic. Eric directed spinal precautions to be followed. He found that her oxygen saturation was a critically low 68%. Kyle used the bag valve mask with high flow oxygen and the blood oxygen level rose to 86%. Her head was bleeding and this was controlled. Eric started an IV and tested the blood glucose level and found it to be normal. Eric administered Narcan IV due to the unknown nature of the unconsciousness. Eric also applied EKG monitoring. Kyle maintained the patient’s airway and used suctioning to clear it. The patient began breathing adequately and the blood oxygen rose to 98%.

Eric Scherpenberg Lead Kyle Kaufman Driver

At about 6:30pm, a middle age man had an episode of a severe drop in blood sugar. The man was unconscious and was not controlling his airway. After assessment, Eric started an intravenous line. The glucose level had been checked. Kyle administered 1 ampule of 50% Dextrose into the IV line. The patient became fully alert and was fully oriented. The patient did not agree to be brought to the hospital.

Mike Watson Lead Chris Rust Driver

At about 6:30pm, a younger adult was found unresponsive. Mike found that the patient was not breathing and had no pulse. He then directed the resuscitation effort. Rust performed CPR. The heart monitor was applied and the patient had no electrical activity. Mike called for an engine to assist, however our engine crew was busy on another EMS run, so another dept. sent an engine for assistance. Mike administered Narcan nasally, and inserted an airway into the patient’s lungs. Mike started an IV, and administered medications for cardiac arrest. The heart was now in ventricular fibrillation. Mike now shocked the patient, and a heart beat resumed. The patient had circulation now but continued in critical condition.

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Mike Watson Lead Matt Bryant Driver

Capt. Parker (E601) Lt. Boothe FF/P Wulfeck FF/P Rust

At about 8pm, an older male experienced a sudden collapse at home. Both the medic unit and engine responded together. At arrival, Mike managed the care of this pulseless victim by following the protocol for a patient in ventricular fibrillation. Lt. Boothe started CPR. Mike assessed the rhythm with the heart monitor and shocked to patient. CPR was resumed and the patient was assessed for an IV site. Wulfeck and Rust assisted in medication delivery, equipment, and movement of the patient to the squad. Mike directed Matt to start an Intraosseus line in the patient’s leg. Matt gave the patient Epinephrine in the IO line. Mike utilized the King Vision airway video system to insert an endotrachial tube into the lungs. The correct location was confirmed. Mike delivered another shock at a higher energy level. More Epinephrine was delivered by Matt. The patient now had return of his own pulse and circulation. The patient still needed assisted ventilations but Mike found the blood pressure to be within normal limits. Capt Parker called the physician medical control and advised status and requested further orders. While enroute to the hospital, Mike obtained a 12 EKG. The patient subsequently fully recovered.

Matt Stuart Lead Kyle Kaufman Driver

At about 4:30 pm, an elderly man was suffering from severe difficulty breathing. The man was found unresponsive with a blood oxygen saturation of 84%. He had a complex history of congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and high blood pressure. After Matt examined and accessed the patient, he found that his lung sounds included wheezes in the uppers and fluid in the lower airways. Matt directed care for his condition based on protocol. Kyle placed the patient on high flow oxygen, and Matt started an intravenous line in a hand vein. Kyle administered a nebulizer treatment using a mixture of two separate medications that dilate the patient’s bronchial tubes. Kyle also placed the heart monitor on the patient while the treatment was being delivered. Enroute to the hospital, Matt administered an IV medication that is used with heart failure to allow excess fluid to be excreted. The patient improved after treatment to a blood oxygen saturation of 100%.

Eric Scherpenberg Lead Kasey Carr Driver Lt. Webster (E601) FF/P Edmondson

At about 6:30pm, an elderly female was found unresponsive. Bystanders stated the patient was diabetic. Eric assessed the patient and found that the patient had a blood sugar of a 1/3 of normal, and a critically low oxygen level. Eric determined that assistance was needed and called for the engine to respond. Eric ventilated and oxygenated the patient using a bag valve mask. Kasey attempted to start an intravenous line without success. He then secured an intraosseus line in the patient’s leg to get venous access. Kasey then administered Dextrose intravenously. Edmondson tended to the patient’s airway using suctioning, then he applied the heart monitor. An airway was inserted. The blood oxygen level was now near 100%.

