GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S

ASSOCIATION

DEPTFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT

TACOMA BLVD STATION Hosting at

FISHER STREET STATION

February 14, 2019

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

group saluted the flag had a moment of silence then the invocation was

given by Chaplain Tim Nessler

Address of welcome was given by Captain Bryant Fiddler of Battalion 2 of

the Deptford Fire Department.

NEW MEMBERS:

Captain Dennis Marchei Jr. of the Aura Fire Company

Bill Beckett motion to accept the gentleman into the Association, seconded

by, Dave Raso motion passed.

President Cardile then administered the Oath of Membership to Captain

Marchei.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETING:

Bill Beckett motion that the minutes of the December and January meetings

be approved as emailed seconded by, Russell Trumbull motion passed.

FREEHOLDER REPORT: Freeholder Christy 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 thru February 14, 2019.

Inspections for the period: 554 Total for the Year: 554

Fire Safety Permits: 43 Total for the Year: 43

Fire Investigations for the period: 10 Total for the Year: 10

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

Fire Scene Injuries for the period: 1 Total for the year: 1

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

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

Fit Testing for Agencies for Period: 60 Total for the Year: 60

Total Actions Taken by the Fire Marshal’s Office to date: 669

Any questions, concerns or comments please contact the office at 856-307-

7912.

Respectfully Submitted;

Shawn K Layton

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

Gloucester County Chief’s Association

FIRE ACADEMY DIRECTOR’S REPORT

REPORTING MONTH: February 2019

GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY

 FIREFIGHTER 1

 Spring semester underway 12 adults participating

 5 juniors participating

Class members doing well. All class members have been issued sweatshirts

and webbing. Thank you for your support.

Fall 2018 Class

 The fall 2018 class was formally recognized on Thursday January 31.

The graduation was held at the Center for Performing Arts on campus

of the Rowan College.

 Event well attended. Special thanks to the Deptford FD Honor Guard

under the direction of Chief Thomas. The Camden County Emerald

Society, Glenn and Archie Roemmich for prayer and the singing of

our National Anthem, and Chief Cardile for his key note address.

 Thank you as well to Freeholders, Dan Kristie and Dr. James

Lavender for their participation.

 Representing the college was Board of Trustees chair, Gene

Concordia, Brenden Rickards VP Academic Services, and Fred

Madden, Dean Division of Law and Justice.

 Representing the academy instructional staff was Jim Wigglesworth,

Al Adomanis, Randall Gartner, Len Steen

Practical skills Kaitlyn Coucoules DFD

Academic Achievement Chloie Jones Liberty Fire Salem County. That Ms.

Jones had recently enlisted in the military, her award was presented to her

parents. Ms. Jones was also recognized prior to her departure during a

special presentation at a regular business meeting at the Liberty Fire

Company.

ACADEMY GENERAL

Propane piping, valves and appliances.

 Project nearing completion. Waiting for warmer temperatures

so that all piping can be painted as required by code.

 Special thank you to the Pipefitters Union Local 322 for their

work on this project.

 Also want to recognize Pete Worthman of General Mechanical

Contractors for their generous donation of material.

 Lastly, want to thank the Rowan College for their financial

support on the purchase of materials for this project.

When complete the field props will be up and operational for

several years.

 The fire academy has historically encouraged chief officers to

visit the academy for the purpose of sitting in on a lecture or

observing a skills drill. The purpose, to showcase out talented

instructors, and props. I do however ask for just a few things:

1. Please contact the academy and advise of the class or drill

you will attend.

2. While you are here, please refrain from asking instructional

staff about a specific individual’s progress. I say this because

consistent with state law, we must ensure that the student has

given permission to speak with the person requesting

information. To be on the safe, side, all inquiries for

information should be directed to my attention.

NEW PROGRAMMING

 Awaiting the schedule of classes from the NJ Division of Fire

Safety. Once I know their dates, I can begin to schedule some

of our regular classes.

 Last month the academy announced that any member of a

Gloucester County Fire service organization could attend at no

cost any classroom presentation of Firefighter 1 material

and/or participate in any drill ground activity. The invitation

went to say that attendees would receive a certificate of

attendance denoting the title of the class, the date of the class,

and which NFPA 1001 or 427, job performance requirements

were satisfied.

 To take advantage, simply contact the academy and sign up. If

you want the remaining schedule of classes, we will provide

that as well.

