07 - Fire Department Monthly Report

Home Browse Search

Q PEQUOT LAKES FIRE DEPARTMENT MINUTES OF THE NNE 6, 2007 MEETING The regular meeting of the PLFD was called to order by Chief Nelson, 25 members were present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved by a motion by Rickard, second by Varilek, motion passed. Truck and equipment checks were discussed. El, E3, G1, T1, and the ATV all were OK. E2 has a leaky windshield washer fluid tank and 3 safety cones were going to be transferred to Tanker 2. WTI was missing a hand lantern, the radio does not work, and the high vol hose from WTI will be moved to E3 for better fire fighting ability. G2 needs several changes on the check list, needs some antifreeze added, and is missing a hand lantern. R1 was missing 1 DNR jacket, missing a portable radio, and missing 3 rope bags. R2 has both porta powers and the ratcheting cutter which was transferred from R1. TI has the tank to tank jet back in service and it has been repaired. T2 needs antifreeze and is missing a hydrant wrench. T3 was missing a passport card and the back-up alarm still does not work. Air pack#18 has a slow leak in the tank and should be repaired. The financial report for our relief association general account reports our balance is $1625.31. We paid $1928.23 for a new pancake grill and purchased pop for $104.00 during the past month. The City owes us $611.00 for reimbursement for the used fire gear from the Andover fire department that we paid for. From now on the special and the general accounts for the relief association will require department approval to pay all bills and receipts will be required in order to make payment. A motion was made and approved to change the by-laws to read that"any relief association purchase over $100.00 must be pre-approved before payment can be made." This will be read again at our next meeting and a vote will be conducted to change our by-laws. Pancake equipment needed for the breakfast and approved for purchase at our last meeting was discussed. The bill for this equipment totaled $1112.85. Selter motioned to charge the fire fund for a heavy duty trash container with wheels that was included in the pancake equipment. The bill for this container is $390.00. The motion was second by Evenson, and passed by a 13 to 12 vote. The Chief will ask for reimbursement from the fire fund for this. Safety Town went real well. Neil, Daren, Dan C., John H., Bill, and Tom helped. A note was added to"chock the wheels when kids are in the truck's cab." Dan Cerise mentioned several safety issues when dealing with incidents on the highways. Some of these were to keep any personnel not needed at scene inside vehicles, use accountability cards and tags to keep track of personnel, aim the truck's wheels away from dangers in case the truck rolls, park the truck in order to protect personnel outside of vehicles, place safety cones with no space allowed for a vehicle to enter the safe zone, and always retrieve cones starting with the fartherest away from the truck and work back 141.1 towards the truck so that you can see traffic.