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Chris Rust Lead Chris Wulfeck Driver

At about 6pm, a middle age woman had called the squad because of a severe allergic reaction or anaphylaxis. When the crew arrived on the scene, he was assessed and found to have severe breathing distress, red skin, itching, and GI distress. Her oxygen levels were critically low. Chris Rust directed the treatment to include immediate application of high flow oxygen by mask, and medication by protocol. He then started an intravenous line in her arm. Chris Wulfeck assisted Rust and began to bring it the device used to move the patient to the squad. Rust administered Benadryl in to the patient’s IV. The heart monitor was applied to the patient. After leaving the scene for the hospital, Rust gave the patient a nebulized breathing treatment with a bronchodilator medicine. The condition of the patient improved at arrival with an oxygen content at 98%.

There are at many more examples of the medics having a dramatic life-saving impact on patients found without a pulse or found without breathing and nearly without a pulse that were successfully recuscitated and experienced full recovery. Many of these have been tentatively diagnosed as a narcotic induced cause These successes are due to the application of basic life support measures (CPR) or just a bag valve mask with oxygen, and our advanced life support protocols for cardiac arrest and unconsciousness for initial unknown reasons. Since the beginning of our paramedic program, the administration of Narcan intravenously for anyone who is unresponsive for unknown reasons has been included. We added the administration of Narcan nasally as an additional tool in 2012.

EMS SEMINARS ATTENDED OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT In February, Chief Bailey, Capt. Schultz, Lt. Boothe, FF/Ps Bryant, Carr,

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Wulfeck attended all or portions of a 48 hour Paramedic Refresher class sponsored by Hebron, Ky. Fire Dept. .

In February, Capt. Lumpp, Lt. Parker, FF/Ps Kaufman, Scherpenberg, & Stuart attended Christ Hospital “FETCH” EMS Conference.

In March, Lt. Parker, Lt. Boothe, Lt. Rath, FF/Ps Carr, Daugherty, Scherpenberg, Stuart, & Wulfeck attended the EMS Midwest Conference Great Wolf Lodge Mason, Ohio.

In July, FF/P Rust attended a class at the University of Cincinnati. Topic was ATV accidents and wilderness medicine. Class was taught by Dr. Conal Roche and Dr. Dustin Calhoun. Class went in depth on trauma and mechanisms of injury.

In September, FF/P Carr attended KBEMS EMS Conference - "Dealing with Alzheimers/Dementia on the front lines", reviewed behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms that may interfere with care.

In November, FF/Ps Wulfeck, Rust, & Carr attended University Cincinnati Medicine EMS Division's class on Neurological Emergencies by Dr. Zammit.

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EMS TRAINING

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534 629 214.0 213.8 274.0 304.0 250.8 191.0 311.0 Other Total Members’ EMS Training Hours 60.0% 56.5% 40.3% 38.7% 40.1% 42.2% 42.7% 25.0% 44.0%

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SUMMARY OF MONTHLY DEPT. EMS CLASSES IN YEAR 2014 Date Instructor Subject Hours 1/15/14 Capt. Chris Amon Airway maintenance review and hands on practice with

devices per Brady Emergency and protocols. 2.0

2/21/14 Lt. Jeff Parker, EMS Officer

EMS Reporting and Quality Assurance. Reports were assessed including; Does Report Tell The Story?, Overall Appropriateness of Treatment, Transport Destination, Adherence to Protocol, Patient Disposition -Destination, ALS, BLS, Refusal Appropriate & Documented, Appropriate Timeliness of: Response, Treatment, Transport. Time Inconsistencies? Proper Disclosures- Staff, Hosp. Rep., Pt. Refusals, Legal Vulnerabilities? Positive Comments, Constructive Criticism.

