April 6 th, 2016 San Mateo County Fire Chiefs Association Meeting Minutes

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1 April 6 th, 2016 San Mateo County Fire Chiefs Association Meeting Minutes I. Standard Business Matters 1. Call to Order The regular meeting of the San Mateo County Fire Chiefs Association was called to order by President 13:05, April 6 th, The Meeting was held at the Sta. 28 Foster City, CA. Members Present: Dan Ghiorso John Kammeyer Harold Schapelhouman Gerry Kohlmann John Healy Stan Maupin Ron Myers Rudy Castellanos Dave Downing Woodside Fire Protection District Central County Fire Department Menlo Park Fire Protection District South San Francisco Fire Department San Mateo/Foster City/Belmont Fire Departments Redwood City/San Carlos FD North County Fire Authority San Francisco Airport San Bruno Fire Department Members Absent: Geoff Balton Ian Larkin Colma Fire Department San Mateo County/Coastside Fire Deputy/Assistant Chiefs Present: Rich Johnson Bob Fisher Don Long Gary Hegwer Drew Flinders North County Fire Authority North County Fire Authority Menlo Park Fire Protection District San Mateo/Foster City/Belmont Fire Departments Central County Fire Department Affiliate Partners/Guests Present: - 1

2 Brad Hartzell OES 2. Approval of Minutes Chief Maupin motioned to approve minutes. Second by Chief Schapelhouman. Motion carried Financial Report Chief Healy distributed Financial Report. No discussion on report. 4. Correspondence/Presentation None 5. Announcements None II. Continuing Business 1. Tablet Command and Billing A. Chief Kammeyer advised group on status of Tablet Command, licenses, billing and the invoice that has been paid. All licenses have been vetted by CCFD. Chief Kammeyer will continue as the contact and communicate with Tablet Command and Will Pigeon. John has discussed the present status with Ed Wood and the one way push from PSC to Tablet Command. 2. Academy Director and Curriculum A. Deputy Chief Long addressed the position of the Academy Director and the related concern of Academy curriculum. Guidance on both was sought from past director and on curriculum. Chief Long proposed that the Deputy Chiefs meet and come back to Chiefs with recommendations on both the Directors position, including options to fund and the curriculum that would best meet all department needs. Chiefs concurred and will welcome a report at the May meeting. 3. Coalition for Safe Schools Letter A. Safe School Letter, Completed and delivered. 4. Apparatus Loan Policy - 2

3 A. Chief Maupin to research location of Policy. The first question is whether this is a policy or guideline. The desire of the Policy/Guideline is to allow agencies to use other agencies equipment on a loan basis. Several Chiefs thought this may already reside in auto-aid agreement and Chief Myers offered to look into that possibility. III. New Business 1. EMST ConOPS Letter A. There was discussion on this letter of support and what it meant if anything to the Fire Service. As per previous agreement, letters such as this would come before Chiefs for support. Letter has the support of 5 of 7 Chiefs present and thus will be Signed by Fire Chief President Kammeyer and sent back to EMA. 2. HazMat Contract Renewal Letter A. Contract is due to go to the ESC on the 21 st of April. Discussion on funding and cost sheet provided by Chief Healy followed. Question was raised by multiple Chiefs on what the actual budget was and what actual numbers were based on. The request to Chief Healy was to obtain a budget sheet breakdown prior to the endorsement of the Fire Chiefs. 3. Fire Station Designators A. Chief Schapelhouman wanted to know if the group was interested in looking at a countywide Station re-numbering. The Chief had outlined his thoughts in an to the Chiefs. Question was posed as to was this a need or a desire? It was pointed out that neighboring counties do not have a geographical design to their numbering and seem to work relatively well. Chief Maupin asked for examples of how this might look. Without further comment, no further action is expected. 4. SFO Airport request A. Chief Castellanos and the airport will be holding drills at the airport in both July and September. He is looking for participation from San Mateo County. They will be working specifically on staging along with landing zones. There will also be a water rescue component to the September drill. Chief Castellanos will contact Chief Myers with request through the mutual aid coordinator. 5. High Performance CPR - 3

