TSVFD Department Meeting

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TSVFD Department Meeting

• August 27, 2007

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Building and Grounds Issues

• Station 1
• Engine room vapor lights have been repaired by FF
  Romano, and installed by the Township.
• We have received one bid for the installation of
  heat tape for the roof over the ramp from G.E.
  Steigauf in the amount of 5,326. Chief Engineer
  Angstadt is soliciting more bids. Per the
  Township, 3 bids are needed with final approval
  by supervisors.
• Magnetic white boards completed colored dots
  will be placed on all name tags to identify which
  platoon you belong in. If anyone does not have a
  name tag please see FF Rhoads.
• Jay Vaughn will be contacting Lord Moyer to
  repair the curbing on the east side of the pad at
  the cost of the Township. Jay will also be taking
  care of painting the curb yellow across from
  station.
• WINTER PROJECT Coming in months ahead we will
  be starting a cleaning spree of the mezzanine
  area. Any one who is available to help it would
  be greatly appreciated.

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Building and Grounds Issues

• Station 1 Continued
• Rainbow Roofing completed repairs to the roof
  leaks
• As you probably noticed the weed strip was
  removed outside of the training room. The next
  step will be the paving of that area and removing
  the foliage from the islands and replacing with
  stone.
• Station 2
• Nothing major at the moment
• Lease of WWFC Space
• Looking at renting the east side bays for the
  collapse and robot trailers, Squad 852 and Rehab
  85.
• Letter being completed by WWFD to state that they
  have other plans for the east engine rooms and
  they are not available.
• Training Site
• The training site monies will be transferred to
  the Fire Prevention Trailer account. No money was
  taken from the Fire Department budget to pay for
  the removal and demolition of the training site.
  Chief Engineer Angstadt will be changing the
  accounts.

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Operations

• Run Card Updates have been submitted to Berks
  County Communications Center and should take
  effect shortly. Thanks to D/C Strause for going
  over the run cards and making appropriate
  changes.
• EMA Table Top Exercise was well represented, with
  the exception of the Fire Dept. There will be two
  follow-up sessions with dates TBA. This is an
  exercise is very important for the officers of
  this dept. Please plan on attending.
• All Apparatus License Plates have been renewed
  with the exception of E-851. The state has
  informed me that the current tag has no
  expiration date and is still legal to operate
  until the new tag arrives.
• Hydrant Cap installation is in progress at this
  time with about ½ completed. Help would greatly
  appreciated.
• Mobile radio programming was completed for the
  apparatus by RMI. Portable radio programming for
  officers will be done by FF Rhoads. Please
  arrange a time to have this completed.

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Operations

• Company Burn Session on August 18th went well.
  Members had a great day weather wise. We still
  need some continued practice with hose
  management, and PASS Alarm management. Overall I
  think the training went very well and thanks for
  everyone who attended the drill.
• Total Visibility Personnel Records should be
  filled out by all operating personnel. New
  personnel will complete a form when being
  interviewed.
• Web Site Update
• Will require upgrade to expand (VFRA Section,
  Training, Public Relations)
• Sponsors being lined up
• A new section has been created that will allow
  members to view any fire department forms. There
  was also a TOP 10 FFs section created in the
  Members section. This will be updated the 1st of
  every month.
• Anyone with pictures please see either D/C Roth
  or Schartel, or FF Rhoads
• SOG Revisions ongoing. Draft revisions will be
  reviewed by Staff
• Covers for Hydraulic lines, Pneumatic Lines and
  possibly Comm. Rope are being looked into by
  Spec. Ops Group along with Capt. Burns.

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Operations

• In reference to the news paper article about
  houses losing water pressure in the Shiloh Hills
  area. John Rothwell from Pa American water told
  me that the incident occurred the night of the
  Tanker drill in Gouglersville. Co. 56 used the
  hydrant at the lowest point in reference to
  Shiloh Hills and opened the hydrant too fast.
  This did not give the pump enough time to recover
  pressure. About 20 houses lost water at the top
  of the system. This resulted in a Water Boiling
  Advisory for the residents in that area. I am
  very surprised we did not receive any phone calls
  from irate citizens. PLEASE remember to open and
  close all water valves slowly.