Review of Cardiovascular Physiology Terms.

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3/19/14 Dr. Timothy Love, Medical Director

Renal Failure and Dialysis. Round table discussion of EMS responses.

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4/16/14 Lt. Jeff Parker, EMS Officer

Training on revision and addition of Paramedic Treatment Protocols involving Seizures, Sedation for Pacing and Cardioversion, Chest Pain, Pain Control, Physical, and Medical restraint. The following medicines were reviewed: Morphine, Fentanyl, Ativan, Versed, & Geodon.

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5/21/14 Jeff Waldenmayer, RN Above personnel attended a class for Monthly CEU credit on 12-Lead EKG Interpretation.

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6/18/14 Capt. Jeff Parker, EMS Officer

Airway & Ventilation lecture. This included: Acid Base Balancing system and End-Tidal CO2 technology.

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7/16/14 Dr. Joe Clark - Professor of Neurology @ University of Cincinnati

Neurological assessment of the trauma pt. Class was a hands on approach to assessment of pt. with a possible head injuries and /or concussion. Participants practiced assessing their partners with different methods or applications for children and adults.

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8/20/14 FF/P Chris Wulfeck Pediatric respiratory emergencies, and Respiratory emergencies. Reviewed applicable protocols.

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9/17/14 FF/P Eric Scherpenberg FF/P Kyle Kaufman

Endocrinology and applicable protocols Environmental Emergencies and applicable protocols

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10/15/14 Lt. Jeff Parker, EMS Officer, Dr. Timothy Love, Medical Director

Infection Control Training - Reviewed current CDC information & data about the EBOLA disease. This included Assessment, Risk Analysis, Protection, Response, and Environmental cleanup.

Conducted a question and answer discussion on various topics concerning current EMS protocols, & recent EMS incidents.

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11/19/14 Capt. Steve Lumpp, Lt. Steve Rath, FF/P Rick Daugherty, FF/P Matt Stuart

Airway and airway adjuncts, Anatomy of airway, Airway maneuvers - head-tilt/chin-lift, jaw thrust, Sellick maneuver, BLS airways - OP, NP, King, ALS - ETT, King Airway, Vision. Reviewed Capnometry using Zoll monitor and basic capnometry components. Practical session with manikins (adult/infant) using all airway adjuncts

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FIRE INCIDENT RESPONSE DATA(CONTINUED)

Incident Volume Trend Analysis

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Total Fire/EMS Incidents

EMS Incidents First Response Incidents Fire Incidents

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2014 Fire Incidents by Day of Week

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2014 Type of Fire IncidentsRescue & EMS Incidents,

40.4%

Hazardous Condit ions (No Fire), 15.4%

Service Call, 10.1%

Good Intent Call, 13.3%

False Alarm & False Call, 13.7%

Severe Weather, 0.7%

Special Incident Type, 0.0%

Heat/Explosion (No Fire), 0.2%

Fire, 6.2%

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Fire 35 27 46 40 30 Heat/Explosion (No Fire) 1 3 3 1 5 Rescue & EMS Incidents 228 215 255 245 226 Hazardous Conditions (No Fire) 87 52 63 72 75 Service Call 57 72 66 89 80 Good Intent Call 75 74 77 83 70 False Alarm & False Call 77 67 83 96 78 Severe Weather 4 2 12 11 2 Special Incident Type 0 0 1 2 1

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It is certainly noteworthy, that in the Fire/Incident category, 228 responses were listed as Rescue/EMS. These runs are primarily motor vehicle, first response runs or other types of accidents that require additional staffing and equipment to resolve. False alarms include alarm system activations that were accidental and not necessarily malicious in nature.

Trend Analysis by Fire Incident Type

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The chart above represents the increase or decrease in particular incident categories over the past five years.

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2014 Recall Trend Analysis

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Recalls

Staffing

Response of Off-Duty Personnel The number of firefighters returning when recalled is important to the firefighting ability of our department. This graph shows in 2010 – 3.9, 2011 – 3.8, 2012- 3.1, 2013 - 3.1 and 2014 – 2.9. Although it has slightly dropped for various reasons, it is important for this trend to continue for the safety of everyone involved.

