President	County Coordinator	Secretary/Treasurer
James E. Grant	Chief Harry Jones	Brian Purcell
Edwardsburg/Cardinal	Brockville	Edwardsburg/Cardinal

M I N U T E S

1. Athens (1)	7. Gananoque (1)
2. Augusta (3)	8. Kemptville (79)
3. Brockville (1)	9. Leeds & 1000 Islands (2)
4. Edwardsburg/Cardinal (5)	10. Merrickville-Wolford (4)
5. Elizabethtown Kiltley (7)	11. Prescott (0)
6. Front of Yonge(5)	12. Rideau Lakes (0)
	13. Westport (0)

Ontario Fire Marshall's Office:

Honorary Members Present:

Guests: Mayor Doug Struthers, Ottawa FF Chris Wiona, 3 suppliers.

Chief Jim Donovan called the meeting to order at 19:30 hours in the President's absence with Chief Purcell acting as Secretary for the meeting. 10 departments were represented, with 38 current members in attendance.

1.0 Introduction

Mayor Doug Struthers welcomed us to Merrickville and mentioned that our Mutual Aid system works well.

2.0 Guest Speaker

Chris Wiona, a full time fire fighter in Ottawa does Rapid Intervention Team trainning. We should train well for this, basic training is important. They use ropes anchored to the outside for interior personnel. A basement with an open ceiling and I beam construction can fail in only 10 minutes in a fire. New couches can raise heat in a room 5 times more than items made 10 years ago. Newer construction is a very serious problem because of construction materials.

3.0 Adoption of Minutes

The minutes of the Jan. 8, 2008 meeting were read and approved.

Moved by: Chief Purcell - Edwardsburg/Cardinal
Seconded by: Tim Tedford - Elizabethtown/Kitley

4.0 Treasurer's Report

Balance of Account - $1,153.73.

Moved by: Chief Purcell - Edwardsburgh/Cardinal
Seconded by:

5.0 Correspondence
Email from Pam Musgrave looking for a Fire Fighter Advisor for Leeds/Grenville to promote MD.

6.0 Committee Reports

6.1 Health & Welfare - Chief Purcell
Nothing to report

6.2 Fire Prevention - FPO Healy
Regular meeting on Thursday in Frankville.

6.3 Training
Meeting on March 18 at Station 2 in Brockville at 19:30hrs.

6.4 EMS - No report

7.0 Coordinators Report- D/C Dwyre
Our budget has been submitted to the Counties Council.
OFM talked to MPP re OAFC budget submission.
Mutual aid calls no longer need to be reported to the coordinator.
Hazmat unit is available from Invista.

8.0 Fire Protection Advisor Report - Noel Vaillancourt
No report

9.0 OAFC - Tim Bond

Chief Bond advised they are lobbying the province for $90 million for updating bunker gear and other equipment.
Spoke about line of duty deaths and fire fighter close calls. There have been about 12 deaths since Jan. 08 in Canada and the U.S. Freelancing is the biggest killer in the service. Firehouse.com lists a lot of information on fire fighter deaths, etc.

10.0 Unfinished Business

11.0 New Business

Ed Dempster, Gananoque made the motion that we pay $150 to Athens Firefighters Association for hosting the chief's meetings, seconded by Chief Halladay, FoY, carried.

12.0 Announcements

Chief Halladay, FoY introduced new members: Baley Kovac, Brendan Galley, Tyler Kelly.
Chief Bond, Kemptville introduced new members: Brad Jackson, Jared Lamer, Saraah Ramsden, Darren Stephenson.
Elizabethtown/Kitley is hosting the Eastern Ontario Extrication Competition Day in Toledo on June 14th.
3 suppliers were thanked by Chief Donovan for attending

13.0 Next Meeting: May 13, 2008 - 19:30 Hrs
Prescott

14.0 Adjournment: 2nd roll call same as before
Moved by: Troy Merkley, Merrickville at 20:55hrs

50/50 was $45 won by D/C Dwyer - Brockville

1st Vice: Wayne Shields, Leeds and Thousand Islands
Directors: Chief James Donovan, Elizabethtown Kitley Capt. Charlie Bond , Kemptville