GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S & FIRE

OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION

GREENFIELDS FIRE COMPANY

WEST DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP

March 9, 2017

The meeting was called to order by President Cardile at 1930 hours. The

group saluted the flag the invocation was given by Assistant Chaplain

Archie Roemmich.

Address of welcome was given by Chief Marty Mattson of the Greenfields

Fire Company.

NEW MEMBERS:

Chief Joe Marchei of the Aura Fire Company

Deputy Chief Joe Nichols of the Aura Fire Company

Captain Michael Haines of East Greenwich Twp. Fire/Rescue

Lieutenant Kymm Conner of the Deptford Fire Department

Lieutenant Mark Germcheid of the Harmony Fire Company

Lieutenant David Misilenich of the Greenfields Fire Company

Lieutenant Dan Palleovitch of the Greenfields Fire Company.

Pat Robinson motion to accept the Officers into the Association, seconded

by, Drew Sole, motion passed.

President Cardile then administered the Oath of Membership to the members

accepted tonight and during the February meeting.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETING:

Bryant Fiddler motion that the minutes of the February meeting be approved

as emailed seconded by, Rick Thomas motion passed.

FREEHOLDER REPORT: Freeholder Chila advised the group that at the

next Freeholders meeting they will introduce the budget for the County. He

advised that Franklin Township and the Borough of Newfield were joining

the group of municipalities that are covered by Gloucester County EMS.

Freeholder Chila had met with President Cardile regarding the Fire

Academy and the possibility of upgrades which would include a new burn

building. Freeholder Chila stated that he was happy having such open

communications with the fire service in the County.

FIRE MARSHALS REPORT: The following is the report:

The following is my report for the actions taken by the Gloucester County

Fire Marshal’s Office for the period of February 01 to February 28, 2017

and the totals for the year of 2017.

Inspections for the period: 285 Total for the Year: 488

Fire Investigations for the period: 20 Total for the Year: 31

Fire Fatalities for the period: 0 Total for the Year: 0

Fire Scene Injuries for the period: 5 Total for the year: 6

Juvenile Fire setter actions for the period: 0 Total for the Year: 0

Training Sessions for the period: 2 Total for the Year: 2

Fire Extinguisher Inspections: 482 Total for the Year: 484

Meetings/Lectures/Court for the period: 11 Total for the Year: 21

Fire Prevention Demo for the period: 0 Total for the Year: 0

Fit Testing for Other Agencies for Period: 22 Total for the Year: 48

Total Actions Taken by the Fire Marshal’s Office to date: 1074

Respectfully Submitted;

Edward J. Johnson

Chief County Fire Marshal

County of Gloucester

Office of the Fire Marshal

FIRE ACADEMY REPORT: Bob Hill’s report is as follows:

Gloucester County Firefighter’s & Fire Officer’s Association

FIRE ACADEMY DIRECTOR’S REPORT

REPORTING MONTH: March 9, 2017

GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY

 FIREFIGHTER 1

 Spring semester underway with 15 students participating.

 Graduation, May 25, 1900 @ Fine Arts Bldg.

FIRE ACADEMY GENERAL BUSINESS

 Nothing of importance to report

TRAINING & EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

 Met earlier this month, council is reviewing draft program and has

agreed to vote on the program in April. If approved, work will begin

on creating a written exam. Once completed, skill sheets will be

developed and application for both PRO Board and IFSAC

certifications will follow.

 Council now discussing firefighter fitness as an eligibility requirement

for enrollment into Recruit Firefighter 1 program.

DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY

 Spring course offerings now available for viewing and registration.

 Registration for Homeland Security Conference June 1, 2017 now

open.

Respectfully submitted

Robert V Hill Sr.

Director II

G.C. EMERGENCY RESPONSE REPORT: Director of Fire Services

Jim Schmidt reported for Tom Butts, he thanked all who attended the

symposium held at Clearview High School. He also thanked President

Cardile for his assistance on securing the High School for the symposium.

He reminded all that the rule on Turn Out Gear is 10 years. The information

presented by PEOSHA was incorrect.

Director Schmidt asked that all Departments fill out the Update paperwork

for their Fire Departments and return that information as soon as possible.

Task force numbering will be implemented in the very near future. The

EMS Symposium will be held the weekend of March 17

, you do not have

to attend the entire weekend. The attendee will receive credit for the classes

that were attended.

FIRE COORDINATION: Dennis Kappler thanked the Tender Task Force

for their response with their last assignment. They had some challenges that

they had to overcome. The flowed in access of 240,000 gallons of water.

NEPTUNE: Still awaiting check from the Department of Community

Affairs for the repair to Neptune.

HAZ-MAT: Dennis Kappler reported that next week the team will be doing

their level B competencies at the Janiver Fire Company.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY EMS: The EMS Symposium will be held the

weekend of March 17

, you do not have to attend the entire weekend. The

attendee will receive credit for the classes that were attended.

N. J. DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY: No report

N.J. STATE FIREMEN’S RELEIF ASSOCIATION: Bill McNulty

reported that all of the County associations had their reports in on time. The

delegates list are due in to the State office by May 1

. There is a joint

committee that was formed between the Relief Association and the

Firemen’s Home to investigate the possibility of adding a dementia unit to

the home.

N.J. FIREMENS HOME: Harry Strube stated that the joint committee

working on the possible dementia unit has hired a consultant to do a

feasibility study. The Home is working on the 2018-2019 Home’s budget.