2014 Recall Staffing Trend Analysis

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Mutual Aid Incidents Trend Analysis

Given Received

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Mutual Aid Personnel Trend Analysis

Personnel Given Personnel Received

Mutual Aid Mutual Aid continues to be an important aspect of providing quality and efficient services to our community. We rely on our neighbors, particularly Bellevue- Dayton, Central Campbell, Newport and Southgate to assist us under the following circumstances:

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• Working Fires • Large Scale Incidents • Multiple Runs • Automatic Response • Units Out of Service • Multiple EMS Runs

These graphs are reflective of our high usage of automatic response from other departments to alarms that require a first-in response greater than our on-duty capability, such as St. Elizabeth-Ft. Thomas Hospital.

Fire Loss

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Fire Loss Trends

The chart above looks at the total annual fire loss over the past five years. A single large-loss fire dramatically impacts annual fire loss in our community.

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EMS RESPONSE DATA

Emergency Medical Service Response The following charts depict EMS runs in a variety of ways either over over the last five years. Specifically, in 2014, our department made 1247 EMS runs as opposed to 1144 made in 2013.

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EMS Incidents Trend Analysis

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EMS RESPONSE DATA(CONTINUED)

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ALS/BLS Trend Analysis

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EMS RESPONSE DATA(CONTINUED)

2014 Responses by Unit

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Graphs assembled by Captain Steve Lumpp

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Fort Thomas Firefighters Association

I.A.F.F. Local 1928 P.O. Box 750003

Fort Thomas, KY 41075

March 3, 2015

Chief Mark Bailey City of Ft. Thomas Fire Department 130 North Fort Thomas Avenue Ft. Thomas, KY 41075

Dear Chief,

I am proud to say that the membership of Local 1928 continued their commitment to be “fit for duty” in 2014. We are pleased to have the ability use the fitness room in the city building and appreciate the city’s continued commitment to this area and/or program.

The commitment for our members to be physically fit takes many different forms. Some of our staff use professional programs like P90X, T25, and TRX while others are using programs designed by staff of the fire department or programs they research and choose.

We continue our quest to be physically fit off duty as well. We had members compete in numerous fitness events like the Cincinnati Heart Half Marathon, Tough Mudder, Flying Pig Half Marathon, and numerous 5K races. We had two participants compete in the American Lung Associations Climb for Air. In this competition the participants donned full protective clothing including an air pack and climbed 804 steps to the top of the Crew Tower.

Countless hours were spent both on and off duty in 2014 to ensure that we are “fit for duty.” Rest assured that we will continue to do the same in 2015.

Respectfully,

Tammy Webster President Ft Thomas Firefighters I.A.F.F. Local 1928

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CAMPBELL COUNTY FIRE / EXPLOSION

INVESTIGATION TEAM

4113 Alexandria Pike Cold Spring, Kentucky 41076 – 859-441-7631

16 ACTIVE MEMBERS REPRESENTING : FIRE DEPARTMENTS Alexandria Fire District Fire Dept. Bellevue Dayton Central Campbell Fire District Ft. Thomas Fire Department Southern Campbell Fire District Wilder Fire Department

POLICE DEPARTMENTS Bellevue Police Newport Police Campbell County Police US ATF Cincinnati Office Campbell County Sherriff’s Office Wilder Police Highland Heights Police

MEMBER CERTIFICATION PROFILE IAAI – FIT BOARD CERTIFIED (International Association of Arson Investigators- Fire Investigation Technicians): Bill Allen, Marty Hart, Trent Hanson and Matt Stuart NAFI (Nation Arson Fire Investigators): Matt Stuart and Marty Hart NFA (National Fire Academy) Arson 1, 2 and 3: Chris Amon, Bill Allen, Brian Boyers, Trent Hanson, Marty Hart, Doug Neyman, Matt

