| As we head into 2023, let’s look back at the past year. 2022 was another record-breaking year for the SVFD! In total Somers Fire/EMS responded to 2,933 calls for service. This was up from 2021 in which we responded to 2,843 calls and 2020 when we responded to 2,616 calls. 687 Fire calls and 2,247 EMS calls made up the 2,933 calls, it should be noted that Personal Injury Auto Accidents are counted on the EMS side but both fire and EMS units are dispatched. There were 91 PIAA’s in 2022. The Somers Fire District remains one of the busiest agencies in Westchester County, usually in the top 10 of Fire Departments. The Somers FD is unique as we are a fire department that is also a BLS transport agency, so we wear more than one hat. Members of the SVFD work very closely with Westchester EMS and contract staffing to answer over 2,000 EMS calls a year. The members of the SVFD also work hard every day continuing the tradition of 100% volunteer fire service here in Somers. This is a huge savings to taxpayers of the Somers Fire District. Some notable call types on the fire side included:
Reported Structure Fires: 41
Motor Vehicle Accidents: 91
Motor Vehicle Accidents with Extrication: 15
Automatic Fire/CO Alarms: 341
Technical Rescues: 8
Inside Smoke/Odor Investigations: 33
Mutual Aid Fire: 36
Animal Rescues: 2
Brush Fires: 24
The SVFD also conducted the following non-emergency “events” of interest:
Drills: 178
In-Standby’s: 103
The following members according to preliminary run numbers were the top responders in 2022:
1. EMS Captain Brendan Porteus- 717 Calls
2. Firefighter Andrew Frederick- 412 Calls
3. Engineer/EMT Rocco Latella- 346 Calls
4. Firefighter Don Spinelli- 304 Calls
5. EMS Lieutenant Evan Kader- 261 Calls
6. Firefighter/EMT Mike Goldberg- 248 Calls
7. Firefighter Bridget Foley- 247 Calls
8. Firefighter/EMT Dylan Mechanic- 225 Calls
9. Engineer Laurent Verard- 168 Calls
10. Firefighter Charlie Faulkner- 159 Calls
The three Chief officers also responded to the following:
Car 2441- Chief of Department Jon Mackey- 273 Calls
Car 2442- First Assistant Chief Greg Lucia- 456 Calls
Car 2443- Second Assistant Chief John Meeker Jr. – 407 Calls
Thank you to ALL of the members of the SVFD for their hard work and dedication in 2022! We look forward to 2023 and serving our community! |
