03-06-1972 Packetwant to thank you for t~ktn9 time to hear our need~ and
lot I will present the pIanning com.,mittee report to you which
has the a~>~roval o~ the ~'i:e Chief ~,s~'ociation.
In addition to the personnel to be aasiened to the new truck
~n Eeb, 1973 at Ltation ~2, the planning co~J:,ittee
the fo!lo'~i ~
~ur ~.en o~ duty 24 h~.,ur~ ~o ~ p~ovioed at ~:t~tlon
F~:ll to ~e..~,o,,~~;'" ~ as needed,
(B) ~;our men on duty 24 hour., to be provided for Iruck
men on euty
~,, as soon as ~:,o~.,"ible,
~1 will house the pe:s,:~nn~l up to one 'fear or until
~eperate quaI'ters can D~
The reasons /or 24 hou~ fir'efighter~ oyez day tl:~:e people
only,
(l) One oi the attractionr~ to be a firefighter t~, the
~" hitcher)
schedule. At the Dresent salary .level (or even 1~.~
you will not be able to hire ant retain enou%h qualiiie~
ftreflghter~ to i'ill our ne~:~ds, ~-,ecaut:e at &7,000 a
yea~ a iiri-fLGht~ alm<,st has to wor~ a ~;art %i~e job
to raise a i;;,.r, iiy and provide a standard oi' liviil9 above
the poverty level,
(2) }~,any Lib:trier Chiefs ~ould have to communicate with these
people thru a log (%,~itten in~,~ructions), ~,,any Of the
volunteers ¥~ouid nevez- 9~t to %~ork u, ith fha. se ~'>e~ple and
receive tile benefit of their knowtccce and trainln9 help,
~atd and volu~ teer~ nee~., to work to,:j~ther to c.~:azn' ::.utual
respect for each other and this c~n ~e done :r,uch better
~ith 24 Lout personnel,
(3) J>re p!~nr, in9 and ho~--~ i~pecti~ns could ~;e better utilized
ha~ing the paid per8onnet on ~uty 24 hours, ihe fire
ffghte~ f'ir~t orate would ~e a.% tbs scen~ with zirst hand
kno~,~!ed~3e of' a buildings contents an~ this ~ill be a
~reat help to the officer in
(4) ~esp{;nse %t:'..e %~itI be raduced by 3 to 4 ,,%inures, This
of quick re&~%~nse
(5) %,e need paid pcrsonne!, why not realiz~ the insurance
zavin~ ~or our citizens, Day !.~e~.ple will not %;ire you
a betier insurance r.~ting. 24 hour personnel
(6) The day the country du:;:p had Iyvex on fir~ "~." shift stayed
m~.~st cf the ~.~{~y %,~ hel~ with this 'fire, %~i~ i~ th~ cdiiber
6~00 p/m, dlr%y with a lc, ad of r',o~e to ~:a~h ~nd reicad.
lhey 9o hom~ and the volunteers have to do the cleaning,
Fire b~echanic~: These men are ir, desecrate nee:~ for addit-
even fi% in the cou.:ty gar~se, ~,ith ethers if the dour
closed he can't even 0et tr~,:m ~3ne si6e %o tho other without
9sing outside. ~i~:ce5 of county .fire ep~aratus has keen
rolled outsi:]e an<~ le~t %~ith<~ut any <>I our fire
roll a piece of e~:para%u~ in the xl-&r ~:iDk5 a~.¥:.roxima%ely
2". ~h~ ~:':echanics ar~ roluctan~ to ,:et under a
the fi~or in the consition it i~ now.
) The-rs is no ~ys%er~ fo~' r~:'~,s-v~nq tn-~ carbon ;~',~:.noxide
(3 Is it ~r',y ~:,os~billty.. *"-'+..,,,... thc c,:u,:%y will build a new
co~r~ty bara!~e as ~as ~:r:ce inc:.c~tc~!. ,,e ~%.L.~,ic
have,
:;o you realize that the C)':i~:,f of the Che&t~,~r£i~.id Pire
oeec-not have a ~:,rivate of~ice that he c~,n t~,ik to his ~.en
in private. This is breaking every ~;upervi~ory rule.
does a m~n tal~ %o his ~u:;or~inates ~r,~ ~i~cuss t4eir
~ozmances ~ith other ~ec~ple in ~is o~ice2
Items from the budget advisory co~nittee.
on these?
~here do we stand
FI RE COMM!TTEE
3/6/72 AGENDA
1. MEETING WITH DISTRICT CHIEFS
2. CHIEFS REQUEST FOR EQUIPMENT LISTED BELOW:
1. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
2. HAND HELD RADIO
3. HOME ALARMS
4. HAND HELD RADIO
5. HOME ALARMS
6. HOME ALARMS
7. HOME ALARMS
8. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
GENERATOR (STAND-BY)
11. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
I2. CASCADE SYSTEM
3. DISCUSSION ON SALARY
SEE DISTRICT CHIEF ANDERSON, COMPANY §I0 (WAGSTAFF) ~5'~~
BADGES FOR FIREFIGHTER COMPLETING PART 1 AND 2 - A/P.~
RADIO FOR BUILDING INSPECTOR tS ~ AUTO
LIGHTING FOR NEW STATION
FIRE HYDRANTS (COST ESTIHATES)
9. RE-PIPING APPARATUS
$400 - $500 PER UNIT
REPLACE TANK ON dOHN BEAN PUMPER, #42
HOME ALARMS
COMPANY ~ 1
COMPANY #2
::COMPANY ~ 3
COMPANY #4
::COMPANY ~5
XCOMPANY #6
::COMPANY #7
COMPANY # 8
COMPANY #10
COMPANY #1!
COMPANY ~12
25
19
25
15
28
22
24
24
18
32
22
TOTAL HOME ALARMS 254
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