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Monterey County Fire Training Officers AssociationWildland Committee Meeting MinutesCAL FIRE – BEU Expanded DispatchMay 10, 2007 Meeting called to order at 0923 hours by the Incident Commander, Division Chief Miles Schuler. Attendees: Miles Schuler
Carmel Valley FPD Position Assignments: Incident
Commander Miles Schuler Branch 1
Director David Brown Finance Section
Chief Leslie Fenton Operations: Units arriving for Thursday blacklining should arrive by 0800 at the Base Camp (FHL Campground) for specific assignments. The goal is to start the blacklining operation in Branch 6 & 7 and fill in the other Branches as units become available. Should be able to conduct blacklining in Branch I with type I engines. May need type III support on the river side of the Branch I. All other Branches will need at least (4) type III engines for blacklining. We are using Escape Plan I for the Thursday blacklining. The daily IAP’s will contain the weather forecasts. Branch Directors should be aware of, and report any across the line spot fires that may indicate extreme fire behavior conditions. Roads are being improved by FHL. Finance Section: As of this date, we have the following registered personnel: Thursday 169 Friday 221 Saturday 222 Sunday 198 We have 14 agencies from in-county, and 22 agencies from out-of-county. Cal Fire, BEU will be sending 5 engines per day for a total of 20 personnel per day. Check-in will occur on Thursday evening and each morning as needed. Julie Gearhart will coordinate the MPC college application process. Every person attending the school needs to fill out an MPC application. Logistics: Per John Trenner, the food order has been placed. Dinner will be served by 1800 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and Breakfast will be at 0700 hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Lunches will be available on Thursday. Water, ice, and Gatorade will be available starting on Thursday. We are planning to feed the school and a strike team from BEU. We were not able to securing fueling from FHL. We are using Toro Petroleum. Portable toilets, (2) dumpsters, tents, generators, have all been ordered. It was agreed not to order a Plans Trailer. We will use the tents and rent a copy machine as needed. The showers below the campground have been secured. Need to re-order a communication unit and are requesting one dispatcher for the four days. Recommend two cashes of radios rather than four. In addition, will have ten King radios from Cal Fire. Need to also request Mike Green as a Radio Technician. At this time, we are not formally requesting additional school participants through the State system. David Powell from OES Region II and Marvin Howard are planning on attending the school. The needed repeater is in Sacramento and needs to be picked up. Goodwin said he would be able to pick up and will coordinate with Tom Reaves. The Communications Plan has been finalized. Participating agencies should make every effort to have their mobile and portable radios pre-programmed prior to arriving at the school. For agencies with Kenwood TK-290’s, Troy Leist will have the ability to program radios at the school if needed. Drop Point signs, etc. should be in the Training Officers trailer. Trenner will inventory the trailer for the necessary equipment. Goodwin will check with Monterey FD about barricades. A request for a Training Specialist has been made but was not name specific. Safety: Dan Gearhart reported that all Branch Safety Officer positions have been filled and we will have at least two Assistant Branch Safety Officers. The Safety Message has been updated and delivered to Leslie for mailing with the confirmation packets. Due to logistical issues, we will rescind our request to CHP H-70 for stand-by medical coverage. CHP H-70 had only scheduled us for a couple of hours on Friday. Both H-70 and CALSTAR are available for specific missions to the WFS as needed. Per the IC, Carmel Valley will bring an ALS ambulance. Personnel to staff the ambulance will be participating in the school and will be available as needed. We will not be officially asking WestMed to provide medical standby coverage during the school. A notice will be included in the confirmation packet highly discouraging the use of energy drinks during the school. Participants are asked not to bring energy drinks to the school. Safety Officers on the Branches will be focusing on safe tactics during the firing operations. Safety Officers will be responsible to take weather readings every hour and as needed based on conditions in the Branch. The Safety Officers will consult with Branch Directors concerning conditions that will cause a halt to burning. Deputy Incident Commander: Being the major emphasis of the school is wildland training, all Branches should take the opportunity to provide various types of specific wildland training. Planning: Per Chief Orman, he would like to get the IAP finalized as soon as possible. Morning briefing is at 0800 hours each day. The goal is for an updated IAP each day. Weather: Need to request a weather forecast for Thursday of the school. Ryan can make the request. We will have a meteorologist at the school each day. Incident Commander: We have conducted two site visits at FHL. The last visit was on May 8th. FHL is starting a major training exercise the weekend we are there so expect to see increased troop activity. POV’s need to obtain a Visitor’s Pass at the gate. A Command Staff meeting is scheduled for Thursday May 24th at 1300 at the Salinas Rural Administrative Offices. The Incident Commander would like to thank all WFS staff personnel for the work that has gone into planning the school. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 1018 hours. Minutes
prepared by: Monterey County Fire Training Officers AssociationMeeting MinutesMay 10, 2007 – Expanded Dispatch, 2221 Garden Road, MontereyHost: CAL Fire - BEUMeeting called to order at 1057 hours by President David Sargenti. I. Roll Call - Meeting Attendees: David Sargenti