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Apparatus Issues

• Exhaust on E853 scheduled for permanent repair on
  Sept. 4th.
• R-85 winch rope/cable to be ordered.
• 100 on the winch with 50 extension in storage
  bag.
• R851 rattle has been fixed by PBL found vacuum
  leak- has been repaired
• Engine 85-1 back from Penn Diesel fixed
  transmission leak
• August Inspection schedule
• E85, E852, E-853, Car 85
• Driver Training Protocol
• Chief/Capt OK
• Commissioner OK
• Chief Engineer/Asst Chief Engineer one time
• Any qualified driver for practice
• Final OK

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Special Operations

• Budget and equipment needs being studied
• R-85 Rope Cable for winches has been over viewed
  and will be ordering 100 rope cable for the
  winch along with a 50 extension that will be
  placed in a storage bag
• All rope rescue rope has reached its shelf life.
  7 Spools of rope 600 long of 7 different colors
  will be ordered. The ropes will be split into 1-
  300 section, 1- 200 section, and 1- 100
  section. All rope will be placed on R-85, R-851,
  E-851, Sq-851
• Spec Ops Training
• Developing Phase III training scheme for rescue
  operations

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Special Operations

• Kids Safety Trailer / Fire Prev. / Public
  Relations
• Preparing SOG for trailer operations
• Use sway bars and load equalizers EVERY TIME YOU
  MOVE THE TRAILERS
• Will be posted on the trailer at the hitch
• Appearance Schedule
• 9/22 WW Chapel
• 9/29 Day Mohnton Parade / Night Fireworks
• 9/29 Night Wilson Sound Panorama
• Helmet Tetrahedrons
• Helmet tetrahedrons will be handed out following
  tonight's meeting to those members who are
  strictly exterior firefighters. These
  tetrahedrons will make it easier for the command
  staff to identify interior vs. exterior
  firefighters.

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Training

• August
• 27 NO DRILL DEPT MEETING
• September
• 3 NO DRILL LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
• 8 (Sat) Skills Drill
• 10 Vehicle Rescue Ops
• 17 Ventilation Practices
• 24 NO DRILL DEPT MEETING
• 24 FM Browns Tech Rescue Drill w/51
• 29 (Sat) Helicopter Landing Drill (Medevac 4)
• October
• 1 4TH Qtr Consumption Checks/ Chimney Evol.
• 6 SATURDAY SKILLS DRILL
• 8 NO DRILL FIRE PREVENTION OPEN HOUSE
• 15 Fire Evolutions
• 22 NO DRILL DEPT MEETING
• 26-28 FRI-SUN ENGINE/TRUCK Operations (CLASS)
• 29 Swift-Water Rescue Demo/ Classroom

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Training

• Misc. Stuff
• Long range planning
• Haz Mat Ops Refresher Mon Tues Oct. 1st 2nd
• 10/26,27,28 Engine / Truck Class
• 12/1 CPR
• 1/7 Meters (SFA)
• Standpipe training at Spring Ridge Corp Ctr will
  be later in the fall
• Please check your training records against your
  personal records
• Printouts available from FIREHOUSE software (See
  career staff)
• Rescue certs (BRP, VRT)
• May affect PPE issue protocol
• RACC Department Liability Release form
• 2nd Quarter Training Requirement met by just
  about all

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Training

• Outstanding Certifications
• (if you have them, please get us a copy)
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• C. Burns, Pajski, R. Ahrens, Henry, Rodriquez,
  Homan, Sharma, Wentzel
• CPR
• Etechberger, Woll, Ragonese, Balthaser, B.
  Cummings, Heere, Henry Rodriquez, Tercha,
  Boulanger, Delorenzo, Gerhart, G. Hostetter,
  Klusewitz, Noecker, Pagerly, A.J. Pollock

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IMPORTANT DATES

• September 13 Training Staff
• September 20 Staff
• September 24 Dept Meetings

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• ROUNDTABLE