White River Township Fire Department

Staff Meeting Minutes

July 24 & 25, 2002

 

Present During Wednesday’s Meeting:  Chief Tibbetts, Chief Brown, Lt. Alford, Lt. Alexander, Lt. Skipper, Jory Cox, Jake Kocher, Ray Skipper, Mike Shoemaker, Chad Witham, Greg Maxwell, Josh Justice and Kim Clawson.

 

Present During Thursday’s Meeting:  Chief Tibbetts, Chief Brown, Chief Slauter, Chief Cassin, Lt. Arkins, Lt. Engmark, Lt. Settles, Lt. Sipper, Lt. Rowland, Jason Arkins, Jason Combs, Mark Hart, Jeff Smith, Wayne Fetcher, Don Young, Jim Meacham, Ray Skipper and Kim Clawson.

 

  1. Congratulations to WRTFD Olympics teams for placing 1st and 3rd!

 

  1. There are to be no shorts worn, whether EMS shorts or WRTFD shorts, off station.  Wear duty pants or bunker pants.  Do not wear bunker pants into a business, especially a restaurant, unless you are on a run.  This is part of the professional image we need to be maintaining when in the public!

 

  1. Lt Rowland has scheduled a Pancake Breakfast on September 14, 0700-1200.  This will be a fundraiser for the Campaign Christmas for local underprivileged children.  He requested, and was granted, permission for conducting a raffle for an 8 hour ride out with the on duty Battalion Chief.  Chief Tibbetts emphasized that the winner(s) be over 18 years old.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts will be speaking with Lt. Rowland regarding his plans for this year’s MDA Drive.  Anyone having any suggestions, please see Chief Tibbetts asap.

 

  1. Eight new people were hired July 1.

 

  1. August schedule is out and there are few open shifts.

 

  1. Radios will be switching to MECA until a tower can be built/obtained for northern Johnson County. 

 

  1. Awards Banquet is February 1, 2003.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts has decided to do away with the Employee of the Quarter program.  He has received no nominations for anyone this year and no longer wants to hear the complaint that “the same people always get it”.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts emphasized the importance of the new accountability system.  Get the questionnaires completed and returned to Lt. Arkins ASAP.

 

  1. Accountability tags need to stay with your gear at all times.

 

  1. Greg Maxwell inquired on the pay incentive that has been proposed by the Corporation Board.  Chief Tibbetts directed questions on this to Tony Slusher.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts commended everyone who was on the Perry Fire a couple of nights ago.  Good job by all!

 

  1. Don announced that the new safety glasses are in and will be given out by the Health & Safety Committee soon.  If these are lost, damaged or destroyed when not at a White River incident, it will be the responsibility of the employee to replace them.

 

  1. Don also announced that there is a Board vacancy and for anyone interested in filling that vacancy to please notify the Board of Directors by August 9th.  He has posted a memo on this.

 

  1. Chief Cassin stated that he is working on getting the cable channels back into the fire stations, but the person he needs to speak with about this is on vacation for another week.

 

  1. Chief Cassin announced that we finally have the equivalent of an inter-local agreement with Johnson County for their mapping data so that we can begin using our new software and updating / making our own maps.  Anyone interested in attending training sessions on this software, please let Scott know asap.