QVEC

10/02 - EMT/MRT Refresher
Scotland Fire Department, Nov. 3 - Nov. 9
Mon. & Wed. 6:30pm-10:30pm
Sat. & Sun. 8:00am-5:00pm
Instructor: Greg Mitchell (860-922-0659)

10/02 - Christmas Tree Lighting & Carol Sing
Chaplin Fire Department, December 6
Refreshments will be served and non-perishable food donations will be accepted for local charities

9/28 - Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital Professionals
Saturday October 18, 0800-1700
Woodstock Fire Dept.
Click here for flyer and registration information

9/24 - EMT/MRT Refresher
Lisbon Fire Dept.
10/25, 10/26, 11/1 0800-1700
EMT - $150, MRT - $110
Instructors: Russ Schrader & Fred Potter
Click here for flyer

9/16 - East Killingly Fire Department
All you can eat Steak Supper & Raffle $20
October 18th 4:30pm-7pm
$1000 in cash and prizes
Contact any EKFD member for tickets.

9/15 - Attawaugan Fire Department
2nd Annual Chili Cookoff
October 18th, 4pm-8pm Attawaugan FD
$25 entry fee.
Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and best presentation

9/11 - Danielson Fire Department - Steak Supper
Friday October 24, 2008 – 7:00 PM
Benefit Ladder Company
Steak, Salad, Baked Potato, Veggies, Rolls & Butter
Cash Bar 6:00 PM, Dinner Served at 7:00 PM
Donation $15 per person
Elks Club, 13 Center Street Danielson, CT
For Tickets Contact:
Chris Lepine 860-428-6627
Jason Burgess 860-617-5597

9/11 - Pomfret Fire Department presents
Lessons Learned - A presentation on the Worcester Cold Storage Fire with Dist. Chief John F. Sullivan
November 29, 9am-1:30pm
Rectory School Auditorium
Donation $15 per person (Checks payable Pomfret FD)
RSVP to 974-3639
Questions? Contact Ed Bates 974-3076
All funds will be donated to the Worcester Firefighters Memorial Fund

5/18 - Impressive numbers
In the months of April to June 2008, QV received and answered 7,114 E-911 calls. Of those, 7,049 (99.1%) were answered in under 10 seconds, 61 calls were answered between 10 and 20 sec., and only 4 between 20-30 sec.

The NENA (National Emergency Number Association) standard for answering 911 calls is that 90% of all 911 calls shall be answered within 10 seconds during the busy hour. 95% of all 911 calls should be answered within 20 seconds. There were 788 also abandon 911 calls this quarter.
(Source: State of CT-DPS-OSET)

Year End Call Totals
In 2007, QV received 33,369 E-911 calls
(Cellular - 17,473, Wireline - 15,831, VOIP - 65)
11,128 Calls for Service were generated in CAD
Average 911 Call Answer Time - 2.55 seconds

QV WEBSITE ACTIVITY
Weekly Stats Report: 22 Sep - 28 Sep 2008
Project: QVEC
URL: http://www.qvec.org/

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total	Avg
Pageloads	96	82	105	93	112	74	100	662	95
Unique Visitors	69	65	71	62	80	63	66	476	68
First Time Visitors	27	28	27	28	34	30	30	204	29
Returning Visitors	42	37	44	34	46	33	36	272	39

2008 Meeting Schedule-Quinebaug Valley Fire Chiefs

November - 17 - Atwood Hose

QVEC Meetings - October 27 Mortlake FD (Annual Elections) Dinner 6:45, Meeting 7:30