 Members wishing to participate in a skills drill muse complete a

registration form. The form must be signed by an authorized

person. The participant must bring the proper level of PPE, be

clean-shaven, and have a current physical and where SCBA is

to be worn, a current mask fit certification.

TRAINING & EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

 Council is working with the division on matters related to

Senate Bill 3320. This bill concerns Junior Firefighters. The

Bill in part allows the NJ Division of Fire Safety to assume

responsibility for training of junior members.

 Work continues on the On Scene Incident Commander

program. As committee chair, I have scheduled a meeting for

tomorrow to discuss what remains to be done.

 Driver training and certification, earlier this month I submitted

my draft Trainer’s outline to Kean University for review.

Once this has been approved, work can begin on the exams.

The exam will include both written and skills assessments.

DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY:

 The division with the assistance of special committees is

working on several projects, all of which are needed to ensure

all division programs are compliant with both IFSAC and PRO

Board requirements. I currently serve with the committee to

validate exam questions to be used on the Hazardous Materials

Technician program. It is expected that we will complete our

work next week.

Respectfully submitted

Robert V Hill Sr.

Director I

G.C. EMERGENCY RESPONSE REPORT: Director Tom Butts

advised that the dispatchers are still working out of the North Site. The

work in Clayton with the furniture and rewiring is almost complete. They

hope to use the new tones and encoders when the dispatchers return to

Clayton.

Sgt. Kevin Donahue of the West Deptford Police Department and member

of the SWAT team addressed the group regarding Active Shooter Incidents.

He has reached out to some of the career fire departments regarding the idea

of putting together rescue teams which would be 2 law enforcement officers

and two fire fighters. They want to start to write SOG’s for the use of rescue

teams. They hope to have everything in place by June. They have also been

talking with County EMS on the issue.

FIRE COORDINATION: Dennis Kappler was unable to attend the

meeting.

NEPTUNE: Nothing to report

HAZ-MAT: No report

GLOUCESTER COUNTY EMS: Andy Lovell reminded everyone about

the EMS Symposium at Rowan University will be held on March 15, 16 &

17. 8 am to 5 pm. To register for the Symposium go to

http://symposium.gcemstrainingacademy.org. Also GCEMS will be

holding a recruitment day on April 3, 2019 at 8 am, 10 am and 2 pm. Call

856-307-7120 to register for the recruitment day.

N. J. DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY: Bob Thrap from the Division was in

attendance and reported that the DEP considers foam to be a hazardous

material. All departments should go to the Division web site and update

your officers. The Division is working on a State policy in regards to Active

Shooter incidents. Registration for spring courses are now open. There has

been an uptick on civilian fire deaths, completing NFIRS is important to

help track these fatalities. The Division is also working on a list of Fire

Boats in the State.

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 23

. Gloucester County will be hosting a County Workshop on

Thursday, February 28, at the Gloucester County Fire Academy, 200 Shady

Lane Road, Clarksboro, NJ 08020. Registration will be from 6:00 pm to

7:00 pm with the Workshop starting at 7:00 pm.

With the passing of Harry Strube that left a vacancy for our Counties

representative to the Board of Managers to the Firemen’s Home. I spoke

with Harry Strube’s son as he had been driving his father to their meetings

and he was up to speed on the running of the Home. He accepted the

position and President Ordway appointed Harry Strube Jr. to fill his father’s

vacant position until our caucus in August.

N.J. FIREMENS HOME: Harry Strube Jr. was unable to attend the

meeting.

Randall Gartner motion that the Association send donations to the Firemen’s

Home in the amount of $ 250.00 and the Almonesson Fire Company in the

amount of $ 250.00 in remembrance of Harry Strube, seconded by Ed

Johnson, motion passed.

N.J. EXEMPT ASSOCIATION: Glenn Roemmich reported that the 2019

Convention will be in Boonton Labor Day Weekend. The Memorial Service

will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Woodcliff Lake on Saturday April

at 11:00 am.

LAW & LEGISLATION: No Report

BANQUET COMMITTEE: Ed Johnson reported that the feedback from

the banquet was positive. We did make money on the banquet, that total is

not known due to some ticket money from purchase orders are still out.

AWARDS COMMITTEE: Nothing to report

AUDITING COMMITTEE: President Cardile appointed Hal Brown, Eric

Farley, Anthony Baldasaro and Glenn Roemmich to audit the books and

have a report for the next meeting.

BY-LAW COMMITTEE: Nothing to report

BEAREAVMENT COMMITTEE: No report

SPECIAL COMMITTEES:

RADIO COMMITTEE: They will have a meeting before the March

meeting.