The Home will be having their annual Golf Outing on May 9, 2017. Harry

asked for the Association to continue their financial assistance by sponsoring

a hole. Ed McMahon motion to sponsor a hole for the golf outing seconded

by Bill Beckett, motion passed.

N.J. EXEMPT ASSOCIATION: Glenn Roemmich reported that

paperwork for ads for the convention ad book are out, the cut off for the ads

is May 15

. The Convention will be in Hackettstown in June. The

Memorial Service will be in Paulsboro on Saturday April 22

at 11:00 am.

Bill Beckett motion that the Association take out a full page ad in the

Exempt Convention Ad book, seconded by Mike Haines, motion passed.

LAW & LEGISLATION: Frank Lambing reported that bill S-879 had

been signed into law. It gives Police and Firefighters protection for their

positions when they are injured in the performance of their duties.

BANQUET COMMITTEE: Vice-President Bill Ross reported that the

committee will be meeting to review the contract with Auletto’s for the 2018

banquet.

AUDITING COMMITTEE: The committee had reviewed the books and

all are in order.

ST. FLORIAN COMMITTEE: The ST. Florian service will be held on

Sunday May7th at Christ Church in Woodbury. The Blessing of the

apparatus will take place then the procession to the church then the service.

President Cardile hopes for 1 apparatus from each department attends the

service.

BY-LAW COMMITTEE: Nothing at this time.

BEAREAVMENT COMMITTEE: Rick Thomas reported that the

committee has been busy since December. He is asking for assistance on

Saturday for a funeral detail for a Whitman Square firefighter.

The memorial flags that have been used for funerals were from Deptford

Township. And departments pay Deptford for the flags.

Ed Johnson motion that the Association purchase 5 memorial flags,

seconded by Bill Beckett, motion passed.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

RADIO COMMITTEE: A question was asked about the State Forestry

Service possibly use the 700 radio system. They were approached they

seemed not to be interested, they are now working on a way to talk with

those units during incidents where they are working with our county units.

A question was raised from the floor regarding the number of units working

on one channel, can we use more than one fire channel, to ease radio

congestion. This will be looked into.

Fred Lock motion to use the voice option on the portable radios, seconded

by Keith Wadleigh, motion passed.

TECH RESCUE: Did receive the report from President Cardile.

TENDER TASK FORCE: The command staff will be meeting at the

Emergency Response Center on March 23

. They are still planning a drill

in East Greenwich in May.

FOAM STRIKE TEAM: They will be meeting next week, a full report

will be given next month.

LARGE DIAMETER HOSE TASK FORCE: They had a command staff

meeting last week. They are hoping to have a drill early spring. Due to

other obligations Chief Sole had to step down as commander of the task

force. He was thanked for his dedication to the task force.

TRAINING/FIRE ACADEMY COMMITTEE: As reported earlier they

had met with Freeholder Chila.

CORRESPONDENCE: None

PAYMENT of BILLS:

N.J. Firemen’s Home Golf Outing

N.J. State Exempt Firemen’s Association Ad Book

Memorial Flags

Harry Strube motion to pay the bills seconded by Pat Robinson, motion

passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

REPORTING

MONTH(S):

FEBRUARY 2017

STARTING BALANCE

$ 8,801.76

TOTAL OF DEPOSITS

$ 4,180.00

TOTAL OF EXPENSES

$ -

ENDING BALANCE

$ 12,981.76

RECEIPTS

2/9/2017

CAMPTOWN

$ 940.00

2/9/2017

WOOLWICH TRAILER

$ 100.00

2/9/2017

PAULSBORO BANQ

TKTS.

$ 280.00

2/9/2017

2017 DUES

$ 2,850.00

2/9/2017

MEMBERSHIP

$ 10.00

TOTAL ALL DEPOSITS

$ 4,180.00

EXPENSES

EXPENSE TOTAL

$ -

RESPECTFULLY

SUBMITTED

Robert V Hill Sr.

Treasurer

This date:

9-Mar-17

Butch Myers motion to accept the treasurer’s report seconded by Brian

Golle, motion passed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Chuck Murtaugh reported that the County OEM has met with the Utility

Companies and have all of the emergency numbers which are also in the

Communications Center.

Resource Typing and Fire Coordinator Response:

These items were discussed, an operational vote will be held at the April

meeting

NEW BUSINESS:

Chief Giampola advised all that the first ship had been docked at the Port of

Paulsboro. They have been off loading steel. The steel is loaded on a truck

then a railcar and transported from there. He advised that there is very little

water on site in case of fire. He also advised that the Public Safety club at

the Paulsboro High School has 4 sessions remaining, and that the project had

been doing well.

Rick Thomas questioned if any town was doing anything regarding board up

services. Woolwich Township had passed an ordinance covering that, and

Monroe Township OEM has added them to their EOP.

Rick Thomas motion that the Association supply bereavement memorial

flags in the future, seconded by Bill Beckett, motion passed.

Chuck Murtaugh motion that the Association reimburse any Department that

had incurred an expense for a memorial flag since January 1

. seconded by

Pat Robinson, motion passed.

CAMPTOWN: $ 111.00

GOOD & WELFARE OF THE ASSOCIATION:

Nothing

PLACE OF NEXT MEETING: April 13

Aura Fire Company Elk

Township at 1930 hours.

Roll Call was then taken by President Cardile.

Keith Wadleigh motion to adjourn seconded by Glenn Frye

motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 20:35 hours.

Respectfully Submitted

Glenn Roemmich

Secretary