Sun
Prairie Volunteer Fire
Department annual open
house
Sunday
October 12th
from 8:00a.m. until
3:00p.m. at
Station 1, 135 N.
Bristol St.
Pancake breakfast in the
morning,
hotdogs in the afternoon and cookies throughout the day with many things
to see and do.
-Ladder Truck Rides
-Fire Engine Rides
-Jaws of Life
Demonstration
-Fire Extinguisher
Training
-Kids can Build a Fire
Truck on site
and we also have with
us,
-Sun Prairie EMS
-Sun Prairie Police
-Dane County Sheriff’s
Department
-Wisconsin State Patrol
Hope to see you on
October 12th!
______________________________________
Sun Prairie Fire Dept
2008
( as
of August 31, 2008 )
|
Total calls
for 2008 –
517 |
|
By District |
|
|
| |
City of Sun
Prairie |
356 |
| |
Town of Sun
Prairie |
46 |
| |
Town of
Burke |
57 |
| |
Town of
Bristol |
35 |
| |
Mutual Aid |
23 |
| |
|
517 |
Sun Prairie Fire Dept
2007 Recap
|
Total calls
for 2007 –
682 |
|
By District |
|
|
| |
City of Sun
Prairie |
468 |
| |
Town of Sun
Prairie |
65 |
| |
Town of
Burke |
73 |
| |
Town of
Bristol |
50 |
| |
Mutual Aid |
26 |
| |
|
|
|
By Type of
Call |
|
|
| |
Fire |
75 |
| |
Rescue and
Emergency
Medical
Service
Incident |
138 |
| |
Hazardous
Condition
(No Fire) |
160 |
| |
Service
Call |
64 |
| |
Good Intent
Call |
141 |
| |
False Alarm
and False
Call |
101 |
| |
Severe
Weather and
Natural
Disaster |
3 |
SPVFD Receives 2007
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Award
On Friday, July 27th,
2007, the U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security announced the
first round of awards
for the 2007 Assistance
to Firefighters Grant.
One of 459 departments
awarded, the Sun Prairie
Volunteer Fire
Department received a
grant for $21,285.00 to
purchase new wildland
firefighting gear,
including a helmet and
goggles, coat, pants,
gloves, boots, and a
respirator for all
volunteer firefighters.
SPVFD Receives Grant
On Friday, February 9,
2007, the U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security announced
awards for the 2006
Assistance to
Firefighters Grant. One
of 391 departments
awarded, the Sun Prairie
Volunteer Fire
Department received a
grant for $58,234.00 to
purchase new extrication
equipment for their
frontline apparatus.
Included in this
purchase will be new
cutters, spreaders,
saws, and other
miscellaneous rescue
tools. These tools are
used primarily in
vehicle accidents to
remove windows, cut
and/or spread parts of
vehicles, thus getting
victims medical
attention sooner. This
new equipment will be on
display at the 2007
Annual Open House held
in October.
