White River Township Fire Department

            Senior Staff Meeting

           

            Wednesday, November 26, 2003

 

 

                       

Present:       .

Chief Tibbetts

Chief Cassin

Chief Slauter

Chief Brown

Chief Thacker

Chief Young

Kim Clawson

 

 

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts thanked everyone for their help with the maximum tax levy appeal.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts announced that he is working on a project that will team all fire districts in Indiana to appeal to the state legislation to allow for emergency loans.

 

  1. Chief Brown reminded everyone that if an incident involves a fire, you must assign an investigator and you must determine a cause & origin.  Chief Thacker suggested organizing a training session with company officers so they know too.

 

  1. Chief Cassin is working on updating the department cameras.

 

  1. Chief Thacker urged that we need to fund all PL, PA and Vacations next year so that they can be filled with another full time person.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts reminded everyone that you are not to respond on runs unless you are called for.

 

  1. Chauffeur shift changes will be left as they currently are.  If everyone individually agrees to change to 0700 hours, then it will change.  Otherwise, it stays at 0800.

 

  1. Chief Young discussed the Special Operations division.  Lieutenant Settles has requested additional personnel to supplement his division.  He originally requested additional full time Lieutenants.  However, they are all assigned to other areas and we are not going to add to their job responsibilities.  It was agreed that Lieutenant Settles could utilize part time personnel to further develop his division.  Chief Tibbetts will discuss this with him after the regular staff meeting.

 

  1. Kim stated that she would like everyone to submit ideas for the December staff luncheon on December 18.

 

  1. Kim reminded everyone that time sheets need to be submitted on time.

 

  1. Kim asked everyone to pitch in an help keep the reception/copier area clean.

 

  1. Kim will begin working on the awards banquet soon.  Watch your emails and mailboxes for more information.

 

  1. The second round of evaluations will be going out soon.  Please try to get them completed and returned in a timely manner.

 

  1. Kim handed out personal usage mileage sheets for the Chiefs.  Please get them back to her by the end of next week.

 

  1. Chief Slauter stated that there will be a 800mhz radio placed in the pool car.

 

  1. Chief Slauter stated that we will now be receiving replies on incident reports submitted to dispatch.

 

  1. Reminder that the Chiefs need to schedule all Lieutenants where they best suit the department. 

 

  1. All 800mhz radios are to be addressed to Chief Slauter first.  He will handle delegation of any needed issues.

 

  1. Radios are not to be “worn” while on station.  Batteries need to be checked out at the beginning of every shift.  Chief Slauter will investigate batteries.

 

  1. Chief Slauter will address with the maintenance division for them to begin adding ongoing status notes on all maintenance entries in FireHouse.

 

  1. Chief Young stated that he will be out of state attending a class from Dec 4 – 10.

 

 

 

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