White River Township Fire Department

Senior Staff Meeting

Thursday, December 18, 2003

Present: .

Chief Tibbetts Chief Cassin Chief Slauter

Chief Brown Chief Thacker Chief Young

Kim Clawson

1. Meeting called to order at 0810 hours.

2. Chief Cassin will be issuing a memo stating that bay heaters are to left at a specific temperature and that smokers need to be completely outside, with doors SHUT, when they are smoking.

3. Chief Cassin gave an update on the vanity plates that he is proposing.

4. Chief Cassin distributed a capital projects list.

5. Discussion on how to better organize weekday events (training, schools, preplans, etc.) to allow for as much personal time for the crews, as well as getting Lieutenants more time during the day to perform their duties. Final recommendations should be presented at the January 8 senior staff meeting.

6. Chief Tibbetts suggested combining staff and senior staff meetings. General consensus was that the meetings needed to stay separate.

7. Chief Cassin will be issuing a memo stating that no personal vehicles or apparatus are to be washed in the bays. Vehicles may be washed on the aprons if it above 32 degrees and are to be limited to once per day. Please monitor your own shift.