GARDEN CITY, Utah. February 17, 2016. The Garden City Fire District meeting was held on Wednesday, instead of Thursday due to conflicts with training classes being
held in Logan and will continue on Thursday through March and April.
The board is working on updating the Policy and Procedure manual
and Randall Knight is taking the lead.
The first section being updated will focus on the Emergency Vehicle
Policy. This section will be expanded to
clarify the allowed usage for the vehicles and who the operators can be.
Fire Chief Wahlberg reported
the fire district is sponsoring the Garden City Certification program through
Bear River Health. Local citizens are
being requested to volunteer to support this emergency support effort. The volunteers would receive training on how to
react to a large emergency in the area by allowing citizens to assist the
emergency service providers. These
individuals would make phone calls to alert the community, perform triage
and/or basic fire protection skills. It
will also create a good pool of future volunteers for both fire and EMT
needs. To do the job correctly, the
Chief thinks it would take at least 20 trained individuals originally but could
eventually grow to more. To spearhead
this request the LDS church will be asking their members for volunteers. However, this is a community service that is
very important and is not limited to LDS members only. If anybody is interested please provide your
name and telephone number to the Fire Chief, Ward Bishop, or one of the board
members. A notice will be posted on the Post Office bulletin board.
Other items of
interest is potential enlargement of the fire station to house a new ladder
truck, upgrading the motors on the fire rescue boat for faster response times
and getting a winterized cover that can withstand the Bear Lake Valley high
winds.
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