2.1 John Fox - Origin and Cause Incorporated. John is Fire/Explosion Investigator serving the Kingston and Ottawa region. John discussed the importance of statement preparation in regards to a criminal investigation. John gave examples of before and after statements and emphasized how proper statement preparation could affect the outcome of a court proceeding. A sample of a Witness statement is attached to the minutes.

The minutes of the March 8, 2005 meeting were read. Correction, Van Mcready was a Leeds 1000 Islands Firefighter, was stated in minutes as Front of Yonge.

Moved by : Rick Huck - Leeds 1000 Islands
Seconded by: Gerry Bennett - Gananoque

Receipts: 50/50 Draw March Mutual Aid meeting held in Kemptville $ 37.00

Disbursements

Balance of Account - $ 1,221.01

6.1 Health & Welfare
Nothing to report

6.2 Fire Prevention - Tim Tedford
Race against Drugs program will be held in Brockville at the Memorial Centre Tuesday May 31 to June 1. Any members interested in helping with the Fire Prevention booth, please contact Greg Healy (Brockville) Fire Department.
Next meeting will be held Thursday May 12, 2005 at 19:30 hrs at Elizabethtown-Kitley Stn #3.

6.3 Training - Wayne Shields
Fire Cause and Determination Course to be held in Kingston June 6-8.
There will be a Module A Firefighters Course held in June.
Some courses are going to be cancelled due to lack of interest.
Review your EOTC Calendar of upcoming courses and if interested in attending the courses, please send in your registration forms.
Incident Management Course to be held Sept. 10 and 11, 2005
CN 911 Course to be held in Brockville June 13, 14, 15 and 16. Please Contact Sam Massonotti of the CN Police in Brockville, or Chris Dwyre of the Brockville Fire Department.
Next meeting to be held June 8 at Elizabethtown-Kitley Stn. #1 (Lyn)

6.4 EMS -

9.1 Correspondence from Elizabethtown-Kitley Auto Extrication Committee regarding donation for 2005 International Auto Extrication Competition.

Motion that the Mutual Aid Association support the Elizabethtown-Kitley Auto Extrication Committee and donate $500.00.

Moved by: Chief Tim Bond - Kemptville
Seconded by: Jeff Briggs - Front of Yonge

9.2 Website: Please review the Leeds Grenville Website (www.leedsgrenvillefire.com) and provide the webmaster with update information as website is becoming outdated.

Tom is currently the Webmaster for our website, he may be retiring from the fire service in the next year or so and would like another member interested in taking over as the webmaster to contact him.

Our website gets a number of hits, locally, nationally and internationally, it would be a shame to lose this resource.

9.3 Eastern Ontario Training Committee - Chief Gerry Bennett had brought up the issue of timing of training course. Many of the training courses are now being held during the weekday. It is hard for volunteer's to take time off work in order to be able to attend the courses. Gerry would like the committee to push for more evening or weekend courses to provide better access to the courses by the volunteer firefighters.

10.1 Kemptville announced that they are celebrating their 150th anniversary. They will be hosting the EOFA Games this year on June 24 and 25 and will be celebrating the 150th at this time. They already have 3 bands booked for the parade on Saturday and would like as many fire apparatus as possible for the parade. Bernie Moyle of the Fire Marshalls Office will be quest speaker at a reception to be held on the Friday night.
Information will be posted on the Fire Services Website.

10.2 Elizabethtown-Kitley Chief Jim Donovan on behalf of the Auto Extrication Team thanked the association for the generous donation. Extended offer if any department required assistance with their extrication training the members from his team would more than be willing to assist them.