White River Township Fire Protection District

Senior Staff Meeting Minutes                                                                                                           August 6, 2001

 

 

Present:                Chief Tibbetts, Chief Brown, Chief Thacker, Lieutenant Settles, Carey Slauter and Kim Clawson.

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Meeting called to order at 0900 hours.

 

  1. Chief Thacker reported that the committee has completed the current BC & LT hiring process.  He will send a letter to the candidates and explain that their name is on the list and give the date that the list expires.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that once we have hired the next Battalion Chief and Lieutenant, he would like to meet again to re-create the 5 year plan, as well as a 10 year vision. 

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that the stations have been extremely dirty lately.  The crews have been lax in doing the duties and the officers have been lax in not enforcing that they get done.  This must stop immediately!  Chief Tibbetts will issue a memo on this.

 

  1. When the four Lieutenants are hired in January, the Corporation will lose those positions, resulting in a budget excess of officer stipends.  Chief Tibbetts will be proposing that the Corporation a lot that money to those personnel serving as shift officers who are not officers.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts is working with Dan Maple regarding co-staffing a fire station at the proposed government center. 

 

  1. Station 51 sewer is still not completed.  Chief Tibbetts will be going to station 51 today to see what the current hold up is.

 

  1. Steve Swails is still working on the damage estimates for Engine 51.

 

  1. FEMA contacted us last week wanting to know how our 10% matching contribution was going to be funded.  This came approximately one week after we were requested to provide direct deposit information to them.  Therefore, we are very confident that we have received the fitness grant.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that with Chief Cassin’s background and education, he feels that he would better serve the department in an Administrative position.  Therefore, in 2003 he will try to move Chief Cassin into a M-F Administrative Chief’s position.

 

  1. Chief Thacker stated that there would be no training this week due to the extreme heat.  Regular training will occur as normal, and will cover Tanker Operations.  He will be training at the house Tuesday night with his Driver Operator class from C-9.  He is planning on completely razing the house Friday morning, rain or shine.

 

  1. Chief Thacker stated that Rick Cooley has constructed a siphon dump that will be very useful when two dump tanks are set up on a scene.

 

  1. Discussion regarding high run responses to 697 S. Peterman Road, usually on lifting assists.  This location has taken our crews out of service when other, ALS runs have been dispatched.  This is unacceptable.  Chief Tibbetts directed Chief Brown to determine the number of times we have been there recently, and the nature of the run, and then to contact Johnson County Adult Protective Services if necessary.