White River Township
Fire Department
Senior Staff Meeting
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Present:
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Chief Tibbetts
Chief Cassin
Chief Slauter
Chief Wilson
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Chief Brown
Chief Thacker
Chief Engmark
Lt. Hart
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Kim Clawson
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- Johnson County
officials have asked area police and fire departments to collect money by
this weekend for supplies to be purchased and shipped to a county in Alabama for the
hurricane relief efforts. After
discussion, it was decided that our firefighters would set up a donation table
at this weekend’s Inclusion Fest.
Chief Slauter will contact Andrea Cox regarding the donation drive
the Auxiliary is currently organizing to see if that money can be put
towards the overall drive. Chief
Tibbetts will be sending an email to all employees asking for a $10
donation from each person.
- Steve Coover, Jory Cox and Tony Slusher have been deployed to the
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
- Chief
Thacker reminded everyone of the mandatory officer development class
tomorrow, 0830-1230, here at Headquarters.
- Lt.
Hart discussed the Zoll E Series monitor that
will be rotating all three stations over the next several days.
- Lt.
Hart discussed problems he has been having with personnel from Rural Metro
ambulance. He will continue working
on this issue.
- Lt.
Hart stated that he has been working on the WRTFD
transporting ambulance project. The
personnel budget is almost done and then he will begin work on the expense
budget. He is hoping to be able to
get the EMS Chief to start in January 2007 with the program starting in
possibly July 2007.
- Chief
Slauter stated that he has been working on new policies and will present
them at the next senior staff meeting.
- Chief
Thacker stated that evaluations are beginning to be completed and turned
in.
- Chief
Cassin is working on several policies that have not yet been
developed. He hopes to be able to
have the senior staff begin again on updating the policy manual at the
next senior staff meeting.
- Kyle
Brooks submitted a proposal to Chief Thacker to organize an honor guard. Chief Tibbetts stated that this would be
a strictly volunteer situation.
Chief Engmark will work with Kyle on this and serve as the liaison
to the Chiefs group. The next step
is to develop a list of personnel who are seriously interested in pursuing
this.
- Chief
Thacker will work with Kim on the Awards Banquet. We may try to change the location to Pauly’s Restaurant.
- Strategic
plan was discussed at the last FPDB
meeting. They will begin discussing
this document over the next few district meetings.
- Chief
Cassin stated that the new computer technician has started.
- Chief
Brown stated that an environmental survey has been performed and we are
still waiting on the final results.
They have found mold and dryer dust throughout the station. The company stated that they would have
a preliminary report within three days to know if there are any
toxins. So far we have not heard
from them.
- Chief
Brown stated that our fire ordinance has been read and approved at the
county level and now goes onto the state.
They have removed the portion concerning zero lot lines in order to
make that part of a county wide ordinance.
Preliminary discussions with the county planner indicate the
possibility of requiring sprinklers in structures that are less than 16’
apart.
- Chief
Brown cautioned of recent severe vandalism occurring at the Pinebrook Apartments.
It is escalating so be prepared for worst case scenarios in the
event of a run there. Remember the
structural hazards of the buildings not sitting square on the foundation.
- Chief
Brown inquired on the possibility of starting Lieutenant process and create a
list. Chief Thacker stated that the
promotion process needs to be performed in conjunction with the Safety
Board document. A part time process
will also start soon. Chief Cassin
urged the development of a timeline for the part time process.
- No
further new business and meeting adjourned at 0945.