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May 6, 2008 Fire Department Meeting
HIGHLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETING MINUTES May 6, 2008 Members present: John Prohaska, Sherrie Craft, Todd Carlson, Matt Carlson, Ron Cairns, Ken Wilk, Mary Davidson, Dawn Ross, Mike Ross, Kally Ross, Jake Meline, Tim Andrews and Marvin Landreth. 6:43 pm the meeting was called to order by Chief John Prohaska. Minutes from the last meeting were given to members. Motion to accept minutes made by Kally and seconded by Jake. Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report was given. Motion to accept the report made by Jake and seconded By Kally. Motion carried. Fire Association Meetings: Douglas County – Lakeside. The “Be Somebody” commercials were discussed. The filming was completed and the commercials should start running within a week. Lee Kennedy stated that a few of our responders still needed to complete WMD and/or some advanced skills. Fire/EMS Report: 1 Alarm Call – April 15th around 4-4:30. We did not get the run number or the times for that call. The person that takes the call or truck should be the person completing the run form. There is an electronic copy of the form on the computer in the office. Committee Report: Bingo – Marvin is not willing to do the Bingo Games any longer. He has told the Lake Nebagamon Association of his decision. It was discussed that the members of the department should have been consulted before any decision was made. Dawn felt that we had not given enough time to the project and that we are letting down the businesses that did support us with donations. A letter to all of the community should be published thanking them for all of their support. Marvin will go back to the Nebagamon Association and determine what their feelings are on this issue. A final decision will be tabled until our next meeting. Old Business: Combi tube training is to be held May 13th. There was talk that the members were not comfortable with this training. Discussion was held on future plans to join with Barnes so that we can use our skills to the full extent. At the moment, our medical director will only allow us to do the EPI portion. We are not allowed to even back board a patient. A long discussion was held on the pros and cons of learning combi tube, medical direction, integrating with Barnes, and in house training to maintain skill levels. It was decided to hold the training. John will send the registration forms. New Business: The Brush Truck is back in service after being vandalized. A bill for the repair is being sent to us. Todd was asked to get a bid from Copps and Red for the repair and to call with the info. He called Janice and got permission to take the truck to Red for the repair. Dawn asked what was being done about the break in as far as reports and police involvement. We do not have any information other than the police were here and filed a report. Janice is not giving any information about the incident to us. When you are leaving the building, please try the door to make sure it is locked. A copy of your First responder licenses are needed for our files and the large card needs to be kept here at the hall. Please turn these in as soon as you can. The “Be Somebody” event is Friday, May 16th at 3:30 in Brule. This is where the event starts. We need drivers for some of the trucks on that day. Todd and Sherrie will be available to drive. Everyone is welcome to attend. Discussion was held on where we want to set up after the kick off. Most of the members would like to set up in the far end of the parking lot of the Gopher Hole. Ron will look into it. John stated that we should see what Barnes is doing since we usually stage with them. Some members felt that we did not need to ask Barnes what they were going to do; we should make our own plans. John said that he and Sherrie would talk to Tom about it. The 6 month evaluation form needs to be composed. Sherrie said that she would ask Tom if he could help her with that. Ballots were inspected by the members and verified that they had not been opened. Secretary, Sherrie Craft opened the ballots and tallied the results before all of the members that were in attendance. Totals were as follows: John Prohaska – 5, Todd Carlson – 10, Ron Cairns – 1. The Chief beginning June 3, 2008 will be Todd. Nominations for Assistant Chief were opened. Mike nominated Ron. Ron accepted the nomination. Kally nominated Ken. Ken declined the nomination. Nominations were called for three times. Nominations were closed. Ron will be Assistant Chief. Nominations for Secretary/Treasurer were opened. Matt nominated Sherrie. She accepted the nomination. Nominations were called three times. Sherrie will remain the Secretary/Treasurer. New business form the floor: Todd: The air hose has been removed from the engine. The brakes are leaking air and the compressor was running continuously. Todd was afraid that the compressor would burn up so he disconnected it until the brakes can be repaired. Mike – Gave a sincere Thank You to John for all of his hard work and all the wonderful things he accomplished for the department. A motion to adjourn was made by Matt/Ken. MC Training will be Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 6:30pm at the fire hall. Next Meeting Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 6:30 pm at the fire hall.