Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah.
October 16, 2014. The Fire board
has been unable to get in touch with the recommended attorney to assist with
policies and procedures. The members of
the board suggested that perhaps one of the following three would be interested
in working with the Board: Joe Chambers,
Tony Martineau, and Herm Olsen. Perry
Wakefield said he would follow up on this matter and report at the next
meeting.
Mike Wahlberg, Fire Chief, hand out a draft of some Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs) that can be used with the fireboat. He said he thought most of the basics were
included and asked that the board look the document over. He said that things could be added that would
improve the use of the boat. He included
a check list of things that should be kept and noted at the end of each usage
of the boat. This would include who the
users were, the reason it was used, what equipment was used, what first aid
supplies were used, etc. so that a record would be kept of what was done and
what would need to be changed or resupplied.
The Board was asked to go over the document and make any suggestions and
comments prior to the next meeting. That
way, the document could be accepted at the next meeting.
The bid is out for the storage shed. The deadline is October 31, so it will soon
be known where the best buy will be. Two individuals have already submitted
bids for the 12’ x 16’ building on skids.
Chief Wahlberg reported that he had gone to the City and
requested that the Fire Department be given the Garden City Public Safety
Grant. He noted that he had gone to the
County Ambulance Association and discovered that he needed to talk with the
Commissioners. He will be on their
agenda this next month. Wahlberg said that
he thought that 70 percent of the firefighters needed to at least have EMT
basics. He noted that the best fire
department has the best trained and equipped firefighters. Part of that training should be in the
medical area.
The ISO audit had been conducted during this past
month. Wahlberg noted that the
department was doing well. Most of the
paperwork records were great. The pump
records were not as available from the last three years as was requested by
ISO. There was some difficulty getting
water information from some of the subdivisions. ISO gave the city an extension in time to try
and get additional information from some of the water companies in the various
subdivisions. Results of the audit will
be available in about six months. This
audit will be conducted again in about 5 of 6 years. Weak areas can be worked on over that time so
that the results of the next audit will probably be higher than this year.
There are currently two individuals who have applied to fill
the board vacancy. The deadline for
applications is October 24.
The Christmas Party is coming up. A discussion was had and several suggestions
made. This party is a time when
appreciation can be shown to the fire fighters.
It was decided that a turkey/ham will be given to each fire fighter
along with a fire department gift. It
was noted that Laketown firefighters will be invited along with the
Commissioners. The party will be held at
the City Office Lakeview room and will be catered. Thursday, December 4, was the decided date. There will be a public hearing prior to the
party.
Equipment desired is a gate valve and 150 feet of 6” steamer
hose. Both the valve and hose are
expense. This gives a much strong and
faster flow of water which can really assist in putting out fires. They would really like to get a center gate
valve as well. This would then allow for
2 gate values and actually up to 6 lines coming off from one fire hydrant. The
Board requested that a cost estimate be drafted and presented to the Board.
Responses this past month included 3 calls, 2 walk-ins
needing medical help and 3 medical calls.
The question was asked if the department had a gas leak
source detector. Chief Wahlberg noted
that anything dealing with gas should be handled by the gas company or a gas
professional—it’s not something the department should get involved with.
A request has been made to the Commissioners to allow both
Laketown and Garden City to us a section of the County dump that has already
been buried and grassed over. They would
like to put down a layer of gravel and use that area for training. They would like to get 4 conic boxes. These can be used to simulate breaking inside
a home, fighting an actual fire inside, using heavy vehicles for practice with
the extractors, car fires, etc. There
are quite a few grants available for training facilities that might be
obtained. Having a location will be
extremely helpful. The department can
keep adding onto the facilities as time passes and create a great place for
training new volunteers.
The attendance report for board members for the year as
follows:
Howard Pope missed 1 meeting
Bryan House missed 1 meeting
Randall Knight missed 1 meeting
Perry Wakefield missed 2 meetings
Short the 5th board member at the present time
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