M I N U T E S

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

Ontario Fire Marshall's Office: Noel Vallancourt

Honorary Members Present:
Mike Higgens, Don White, Harold McBryde

Guests:

Vice President, Wayne Shields called the meeting to order at 19:30 hours. 9 departments were represented, with 36 current members in attendance and 3 honorary members. Chief Purcell acting as secretary.

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Guest Speaker

3.0 Adoption of Minutes
The minutes of the Jan.09, 2007 meeting were read.

Moved by: Chief Purcell - Edwardsburgh/Cardinal
Seconded by: FPO Healy - Brockville

4.0 Treasurer's Report
Balance of Account - $ 906.21 after all outstanding cheques are cashed

Moved by: T. Tedford - Elizabethtown/Kitely
Seconded by: B. Normandin - Elizabethtown/Kitely

5.0 Correspondence
Thank you from Wanda Shaw for donation in memory of Don Shaw

6.0 Committee Reports

6.1 Health & Welfare - Chief Purcell
Service for Don Shaw and funeral

6.2 Fire Prevention - FPO Healy
Meeting scheduled for Thursday, Apr.12 in Kitley @ 19:30
Race Against Drugs program putting information into a ballot

6.3 Training - Captain Dave Grant
72 people attended the January 20th Reading Smoke course
Next meeting Apr.11th
Trainer Facilitator & Legislation 101 courses may be offered later this year

6.4 EMS - Mark Urqhart
No report

7.0 Coordinators Report- Chief Jones

Asked that Mutual Aid reports be reported to him in a timely fashion
There was a package from the OFM for each department to pick up
Meeting with the communication committee was held last week. If you have any suggestions please forward them to Chief Jones.
Noel Vallancourt, OFM said he was impressed with the Fire Chiefs organization and the Public Education & Fire Prevention in Leeds & Grenville.

8.0 Unfinished Business

8.1 Wayne Shields said the executive committee and Chief Jones met. No new projects planned at this time and bank account was good so the request from the Counties will be the same for 2007
8.2 Chief Bond - Kemptville advised that he invited the Ministry of Labour in to assess where they were at. They got a very good report. The inspector told them that training records were very important. Noel mentioned they are nice people to deal with.
8.3 Chief Donovan advised that as a result of a fatal accident they had a debriefing shortly after which was found to be very useful to the members. They use the word defusing rather than debriefing.

9.0 New Business

9.1 CFPO Randy Burke mentioned about Risk Watch that it is mandated in all schools in Upper Canada School Boards, public and Roman Catholic schools. Fire Prevention committee is promoting smoke detectors on a board which are in the Risk Watch kits. Chief Jones said it is expected that all chiefs support Risk Watch in our local schools. There is a Risk Watch meeting at the Health Unit in Brockville on March 14th at 15:30hrs.

10.0 Announcements

10.1 Fish Fry at Elizabethtown/Kitely station 1 in Lyn, April 22, 13:00 to 15:00hrs.

11.0 Next Meeting: May 15, 2007 - 19:30 Hrs
Front of Yonge

12.0 Adjournment: meeting adjourned
Moved by: Ed Dempster- Gananogue

50/50 was $72.50