The Wakefield Fire Department responded to 186 emergency incidents during the month of April 2007 including 28 Box Alarms and 158 Still Alarms.
The fire department responded to 5 mutual aid requests during April, including Melrose (2), Reading (1) and Lynnfield (2). The department did not receive mutual aid during April.
On April 17th, 2007, each member of the Wakefield Fire Department was issued his/her own portable fire radio, and additional battery hand lights were purchased and distributed throughout the department. A $7,800 Massachusetts State Equipment Grant funded both of these firefighter safety improvements.
The fire department’s new Seagrave Maurader II pumper – Engine 1 – was placed into service on Thursday, April 26, 2007. The former Engine 1, a 1996 Seagrave pumper has been re-designated as Engine 4 and re-assigned to the Greenwood Station as our ready-reserve pumper. The new pumper is constructed of stainless steel, is powered by a Detroit Diesel engine, and has a 1,250 Gallon-Per-Minute Watrous pump, a 750-gallon water tank and a 30-gallon foam tank.
On Saturday, April 21st, a ceremony was held at the Greenwood Fire Station officially dedicating the new pumper in memory of L. Murray Young, who passed away suddenly on November 30, 2006. Mr. Young was a life-long resident of Wakefield, a widely known fire buff, Wakefield Fire Department historian and avid supporter. Mr. Young contributed so much to the town and the fire department; it was only fitting that the new pumper that he aided in designing be dedicated in his memory.
