Location: Holly Springs Fire
Date: October 6, 2022
Time: 1900 hours
October 2022 Meeting Minutes
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Attendance
- Representatives of each member department were accounted for: Allgood, Bangor, Blount County RS, Blountsville, Brooksville, Cleveland, Holly Springs, Locust Fork, Mount High, Murphree Valley, Nectar, Oneonta, Pine Mountain, Remlap, Ricetown, Rosa, Royal, Snead, Straight Mountain, Susan Moore, West Blount
- Member Departments not present: Dallas Selfville, Summit
- Associate members present: EMA, 9-1-1, Special OPS, STV-Blount, BREMSS, CORONER, LifeGuard, AL Fire College, VOAD
- Associate Members not present: Forestry, LifeGuard ,Law Enforcement, State FM, Lifesaver, RAMS, Survival Flight, Red Cross, District Atty.
Guests
· AmFirst(Jody), RSVP Volunteers(Jamey Hayes), Sunbelt Fire, Birmingham Freightliner
Previous Meeting Minutes
- Motion to Accept: Peek
- 2nd Motion to Accept: Stockton
- Minutes were approved with no objections
Financial Reports
- Motion to Accept: Peek
- 2nd Motion to Accept: Robertson
- Reports was approved with no objections
Old Business
· Covered Bridge Festival is October 8th – make sure if you volunteered to work it you are there.
· If your department is working Varsity Football games make sure to turn in the form to HCA to get the money.
Committee Reports
Chairman
· No Report
EMA
- Fuelman Report - Our annual budget is $60,000 we have used $109,835.09
- Blount County Commission has increased the budget to $100,00 for the upcoming year
- If your department needs your high schools fire drill maps let Don or David know
- Fuel Receipts are due each Monday.
911
· LifeGuard trucks do not have VHFs in them yet, if you need to talk to them talk to fire base and they will relay the message
· MGA Motorola for new radios, need to know the number of radios.
911 Board Rep.
· No Report
Training
· Mobile Water is November 5th, and 6th
· Rope Refresher is October 22nd and 23rd
· Explorer weekend is October 28th-30th
Forestry
· Wildland Forestry grant this time is 100% grant
BREMSS
· November 7th-11th is the EMS Conference
· November 7th will be the town hall meeting at the EMS Conference
· BREMSS Banquet is Nov. 15th
LifeGuard
· 3 medic trucks, 1 Advance truck, and 1 Basic truck on the road
· Jeff Edwards is the ops manager
Coroner
· Thanks everyone for the help
· If you need debriefing class let Lynn know
AL Fire College
· The fire college just purchased pierce employees
VOAD
· Activity is not hot at this time
· Veterans Day parade is November 5th
Jr. FF Camp
· Camp is June 6th-9th 2023
NO Report from the following Departments:
· Fire Prevention
· Explorer Post
· Special Ops
· STV-Blount
· Law Enforcement
· State Fire Marshall
· District Atty Office
· Al LifeSaver
· RAMS
· Survival Flight
· Red Cross
NEW Business
· CAFCA is needing bodies and smokers for the Boston Butt smoking fundraiser. Don’t know an exact date but shooting for March.
· The following are the board members for the 2023 year
Chairman – Chris Hill, Vice Chairman – JJ Ivey, Secretary Abby Hill, Treasurer – Doug Smith, Training – Jeff Ivey, Firefighter of the year – Jeff Ivey, EMT of the year – Aaron Armstrong
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With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2015 hours.
The next meeting will be held on November 3rd at Palisades Park 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 – Palisades Dec 1 – Oneonta
Jessica Green
Secretary
Blount Co. Fire & EMS Association