Clay County Fire Chiefs. Meeting Minutes December 12, 2011

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1 Clay County Fire Chiefs Meeting Minutes December 12, Call to Order Tim Sylvester, President, called to order the regular meeting of the Clay County Fire Chiefs at 7:12 p.m.on Monday, December 12, 2011 in the Board of Supervisors Room in the Clay County Administration Building. II. III. IV. Roll Call Tammy McKeever, Secretary conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Kim Kroger, Denny Klett, Eric Tigges, Ray Savage, Roger Ginger, Matt Goyette, Doug Duncan Approval of minutes from the last meeting Motion by Eric Tigges, seconded by Matt Goyette to approve the minutes of the last meeting. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. Open Issues a) Fire/EMS Districts Nothing to report b) Fire Identification Badge Tammy & Steve Grimmius are working on. c) 28 E Agreement Eric provided copies of a 28E agreement. The signature page will need to be added. Eric encouraged everyone to review and suggest changes etc. May want to add cost for spills etc. d) LEPC Update - Government funding is dramatically less this year. There will be one ops class. Refresher class is scheduled for March 15, Make sure to pre register for classes. You must register. You can register on line through Iowa Lakes. V. New Business a) Risk Assessment/Lessons Learned Avoid Chicken poop according to Matt Goyette. If you need to stop a train they suggested flares. Who is in charge of the scene. New deputies are having an issue with medical scenes. Continue to keep working with law enforcement. Make sure to park personal vehicles appropriately. Make sure to work with other agencies. Revisit radio channels during mutual aid. b) Narrow Banding FCC has ruled that radios are taking up too much band width. We are going to narrow banding. You will need a Minitor 5 or higher. WE are pretty good countywide. Every radio and pager will need to be reprogrammed. Eric the number you need to have reprogrammed. 911 will pay for programming. Eric is working on budget so we need to know how many to budget for the reprogramming. Deadline is Tim Sylvester will be doing some reprogramming for us to save some money. Matt Goyette has the scanner that will shoot bar code and auto populates spreadsheet. c) EMS Report CCEMSA Winter Conference will be February 11, Motion by Eric Tigges seconded by Kim Kroger to appoint

2 Joel Wassom to the CCEMSA Advisory Board. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. d) EMA Report Addressed everything needed. e) Training Opportunities Denny Klett gave a report regarding the Grain Bin Rescue scheduled for January 28 & 29, 2012 at the Event Center in Spencer. PRI in Des Moines will be providing the training. January 29 th is open. Please get your names into Denny as soon as possible. Rolls and coffee in the morning and lunch will be provided. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Denny is working on sponsors so there will not be any cost. ICS 300 & 400 classes will be offered on January 18 & 19 and February. Mitch will be the instructor. Approximately 20 people are signed up. Iowa Lakes has a forceable entry door training prop. Dennis Klett can train. Tactical EMS Course - Eric & Jeff would like to provide this type of training. Iowa offers a tactical EMS Class. Jeff would like to get the instructor certificate. f) Burn Ban It has been lifted. g) Other Issues for the Good of the County Nothing to report. VI. Adjournment Motion by Roger Ginger, seconded by Kim Kroger to adjourn the meeting. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:24 p.m. Next meeting will be determined by President, Tim Sylvester. Minutes submitted by: Tammy McKeever

3 Clay County Fire Chiefs Meeting Minutes March 15, 2011 I. Call to order Tim Sylvester, President called to order the regular meeting of the Clay County Fire Chiefs at 7:09 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 in the Board of Supervisors Room in the Clay County Administration Building. II. Roll call Tammy McKeever, Secretary conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Aaron Rutter, Kim Kroger, Doug Duncan, Eric Tigges, Tim Sylvester, Matt Goyette, Lefty Ginger, Ray Savage, Mark Stover & Tammy McKeever. III. Approval of minutes from last meeting Motion by Doug Duncan, seconded by Aaron Rutter to approve the minutes of the last meeting. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. IV. Open Issues a) Eric attended the Township Trustee Meeting to discuss changing the Fire Districts to reflect the EMS Districts. The township trustees were receptive. The Committee will meet to formulate a plan and begin meeting with townships individually. The committee is made up of Eric, Doug, Aaron, Tim & Matt. b) Equipment Inventory - Clay County is redoing their Hazardous Mitigation Plan and one of the elements of that plan is fire equipment inventory. Doug will Tammy & Eric what Bob Christensen from Storm Lake uses. Tammy will create an excel spreadsheet for the services and Eric will populate his data management tool based on the excel spreadsheets. c) Our 28 E Agreement for Mutual Aid was signed in By general consensus, the fire chiefs decided the agreement should be reviewed and updated. Eric Tigges, Lefty Ginger & Aaron Rutter will work on components of the agreement and Tammy will put it all together. d) Eric Tigges gave an LEPC update. Hazmat Refresher is March 24, 2011 at Spencer Fire. Eric indicated there is training dollars available for 300 & 400 classes. Those will probably be offered late this year or early next year. Ideally all fire chiefs would attend at least 300. e) NIMS- Please make sure if you have people that need NIMS to register for the classes being offered on March 30 & April 6. New Business f) Moose Lodge Chili Cook Off was a success. Departments have received their money and it appears this event will happen again next year.

