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March 3, 2009 Fire Department Meeting

Highland Fire Department
March 3, 2009 

Members present:
Todd Carlson, Sherrie Craft, Marvin Landreth, Kally Ross, Jake Melin,
Misty Francisco, Jeremy Francisco, DJ Ronkainen, Sam Doty and Ron
Cairns.

Meeting
A Town Board Meeting was held before the regular department meeting
concerning the adoption of the Fire Department By-Laws. The town board
also discussed and approved the assignment of Mike Ross as the
treasurer and Marvin Landreth as the secretary of the Fire Department
effective at the next business meeting it was assumed.

7:45pm Meeting was called to order by Chief Todd Carlson.

Minutes were given to the members. A correction to the February
minutes was noted to add Misty Francisco to the attendance record. A
motion to accept the minutes was made by Jake/Kally. (MC)
Treasurer’s Report: None the town board is in possesion of the
fundraiser checkbook.

Correspondence:
Todd has recieved the information for the Tomahawk Fire School.
Depending on the budget, he would like to try to send a couple of our
members. A thank you card was recieved from Tom Renz for the plant
that was given to him while he was in the hospital. Todd mentioned
that the new truck chassis had arrived at the Stainless Steel Repair
Co.

Fire Association Meetings:
Douglas County. Mike Ross attended the meeting. He is not present at
this meeting to give a report. Todd did hear that the county is
looking to set up a county wide SAR team. They would like to see 4-5
members from each department. This would be a good opportunity for our
department since a lot of our members are SAR Certified. Ron would
like to have a refresher class onSAR in the spring.

Fire/EMS Report: Fire/EMS Report:
1 Medical Call and 1 Mutual aid structure fire for Lake
Nebagamon-backed furnace. The thermal imager showed that the furnace
was extremely hot. We used our positive pressure fan for ventilation.
There is a flat tire on the fan that needs to be replaced. Kally
talked about the medical call and said that the patient should have
been transported. Todd informed everyone that the decision to NOT
transport was made by Gold Cross and not by our responders. We do not
make those decisions nor do we diagnose.

Committee Reports:
Grants-Dawn- Not in attendance.
Truck-Darren sent a list to Todd of the equipment that NFPA requires
on an engine to make it a Class 1 Engine. Todd felt that there were
some important items missing from the list and conveyed this to
Darren. Todd asked Darren to add the items to the NFPA list and to
submit what he felt would be approved for the FEMA grant.

Fundraising:
No activity.

Old Business:
We are still awaiting the approval of our raffle license. The required
documents have been re-submitted. The grant for Engine equipment has
been tabled.
The DNR grant is complete. The canceled checks should be back to Annie
and then we can request the funds. They are not allowing extensions
for reqesting the funds so we need to stay on top of this.
Ron asked Marvin to set up a training on driving the new tanker so
that everyone is aware of how to take corners and how the tanker
operates.
Todd addressed the use of the training books. He asked that people
please get them to Ron or himself to be signed off on skills. Todd and
Ron would like to get the training plan created and in place as soon
as possible. The department By-Laws have been adopted by the Town
Board and are now in affect. Please read them and if you have any
questions ask one of the chief officers for clarification, (Todd, Ron
or Sherrie).

Old Business from the Floor:
Julie from WITC sent a notice that the Ice Rescue Class for the
conference has been canceled.

New Business:
The training plan will be worked on using the training books that have
been seen so far.
New business from the floor:
Todd said that he thinks that he has the turnout gear situation
settled for now.
Ron asked about wild land equipment for the new members. Todd stated
that he feels that we should have enough but we may need to order a
shirt or two and maybe a helmet. Todd wants to do a wild land training
at his hunting shack as soon as it is dry.
Jeremy asked about the process of doing a live building burn if we
have a building to use. Discussion was held on the process for
approval.
A motion to adjourn was made by Kally/DJ. (MC)

Training will be Tuesday, March 17, 2009@ 6:30pm at the fire hall.
Training will be Tuesday, March 17, 2009@ 6:30pm at the fire hall.

Next Meeting will be Tuesday, April 7, 2009 @ 6:30 pm at the fire
hall.

Archive

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April 27, 2012 Special Town Board Meeting

April 26, 2012 Town Plan Commission

April 10, 2012 Annual Meeting

April 10, 2012 Regular Town Board Meeting

March 26, 2012 Special Town Board Meeting

March 20, 2012 Special Town Board Meeting

March 13, 2012 Regular Town Board Meeting

March 5, 2012 Special Town Board Meeting

February 27, 2012 Special Town Board Meeting

February 14, 2012 Regular Town Board Meeting