Salinas Rural FPD II. Approval of Minutes: Review of the meeting minutes of April 12, 2007 recorded by Dan Gearhart. Motion by Dave Brown, second by Doug McCoun, to accept and approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried. III. Treasurer’s Report: The monthly treasurer’s report was presented by D. Gearhart on behalf of Bookkeeper Kathryn Pernet. Checking Account Balance as of 03-31-07: $30, 642.41 Expenses: Red Shift Internet Services $19.95 Copies by the Sea – Copies of WFS Registration Forms $84.46 Total Expenses: $104.41 Income: None Checking Account Balance as of 04-30-07: $30,538.00 Certificate of Deposit: $6,610.94 Total Assets: $37,148.94 Motion made by Stewart Roth, second by Dave Brown, to accept the Treasurer’s Report as presented. Motion carried. IV. Correspondence / Announcements: 1. No correspondence or announcements V. Committee Reports: A. ICS Committee: 1. Strike Team Leader / Division Group Supervisor class scheduled for May 22-25, 2007 has been postponed due to logistical issues. 2. The Strike Team Leader Refresher class is scheduled for May 30, 2007, at the City of Monterey EOC, behind MFD Station #1. Two separate classes are at 0900 hours and 1300 hours. No pre-registration needed. 3. Incident Management Team – No Report B. Wildland Committee:1. Discussion on lack of an approved budget for the 2007 Wildland Fire School. It was felt that a proposed written budget should have been presented to the Training Officers for approval. Concern with past expenditures by previous Incident Commanders without the approval of the Training Officers. Motion by Roth, second by Brown to accept the proposed 2005 WFS budget as the proposed 2007 budget for total expenses of $64,850. Motion carried. Command Staff meeting for Wildland Fire School will be on May 24, 2007, at 1300 hours at the Salinas Rural FPD Administrative Offices. C. Fire Library: 1. EMS 24/7 Dave Brown has met with Dr. Susan Johnson of Monterey County EMS and Monterey Peninsula College to have the EMS 24/7 Program placed on the MPC website as a streaming video with funding coming from the EMS agency. Brown recommended that we no longer consider supporting the project of streaming video on the MPC website with funding coming from Monterey County EMS. Motion by Dave Brown, second by Stewart Roth that we no longer pursue the partnership between the Training Officers, County EMS, and MPC to have the 24/7 EMS series as a streaming video on the MPC website. Motion carried. D. Programs: 1. Roth – No programs pending. 2. Auto Extrication – Train the Trainer Dave Sargenti presented a proposal to sponsor 5 Monterey County fire agency personnel to attend an auto extrication “train-the-trainer” class in Riverside on May 21-23, 2007. Costs per person would be as follows: Registration: $450.00 Lodging $43.00 Meals $125.00 Total per person: $618.00 Total costs for 5 persons: $3090.00 (approximately) The class is hosted by www.sceneoftheaccident.org All other expenses related to the class will be the responsibility of the sending agency. Agencies will invoice the Training Officers following the class in the amount of $618.00 (+ / -) per person for reimbursement. Upon completing the class, students would be expected to provide training on behalf of the Training Officers Association. Motion by Dave Brown, second by Stewart Roth to accept the proposal as presented. Motion carried. E. Website: 1. Dan Gearhart reported that he is working with Mike to update the website. Out of date items are being removed as needed. F. California State Fire Academy at Monterey Bay / MPC: 1. No Report G. Wellness and Fitness Program: 1. Per Dave Brown, the committee has met and is still working on developing an organizational structure and a funding source. VI. Old Business: 1. Mutual Aid Training Plan – With the recent adoption of the new Movement Drill Plan, a high-rise drill is needed between August and October 2007. Stewart Roth said that since he is conducting similar high-rise training during this same time frame, the Monterey Fire Department will host the High-Rise Movement Drill. VII. New Business: 1. Upcoming Classes. Discussion on the future scope of delivery for training supported or provided by the MCFTOA. One direction is to support and encourage regional training partnerships between local fire agencies that would collectively meet the training needs / objectives of the various agencies. Another direction is to sponsor stand-alone classes based on the training needs of the local fire agencies. The MCFTOA should encourage local agency training partnerships along with providing stand-alone topic specific classes. The MCFTOA will distribute a “Training Needs Survey” to all Monterey County fire agencies. Roth and Brown to coordinate the distribution and data collection of the survey. Jacob Artiaga said that the Soledad Fire Department would be willing to host training classes in the City of Soledad to encourage participation from south County fire agencies. An identified need is for the Training Officers to provide a “Practical Truck Operations” class using local instructors. Topics could include forcible entry, ventilation, ladder operations, etc. Doug Kramer said that Thermal Imaging Camera and Hurst Rescue Tool training is available through LN Curtis. VIII. Good of the Order: 1. A grant opportunity for Thermal Imaging Cameras and other needed equipment is available as part of the “Into the Fire” Program. The grant is a collaboration between the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. Information can be found at www.firehero.org or www.firemansfund.com/heritage. Applications for the grant are being accepted online between April 1, 2007 and May 31, 2007. IX. Adjournment: 1. Meeting adjourned at 1237 hours. Next Meeting: June 14, 2007 @1030 hours – Soledad Fire Department Minutes Prepared
by: D. Gearhart
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