White River Township Fire Protection District

Senior Staff Meeting Minutes                                                                                                           April 16, 2001

 

 

Present:                Chief Tibbetts, Chief Brown, Chief Cassin, Chief Thacker and Kim Clawson

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Meeting called to order at 1300 hours.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that he and Chief Thacker met with Chiefs White and Pruitt from Bargersville Fire Department this morning.  The meeting went extremely well and we are working on dual responses between our agencies.  We will be automatically responding to 300 N in their area.  Chief White stated that if we heard it on the radio that we could go ahead and respond before we were dispatched.  They will be providing us with a Knox Box key for Engine 51 and Engine 53.  They would like to begin inter-department trainings on RIT and aerial operations.  Every month there will be a Chiefs meeting between our two agencies.  We are also automatically responding to the High School.  Effective immediately, we can proceed to the school if we are the first ones on the scene and not just stand by outside.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts is still in contact with Chief Dhondt from Greenwood to try to establish automatic aid agreements.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts will be conducting an informal investigation as to why it took one of our crews at least 5 minutes to respond on mutual aid on smoke in a residence with Bargersville last week.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts discussed personnel placement and shift assignments when we move to station 53.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts will be covering the A shift battalion chief position for all 24 hours Monday through Friday.  Someone will still need to pick up the weekend A shift battalion positions.  He is doing this to try to alleviate some of the budget strain.  He has notified the District Board that he will not be expecting compensation for this, but he will be taking flex time on a 1:1 basis for time accrued.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts is still working with Greg Stanley of Perry Township FD on obtaining a dual response zone along County Line Road.  When station 53 opens, it is possible that they will request Engine 53 as far north as Southport Road.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts has received a final set of specs for Engine 53 and will be contacting Steve Swails soon.

 

  1. Chief Cassin presented a new format for the schedule that puts each month for each station on one page.  He plans on completely doing away with the paper schedule and going completely to a computerized system.  This new system would also be available as a download from the Internet.

 

  1. Chief Brown stated that he would like everyone’s ideas/input/suggestions on the Fire Chief’s process.