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August 19, 2008 Fire Department Meeting
HIGHLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING MINUTES August 19, 2008 Members present: Todd Carlson, Sherrie Craft, Jessica Carlson, Marvin Landreth, Ron Cairns, Dawn Ross, Mike Ross, Tim Andrews, guests Kathy and Larry (Gopher Hole Lounge). 6:40 pm the meeting was called to order by Chief Todd Carlson. Minutes were sent by email to the members. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Mike/Dawn. (MC) No treasurer’s report was given. Dawn discussed finances from Grandma’s Marathon to be in a separate account. Members agreed on a separate account. Fire Association Meetings: Douglas County – Poplar. Todd attended the meeting. Open meeting laws were discussed. Annie sent information to Todd about this matter. Business meetings need to be posted in three locations in the town. Posted agendas need to be followed. Dawn presented a program to the association. Wal-Mart will be a sponsor for a 20 man team in 2009 marathon; B.N. will provide uniforms and the lettering on them. Dawn will keep us posted. Fire/EMS Report: 2 motorcycle accidents and 1 lost helicopter. Bob and Andrene were at the first motorcycle accident and the rest of the department was attending river training. Brule was dispatched by mistake to the second accident. Highland was then paged and responded. Old Business: The golf scramble was discussed. The games at different holes were also discussed. A meeting has been set for Friday the 22nd at 6:30 to finish the details. On Sunday, Marvin will take the engine to the course. Make sure you have your gear with you or in the rescue. Todd will bring the brush truck. Discussion was held on the amount of donations and sponsor fees that have been collected so far. Sherrie asked Mike for a complete list of all donations, who they were from and the amounts donated. She also asked for the deposit slips for the fundraiser account. These items are needed for the report to be given to the Town Board. Dawn talked briefly about grants that she has applied for. She has applied to ECE for river rescue equipment, Wausau Paper, Wal-Mart, BN for medical training equipment, Sam’s Club for CPR mannequin and Enbridge. Sherrie asked Dawn for a complete list of these grants including the company name, amount of grant and what was applied for. FEMA Grant-We should have some cost estimates next week. The grant amount really isn’t much. We may need to ask the town for 20 to 30,000 more. We want to do the truck right the first time and not leave anything off that is needed. We will be getting 4 digital mobile radios for our trucks and 1 portable from the OJA grant. The older radios can then go into members vehicles. Mike said that he needs a pager. Todd will send one home with him tonight. If anyone has any problems with radios or pagers, please let Todd know right away. New Business: Dan Diamon is the new liaison for our advance skills. He will be working with the departments, Gold Cross and the state to get everything straight. We are licensed for EPI. We need to look at how to store, where to store and cost. If it is decided to keep the EPI on the rescue, then you must radio that you are going to get the rescue so that everyone knows that it is coming. EMS supplies are getting low and need to be ordered. Todd and Dawn will get together and write up an order. Member’s ems bags need to be checked also. There is an ems bag in the rescue. It just needs a bvm. Todd asked for volunteers to be on the new truck committee. The committee will consist of Todd, Sherrie, Ron, Dawn, Mike and Marvin. September is National Preparedness Month. The letters that Todd received about this will be on the desk if you want to see them. We will discuss ideas for this and decide if we want to do anything. The fliers and inserts were discussed. It was mentioned that we should bring this to the County Association next year as a possibility for the “Be Somebody” campaign. The DNR mock fire will be Saturday, September 20th. Todd needs to know by the 1st who will be attending. WITC training-Driver, operator class will be held in Iron River Oct. 7, 9 and 11th. Entry level will be at Oakland starting Sept. 3rd. Discussion was held on ordering shirts from the fundraiser account. We would like to get more work shirts and have extra on hand for new people or if someone needs one for what ever reason. Purchasing polo shirts was also discussed. We need to order more department patches. We also need to find somewhere to get the rest of the jackets embroidered. The screen on the camera is not working. Dawn volunteered to take the camera to Office Max to see about the warranty and see what can be done. New business from the floor: NONE A motion to adjourn was made by Marvin/Dawn. (MC) Training will be Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 6:30pm at the fire hall. Next Meeting Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 6:30 pm at the fire hall.