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White River Township Fire Protection District |
| Senior Staff Meeting | |
| February 20, 2003 ~ 0900 hours | |
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Present: Chief
Tibbetts
Deputy Chief Cassin
Fire Marshal Brown
Battalion Chiefs Slauter, Thacker and Young
Administrative Assistant
Kim Clawson.
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Chief Cassin called the meeting to order at 0910 hrs.
1. The Crown Victoria has been sold to Kevin Skipper.
2. Staffing and apparatus issues. After discussion, it was agreed that when station 52 reopens, the fourth person will be moved to station 51. The tanker will be moved back to station 52. Current tactical will also be moved back to station 52. Chief Tibbetts disagrees with staffing but will allow the majority decision to stand. All riders will be scheduled at station 52 first.
3. Minimum staffing will be 10 people. If necessary, pull the fourth person from the Rescue before cutting the Aerial staffing.
4. Chief Tibbetts has ordered FDIC tickets for all career personnel as well as the 24 hour part-time shift personnel. These tickets are good for everything except Monday & Tuesday. Be sure to return your pass to Chief Tibbetts if you cannot use it so that someone else may. Also, please let him know what days you will be going. Instruct personnel under you to do the same. If you are on duty, you will be allowed to go, but you must come right back.
5. Grooming policy will be reviewed by the Health & Safety Division (Chief Young). Some personnel have facial hair issues which need to be dealt with.
6. Chief Cassin distributed policies from the policy manual to the appropriate Battalion Chiefs. Please make suggestions for changes/additions/deletions and bring to next senior staff meeting. Scott advised to pay special attention to how something is worded (ie: instead of "Community Hospital", it should say "sponsoring hospital").
7. Chief Tibbetts stated that he is to be the one to approve all leave requests, not the Battalion Chiefs. Reminder that two weeks notice is required when possible. Once Chief Tibbetts has approved these requests, he will forward to the appropriate Battalion Chief for entries in the Battalion Log and the wall calendar.
8. Chief Cassin gave a brief scheduling proposal. (Attached) Everyone agreed with the concept and Chief Cassin is to continue development and implementation.
9. Mutual aid discussions with Greenwood Fire Department are complete.
10. Chief Young proposed to have career shifts scheduled 0700-0700 instead of 0800-0800. Staff personnel would work 0700-1500. No problems with this proposal were heard. Chief Tibbetts will check into the feasibility of doing this.
11. Discussion on E53 hose bed. Everyone feels that as long as the hose continues to be racked properly, there will be no need to purchase an air foil.
12. Chief Thacker stated that there will be a Fire Officer I class in March and Fire Officer II class in April.
In May we will be hosting a Safety Officer class (this is a grant class so the State will be paying the instructor fees).
Chief Thacker stated that we will also begin Officer
Development class which will include modules on Leadership,
Strategy & Tactics, and Incident
Command. These modules will be completed by the end of the year.
We will be conducting an Aerial Operator class
sometime this summer. If someone is certified as an Aerial Operator,
try to get them scheduled at Station
53 as much as possible so they can become familiar with that truck.
Chief Thacker will be distributing monthly chauffeur drills to the Battalion Chiefs for distribution among their shifts.
13. Chief Young stated that he is getting information on the Small Pox vaccination. The Department will need to decide soon if this is something we will want to pursue.
14. Chief Young stated that we need to develop a fire gear budget but, due to time constraints today, discussion can be tabled until the next meeting.
15. Chief Young stated that he would like to see at least a basic set of equipment on each staff vehicle (fire extinguisher, bag valve mask, oxygen, etc.). He would also like to see AEDs on each staff vehicle but we will need to pursue a grant for this.
16. Chief Young would like to see gear racks at the stations for on duty crews to use. He will check with Lt. Alford on construction costs involved.
17. Chiefs Young and Brown have implemented a school lunch program where the on duty crews will eat lunch at the schools on Thursdays. Chief young has a schedule that he will distribute, as well as guidelines. Any questions, please see him. Also, please let him know of your thoughts (whether good or bad) regarding this program.
18. Chief Tibbetts is working on developing a WRTFD response to Homeland Security. Everyone feels that we should have someone in charge of this. Chief Young volunteered as it falls under Health and Safety. Chief Slauter also volunteered as it also falls under Operations. Both will head this project.
19. Brief discussion on the 2003 FEMA grant. Thoughts for grant requests include: Training, Gear, Extinguisher Equipment, Rescue Equipment, Haz Mat, Plymo Vents, Employee Assistance Programs and Opticom Systems. We will have a better idea of what to apply for once we attend the grant writing workshop on March 4th.
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Tibbetts: |
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Cassin: |
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Brown: |
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Thacker: |
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Slauter: |
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Young / Slauter: |
Ø Work together to develop WRTFD response to Homeland Security. |
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Young: |
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Clawson: |
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