Minutes of Regular Monthly
Meeting
of the
Haworth Volunteer Fire Department
CALL TO ORDER:
The Haworth Volunteer Fire Department held a regularly
scheduled monthly business meeting on Monday,
March 8, 2004 at the
Haworth Fire Station. Chief Vic Marsh
called the meeting to order
at 6:35 p.m. Members present were: Donnie Gray, Floyd
Middleton,
Vic Marsh, David Smith, Jim Ferguson, Kyle Batson, Chris Hall, Chad
Wright,
Richard Owens, Michael Carrell, and Kirk Storey. Guests
present: Aubrey Gray, Landon Middleton,
Eric Jackson, and John Coffman.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
Minutes of the previous meeting were presented.
Wright moved to accept the minutes as
written. Smith seconded.
All members in favor. Minutes
approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
Beginning
Balance: $24,821.23
Income:
$ 0
Expenses: $
32.41 FuelMan
– Fuel
$ 710.00
Casco
Ind – 5 Cairns 660C Metro Helmets
$ 2,200.00
Affordable
Fire Equipment – Portable Monitor, Hose, Nozzles
Ending
Balance $21,878.82
Middleton moved to accept financial report.
Wright seconded. Financial Report
approved.
DISMISSAL OF FIREFIGHTER(S):
Storey reported that Jeff Boyd had resigned from the
department. Middleton moved to accept
Boyd’s resignation with the provision that he has an open invitation to
re-join
the department. Ferguson seconded. All
members in favor. Motion approved.
Members discussed recent incidents involving Cowart. Storey reported that Cowart had taken Tank-1
from
the Pollard Substation for personal use without prior approval. Middleton stated that he had suspended Cowart
for the matter pending review of the incident by departmental officers. Members also learned that Cowart had received
two verbal warnings; one for driving apparatus in an unsafe manner and
one for
having civilians in apparatus while responding to emergency calls. Hall moved to terminate Cowart’s
membership. Wright seconded.
All members in favor. Motion
carried.
HIRE FIREFIGHTER(S):
Storey reported that the department had two active
applications on file: John Coffman and Eric Jackson.
Wright moved to hire Coffman and Jackson as
probationary volunteer firefighters.
Gray seconded. All members in
favor. Motion carried.
APPOINTMENT OF TRAINING OFFICER:
Marsh stated that the department needed a new Training
Officer. Responsibilities of the
Training Officer are: setting up in-house training, coordinating
training
activities with other departments, instructing at training sessions,
and
scheduling training for meeting nights.
Wright moved to appoint Donnie Gray as Training Officer. Hall seconded. All
members in favor. Motion carried.
2004 FIRE ACT GRANT:
Members discussed the upcoming FIRE Act grant.
Middleton moved to apply for funding to
purchase a Tanker/Pumper. Gray
seconded. All members in favor. Motion approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
Storey reported that Floyd Murray at EMS
requested that members reschedule the date for the EMS
training and notify him. Members decided
to have the training on an upcoming meeting night.
Middleton suggested transferring the KEDDO equipment to
other fire departments instead of turning it back to KEDDO. All members agreed. Middleton
moved to transfer the 1986
Chevrolet truck, the pump, tank, and hose reel to the Ringold Volunteer
Fire
Department. Smith seconded.
All members in favor. Motion
approved. Members agreed to leave the good
tires and
lightbar on the truck. Middleton stated
that the Eagletown Volunteer Fire Department wanted the Darley slide-in
pump. Wright moved to transfer the pump
to Eagletown. Batson seconded. All members in favor. Motion
approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Members discussed
the upcoming Volunteer Firefighter Challenge on April 3rd at
the
Dogwood Days Festival in Idabel. Wright,
Gray, Middleton, Batson, Hall, Jackson, and Marsh expressed interest in
serving
on the Haworth team.
Marsh reported that the department still has three of the
fire hydrants that were donated to the department.
Members discussed approaching Rural Water
about installing them on their system.
Members also discussed proposed locations for the hydrants. A list of locations will be prepared and
presented to the Rural Water Board for consideration.
Members also discussed the use of flush valves on the
Rural Water system as fill points.
Members discussed the need to standardize the threads on the
flush
valves to accommodate fill hoses.
Members discussed Department of Transportation
regulations requiring the department to have Certified Visual Cylinder
Inspection personnel on the department.
Information on the requirement and upcoming training in Oklahoma City was presented.
The training will be held on Friday, April 30th and
Donnie
Gray and Richard Owens agreed to attend.
Marsh reported that he had spoken with County
Commissioner Aubrey Thompson about applying for a REAP grant to fund
the
construction of a new substation in Redland similar to the one at
Pollard.
Marsh stated that firefighters should drive in a
reasonable manner while enroute to calls.
He stated that safety is the primary concern.
Additionally, he instructed all firefighter
to wear full bunker gear when responding to structure fires, when at
all
possible. SCBA will also be worn on all
appropriate calls.
ADJOURN:
Hall moved to adjourn.
Batson seconded. All members in
favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
Signed:
Vic Marsh, Chief
Kyle Batson, Assistant Chief
Kirk Storey, Secretary/Treasurer