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Reed, Shayne Schnell, Matt Stuart , Brendan Bradley, Danny Hildebrand, Eric Noble, Rick Daugherty and Frank Santee KENTUCKY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY: Bill Allen, Dave Fornash, Marty Hart, Gregg Heiert – ATF, John McClain, Eric Suber and Brandon Vance. 2013 RUN STATISTICS = 28 Team Dispatches 2014 RUN STATISTICS = 24 Team Dispatched AVERAGE= 2 Team Dispatches / Month AVERAGE TIME ON AN INCIDENT: 2.33 Hours DISPATCH BY CITY OR DISTRICT Alexandria Fire District: 2 Bellevue- Dayton: 4 Central Campbell Fire District: 1 CC Fire District #1: 3 Ft. Thomas: 3 Melbourne: 1 Newport: 4 Pendleton County: 2 Southern Campbell Fire District: 4

From 01/01/2014 To 12/31/2014

Alexandria Activity Time Dispatched

Time Completed

Address

201400000019 Fire Structure Alarm 1

07/09/2014 9:32:47 PM

07/09/2014 11:45:58 PM

5 Saddle Ridge Tr


07/24/2014 3:02:14 AM

07/24/2014 7:48:54 AM 6 Breckenridge Dr

TOTAL Alexandria: 2 California/unincorp


03/25/2014 2:51:01 AM

03/25/2014 5:07:10 AM

10621 Mary Ingles Hw

TOTAL California/unincorp: 1

Campbell County

201400000006 Fire Investigative Group

03/06/2014 1:46:56 PM

03/06/2014 3:40:13 PM

13107 Peach Grove Rd

201400000011 Fire - Investigation

06/23/2014 1:58:34 AM

06/23/2014 2:25:45 AM

13815 Hissem Rd

TOTAL Campbell

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County: 2 Cold Spring


03/07/2014 9:46:00 AM

03/07/2014 4:14:47 PM

2379 Uhl Rd

TOTAL Cold Spring: 1 Dayton


06/29/2014 1:28:50 PM

06/29/2014 2:56:55 PM

145 Hwy 8


07/10/2014 4:46:41 AM

07/10/2014 6:55:52 AM 727 6th Av


07/04/2014 12:13:17 AM

07/04/2014 1:39:36 AM

1026 5th Av


12/22/2014 2:41:29 AM

12/22/2014 4:26:07 AM

1013 6th Av

TOTAL Dayton: 4 Fairlane


06/29/2014 3:05:27 PM

06/29/2014 6:01:14 PM

13687 Alexandria Pi


07/02/2014 3:34:27 PM

07/02/2014 5:37:15 PM

814 Fairlane Dr

TOTAL Fairlane: 2 Ft Thomas


04/21/2014 8:11:02 PM

04/21/2014 11:13:10 PM

36 Azalea Te


01/22/2014 7:35:17 AM

01/22/2014 8:49:20 AM

5 Custis Av


02/09/2014 3:17:55 AM

02/09/2014 8:40:21 AM 74 Tower Hill Rd

TOTAL Ft Thomas: 3 Melbourne


04/23/2014 4:35:00 PM

04/23/2014 6:53:58 PM

7104 Mary Ingles Hw

TOTAL Melbourne/unincorp: 1

Mentor


02/10/2014 12:40:33 AM

02/10/2014 2:43:53 AM 11775 Mary Ingles Hw

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TOTAL Mentor: 1 Newport


07/15/2014 3:14:48 PM

07/15/2014 4:47:58 PM

9th/Lowell

201400000022 Assist Other Agency

07/18/2014 8:14:32 AM

07/18/2014 10:51:21 AM

318 Lindsey St


07/07/2014 1:07:44 AM

07/07/2014 2:06:56 AM

216 W 12th St


12/16/2014 3:12:56 AM

12/16/2014 5:03:42 AM 192 Main St

TOTAL Newport: 4 Pendleton


06/28/2014 2:28:12 PM

06/28/2014 5:49:28 PM

6607 Hwy 159 North

TOTAL Pendleton: 1 Pendleton Co


02/08/2014 2:52:47 PM

02/08/2014 5:19:21 PM

709 Mays Rd

TOTAL Pendleton Co: 1

Silver Grove


01/24/2014 12:03:49 PM

01/24/2014 1:48:01 PM 5218 Mary Ingles Hw

TOTAL Silver Grove: 1

GRAND TOTAL: 24

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NORTHERN KENTUCKY REGIONAL HAZMAT/WMD

