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8.0. ORONO FIRE DEPARTMENT. <br />8.01 Overview. <br />The Orono Fire Department is responsible for responding to calls for service in part of Orono. OFD uses a hybrid <br />model of part-time and paid -on -call firefighters to staff a duty crew from 0600 to 2200 hours. The Duty Officer and <br />the paid -on -call firefighters respond to calls for service from 2200 to 0600 hours seven days a week. <br />In the first 6 months of 2024, the Orono Fire Department started training, <br />working on the apparatus, creating a relief association, and modifying the old <br />public works building. All of this was completed, and we were operationally <br />ready for our start date to service a third of Orono. July 1, 2024, was a special <br />year for the Department. This was the first day that we responded to calls for <br />service. The picture to the right is our first -ever duty crew: Deputy Chief <br />Chwialkowski, Firefighter Jackson, and Kennedy. <br />8.02 Organization and Staff. <br />Orono continued to recruit and hire fighters throughout the year. <br />We ended the year with a Fire Chief, a Deputy Chief, two Captains, <br />two Lieutenants, nine part-time firefighters, and seven paid -on -call <br />firefighters for 22 personnel. We will continue to add firefighters to <br />our roster throughout the year as we ramp up for service to all of <br />Orono starting in January 2026. <br />8.03 Apparatus and Equipment. <br />The Orono Fire Department has a rescue pumper (E1), a ladder truck (L1), a <br />tanker/tender (T1), and three command vehicles. The Duty Crew uses E1 to <br />respond to calls for service, travel to perform preplans, and other duties. E1 is <br />housed out of Fire HQ, the old public works building. L1 is housed in the garage <br />by the Navarre water treatment plant. We also keep one of the command <br />vehicles at that location. The duty officer uses one command vehicle to respond <br />to calls for service, and the Fire Chief uses the other. From January to July, <br />firefighters mounted all of the trucks' equipment. <br />8.04 Fire Facilities. <br />The Orono Fire Department has two buildings that are used as fire stations. Fire HQ is the old public works <br />building; the other is a garage next to the Navarre water treatment plant. The firefighters have worked very hard <br />to make the fire stations their home. <br />30 <br />40 <br />