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11 27 1984 Fire Officer's Mtg . . . ..... BI-ANNUAL FIRE OFFICER'S MEETING - TOWN HALL - NOVEMBER 27, 1984 Fire Committee Chai rson Councillor, Thelma Halfacre opened the meeting at 7:40 p.m. Present at meeting were - Council: Reeve Deputy Reeve Councillors: Stephen Davie Joanna McEwen Thelma Halfacre Robert Drury Absent - Councillor Allan Johnson Volunteer Fire Dept. - Chief Deputy Chief Shanty Bay #1 Station Hawkestone #2 Station Edgar #3 Station Rugby #4 Station Ron Young Paul Eenhorn John Henson - Dist. Chief Leigh Reevie Sandy Bowman Tim Jermey - Dist. Chief Yeb Jermey Brian Hart Randy Langstaff Lloyd Bartholomew George Bidwell - Dist. Chief Don Bidwell Called on Reeve to present the awards:- George Anderson - Dist. Chief Reeve Davie opened with some remarks - relating to the Fire next door to his home, expressing his feelings and compliments to the Fire Dept. for their expertise and manner in which it was carried out by the Township Fire Dept. Presentation made to: John Henson Leigh Reevie Alex Bowman George Anderson Ron Young 29 years - 29 years - 28 years 25 years 26 years No.1 No.1 No.1 - Dist. - Chief Stn. Stn. Stn. Chief #4 Fire Marshall's Office - Report - to be received in two weeks as advised by B. Walsh on November 27, 1984. Ron Young Gave a verbal report on Tanker Truck at Edgar - Other Vehicles - Comment on attendance at Oro Fair which was not as good - 4 . RE OFFICER'S MEETING TOWN HALL NOVEMBER 27 1984 Chairman - again reminded to put problems in writing through District Chief to Chief and subsequently to Fire Committee Reeve Davie has three items to bring up. - Day Care Centre - only one child knew fire number. - all children through schools should know fire number. Ron Young to look into this matter and report back to Fire Committee, then to Council - How long before dispatch will be in place - tentative - should be completed in two years. When will computer have all these items on print-out? Expenditure on communications system to date $37,000.00 Rental Annually 12,000.00 A Must - All Volunteer Firemen must wear monitors Reception must be improved Mentioned - Situation of Township of Folie experience of different types accidents - have obtained a special rescue vehicle for highway Take a bus tour of this area and their services which includes Service. of accidents. the Plane . Interested people from each station would attend such a tour. Suggestion was made that Chief and Deputy Chief should first make the trip as to whether the system is that much different. Deputy Chief Emergency Disaster Plan for the Township presently being put together - hopefully have something on paper. - Officers of all Fire Depts. get together with Council members as to what training should be programmed. Training films, etc. Other items mentioned was the matter of Natural Gas lines and new lines to Edgar Occupational Centre and Horseshoe Valley. Adjourn at 10:25 p.m. . H. Ne I , Clerk Thelma Halfacre, Councillor/Chairman 3 - . BI-ANNUAL FIRE OFFICER'S MEETING - TOWN HALL - NOVEMBER 27, 1984 Suggestion was made of a $50-$60 per hour rate - vehicle and men with the vehicle. If a call for fire at such event required more equipment and men - additional charges should be applied. It was left that a rate of $50.00 be a proposed rate. Suggest three men should be at the site at anyone time at the rate of $15.00 per per man plus truck rate. This was agreed to by all. di ions of Vehicles at Each Station - One item still required for transmission on tanker at No.3 Station part still to corne. Speedometer Any comments separate tones for Rugby Ron Young - questions-should each Station have a separate tone. Reeve related about the meeting with R. McAllister regarding dispatch system. At time when negotiations were looked at with City of Barrie. Appears to be a sophisticated system. . Calls to be monitored when system provided - dispatcher places call to appropriate station. City of Barrie advised that should the City have a major fire, the Subscribing Township, ie. Township of Oro would not be subject to priority dispatch. In ordering monitors now - separate tones could be made available at the same price. If tone is not wanted could leave monitor open and still get all tones. Still need about 23 more pagers at present. George Bidwell - If we are one Dept. should not have separate tones. Ron Young - Should Rugby be given separate tone - other stations should have the privilege of getting separate tones. George Anderson - With other tones, Rugby find that tone comes in but message not clear - becomes a situation were men may not be content because Rugby Dept. is adament that they want separate tones. Reeve Davie Suggest set up a meeting with all District Chiefs and Chief & Deputy Chief with Van Am to bring up all the concerns of each Dept. These problems should be answered by electronic specialists - Motorola and Van Am and main concern appears to be insufficient power. . - Appears Rugby and Hawkestone have poor reception due to tower too low over the Ridge of Hills. - Also to include Captains of each Station for the meeting. - 2 - . BI-ANNUAL FIRE OFFICER'S MEETING TOWN HALL - NOVEMBER Tim Jermey/Hawkestone #2 Stn. - no particular concerns - radio communication not what was expected possibly the tower is not in proper location Chairman commented on this matter Councillor Drury - also commented that Engineer had recommended this area Fire Chief - tower is rented from Van Am - should it not work satisfactory to overcome some problems may have to look at a Township tower Tim Jermey - whatever should be done - be looked at and acted on. Other Concern promised a 5% raise - this year does not indicate a 10% raIse over two years. Ron- Fire Chief - This year is 5% over last year - last year was lower. 1984 - $7.26 per hour rate, 2 years ago $7.04 per hour rate It was suggested that a formula should be established rather than 5% on Gross Amount. . George Anderson #4 Stn. Concern about monitors - separate tone George Bidwell #3 Stn. Tanker correction of transmission very satisfactory to volunteers - New Hall at Edgar Occ. Centre. - Put on truck equipment reel very well Ron Young - suggested this could be done by end of December. Shanty Bay #1 Dept. Road Dept. Could stone or asphalt be placed in front of Shanty Bay Fire Hall. Road Dept. could maybe look at this Certified Cou~e - C.P.R. COUrse - through Ambulance Dept. paging system - go to one number for phones had been over-spent. George Anderson - asked if Budget - Reply No Chairman - Announced that Reeve Davie & Elaine Davie propose to donate a trophy to the Volunteer Firemen elected by each Dept. who has contributed the most to the Dept. in that year. ial Event Policy Charges - need to arrive at a rate to be charged for the services for special events. . This was openly discussed as to pros and cons.