WOODBINE – The Borough of Woodbine made an application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Community Facilities Program for $33,200 for the purchase of an incident command vehicle (ICV) for the Woodbine Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD).
According to a release, the incident command vehicle to be purchased will be a crew cab pickup truck with which Woodbine Volunteer Fire Department will be better enabled to respond for initial assessment of emergencies, coordination of multiple responders and agencies, and communication between all involved, according to Mayor William Pikolycky.
Incident command is a standardized system for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response, providing a clear, common blueprint and guidelines that foster the effectiveness of responders from multiple agencies.
While the Woodbine Volunteer Fire Department serves an area of approximately eight square miles with a population of 2,472, mutual aid commitments expand this service area to more than 85 square miles and 15,125 residents.
The WVFD protects a significant amount of critical infrastructure within its primary response area including the Woodbine Municipal Airport and the Woodbine Developmental Center. Its mutual aid area extends into Belleplain State Forest.
“We ask our firefighters every day to put themselves at risk protecting our communities. This vehicle will enable the fire department to better keep pace with the myriad emergent situations that are possible given the diverse complexity of their response area,” added Pikolycky.
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