GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S & FIRE

OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION

MANTUA FIRE DEPARTMENT

JACKSON ROAD STATION

February 8, 2018

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

group saluted the flag the invocation was given by Chaplain Tim Nessler

Address of welcome was given by Chief Brian Hass of the Mantua

Township Fire Department.

NEW MEMBERS:

Chief Michael Carlino of the Newfield Fire Company

Asst. Chief Thomas Harris of the Newfield Fire Company

Lt. Mark Gallagher of the Paulsboro Fire Department

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

by, Jeff Pfeiffer, motion passed.

Bill Beckett motion to suspend the normal of business, seconded by Pat

Robinson, motion passed.

President Cardile then introduced Lauren Hurtt from South Jersey Gas

Company who along with a few members of the Gas Company gave an

overview of the gas distribution system in our area.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETING:

Bill Beckett motion that the minutes of the December meeting be approved

as emailed seconded by, Bob Gould motion passed.

Harry Strube motion that the minutes of the January meeting be approved as

emailed seconded by, Rick Thomas motion passed.

FREEHOLDER REPORT: Freeholder Chila was unable to attend the

meeting.

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 January 01 to January 31, 2018 and

the totals for the year of 2018.

Inspections for the period: 46 Total for the Year: 46

Fire Safety Permits: 27 Total for the Year: 27

Fire Investigations for the period: 21 Total for the Year: 21

Fire Fatalities for the period: 1 Total for the Year: 1

Fire Scene Injuries for the period: 3 Total for the year: 3

Juvenile Fire setter actions for the period: 1 Total for the Year: 1

Training Sessions for the period: 1 Total for the Year: 1

Fire Extinguisher Inspections: 2 Total for the Year: 2

Meetings/Lectures/Court for the period: 7 Total for the Year: 7

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

Fit Testing for Agencies for Period: 12 Total for the Year: 12

Total Actions Taken by the Fire Marshal’s Office to date: 117

Respectfully Submitted;

Edward J. Johnson

Chief County Fire Marshal

County of Gloucester

Ed also advised the group that the State Police will no longer has an Arson

K9 Division, they do have a unit to handle bomb incidents.

Ed also advised that the County had its first fatal fire, in Woodbury the

resident was found on the second floor of the house on Broad Street.

Also the Prosecutors Office will soon have a new response directive.

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: February 2018

GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY

 FIREFIGHTER 1

 Spring semester underway

19 adults

10 Juniors

 Sweat and T shirts have been purchased and distributed. Class mostly

compliant with mandatory uniform requirement.

FIRE ACADEMY GENERAL BUSINESS

 Academy spring offering of classes should be available for

registration by next meeting.

 Seats available for the special presentation of the NJ Fire Sprinkler

Advisory Board. This event is free and is scheduled for Tuesday

March 20. Breakfast to be served. Reminder, this class has been

approved for .5 CEUs I HAVE SOME LITERATURE FOR THOSE

INTERESTED.

TRAINING & EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

 Of significant discussion, regulations addressing junior members. It

appears that several state agencies are involved and do not know what

other agencies have regulated. NJ is seeking to have these agencies

relinquish their rule-making to the NJ Division of Fire Safety so we

can better set the requirements.

 Hazardous Materials Committee: My committee is currently

completing a review with the new standard against the standard from

which our programs and state exams were written. This must be done

so that where needed, modifications can be made to ensure we remain

compliant with NFPA 472 are required by both Pro Board and IFSAC.

DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY:

 Attended meeting in Middlesex County. Division reported that

many new training and certification programs will be published.

This would have occurred on Monday the 5

 The International Fire Code is moving to the 2015 edition this will

replace the 2006 edition. Update books should be available later

this spring.

 A new training program for inspectors is on target for January 1,

2019.

 New: Trainer candidates for the Fire Inspector program will be

required to provide proof that they have practical experience in

doing inspections and enforcement.

 On the issue of special accommodations for students, the division’s

position is that there are to be no accommodations for skills

testing.

 Where a member seeks special consideration for taking written

exams, the student must submit a letter from a physician or an IEP

dated with the last two years.

 NFPA 1001, new standard adoption delayed. A committee wishes

to add 20 hours on the topic of community risk reduction. This will

affect the academies as we cannot get new textbooks until the

matter is resolved.

Respectfully submitted

Robert V Hill Sr.

