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July 1, 2008 Fire Department Meeting

HIGHLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT 
MEETING MINUTES
July 1, 2008

Members present: Todd Carlson, Sherrie Craft, Ron Cairns, Jessica
Carlson, Marvin Landreth, Ken Wilk, Dawn Ross and Kally Ross.

6:35 pm the meeting was called to order by Chief Todd Carlson.
Tony Sullivan from Norwood Golf talked about our golf tournament to be
held August 24th at his course.  It was decided that a 5 person
scramble works the best.  There will be games at different locations
on the course for a small fee.  This will give the teams a chance to
win more and provide more income for the department.  Our members will
be needed to work at sign in, games, food and drink cart.
Kathy Emmons has a list of businesses to contact for door prizes.  The
beer and soft drink companies will provide posters and fliers free of
charge to promote the event.  Kathy will be placing ads in the
newspapers. There will also be radio advertising. Discussion was held
about raffles and what is needed to have them.  We need to come up
with a name for the tournament.  After the golfing is finished, there
will be a potluck dinner, drawing for prizes and entertainment at the
Gopher Hole Lounge.  Kathy and Tony were thanked for all of there time
and help in getting the tournament arranged.

Minutes were given to the members.  A motion to accept the minutes was
made by Kally/Ron. (MC)
Treasurer’s report was given. A motion to accept the report was made
by Marvin/Kally. (MC)

Fire Association Meetings:  Douglas County – Oakland.  Todd attended
the meeting and reported that most of the discussion was about
fireworks and whose responsibility it was to control their use.

Fire/EMS Report:  3 Medical – 1 Chest pain, 1 lift assist and 1
possible heart.

Old Business:  Discussion was held about the 4th of July Parades.  We
will meet here at the hall at 10am and leave for Barnes at 10:30. 
Lake Nebagamon lineup is at 3pm.
Todd explained what the new truck captains are responsible for. 
Assignments are: Kally – Rescue, Brush Truck – Matt, Tanker – Marvin
and Engine – Mike.  Since Mike isn’t here tonight, Todd will talk to
him to see if he wants the position.
A proposal was written By Todd and Tom for the integration of our EMS
into Barnes.  Dawn would like to hold a special meeting to discuss the
pros and cons of such an action.  Todd will arrange a meeting.
The DNR Grant has been submitted.  We have applied for 14 pair of wild
land boots, a Thermogel eductor, 2 pails of Thermogel, 4 Bladder bags,
hand tools and 1 digital portable radio.  Todd is in the process of
applying for the OJA grant for digital radios. 
Dawn has been looking for available grants that we may be eligible
for.  She has applied for a Wausau Paper grant for a 6 wheel ATV. 
Discussion was held on other grants such as East Central Energy, BNSF
and Wal-Mart.
Members were asked to keep their long and short term goal worksheets
until the next meeting.
Steve Kelsey has a building to burn.  Todd and Ron will look into this
and obtain the necessary permits.
The hallway is finished.  Todd is doing the drywall mudding.  Everyone
is invited to help. 

New Business: The PASS Alarms are all working.  Todd would like
everyone to take one and use it with your wild land gear.  They can
also be used for search and rescue.  Remember to turn them on.
Marvin has a new computer program for tracking the maintenance done on
all of the trucks.  It can also generate an inventory report.
Todd would like to possibly hold a Rendezvous here in Highland.  The
town does not have an event so he would like to get the town
interested in this project.  Members were asked their opinion about
this idea.  The members agreed that it was a good idea and so Todd
will present the idea to the town board at their July 14th meeting.  A
committee was formed for the Rendezvous consisting of: Todd, Sherrie,
Matt, Marvin and Dawn. 
New business from the floor:  NONE
A motion to adjourn was made by Kally/Dawn. (MC)


Training will be Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 6:30pm at the fire hall.
Next Meeting Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 6:30 pm at the fire hall.

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