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To: Jacksonport Town Board
From: Jacksonport Advisory Fire Committee
Date: February 11, 2010
Re: Minutes JAFC 1/11/2010
1, 2 The Jacksonport Fire Advisory Committee held its meeting January 11, 2010 at the town hall. Paul Ozburn called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Committee members present: Al Scharrig, Paul Ozburn, J.R. Jarosh, Tom Wilson, and Fire Chief Tom Ash. Absent: Eric Wickstrom Guest: Aaron LeClair.
3. Paul asked for a motion to approve the agenda, Al moved and J.R. seconded, all in favor.
4. Paul asked for a motion to approve the October, 2009 minutes. J.R. moved to approve the minutes, Al seconded, all were in favor.
5. Tom updated the committee on Fire Department activity; there were 40 calls in 2009 vs. 22 calls in 2008. Details for each call were shown on an attached report.
6. There was no public comment.
7. Old Business:
7a. 2009 Budget Update: Budget was exceeded due to higher wages as a direct result of an increased number of fire calls in 2009.
7b. 2010 Budget will be 6% higher due to a 10% increase in Capital Outlay for payment on the new brush truck.
7c. The decision at the October 2009 meeting of this committee to dispose of the historically significant Mack truck fire engine will most likely result in the Town donating the truck to the Jacksonport Historical Society.
7d. The new brush truck is nearing completion. It is at the manufacturer and in line to be worked on, with a projected completion date of late February or early March, 2010.
8. New Business
8a. Advisory Fire Committee Reorganization. 2010 Officers were voted upon with a motion by Tom, seconded by Al with Chairman Paul Ozburn, Vice-Chairman Tom Wilson and Secretary Eric Wickstrom all retaining their positions for another year. The end of all of Advisory Fire Committee member terms was shared as follows:
Tom Wilson 2010, Paul Ozburn 2011, Al Scharrig 2012, Eric Wickstrom 2013, J.R. Jarosh 2014.
8b. Fire Chief Tom Ash reviewed with committee members the department’s Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for Standards of Conduct, Grievance Procedures, Harassment, Computer Usage, the Emergency Services Agreement and HIPPA and also the department’s Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) for Turn-Out Gear, Personal Accountability, the Safety Committee (which replaces the department’s safety officer), Apparatus & Equipment Readiness, Apparatus & Equipment Weekly Inspections, Weekly Inspections, Vehicular Response Safety, Backing Up Vehicles, Responding in Private Vehicles, Full Response to Structure Fires, Partial Response with Brush Truck, Mutual Aid Response, Northern Door Mutual Aid Response and Command Post. After a discussion of each topic with minor wording changes made through out, Paul made a motion to approve the discussed SOP and BPG, second by Tom, all in favor.
8c. JFD Long Range Plan 2020. Per the Town Board’s request, the Fire Department and this committee was asked to brainstorm/discuss/plan for the Fire Department’s future needs, including equipment needs, facility needs (logistics and location), personnel needs (education, recruitment, retention), technology, promotion of (marketing) department, funding (grants, town budget, fundraising). All committee members were asked to brainstorm about these topics to prepare for a discussion at the next Advisory Fire Committee meeting.
8d. Fire department plans to release the old brush truck to the town once the new brush truck arrives were discussed & voted on. Motion by Paul, second by Al, all approved to release the truck.
9. Paul thanked Tom Ash and Aaron LeClair for all of their help with the Advisory Fire Committee.
10. Agenda for the next Advisory Fire Committee meeting will include more SOP & BGP reviews, discussion about 2020 Long Range Plan, and 2010 Budget Updates.
11. JAFC meeting was adjourned at 8:50pm to watch Aaron LeClair’s audio-visual presentation, “Firefighting 101”
12. Informative Fire Department presentation by Aaron was “Firefighting 101”, detailing the department’s fire ground operations using audio and video footage taken during a recent training burn.
Submitted by J.R. Jarosh, guest secretary.
Archive:
February 11, 2010 Jacksonport Advisory Fire Committee Meeting
February 1, 2010 Jacksonport Parks Committee
January 26, 2010 Town Board Meeting
December 15, 2009 Town Board Meeting
November 12, 2009 TOWN OF JACKSONPORT BUDGET HEARING
October 27, 2009 TOWN OF JACKSONPORT BOARD MEETING
September 28, 2009 Jacksonport Community Marketing Fund
September 22, 2009 TOWN OF JACKSONPORT BOARD MEETING
September 12, 2009 TOWN OF JACKSONPORT BOARD OF REVIEW (BOR
August 25, 2009 TOWN OF JACKSONPORT BOARD MEETING