Director II

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

Jim Schmidt reported that Officer Update forms were being added to the

data base. Also Jason Spring was promoted as Supervising PST. He will be

working some hours after the normal business hours. If you have an issue

your first contact should be the On Duty Alarm Supervisor, then either Jason

or Diane Morgan.

Jim advised that the Resource Response Committee had met they will

continue to meet monthly.

FIRE COORDINATION: Dennis Kappler advised that on January 27

, he

had attended a County Coordinators meeting held in Middlesex County.

They will continue to follow the Deployment Act.

Dennis also advised that if you have run card changes, they need to be

signed off on, before they are changed in the computer, so you need to give

the Center staff time to make the changes.

NEPTUNE: Nothing to report

HAZ MAT: Dennis Kappler reported that individuals had applied for the

team, and had gone through the testing, two new members were added to the

team, Robert Burkhardt and Adam Abernathy.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY EMS: No Report

N.J. STATE FIREMEN’S RELEIF ASSOCIATION: Glenn Roemmich

thanked everyone for getting their 4

quarter financial report and Officers

listings in on time. The financial report is due into the office by February

and the Membership forms, the green sheets are due in the office by

February 28

. The next Executive Committee meeting is on Saturday

February 24

N.J. FIREMENS HOME: Harry Strube stated that the homes budget had

been signed by the Governor. The Managers feel the best option for the

memory care unit will be to add a second floor over Dorm A. The pole barn

that they were going to have erected, has been put on hold as they are going

to scale back the size of the building. On February 28

the Home will have

a new Pharmaceutical Company to take care of the residents of the home.

They have had problems with the old company.

N.J. EXEMPT ASSOCIATION: Glenn Roemmich reported that the Call

to Convention will be going out in the mail shortly. The 2018 Convention

will be in Phillipsburg in August. The Memorial Service will be in Old

Bridge on Saturday April 21

at 11:00 am.

LAW & LEGISLATION: Frank Lambing reported that

all bills that had been introduced the past two years have died and will have

to be reintroduced.

BANQUET COMMITTEE: Two Fire Companies purchase orders are still

out as well as the Counties purchase order. The banquet will have made a

profit of $ 1,000.00 once all money has been collected.

AWARDS COMMITTEE: Rick Thomas advised that all bills had been

turned over to the Treasurer. Also in the future the cutoff date for all award

nominations will be December 1

, to allow the committee to meet and have

time to make out the awards and purchase necessary badges or materials.

AUDITING COMMITTEE: President Cardile appointed the following to

the Auditing Committee:

Robert Hill

Eric Farley

A.J. Ferriola

John Hoffman

Hal Brown

BY-LAW COMMITTEE:

PROPOSED BY-LAW CHANGES

Newfield Fire Company

December 14, 2017

SECTION 10. VOTING PRIVILEGE

A. All Active and Life Members shall maintain at least forty (40%)

percent of regular attendance of meetings each year to vote on

nonoperational items and at least sixty (60%) percent run for and to

hold an office. Newly elected members must attend two (2) meetings

prior to being eligible to vote on nonoperational items.

B. Operational Voting shall be made by the Fire Chief or an officer that

is described in Article III Section 1 who are in attendance regardless

of how many meetings he or she have attended at the time of any

operational vote. All officers who may cast a vote must be members of

the association.

The 2

reading of the proposed By-Law amendment was read and voted

upon and received 2/3 majority vote so it passed.

On the following proposed By-Laws there were numerous questions, and

they were not acted upon, they were pulled by the committee.

PROPOSED BY-LAW CHANGES

Newfield Fire Company

December 14, 2017

ARTICLE XIV. VOTING

SECTION 2.

Any Standard proposed that would affect the entire Gloucester County

Fire Service will require a one vote per Fire Company and or Fire

Department in good standing. The vote shall be made by the Fire Chief or

the next highest ranking officer in attendance in good standing. A Fire

Company and or Fire Department is considered to be in good standing if

there is at least one Chief Officer or the next highest ranking officer in

attendance in good standing with paid dues to the Association. A successful

vote requires a 2/3 majority of the ballots cast for passage.

SECTION 2.

Any Standard proposed that would affect the entire Gloucester County

Fire Service will require a one vote per Fire Company and or Fire

Department in good standing. The vote shall be made by the Fire Chief or

the next highest ranking line officer in attendance. A Fire Company and or

Fire Department shall be considered to be in good standing with paid dues to

the Association. A successful vote requires a 2/3 majority of the ballots cast

for passage.

SECTION 5.

