Location: Oneonta
Date: December 1, 2022
Time: 19:00
BCFEMSA December 2022 Meeting Minutes
https://www.blountcofireandemsassociation.org
Attendance
- Representatives of each member department were accounted for: Allgood, Bangor, Blount County Rescue Squad, Blountsville, Brooksville, Cleveland, Dallas Selfville, Holly Springs, Locust Fork, Murphree Valley, Nectar, Oneonta, Pine Mountain, Remlap, Royal, Snead, Straight Mountain, Susan Moore, West Blount
- Member Departments not present: Mount High, Ricetown, Rosa, Summit
- Associate members present: EMA, Special Ops, BREMSS, Alabama Fire College, Lifeguard
- Associate Members not present: 911 Commission, Forestry, St. Vincent’s Blount, Law enforcement, State Fire Marshall’s Office, Coroner, Lifesaver, RAMS, Survival Flight, Red Cross, District Attorney, VOAD
Guests
- Ryan Vidishak
- Marty- Sunbelt
- Aaron Armstrong- EMT of the year
Previous Meeting Minutes
- Motion to Accept: Peek
- 2nd Motion to Accept: Payne
- Minutes were approved with no objections
Financial Reports
- Motion to Accept: Payne
- 2nd Motion to Accept: Peek
- Reports were approved with no objections
Old Business
- none
Committee Reports
Chairman
- fuel man- don’t abuse it. There are rules to usage- enter accurate mileage.
- Truck check-offs due 2/2/2023: please email or give them to Abby
- Financial reports due 4/6/2023, send or give to Abby.
- File 990 if you are a 501c3
- Find bylaws and rules at blountcofireandEMSassociation.org
AAC
- October calls: 83% requirement, target 90%
- 8 zero- status in October
- Email
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EMA
- Fuel man- new year 10-1 with a $100,000 budget
- Oneonta and Blount County School drills- see Don or David for schedules
- Mutual Aid Agreements given out on 12/1/2022
- Be prepared for storms and thank you for helping clean up storm damage.
911
- Infrastructure work for new towers is complete
- Handheld radios are in
- Reception is less in Blountsville and N of 231
- 5 new telecommunicators in training
- Still waiting on MCA to program the rest of the radios planned to be distributed by 11/30/2022
Training
- Rope I and/or II, Swiftwater 2023
- Let Ivey or Seehusen know classes of interest
- Looking for a mobile classroom
Special Ops
- Walmart grant
- Cyber-grants
- Tax ID
BREMSS
- December 8th- BLS instructor
- EMS Challenge, Springville FD 12/14/2022 0900
- Orange Beach EMS conference
- Blood product process for EMS providers
- EMS rules website 30hr NCC training
- A-EMT pilot program for EKGs
- Operational guidelines 10th edition protocols coming soon
- New LMS
- AHA instructor pending 2023
- EVOC instructor 2023- TBD
- Submit stroke scale assessment training to Brian Gober
Alabama Fire College
- EMS Challenge- possibly coming to Oneonta
- Jonathan Ledbetter- smoke alarm coordinator for AFC
- Requested $200,000 for electrical vehicle fires
- Electrical vehicle fire zoom class January 24th 1800
Jr. FF Camp
- Camp is June 6th-9th 2023
- Departments, please consider donating money
NO Report from the following Departments:
911 Board
Fire Prevention
Explorer Post
Forestry
St. Vincent’s Blount
Lifeguard
Law Enforcement
State Fire Marshall
Coroner
District Attorney’s Office
AL LifeSaver
RAMS
Survival Flight
Red Cross
VOAD
NEW Business
- See motion below
Motion to allow OFD to apply for Walmart Grant for Special Ops on behalf or BCFEMSA
- Motion: Chief Seehusen
- Second: Jon Head
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2022.
The next meeting will be held on January 5th at Remlap with a meal at 1830.
*Meeting dates and locations below HAVE been updated for 2023*
Meeting Locations – 2023
Jan 5 – Remlap Feb 2 – Nectar March 2 – West Blount
April 6 – Susan Moore May 4 – Blountsville Jun 1 – Straight Mtn.
Jul 6 – Pine Mountain Aug 3 – Dallas Selfville Sept 7 – STV-Blount
Oct 5 – Holly Springs Nov 2 – Palisades Dec 7 – Oneonta
Abby Hill
Secretary
Blount Co. Fire & EMS Association