4 V. New Business a) Elections were held. Motion by Aaron Rutter, seconded by Matt Goyette to nominate Tim Sylvester as President of the Fire Chief Association. Motion by Eric Tigges, seconded by Matt Goyette that nominations cease. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. Motion by Aaron Rutter, seconded by Matt Goyette to nominate Doug Duncan as Vice President of the Fire Chief Association. Motion by Eric Tigges, seconded by Matt Goyette that nominations cease. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. b) The Fire Chiefs reviewed the by-laws with no changes. c) Risk assessment will remain an agenda item indefinitely. Fire chiefs were reminded that they can bill for certain services including responding to the anhydrous spill that recently occurred. d) Tammy McKeever, Clay County EMS Coordinator gave her report. Kim Kroger is the President of the EMS Association. Currently there are two classes going on for new providers, one in Peterson and one in Everly. Also, April is typically dispatcher month. The fire chiefs indicated they would like to recognize the dispatchers if the EMS Advisory Council had funds available. e) Eric Tigges, Clay County EMA Coordinator gave his report. The communication center is having many problems and the generator is leaking anti-freeze. Tigges asked that the fire chiefs be patient while repairs are being completed. f) Training Opportunties Severe Weather Watch in Milford on April 6, Hazmat Refresher on March 24, EMS on the Lake on March 18 & 19, Fire Officer 1 School on May 13,14, 15 & 20, 21, 22, Regional Fire School in Emmetsburg March 25. g) Other issues for the good of the county. Eric will be on vacation March He has ed contacts for EMA coordinators in other counties. VI. Adjournment Motion by Aaron Rutter, seconded by Lefty Ginger to adjourn the meeting. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m. Next meeting will be determined at a later date. Minutes submitted by: Tammy McKeever

5 Clay County Fire Chiefs Meeting Minutes August 22, 2011 I. Call to order Tim Sylvester, President called to order the regular meeting of the Clay County Fire Chiefs at 7:11 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2011 in the Board of Supervisors Room in the Clay County Administration Building. II. Roll call Tammy McKeever, Secretary conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Aaron Rutter, Kim Kroger, Doug Duncan, Eric Tigges, Tim Sylvester, Lefty Ginger, Ray Savage, Vince McGee & Tammy McKeever. Special guests included Cara Wessling, NWIPD and James Worm, Clay County GIS Coordinator. III. Approval of minutes from last meeting Motion by Doug Duncan, seconded by Aaron Rutter to approve the minutes of the last meeting. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. IV. Open Issues a) Fire/EMS Districts - After harvest the committee made up of Eric, Doug, Aaron, Tim & Matt will begin meeting with township trustees to discuss changing the Fire Districts to reflect the EMS Districts. The ultimate goal is to have one map for fire & ems. b) Equipment Inventory - Cara Wessling, Northwest Iowa Planning & Development has been working with Clay County to revise their Hazardous Mitigation Plan. Fire equipment inventories were provided to Cara. She also verified the number of fire fighters per service. Spencer has five (5) paid and thirty-one (31) volunteers. Fostoria has twenty (20) volunteers. Everly has sixteen (16) volunteers. Webb has eighteen (18) volunteers. Peterson has twenty-one (21) volunteers. Dickens and Royal were not present to verify numbers. c) 28 E Agreement - Our 28 E Agreement for Mutual Aid was signed in By general consensus, the fire chiefs decided the agreement should be reviewed and updated. Eric Tigges, Lefty Ginger & Aaron Rutter will work on components of the agreement and Tammy will put it all together. d) LEPC - Eric indicated there will be a trench rescue class in October in Milford. Once the date is determined he will advise the fire chiefs. Eric is working on a Hazmat Operations Class. Jeff Messerole may be the instructor. A 300 & 400 class will be offered at Spencer Fire. The dates have not yet been determined. Ideally all fire chiefs would attend at least 300. If anyone needs NIMS they should contact Eric. Ideally all fire chiefs would attend at least 300.

6 V. New Business a) GIS Demonstration James Worm, Clay County GIS Coordinator, gave a demonstration on Pictometry. Any government entity may utilize the program. It can be installed as a web based program or on a hard drive. Fire Chiefs were instructed to contact James at if they were interested in the program or had additional questions. The maps will be updated every 3 years for the towns and every 6 years in the County. b) Risk Assessment/Lessons Learned Doug Duncan discussed some concerns regarding communication he received from the State Fire Marshall in regards to corrugated steel for LP and Natural Gas. There will probably be more information coming out related to that issue. Eric talked about a suicide issue he read about in another part of the state. People are duct taping the windows shut of their vehicles and mixing to common chemicals together which causes death. Fireman should be cautious when approaching a vehicle with duct taped windows. c) EMS Report - Tammy is working hard to get ready for the Clay County Fair. Anita Bailey, IDPH, inspected all seven services. All are doing very well. d) EMA Report - Eric thanked the Fire Chiefs for their participation in the Hazard Mitigation Plan update. A meeting will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. to work on updating the Clay County Fair Disaster Plan. e) Training Opportunities - Buena Vista County has requested Webb and Peterson participate in their county-wide disaster drill. The drill is planned for the end of September with a Hazmat theme. Spencer, Fostoria and Dickens participated in a mini-drill at the school, which went very well. Ag Partners would like to do a drill with Royal and Everly. f) For the Good of the County Eric explained that the Iowa Great Lakes Chapter of the Red Cross will continue to exist but will not have any employees. Cindy Voss, the director had her position eliminated. When you call the Red Cross you will be speaking with someone from Sioux City. The Board will remain in place, but the primary focus will be fundraising since there will be no employee to direct. Eric sent out an in regards to discounts on Oakley items for Fire, Ems & Law. The Sheriff s Department has and ID/Credentialing machine. Tammy is going to get trained to use. By general consensus the fire chiefs decided there would be value to all fire fighters having an ID. VI. Adjournment Motion by Aaron Rutter, seconded by Lefty Ginger to adjourn the meeting. All those present voted aye. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m. Next meeting will be Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Clay County Board of Supervisors Room. Minutes submitted by: Tammy McKeever