Location: Susan Moore

Date: April 6, 2023

Time: 19:00

 

 

BCFEMSA February 2023 Meeting Minutes

 

 

Attendance

• Representatives of each member department were accounted for: Allgood,Bangor, Blount County Rescue Squad, Blountsville, Brooksville, Cleveland, Dallas Selfville, Holly Springs, Locust Fork, Mount High, Murphree Valley, Nectar, Oneonta, Pine Mountain, Remlap, Ricetown, Royal, Snead, Straight Mountain, Susan Moore, West Blount
• Member Departments not present: Rosa, Summit
• Associate members present: EMA, 911 Commission, Forestry, Special Ops, BREMSS, Lifeguard, Coroner, Air Evac
• Associate Members not present: St. Vincent’s Blount, Law Enforcement, State Fire Marshall’s Office, RAMS, Survival Flight, Red Cross, District Attorney, Alabama Fire College, VOAD

Guests

• Sunbelt

 

Previous Meeting Minutes

• Motion to Accept: Andrew Robertson
• 2^nd Motion to Accept: Steven Tuck
• Minutes were approved with no objections.

Financial Reports

• Motion to Accept: Jon Head
• 2nd Motion to Accept: Andrew Robetson
• Reports were approved with no objections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Reports

      EMA

• At $59,426 for the year for Fuelman
• Kubota is down at Blountsville

      911

• Derick Walker- new 911 director
• Have 11 full-time dispatchers, 18 total are needed

      Training

• There are textbooks that can be borrowed at EMA
• Vehicle Machinery and Extrication Equipment class in November

Forestry

• District 2 meeting on July 27^th at Al and Mick’s

Special Ops

• Working with the county for HAZMAT equipment
• Grant for a hydrant at the drill field

       BREMSS

• MDAC Meeting rescheduled
• Reaffirmed transportation memo- can alter patient’s destination
• NCCR was taken down because of glitches

      Lifeguard

• “Never been more proud, everyone came together”
• Will not be using transportation memo
• Transitioning reporting software to streamline information

Coroner

• Let us know if you need debriefing
• “We are here for you and appreciate you”
• Nextrung Counseling

Air Evac

• Landing zone class in July at Pine Mountain

 

       Jr. FF Camp

• Camp is June 6^th-9^th 2023 with setup on the 5^th.
• Need female volunteers.

 

NO Report from the following Departments:

Explorer post, St. Vincent’s Blount, Sheriff’s Office, State Fire Marshall, DA’s Office, AL Lifesaver RAMS, Survival Flight, Alabama Fire College, Red Cross, VOAD.

 

   NEW Business

• Motion to create Venmo account for blunt county junior fire Academy through the association for incoming money.

Motion to accept: Jon Head

Second motion to accept: Andrew Robertson

• Motion to move July meeting to July 13^th

Motion to accept: Andrew Robertson

Second motion to accept: heath Stockton

 

• Sunbelt is doing pump tests in May at Oneonta
• Applying for automated compression devices
• Doug needs rosters for workers comp by May 1^st
• the June fling is June 10th from 09:00 to 16:00

 

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 20:08

 

The next meeting will be held on June 2^nd at Straight Mountain with a meal at 18:30.

 

 

 

Meeting Locations – 2023

 

Jan 5 – Remlap                                                 Feb 2 – Nectar                                                 March 2 – West Blount
April 6 – Susan Moore                                   May 4 – Blountsville                                       Jun 1 – Straight Mtn.
Jul 6 – Pine Mountain                                   Aug 3 – Dallas Selfville                                 Sept 7 – STV-Blount
Oct 5 – Holly Springs                                      Nov 2 – Palisades                                           Dec 7 – Oneonta

Abby Hill

 

Secretary

Blount Co. Fire & EMS Association