RESPONSE TEAM

Activity Report Kenton/Campbell County

Fourth Quarter / End of the Year Report 2014 Units HM3 & HM2133

Prepared by: Matt Stuart, Team Leader

This report has been prepared to summarize the activity of the Kenton/Campbell County HM3 component of the Northern Kentucky HazMat/WMD Response Unit for the fourth quarter of 2014 (October, November, & December). The report has been divided into three sections: Administrative Activity, Training Activity, and Response Activity.

Administrative Activity Matt prepared the quarterly report for HM3 and turned it in to Bill Turner Campbell County OEM, and Steve Hensley Kenton County EMA. HM3 responded to one incident this quarter, a Gasoline Spill. HM3 has been working on dispatching protocols for the two units. There are still some bugs to be worked out however we are making some great progress. HM3 is now utilizing Active 911 and text messaging. Four Multi-Rae units are in service. HM3 and HM2133 have been organized and inventoried. The team is working on obtaining more supplies for HM2133.

Training Activity October, HM3 personnel went through a full scale exercise. This scenario included an explosion in a maintenance facility with known Halides. Hazmat personnel were also confronted with several injured victims and a rescue/recovery situation. November, Class was to be on the use of the Raman and FT-IR. However due to inclement weather, class was cancelled for that day. This class was rescheduled for early in 2015. December was set up for operations refresher training with SD#1.

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Response Activity

HM3 personnel responded to the Marathon Refinery in Covington for a minor gas spill. Team personnel provided air monitoring and stood by until clean up company could provide their own air monitors.

2014 Haz-Mat 3 Run/Training Report

2014 Total Number of Runs 8

State of Matter of the Products Found Gases 0 Liquids 5 Solids 3

Run Total & Type per Month January 1 – White Powder (Covington) February 2 – Identification of Chemicals in house (Independence) Radiological Response to Transfer Station (Covington) March 1 – Assist Dental Office with disposal of Formocresol (Bellevue) April 1 – Diesel Spill (Crescent Springs) May 0 June 1 – White Powder (Covington) July 0 August 0 September 1 – Unknown Liquid Spill on AA (Wilder) October 0 November 1 – Gasoline Spill (Covington) December 0

2014 Training January Communications February Halides, pH, Peroxides and Oxidizers March Chemical Referencing, Air Monitoring and GHS April Drivers Training and TVI setup May Chemical PPE, Level A Testing and Equipment Storage June Decontamination 9-Step and Water Supply July Leak Containment August Containment Kits & Props September Table Top Exercise October Full Scale Exercise November Raman and FT-IR, 20/20 Kits December Operations Refresher Class w/ SD#1

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Awareness Level Training – In November HM3 taught an Awareness class at the request of the Covington Fire Department. We trained a total of 12 students. Operations Level Training – In November HM3 taught an Operations class at the request of the Covington Fire Department. We trained a total of 12 students. Donations – HM3 received one Chlorine Badge Detector from SD#1.

2014 HazMat 3 Team Training

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter to Mayor Haas and Board of Council Page 1 FD Personnel Pages 2-4 FD Responsibilities Page 5 FD Staff/Retired FF Page 6 Chief’s Year in Review Pages 7-9 Grants Pages 10-11 Profession Affiliations Pages 12-14 Public Fire Safety Education Programs Pages 15-19 Staff Development Pages 20-40 Fire Incident Response Data Pages 41-50 EMS Response Data Pages 51-53 Physical Fitness Report Page 54

CCFPA Fire Investigative Report Pages 55-58 Hazardous Materials Report Pages 59-61

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