DUBOIS – Tony Roy was welcomed as the new fire chief at Monday night’s DuBois City Council meeting.
Roy discussed a few items of business regarding: the potential placement of knox boxes on commercial and multi-tenant buildings and uniform address number sizes.
Knox boxes are emergency key boxes outside buildings that are accessible by the fire department. This allows first responders to enter buildings more quickly in the event the owner/key holder can’t be reached.
Councilwoman Diane Bernardo favored the idea of having knox boxes on rental buildings. She said the city could also renew its efforts to have landlords verify occupancy information.
City Manager John “Herm” Suplizio said with council in favor of knox boxes, the city would find some municipalities with an ordinance currently in place, and utilize them as a guide to develop the city’s own.
Suplizio said he did believe the city already had an ordinance regarding address number sizes, and that it could be reviewed.
Council agreed, saying they believed house numbers were to be at least 4 inches in height. Roy suggested the city consider increasing the size requirement to 8 inches to assist first responders with response to emergencies.
Joe Mitchell, outgoing fire chief, also presented his 2019 and 2020 reports.
By Box Type
| 2019 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Fire Box | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 80 |
| Rescue Box | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
| Local Box | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 100 |
| Mutual Aid | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
| Chief Calls | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| 2020 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Fire Box | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 89 |
| Rescue Box | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 37 |
| Local Box | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100 |
| Mutual Aid | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 59 |
| Chief Calls | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
By Incident Code
| 2019 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Structure Fire | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Fire Alarm | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 52 |
| Vehicle Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Outside Fire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| MVA No Ext | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 34 |
| MVA W/ Ext | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other Rescue | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Hazardous Condition/Material | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| CO Alarm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Wires Down | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| Odor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Public Service | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Mutual Aid | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
| Other Rescue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2020 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Structure Fire | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 32 |
| Fire Alarm | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 53 |
| Vehicle Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Outside Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| MVA No Ext | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| MVA W/ Ext | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other Rescue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Hazardous Condition/Material | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| CO Alarm | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Wires Down | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| Odor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Public Service | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Mutual Aid | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 56 |
| Other Rescue | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
By Company
| 2019 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Volunteers | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 168 |
| Friendship | 9 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 122 |
| JE DuBois | 10 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 143 |
| Fourth Ward | 9 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 173 |
| Goodwill | 13 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 128 |
| Mutual Aid Received | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Volunteers | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 144 |
| Friendship | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 144 |
| JE DuBois | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 137 |
| Fourth Ward | 15 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 175 |
| Goodwill | 16 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 133 |
| Mutual Aid Received | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
