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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.