September 08, 2025 Meeting

Quorum starting, finishing
Meeting Timings starting, finishing
Called to order at

18:31

Adjourned at

19:21

Attendance here, there, dunno
Reports read and approved?
Previous minutes

YES

Old Business things from before

4th of July - Money for sawdust pits: $2000. $800 in sawpit; rest for kids games. Kyle E. to send list to Chief; city to provide change. Sound: Adam to pull PA system out and get it running. Sawdust: Chris Miller Limit sawdust piles up to 8yr olds only

3rd of July - Tent setup: Straw Bales: Bumper. Plan to use MAMS tent (no setup). Tom Tyler: Multiple sponsors. Beer/Spirits are covered. Liquor permit TBD; after June 20th. Band: Tom Tyler to iron out band specifics. Door charge: $10 motion made/seconded/approved. Tom F. - Mixers and eggs. City to supply porta potties. Chris Miller to contact Bruin to organize dumpster. Fence: Need t-posts; $1000 budget.

Trucks -Tim: Ladder, Dack: Engine, Nathan: Tender - Others not driving trucks: go to park to setup kids games.

Fireworks -Ted building racks -Tubes TBD (may not be there before the 4th) -Finalize trailer layout + work day

Water Fights -Junior/Coed/Senior fights set -Womens fight: set

MAMS - Pouring for MAMS on June 3rd.

Social Media - Waiting on getting login to sign in and update pre-4th of July. To post schedule of events/parking/road closures/etc.

Trailer - Sat 14th 10:00am work day

Training - Wed 11th 5:30 meet at the station and take rescue / extrication

New Business things coming

Banner Renewal - Motion made/seconded/unanimously approved to spend $175 on renewing our OHS sponsor banner.

Debriefing - Post-call debriefs are required for any call that involves live fire or injuries. These debriefs will take place at the firehouse immediately following a call. other agency debriefs to be attended as needed/as available.

Survival Games - 9/20, 10a-4p; meant to engage community. Members encouraged to attend in duty shirts to help/show face in the community.

Picnic - Saturday, 9/13 from 12p-6p. Derrick to pick up groceries; order will be placed.

Firework Trailers - Work days TBD to repair trailers; secondary connex is on the way for storage. Rack heights to be adjusted down on select racks by Ted P. Tentative days: 9/17 - 6:00pm Ridgway training center.

Rescue 11-11 - Heading into Diamond G for repairs on exhaust and siren. Chris M. will bring it down week of 9/8 to have it looked at.

Gloves/Hood/Boots/Gear - 9yr expiration date. Put info up on whiteboard.

Bylaw Enforcement - Due to breach of bylaws (Lack of attendance to calls and meetings, Failure to follow procedure and chain of command when requesting a leave of absence) Max Austin will be removed from the department. Review ongoing for other members.

Issues with Pagers - Extended antennas are available for pager charging bases; contact Chief to get an antenna.

Red #3 Repeater - Bumper working on getting repeater up and running.

Landing Zones for Life Flight - Need to evaluate landing zones; potential to use highway for LZ's as necessary.

Budget Requests - Equipment requests for over $1000 need to be turned into Adam ASAP.

Highgraders - Motion made/seconded/unanimously approved to donate $1500.