Fire Department Citizen Newsletter September 2023
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Table of Contents
Calendar Pg. 3
Deployments Pg. 8
Dept Announcements Pg. 4
Civil Service Updates Pg. 9
Hiring Updates Pg. 5
Call Volume Pg. 10-11
Did You Know: Fire Facts Pg. 12
Training Updates Pg. 6
Fire Training Center Pg. 7
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Event Calendar
City Council Topical Work Session-Council Chambers September 16 Hispanic Heritage Festival: 6 PM @ Amphitheater September 18 Civil Service Meeting: Station 262 @ 1:00PM September 18 September 5 City Council Meeting-Council Chambers September 6 DeSoto COAD Quarterly Meeting-Zoom Meeting September 9 HOA Meeting: 9:30 AM-City Hall September 16 Emergency Preparedness Symposium-Duncanville Senior Center: 9:30 AM
September 19 City Council Meeting-Council Chambers September 21 Civic Academy with Fire Department
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Department Announcements
The Citizens Fire Academy graduated on August 17 and were treated to a Fire Station smoked brisket meal including beans, cole slaw, potato salad, and topped off with home-made banana pudding!!
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Hiring Updates
The new hire entrance exam was given on August 26 th . We had 62 applicants show up for the written exam. Of the 62 who took the written exam, 57 passed and moved on to the physical agility portion of the hiring process. Thirteen applicants failed the physical agility test, leaving an active hiring list of 44 applicants. Backgrounds are being conducted, and the first round of panel interviews are scheduled for October 6 th . Two current openings in the department will be filled from this new hire list. The list will remain active and good for a full year if any more vacancies happen.
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Upcoming Department Training / Conferences
September 6-8:
Blue Card Command Certification Class-Desoto Fire Training Center FF Clater FF Kennedy FF Villano
September 12-14
EMS Continuing Education: All Crews
September 18-22: 26-29:
Regional Fire Training: Cancer Awareness All Crews
September 19-22:
TIFMAS Symposium Chief Southard Eng. Kennedy
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DeSoto Fire Training Center Updates Fire Academy Class # 71 September 1-5: Ground Ladders September 6: Mid-Term Exams September 7-8: Forcible Entry September 11-12: Structural Search and Rescue September 13-14: Tactical Ventilation September 15: Culinary and Cooking September 18-19: Overhaul, Property Conservation September 20-22: Fire Suppression and Skills September 25-29 Special Operations, Technical Rescue, Vehicle Extrication
**All Regional Fire Training and all Regional EMS training will take place at the Fire Training Center**
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Deployments
Last Deployment: April 8 – 20, 2023 Brush Truck 262 and one DeSoto firefighter along with one Waxahachie firefighter were deployed to the Panhandle to battle wildfires.
There are no current deployments scheduled at this time.
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Civil Service The Civil Service commission meets on an as-needed basis. Next Civil Service Meeting to confirm the Firefighter Entrance Exam: September 18, 2023 @ 1:00 PM DeSoto Fire Station 262: 206 S. Parks Dr.
Civil Service Commission Members: Louie Bright III Donald McMillion James Collier
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Incident Type Report (Summary) Southwest Regional RMS
Date Range: From 08/01/2023 to 08/31/2023 Agency: City of DESOTO Company: All Companies
Count
Pct of Incidents
Total Est Loss
Total Est Loss
Incident Type
1 Fire 100 Fire, other 111 Building fire
1 7 4 1 1 3
0.10%
$0
0.00%
0.72% $100,000
100.00%
0.41% 0.10% 0.10% 0.31%
$0 $0 $0 $0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
113 Cooking fire, confined to container 142 Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire
143 Grass fire
151 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire
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1.74% $100,000
100.00%
Totals
2 Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat(no fire) 251 Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition
1 1
0.10% 0.10%
$0 $0
0.00% 0.00%
Totals
3 Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incident 320 Emergency medical service incident, other 321 EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury
1
0.10%
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
301 354
30.75% 36.16% 0.92% 2.55% 0.10% 70.58%
3211 EMS call, Medic Only
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322 Motor vehicle accident with injuries 324 Motor vehicle accident with no injuries. 353 Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator
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1
Totals
691
4 Hazardous Condition (No Fire) 410 Combustible/flammable gas/liquid condition, other
1
0.10% 1.23% 0.20% 0.20% 0.10% 0.10% 0.20% 2.15% 0.31% 0.61% 0.41% 0.10% 0.51% 0.41% 4.60% 0.51% 7.46%
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412 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 424 Carbon monoxide incident
2 2 1 1 2
440 Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other
444 Power line down
445 Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 463 Vehicle accident, general cleanup
Totals
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5 Service Call 511 Lock-out
3 6 4 1 5 4
522 Water or steam leak 531 Smoke or odor removal
550 Public service assistance, other
551 Assist police or other governmental agency
553 Public service 554 Assist invalid
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571 Cover assignment, standby, moveup
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Totals
73
6 Good Intent Call 611 Dispatched & canceled en route
113
11.54% 1.43% 0.82% 13.79%
622 No incident found on arrival at dispatch address
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651 Smoke scare, odor of smoke
Totals
135
7 False Alarm & False Call 700 False alarm or false call, other
3 2
0.31% 0.20%
$0 $0
0.00% 0.00%
733 Smoke detector activation due to malfunction
Date: 09/05/2023
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Incident Type Report (Summary) Southwest Regional RMS
Date Range: From 08/01/2023 to 08/31/2023 Agency: City of DESOTO Company: All Companies
Count
Pct of Incidents
Total Est Loss
Total Est Loss
Incident Type
0.10% 0.10% 3.27% 0.20% 4.19%
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
735 Alarm system sounded due to malfunction 743 Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional 745 Alarm system activation, no fire - unintentional 746 Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO
1 1
32
2
Totals
41
8 Severe Weather & Natural Disaster
Totals
0
0.00%
$0
0.00%
9 Special Incident Type
Totals
0
0.00%
$0
0.00%
Totals
979
$100,000
Date: 09/05/2023
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DID YOU KNOW??
The Grassland Fire Danger Index or GFDI is an index that describes the rate of spread of a grass fire (and therefore the difficulty of putting it out). The index was developed in Australia and has been adapted for the Great Plains. It is based on a combination of the greenness of the grass, and various meteorological parameters. The higher the index, the faster a grass fire will spread. GFDI Index Scale
Scale
Shortgrass Prairie
Mixed Prairie
Tallgrass Prairie
Low-Moderate
0-8
0-7
0-6
High
9-23
8-19
7-15
Very High
24-59
20-49
16-39
Extreme
60-99
50-79
40-59
Catastrophic
100+
80+
60+
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