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MCFTOA
MEETING MINUTES OF
October 13, 2005 Salinas Rural Fire District

 Meeting called to order at 1040 hours by:   President Deano Lindsey

Members Present:

Deano Lindsey Carmel Valley Fire
Jacob Artiaga   Soledad Fire
Rich Foster       Speckles Fire
Ron Stefani        North County Fire
Stewart Roth      Monterey Fire
Sid Turner          Salinas Fire
Dan Gearhart     Seaside Fire
David Sargenti   Salinas Rural Fire

  1. Approval of Minutes:

Motion was made by Foster, 2nd by Turner to approve the September minutes as posted on the website. Motion Passed.

 

  1. Treasury Report:

Current Balance is $34,151.61.

 

  1. Correspondence/ Announcements:

§         Nominations for the Ed Bent Training Officer of the Year are due. Contact President Lindsey if there are any nominations.
 

  1. Committee Reports
    1. ICS:    

                                                               i.      Roth requested that in addition to the classes mentioned last month (STL/DIV and OPS) he would like to attempt to schedule a Safety Officer class with Mike Bryant out of Los Angles. Roth to make the arrangements.

                                                             ii.      General discussion on the feasibility of hosting other ICS classes. Resource and Situation Status classes will be looked into by North County Fire, Stefani. In addition the group would like to look at hosting a Planning Section and Logistics Section classes. It was decided that the prerequisites for each of these should be conducted prior to offering those classes.
 

    1. Wild land:          No Report
       
    1. Fire Library:     Nothing new to report
       
    1. Programs:

                                                               i.      Highway Safety:  Nothing further to report. The group suggested that President Lindsey draft a letter to the Fire Chiefs for direction with regards to the Law Enforcement side of the program. General discussion regarding the implementation of the program followed.
 

    1. Training and Standards: No Report

 

    1. Website:                       No Report
       
    1. Golf tournament:           No Report
       
  1. Old Business:

                                                               i.      Vehicle Extrication class will be offered in Moss Landing on December 3rd and 4th. This is a free class to all participants. Flyer will follow.

                                                             ii.      A class will soon be offered by LN Curtis regarding use of TIC. No further information available.

                                                            iii.      EMS Liaison Report-   Westmed was the main topic of discussion. There will be a collaborative effort to standardize agreements for ambulance personnel while they are at fire stations. Salinas Fire is working on a draft. General Discussion occurred regarding the Westmed contract.
 

  1. New Business:

                                                               i.      On November 28th, Salinas Fire will have the North Tree Fire Simulator at their Station 3 for some live fire training. Turner invited all departments that have personnel interested in participating in this training to contact him with the number of persons. Turner explained that they are anticipating time in the afternoon to accommodate other departments.

 

VII.       Good of the Order:               Nothing to add

 

  1. Adjournment:    1130 hours.