White River Township Fire Department

            Senior Staff Meeting

           

            Thursday, April 29, 2004

 

 

                       

Present:       .

Chief Tibbetts

Chief Cassin

Chief Slauter

Chief Brown

Chief Thacker

Chief Young

Kim Clawson

 

 

 

  1. Meeting called to order at 8:11 a.m.

 

  1. Dudley Senefeld is working on concept design for what will fit on the station 52 room addition.  Chief Tibbetts stated that Lt. Smith’s project right now is the restrooms at station 52.  After the concept design is created then Lt. Smith will be the contact.  Until then, Chief Tibbetts is the contact person.  Dudley Senefeld is working on concept design for what will fit on the station 51 lot.  Chief Tibbetts stated that not everyone needs to be included in this project.  He also stated that he was upset that he was not being included in various department projects and that would cease immediately.

 

  1. Jackie Emmons, the new receptionist, starts May 24.  Chief has narrowed it down to 10 people; the top two finished close.  She was chosen based on her longer tenure at her jobs than the other person did.  Anything that the receptionist or Kim are to do is to be cleared through the Chief first.

 

  1. 20 applications returned for part time process.  Amy reviewed them yesterday and 2 of those don’t qualify.  Chief Slauter is sending them letters explaining that they don’t qualify and that they will remain in the file for the next process.  Written exam is 0800 on May 15 and will be immediately followed by physical agility, which is being headed by Lieutenant Wilson.  Interviews are May 19-21 and will be conducted by two corporation personnel and one career personnel.  Orientation is June 7 & 8 and they must attend one of the two.  June 14 is their Battalion ride time.  Once they are competent, they will be released to work on duty hours.

 

  1. Career hiring process is still on track and their written exam is May 8.

 

  1. Vacation calendar is now in reception area and all approved requests for 2004 are entered.

 

  1. Bluff Road house fire participants asked Chief Young to forward their thanks to our department.  Congratulations to Chief Thacker on a great job organizing this event.

 

  1. Chief Young accepted into National Fire Academy courses May 29-30 and June 1-2.

 

  1. Chief Young on vacation 15-22.

 

  1. Chief Young reports that the new golf shirts are a “hit” with the crews.

 

  1. Please remind your personnel when they need to wear their safety vests.

 

  1. Chief Slauter reports that after the past 3 or 4 shifts the A shift has found the seat belt sensors disconnected on Engine 52.  This is a recurring problem and it’s not certain if it’s occurring on B Shift or C Shift.  Chief Young will draft a memo addressing this issue.  Chief Tibbetts stated that there will be no memo – he will address this personally with the station 52 crews.  Chief Cassin stated that there still needs to be a memo drafted reminding everyone that seatbelt usage is MANDATORY.

 

  1. Chief Cassin stated that the computer system is now up and running.  Kim thanked him for his 60 and 80 hour work weeks while this was getting done.

 

  1. Chief Cassin is off next week.  Chief Tibbetts will be out many of those days as well.  Chief Slauter will be in command those days that Chief Tibbetts is out.  Chief Tibbetts stated that he will be off May 4th because he is working the election.

 

  1. 2005 budget is similar to the 2004 budget, with the exception of a full year of salaries.  We are also changing out two staff cars and replacing the current grass rig, which will become a maintenance vehicle.  The budget draft will be presented to the district board at Tuesday night’s meeting.  Chief Cassin has included a Monday through Friday training chief in this budget.  He feels that with the large addition of our full time staff this year, we will definitely need a daily training person next year.  Everyone agreed with Chief Cassin’s plan and there was no further discussion.  He also stated that he anticipates the long term plan being worked on and completed during May.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts reported that Tricia Leminger has said that if the wireless networking company that we have been working with is the only company around, we can go ahead and work with them without the need for three quotes.  This will be addressed at the District board meeting Tuesday night.

 

  1. Chief Tibbetts spoke with Joe Pitcher yesterday.  Joe has money coming in this year and next year for getting digital radios for all fire departments.