White River Township Fire Department

Senior Staff Meeting

July 24, 2003

 

Present:

[P]  Chief Tibbetts

[P ] Chief  Cassin

[P ]  Chief Brown

 

[]  Chief Slauter

[P ]  Chief Thacker

[P ]  Chief Young

 

[P]  Kim Clawson

[ ]  Others:

 

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts stated that no decision has been made regarding the insurance proposals.  He asked that Kim place this on the next District Board’s agenda.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts still has no certificate of insurance from Ed Carlson.

 

  1. Personnel updates:

-    Mike Phillips did have his 72 hours and was not terminated.

-         Tony Slusher has sent letters of termination to Rick Taylor and Scott McCaughna.

-         Ed Carlson is on a 6 month leave.  Any Battalion who sees him while he is mowing needs to get his gear  back.  This leave expires January 22, 2004.  Chief Thacker will enter Ed’s training hours for the Driver Operator class he took at C-9.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts received letters of intent for the next Paramedic course from Lori White, Joe Green, Bill MacGregor and Jason Bailey.  Chief Tibbetts stated that he will have the two candidates sign a contract agreeing to work here for 3 years after completion of the Paramedic course.  He will obtain this contract from Brian or Tricia.  After discussion, it was agreed that Lori White and Joe Green should be offered the course positions.  Chief Tibbetts will contact them next week.  Should either of them not pass the tests to gain entry to the course, it will then be offered to Jason Bailey, then Bill MacGregor.

 

  1. No further action has been taken by Greg Maxwell regarding his grievance.  August 5th is the next corporation Board meeting.  Chief Tibbetts will follow the state statute regarding grievances and will address this at the corporation Board meeting.  Because Greg has not followed through, it was agreed that this is a ‘dead’ issue.

 

  1. Chief Cassin stated that training sessions cannot be coded separately (on duty vs. off duty) in Firehouse.  It was agreed that people should not be close enough for this to effect their minimum hours.

 

  1. Station 53 storage room was approved.  Chief Cassin will notify Lt. Smith to start the work.

 

  1. Ryan Cox has offered to mark all FD tools with a color code.  They should also be marked with WRTFD.  This was approved and Chief Cassin will notify Ryan.

 

  1. Discussion on command packet tabled until next Senior Staff meeting, when Chief Slauter can be present.

 

  1.   Discussion on dispatch issues tabled until next Senior Staff meeting, when Chief Slauter can be present.

 

  1.   The special events radio has been located.  Chief Young will notify Mike Combs to pull the theft report.

 

  1.   Chief Cassin will be developing a specific policy, effective August 1, regarding use of the pool car.  The priority of that vehicle is that it is a backup for the Chiefs, it is used by Prevention Division, then any other department issues, as approved. 

 

  1.   Chief Thacker will be attending a meeting tonight regarding the State Road 37 to I-69 project.

 

  1. Chief Brown stated that the Center Grove School Corporation has sent a letter releasing the WRTFD for any liability resulting from injuries sustained regarding gymnasium issues at the new middle school.

 

  1. Discussion ensued regarding EMS program issues.  Because of the confidential nature of the discussion, minutes were not recorded.