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Leeds & Grenville Counties Mutual Aid Fire Service Association

*President*	*County Coordinator*	*Secretary/Treasurer*
*Jim Grant*	*Chief H. Jones*	*B. Purcell*
Edwardsburg/Cardinal	*Brockville*	Edwardsburg/Cardinal

M I N U T E S

Front of Yonge Fire Department - May 15, 2007

Present:

1. Athens (0)	7. Gananoque (1)
2. Augusta (4)	8. Kemptville (6)
3. Brockville (3)	9. Leeds and 1000 Islands (2)
4. Edwardsburg/Cardinal (5)	10. Merrickville-Wolford (1)
5. Elizabethtown Kiltley (6)	11. Prescott (0)
6. Front of Yonge (19)	12. Rideau Lakes (0)
	13. Westport (0)

Ontario Fire Marshall's Office: Noel Vallancourt

Honorary Members Present:
Don White, Tom Haffie, Harold McBryde

Guests:

Steve Ferguson - Class A, Dave Aitken - M&L Supply, Steven Rittenhouse- Canadian Safety Equipment, Mark da Silva - Safedesign, Rob Sinclair - OPP, Roger Haley - Reeve

President Jim Grant called the meeting to order at 19:30 hours. 9 departments were represented, with 47 current members in attendance and 3 honorary members.

1.0 Introduction

Chief Halliday welcomed everyone and thanked guests for attending.
Reeve Roger Haley thanked the fireman for their work. He supported a resolution for volunteers to get the same workplace safety coverage as full time firefighters.

2.0 Guest Speaker

Rob Sinclair from the OPP gave a presentation on Traffic Scene Investigations. It is important to preserve the scene. If safety is a concern we have the ability to close down a traffic lane. Open communication is important when this is being done.

3.0 Adoption of Minutes
The minutes of the March 13, 2007 meeting were read.

Moved by: Tim Tedford - Elizabethtown/Kitely
Seconded by: Steve Acton - Front of Yonge

4.0 Treasurer's Report
Balance of Account - $ 981.21 after all outstanding cheques are cashed.
- Counties Levy of $7,000 has been received

Moved by: B. Normandin - Elizabethtown/Kitely
Seconded by: Ed. Dempster - Gananoque

5.0 Correspondence
none

6.0 Committee Reports

6.1 Health & Welfare - Chief Purcell

Past Chief , Mike Murphy from Merrickville past away but no service held
Ed Dempster mentioned that Mike Higgins is in the hospital and not well
Chief Jones added Smiths Falls Chief Gorman's father passed away

6.2 Fire Prevention - FPO Healy

Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 14 in Kitley @ 19:30
Race Against Drugs program is being held on May 29th at the Brockville Memorial Center

6.3 Training - Captain Dave Grant

Trainer/Facilitator course is being offered Sept. 28-30 and Emergency Patient Care in November and December. Craig Jones is looking at setting up more EPC courses.
Planning for a Grow House/Drug Lab course in the fall
Dave is pleased with the solid department turnout and hopes it continues.

6.4 EMS - No report

7.0 Coordinators Report- Chief Jones

There were 5 Mutual Aid activations in the past 2 months
The Minister of Labour indicated the new cancer legislation would be approved and apply to all firefighters including volunteers.

At the next chiefs meeting there will be a VICARS presentation. (Victims in Crisis)
The Mutual Aid plan was submitted and approved by the FMO.
Communication Plan Committee received no real feedback.
Chief Jones announced that Chief Tim Bond was elected to the OAFC Board

8.0 Fire Protection Advisor Report - Noel Vaillancourt

Noel talked about new requirements for truck drivers with MTO. If a truck driver is performing firefighting duties they would require 8hrs rest before they could drive again. He recommends going to council to express concern and pass on complaints to the OFM so they can pass on to government.
Noel said water rescue is not in our bylaws for firefighting. If it is not in your bylaws and something happens you could be responsible individually and not covered by Occupational Health and Safety. Fire Departments has been charged in the past. Need to have a policy in place and proper training. Use caution and don't publicize this service.
Everyone passed the Basic Fire Prevention Course.

There will be a Holiday Safety Ad for cottages etc. going in the paper dealing with things like fireworks safety.
OFM Communiques should be passed on by the chief to members. Latest Communique was on farm safety. There is a checklist and various safety tips on the site.

9.0 OAFC - Tim Bond

As new director Chief Bond brought greetings to the association.
The Two Hatter and MTO trucking issues need some attention for volunteers. Tim is looking forward to passing on our concerns to Queen's Park

10.0 Unfinished Business

11.0 New Business

Ed Dempster mentioned that Gananoque Chief Bennett will look after the guest speaker for the September meeting in Gananoque.

Jim Grant asked Chief Jones if we should present the issue of cancer coverage to the counties for volunteers. Harry felt the issue is already moving forward so it would not be required at this time.

12.0 Announcements

Jim Grant thanked the suppliers for attending the meeting and their support.

13.0 Next Meeting: September 11, 2007 - 19:30 Hrs Gananoque

14.0 Adjournment: meeting adjourned

Moved by: Brian Normandin @ 21:25hrs

50/50 was $94.50

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