A ROLL CALL VOTE is a single vote per organized Fire Company

and or Fire department by the ranking chief officer or the next highest

ranking officer in attendance in good standing on any operational or

procedural issue as determined by the chair.

SECTION 5

A ROLL CALL VOTE is a single vote per organized Fire Company

and or Fire department by the Fire Chief or the next highest ranking line

officer in attendance on any operational or procedural issue as determined.

BEARAVMENT COMMITTEE: Rick Thomas advised that the

Committee had assisted Pitman and Deptford. He also reminded that the

committee needs assistance so that the committee can continue to assist fire

companies.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

RADIO COMMITTEE:

President Cardile advised that some units have been checked to meet the

resource typing for those units, 4318, 921 and 628.

Question from the floor of resource typing and having vehicles checked.

A discussion was held on the resource typing and the equipment required.

And if a Chief signed off that his resource meets the requirement, why does

someone or a group have to come in and double check what the Chief had

signed off on?

During the discussion the question was asked why would units already

assigned to the Tender Task Force, Large Diameter Hose Task Force, Foam

Task Force or Neptune, be reexamined after they had already been assigned

and running with those special groups.

Dennis Kappler stated that he had only agreed that the units being assigned

to the Regional Task Forces should meet the resource typing initiative.

TECH RESCUE: The President did not forward the report to the Secretary,

to be included in the minutes.

TENDER TASK FORCE: Anthony Baldasaro reported that there will be a

drill of the Tender and LDH Task Forces on April 8

at Delsea High School.

March 5

will be the next Tender Task Force meeting in Mantua Twp., they

will be demonstrating a new bladder tank. Also the Task Force has had

some radio issues when responding to out of County assignments.

FOAM STRIKE TEAM: Jeff Pfeiffer reported that the team had a table top

drill that went well. On February 28

there will be training in Washington

Township. The Team is planning on a full scale drill late spring or early

summer.

LARGE DIAMETER HOSE TASK FORCE: Tim Nessler reported they

are working on Command issues.

SAINT FLORIAN: President Cardile will be meeting with Father Burgess

to start working on this year’s event.

TRAINING/FIRE ACADEMY COMMITTEE: The Fire Symposium will

be held this weekend at the Rowan College at Gloucester County the Allied

Health Center. Registration starts at 7:30 AM.

Hal Brown motion that the Association cover the $200.00 cost for Kathleen

Kirvens lecture on Saturday seconded by Bill Beckett, motion passed.

CORRESPONDENCE: The Association received a Thank-You from the

Franklinville Fire Company for the donation to their Cancer Fundraising.

PAYMENT of BILLS: There were bills for flags and awards presented.

Bill Beckett motion to pay the bills seconded by Pat Robinson, motion

passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S ASSOCIATION

TREASURER’S REPORT

February 8, 2018

CHECKING ACCOUNT

REPORTING MONTH(S) January & February 2018

STARTING BALANCE …………..……….. $ 8,336.89

DEPOSIT ……………………..……….…… $ 7,966.00

EXPENSES……………………….…….…… $ 8,051.96

ENDING BALANCE………………….……. $ 9,828.93

RECEIPTS

Camptown …………………………………… $ 70.00

Banquet Tickets ………………………………$ 7,896.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS……………………….…..$ 7,966.00

EXPENSES

Glenn Roemmich Secretary Stipend…………..$ 150.00

Firecompnies.Com …………………………….$ 89.97

G & M Printwear ………………………………$ 360.00

Auletto Catering Banquet ……………………..$ 7,021.99

Above All Engraving …………………………..$ 52.00

G & M Printwear ………………………………$ 378.00

EXPENSES…………………..…………………$ 8,051.96

CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE AS OF THIS DATE:$ 9828.93

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED

ROBERT V HILL SR.

Rick Thomas motion to accept the treasurer’s report seconded by Butch

Myers motion passed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

NEW BUSINESS: President Cardile advised that the Web Site had been

down. They are working on getting it back up and up to date.

President Cardile added Chuck Murtaugh to the banquet committee.

CAMPTOWN: $ 69.00

GOOD & WELFARE OF THE ASSOCIATION:

PLACE OF NEXT MEETING: March 8th Pitman # 1 Holly Ave. Pitman

at 1900 hours.

Roll Call Taken

Ed Johnson motion to adjourn seconded by Bryant Fiddler

motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 2118 hours.

Respectfully Submitted

Glenn Roemmich

Secretary