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MCFTOA MEETING
MINUTES OF - November 14, 2002
Marina Public Safety

Meeting called to order at 10:35 by President Brown
Members Present:

David Brown Pacific Grove Fire Dept
Catey Trenner CDF/PEB/CYP/CHF
Deano Lindsey Carmel Valley Fire Dept
Michael Urquides Salinas Rural Fire Dept
Ian Larkin Aromas Tri-Co Fire Dept
Phil Matteson CDF
Jesse Casillas Soledad Fire Dept
Dan Gearhart Seaside Fire Dept
Miles Schuler Carmel Valley Fire Dept
Harald Kelley Marina DPS
Peggy Earl EMS
Greg Dukart EMS

  1. Approval of Minutes:

    2. Motion to approve October minutes by M. Schuler, second by I. Larkin. Minutes approved.

  2. Treasury Report:

    3. Beginning balance of $17,252.08

    Inflow 15,343.00

    Outflow 8,547.08

    Ending balance of $24,048.00

    Motion to approve Treasure’s report made by D. Gearhart, second by M. Urquides. Treasure’s report passed.

  3. Correspondence/Announcements:

    4. Joe Doherty from Cal State University Long Beach gave a presentation on a Bachelor of Science Degree program for Emergency Services Personnel. He is hoping to gain interest in the area to bring a "Distance Learning" program to the local area for people to get a college degree. For more information contact Dan Gearhart who is currently a student at dgearhar@ci.seaside.ca.us or Joe Doherty, a part-time instructor for CSULB at joedohcsulb@aol.com . The website for the program is www.csulb.edu/depts/ocst/distlearn.htm .

  4. Committee Reports:
    1. ICS:

*I-300 will be held February 3,4,5 followed by I-400 on Feb. 5,6,7, 2003 at CDF Monterey Headquarters ECC Expanded room (down below).

*Strike Team Ldr / Division/Group Supervisor class will be February 17 – 20, 2003 also at CDF-Monterey HQ Expanded.

*For the above classes…contact Chief Matteson at Phil.Matteson@fire.ca.gov or 333-2600 for information.

*J. Trenner is finalizing instructors and dates for Ops Section Chief and Safety Officer classes for the spring. P. Matteson is also working on putting together an S-290 class and S-234 class.

    1. Wildland:

No report

C. Fire Library:

M. Urquides ordered the "Car Busters" series. It is 5 tapes and will be available in the library by the end of the month of November. He will issue the newly updated library policy at the next MCFTOA meeting in December. Urquides also stated that he will issue up to date inventory lists as departments pay their annual library membership dues. After the question was posed, we will not convert to VHS to DVD until all departments are up to speed on that type of technology.

D. Programs:

H. Kelley would like to host a Drover Operator 1A/1B class at the Marina Airport. He has an reserve engine there that can be utilized for the class. Anyone interested should contact Harald at hkelley@ci.marina.ca.us or at Marina Dep’t. of Public Safety.

Brown reported that to do a seminar with Paul Stein, it will be $1500 / day for the two one-day seminars we want. The seminar, "Helping Captains to be Captains" is projected for next October. Motion for approval to book Mr. Stein made by M. Schuler, second by M. Urquides.

    1. Haz Mat:

      2. D. Gearhart reported that Seaside’s HazMat team is alive and well after Measure X (to abolish the utility tax) failed. County Chiefs are researching a funding source to help the HazMat team stay equipped.

      Several local chiefs attended the Executive Counter Terrorism Briefing at the Embassy Suites this week and found it to be very informative.

    2. High-Rise:

S. Roth will be hosting the High Rise Drill in December in Monterey. The drill will be critiqued and have an after-action report done on it to help people understand what went right, what needs improvement, etc.

New High Rise plan is being circulated.

G. EMS:

Peggy Earl introduced Greg Dukart as her replacement (No, she’s not leaving). She stressed that M.A.P. training still needs to be done with some departments. If you still need it, please contact Jodi Schaffer at 624-5311 X1978 to schedule a time for the training.

* G. Dukart inquired how many departments are still interested in pursuing the combi-tube for their departments. He will be giving a brief introductory class on December 6, 2002 at 1300 hrs. at the EMS Agency to explain how the program is to work, the training involved, and answer questions, comments, concerns, etc.

*P. Matteson brought up the air ambulance ordering policy. Stated that there are not enough trigger points to automatically have an air ambulance ordered upon dispatch for the rural areas. Concern is there is too much of a delay to wait for first arriving units when they could be 45 minutes or so to arrive on scene. M. Schuler will take concerns to County Chief’s meeting.

    1. Training and Standards:

      2. D. Brown gave a report on the Fireground Safety System revision. Hopes to give updated copies and distribute at December meeting.

    2. Web Site:

      3. No report, needs updating! J

    3. Charity Fundraiser / Golf Tournament:

J. Trenner is trying to nail down the date and format for Thursday, April 24, 2003. D. Brown made a motion that the charity to benefit will be Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Burn Center - Trust Fund. Larkin second, motion passed. (Thank youJ )

  1. Old Business:

    2. None

  2. New Business:

    3. Chief Lemos has Drop bags, rope and clips…just waiting on the key rings to come in and the drop bags will be available for purchase through the JPA. Contact rlemos@carmelvalleyfire.com or 624-5907 to order the bags for your department.

  3. Good of the Order:

    4. *Rich Foster has relinquished possession of the T.O.’s old laptop to house all equipment at Monterey Airport Fire Department. For availability, contact John Trenner at jctrenner@aol.com or 648-7008.

    *December 11, 2002, Jim Allen will be teaching a Fire Fatality Investigation class at the Embassy Suites in Seaside from 0900 – 1700 hrs. The cost is $70 prepaid or $75 at the door. Please contact dgearhar@ci.seaside.ca.us for more info. Or call 1-909-865-5004 to sign up and prepay through CCAI.

    * On November 20, 2002, Ord Military Community Fire is hosting an Interspiro Tech class at 0900 hrs. by Bauer Compressor. Contact Tim Johnson at timothy.johnson@monterey.army.mil for more info.

    * Nomination(s) for Secretary of MCFTOA for 2003 was made… It was unanimous… Jesse Casillas of Soledad Fire Department is the new obvious candidate. The official vote is at the December lunch meeting that Chief Roth is buying…I mean hosting!

  4. Adjournment:

M. Schuler motioned to adjourn, C. Trenner second.

Meeting adjourned at 1200 hrs.

Next meeting @ Monterey Fire Dept. EOC, December 12, 2002 @ 1030 hrs. followed by lunch.