At 1730 on 23 June, Cayuga Heights Fire Department was dispatched for an MVA at the intersection of Forest Home Dr. and Warren Rd.  This is the same intersection that launched a pickup over the 20' embankment last winter.  Engine 202 arrived in under 5 minutes to find one vehicle, over the same embankment, with 2 patients self-extricated.  282 (Openshaw) began an assessment while the Bangs ambulance crew assisted in patient care.  Crews of 241 and 242 assisted with extricating 1 nonambulatory patient up the slope.  The van had moved through the intersection at great speed, launching off the edge of the parking lot and into a tree at the base of the cliff.  13 Heights firefighters were on scene.  

At just before midnight on 16 June, Lansing Fire Department requested a full response to a reported structure fire at the Ithaca Mall.  262 (Abbinanti) arrived on scene to find heavy fire from the roof above Dick's Sporting Goods.  1105 and Truck 231 arrived on scene and 231 laddered the roof and began fire suppression while 1105 secured the hydrant.  Engine 203 completed the lay and supplied 231.  202 and 242 arrived and provided manpower and equipment, assisting in fire suppression, salvage, and overhaul.  The fire was contained to the roof with some smoke and water damage to the interior of the store.  There were no injuries and the fire is under investigation.  20 Cayuga Heights firefighters responded to the scene. 

231 - D: 281 (Lisi), O: 282 (Openshaw), J. Putnam, W. Waller, L. Stoner, K. Maley

203 - D: J. Palin, O: M. Miroiu, D. Maley, M. MacDougal, J. Engle, M. Turk

202 - D: 261 (Tamborelle), O: 284 (Lundell), M. Horowitz, F. Howard, S. Fernandes

242 - D,O: Chaplain (Felker)

Other units on scene include 1105, 1101, 1141, 1136, 933.  IFD 903 covered calls from Lansing Central station. 

At around noon on 24 May, CHFD was requested along with Bangs Ambulance to the scene of a MVA with injuries.  202 and 241 AOS to find two vehicles involved one of them off the roadway.  1 patient was packaged and transported by Bangs.  Though a  routine call, the pictures taken by FF/Operator Miroiu were great and deserved a place on the front page. 

From all of us in the Cayuga Heights Fire Department, thank you to all those who donated and shopped at our annual yardsale.  The proceeds will go towards the purchase of a state-of-the-art defribiliiator to be placed in service on 241.  

At just after 0400 on 20 April, CHFD was alerted for a brush fire on Warren Rd. in the town of Ithaca.  261 (Tamborelle) arrived to find a large mulch pile on fire with extension towards a house and neighboring golf course.  202's crew pulled a 300' line and began suppression while 242 arrived with wildland tools and constructed a textbook fireline.  203 arrived and layed in from a nearby hydrant to secure water supply.  Fire was extinguished and overhauled in about an hour.  18 Cayuga Heights volunteers, including 3 with national wildland certification, were on scene.