2022-05-05 Minutes

 

                                                                                                                                  Location: Blountsville VFW
  Date: May 5, 2022
  Time: 1900 hours

 

 

 

  May 2022 Meeting Minutes

 

       https://www.blountcofireandemsassociation.org

 

 

 

Attendance

 

• Representatives of each member department were accounted for: Bangor, Blount County RS, Blountsville, Cleveland, Dallas/Selfville, Holly Springs, Locust Fork, Mount High, Murphree Valley, Nectar, Oneonta, Pine Mountain, Remlap, Ricetown, Royal, Snead, Straight Mountain, Summit, Susan Moore, West Blount.
• Representatives of each member department not present: Allgood, Brooksville, Rosa
• Associate members present: EMA, Forestry, Special Ops, BREMSS, Blount EMS
• Associate Members not present: STV-Blount, Law Enforcement, State FM Office Lifesaver, RAMS, Survival Flight, Red Cross, District Attorney, AL Fire College.

 

 

 

Previous Meeting Minutes

 

• Motion to Accept:  Jon Head
• 2nd Motion to Accept: Joey Lay
• Minutes were approved with no objections

 

 

 

Financial Reports

 

• Motion to Accept: Lee Netherton
• 2nd Motion to Accept: Jon Head
• Reports was approved with no objections

 

 

 

Old Business

 

·        June Fling is June 11^th Station 80, 92 will work the morning session and Station 5, 8 will work the afternoon session

 

·        Chris Hill ask to order items for the June Fling for $750 Motion: Jon Head 2^nd: John Milstead

 

·        June 20^th and 24^th Jeremy Peek from Straight Mountain Fire is getting SEMs Fire Protection to come out and test any departments hose, ladder and truck that needs it.

 

Committee Reports

 

Chairman

 

·        HCA Grants are due by May 31st

 

EMA

 

• Fuelman Report – We have used $55,077.93 of our $60,000 budget so far
• Fuel Receipts are due each Monday.
• EMA is working to update plans this month
• Anniston is doing a Train the Trainer May 16^th-20^th
• May 11^th is the planning meeting at the Little Brick Church in Oneonta

 

911

 

·        Ambulance contract is published on the 911 website

 

·        75% of the work is done on sites now

 

Training

 

·       Oneonta will have the AFC props June 6^th-15^th

 

·       Fire Investigator I will be July 11^th 

 

·       Oneonta will have an open testing site May 28^th

 

·       Burn Camp is June 13^th-17^th

 

·       Southeast Chiefs conference in June 21^st-23rd in Mobile

 

·       Annual Training will be in June the week after Fire Camp

 

 

 

Fire Prevention

 

·        258 personals have been trained this year

 

·        2196 people have applied for smoke alarms, 276 have been installed

 

Forestry

 

·        Be patient with response times

 

Special Ops

 

·        A new door has been installed on the Jr Firefighter Camp trailer

 

BREMSS

 

·        The new EMS rules are the BREMSS website if you need them

 

·        The 10^th edition protocols have been pushed out to everyone

 

Blount EMS

 

·        EMSA link will remain open

 

·        Blount EMS is hosting a Advanced EMT class starting May 23^rd

 

Jr. FF Camp

 

·        Ledbetter will send out an email to all the instructors that have helped in the past to see if they are interested in helping again this year.

 

·        June 7^th-10^th is the camp

 

 

 

NO Report from the following Departments:

 

·        Explorer Post

 

·        STV-Blount

 

·        Law Enforcement

 

·        State Fire Marshall

 

·        Coroner

 

·        District Atty Office

 

·        Al LifeSaver

 

·        RAMS

 

·        Survival Flight

 

·        AL Fire College

 

·        Red Cross

 

·        VOAD

 

 

 

NEW Business

 

·        No New Business

 

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned 

 

The next meeting will be held on June 2^nd at Straight Mountain Fire with meal at 1830.

 

       

 

 

 

      Meeting Locations – 2022

 

 

 

Jan 6 – Remlap                                                Feb 3– Nectar                                                 March 3 – West Blount
April 7 – Susan Moore                                  May 5 – Blountsville                                      Jun 2 – Straight Mnt
Jul 7 – Pine Mnt                                              Aug 4 – Mt. High/Rtown                                             Sept 1 – STV-Blount
Oct 6 – Holly Springs                                     Nov 3 – Oneonta                                            Dec 1 – Palisades/DA

                                                                                  Jessica Green

 

Secretary

 

      Blount Co. Fire & EMS Association