White River Township Fire Protection District
Staff Meeting
July 25 & 26, 2000

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Tuesday (25th) meeting called to order at 1300 hours.  Present: Mike Dutton, Mike Tibbetts, Jason Tibbetts, Mike Combs, Bryan Arkins, Eric Brown, Jory Cox, Nick Alford, Joe Settles, Jim Taulman, Joel Thacker, and Kim Clawson.

Wednesday (26th) meeting called to order at 1300 hours.  Present: Mike Dutton, Dave Sherfick, Kevin Skipper, Scott Cassin, Eric Brown, and Kim Clawson. 

IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND, REMEMBER TO CONTACT YOUR LIEUTENANT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ANYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

 

  1. Eric gave an update on station 53.  The drives are in, the soil compacting has been completed, and the steel has been ordered.  If you want to go out there and look around, you must check in at the construction trailer first!  Also, if you know anyone who is in the insulating business, have them bid on the new station.
  1. Joel gave an update on engine 53.  The committee has eliminated all bids except KME and Central States.  They still have more to review and will hopefully be able to make a formal proposal to the District Board soon.
  1. Scott will be making a proposal for upgrading the computer systems at that same District meeting.
  1. Joe gave an update on the Special Operations Trailer.  The rails are in, the wood is on board, and it is basically finished.  They will be installing shelves in the front section of the trailer and the chain link fence will be reinforced.  Training in specialized rescues will begin in earnest sometime during September.
  1. Personnel updates:

Ken Sickles – reserve to compensated

Matt Ladd – released due to inactivity

Brian Griffith – on leave until October 12, 2000

Jason Bailey – on leave until September 1, 2000

Jeremy McKee – resigned

Kirk Schilling – resigned

Mike Schilling – was on leave through May 31, 2000; not returning Nick’s calls.  Will be sent letter at end of July warning of inactivity.

Brian Reynolds – has given up his 12 hour shift

Brian Skipper – Nick & Chief Tibbetts will address his inactivity with him

Brad Kiefer – on leave until 9/30/00 

  1. Chief Dutton reminded everyone that major purchases still need to get a PO first!
  1. The City of Greenwood has finally approved the sewer connection for station 51.  Now we are waiting for the paperwork to go through the proper channels and hopefully we will be able to begin the work.
  1. Thanks to everyone who helped at the Johnson County Fair.  Several fair board members have mentioned that they thought White River Township FD had the best representation there all week.  After discussion on the Firefighter Olympics, it was decided that the best course of action to take at this time would be to submit a letter to the committee requesting that White River have a representative on the rules committee next year.
  1. On June 27th, Eric Reedy met with Mark Hart, Jeremy Pell, and Chief Dutton to discuss 2001 budget issues.  It will be extremely tight and it is still unknown at this time whether we will have enough in the budget to hire the third Lieutenant.
  1.  Training issues:
      a)  Effective August 1, trainings will be Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

b)  Building Construction Class will begin August 26.  This is an excellent class
and everyone should try to attend.  For more information, see the sign up sheet posted at either station, or contact Joel.  (If you are on duty during one of these classes, you will be expected to attend and participate.)

c)  White River personnel traveled to Pike Twp. FD last Saturday to use their training tower.  All went well.

  1. Eric distributed copies of current projects occurring (or about to occur) within our district.  This list was broken down into station districts, with station 53 showing a huge growth potential.
  1. Chief Tibbetts urged everyone that if you are on duty or in uniform, not to eat at Arby’s.  This stems from a recent food incident involving Tony Slusher which has not yet been resolved.
  1. Nick mentioned that there will be a Reserve division meeting on Tuesday August 8th.  If you would like anything passed onto them, let Nick know as soon as possible.
  1. Joel would like to review the current uniform policy.  It seems whenever the dress uniform is worn, different people place badges, name tags, etc. in different places.
  1. Joel will be updating engine company and aerial company SOGs.