4 A. It has become apparent to the Chiefs that the present mechanical devices used on some engines in San Mateo County may be falling out of favor with County EMS. While the benefits of the High Performance CPR lead us to believe it is a better way to approach CPR, the Chiefs felt discontinuing the use or options of Mechanical CPR was not in the best interest of the County residents. More urgent was what some Chiefs felt as the loss of a cooperative effort between County EMS and the County Fire service that has served this County so well. The recommendation after discussion was to invite Nancy Lapolla and Dr. Gregory Gilbert. 6. Disaster Preparedness Day A. Chief Kammeyer wanted to remind the group that this year s County Disaster Preparedness day will be June 11 th at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. IV. Committee and or Work Projects A. Exposure Reduction Committee; Deputy Flinders stated the group has not met since the last Chiefs meeting but plenty of work was being done on this project. B. CSM; No report as no meeting. V. Deputy Chiefs Report/OES Report A. OES Report a. None B. Deputy Chiefs Report a. Chief Long stated bulk of the report and discussion was already addressed in item II. 2. A. b. The COCE will be in May on the 5 th and 6 th. Very similar to the past years. c. 3 Wildland drill are coming up in April and May. VI. Liaison Committees A. OES/CICCS, Chief Myers B. San Mateo EMS Authority and SMCPHESG, Chief Myers C. City Managers, Chief Kohlmann, Chief Schapelhouman, Chief Kammeyer D. Comtech, Chief Balton, Chief Larkin, Chief Healy E. EMCC, Chief Myers, appointed by SMC Board of Supervisors F. JPA Supervisors, Chief Ghiorso, Chief Kammeyer - 4

5 G. Emergency Managers Association, Chief Ghiorso, Chief Healy H. Fire Safe and Fire Prevention, Chief Larkin, DC Johnson, DC Downing I. Homeland Security and Grants, Chief Myers, Chief Larkin J. Member Services, Chief Balton K. Operations Group, Chief Healy, DC Flinders, DC Lauderdale L. Training Group, Chief Ghiorso, DC Fisher, AC Steward M. Policies & Standards, Chief Maupin, Chief Downing, DC Long, DC Hegwer N. Public Safety Communications, Chief Myers, Chief Healy, Chief Schapelhouman, Chief Larkin CAD update, 12 vendors will be representing their businesses to County in the next several weeks. Chief Healy will provide schedule of presentations. O. PG&E, Chief Schapelhouman P. Website, Chief Maupin Chief Maupin stated meeting is coming up shortly. Q. Mobile Tech Group, Chief Kammeyer, Chief Jalbert Meeting went to recess at 3:30. Meeting reconvened at 3:45. VII. Executive Session A. None VIII. Good of The Order A. Chief Kohlmann advised they will be promoting within for a Deputy Fire Chiefs position. This will be followed by a BC test and appointment, which will then be followed by a Captains test. B. Chief Maupin advised group that their Deputy Fire Chief will be appointed and in place by April 18 th. This too will be followed by a BC appointment and then a Captains Test. C. Chief Ghiorso announced that BC Lindner has been appointed to the Deputy Fire Chiefs position and will begin in that role at the new fiscal year. The current BC position he holds will be filled by either the Current EMS BC or the current BC list from the 2015 test. D. Chief Healy advised group of a concern with the way the City self funds itself and how that affects the operations budget. E. Chief Schapelhouman advised group that the new Station 2 will open in April. May 21 st they will be having a parade to celebrate their 150 year anniversary. The District is looking at adding a new truck and are looking at a tiller truck. They will be hiring both entry level FFP and laterals FFP for this coming year. Expect to hire a total of

6 IX. Adjournment President Kammeyer adjourned the meeting at 16:45 pm. 4/6/2016. X. Next Meeting- May 4 th, 2016 at Station 28 in Foster City. - 6