TECH RESCUE: No Report

TENDER TASK FORCE: Gloucester County Tender Taskforce Report 2-

14-19

The following is my report for tonight's meeting, the management staff and I

had a meeting on Tuesday February 12

at Sta 43-2. We discussed a few

topics and set a plan for this year for training and what we need to improve

on as a Taskforce. We also discussed the apparatus inspection to make sure

all the equipment that is supposed to be on the unit is on it. The management

team will be breaking up and coming around to the individual depts. They

will be reaching out to the Chief/Chief officer to set up the inspection time

and date. This will start as early as next week. As far as training we are still

shooting for two big drills a year but now, we are also going to breakdown

into smaller groups to do more specific training during the year. The training

is going to focus on drafting operations, pond setups, staging/check-ins and

general operations in the dump area. The team feels overall we move water

well, but we can always be more efficient with our operation. [there is

always room for improvement] Lastly our next meeting will be on March 7

at Sta 19-1 1930 hrs. Respectfully Bob Bramble and the management

Team of the GCTTF.

FOAM STRIKE TEAM: Jeff Pfeiffer reported that last Sunday the Team

held Technician Training. The Paulsboro Fire Department will receive

Foam Awareness Training, and that the 3

Battalion of the Deptford Fire

Department will receive the training in March. He thanked everyone for

their time and effort.

He also thanked the Association for the donation in remembrance of Harry

Strube.

LARGE DIAMETER HOSE TASK FORCE: No Report

TRAINING/FIRE ACADEMY COMMITTEE: No Report

STAFFING COMMITTEE: The group had met the other day, there are

questions that will be going out to Departments. They hope to meet with the

Battalions that President Cardile had set up, they hope to have the meetings

during the month of March.

LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE: The will meet tomorrow to go over the

logistics for the symposium. To date there are 72 firefighters registered.

The Pre-registration and meet and greet will take place on Friday February

22 at the Mullica Hill American Legion Post on RT. 45, where President

Cardile and Fire Marshall Layton will be the guest bartenders.

CORRESPONDENCE: None

PAYMENT of BILLS:

Above all Engraving $ 220.00

MES $ 138.00

Timothy Scalfidi $ 500.00

Firemen’s Home $ 250.00

Almonesson Fire Co. $ 250.00

Glenn Roemmich $ 130.77

Rick Thomas $ 86.50

Chuck Murtaugh motion to pay the bills, seconded by Pat Robinson, motion

passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

GLOUCESTER COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S ASSOCIATION

TREASURER’S REPORT

February 14, 2019

CHECKING ACCOUNT

REPORTING MONTH(S) January & February 2019

STARTING BALANCE …………..……….. $ 10,108.71

DEPOSIT ……………………..……….…… $ 7,241.00

EXPENSES……………………….…….…… $ 7,822.90

ENDING BALANCE………………….……. $ 9,526.81

RECEIPTS

Camptown …………………………………… $ 81.00

Banquet Tickets ………………………………$ 2,870.00

Woolwich (Dues)……………………………...$ 150.00

Banquet ……………………………………….$ 4,140.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS……………………….…..$ 7,241.00

EXPENSES

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

Masso’s Catering (Banquet) ..………………….$ 6,755.10

Rustic Timber Creations (Plaques)..……………$ 165.00

G & M Printwear(FF1 Sweatshirts)……………$ 652.80

Sanderson Florist ………………………………$ 100.00

EXPENSES…………………..…………………$ 7,822.90

CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE AS OF THIS DATE:$ 9,521.80

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED

ROBERT V HILL SR.

Russell Trumbull motion to accept the treasurer’s report seconded by Kymm

Connor, motion passed.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: President Cardile advised that the lawsuit that

the Association was named in has been handled and we are no longer listed

in the lawsuit.

NEW BUSINESS: Nothing at this time

CAMPTOWN: $61.00

GOOD & WELFARE OF THE ASSOCIATION:

Tom Butts and Shawn Layton presented Ed Johnson with a plaque for his 19

years of service with the Fire Marshal’s Office.

PLACE OF NEXT MEETING: March 14th Williamstown Fire Company

in Monroe Township at 1930 hours.

Roll Call Taken

Dennis Allonardo motion to adjourn seconded by Pat Robinson motion

passed.

Meeting adjourned at 2025 hours.

Respectfully Submitted

Glenn Roemmich

Secretary