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Home My WebLink About1976-01-20 Council Minutesor Em;s aCmi METn G - TTzsmy, aANum 20th,1976 A Fire C=uttee meeting was held at the office of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48, in Three Hills, on Tuesday, January 20th, 1976, . ,, .:.,. -'mg at 730PM. Mr. R_ . W. BroGm acted as Chainon of the meeting, and Mr G King ��.,.....::.1 this report. Mr. Brown opened the meeting and introduced Mr. Fred Wood of the Fire C anissioner's office in II : ,. A..:.,,. „,tative had been invited to bring information and answer questions which may vane up during the meeting. Financial statements were given for the various Rural Fire Protection Areaj, with the following as a brief samar . Three Hills Rural Fire Protection: Balance at end of 1974 $557 16 Credit 1975'Ievy 4,538,500 at 0.7 mill $3176.95 $3734.11 + Credit 1975 Payments as per G L. #123,302,320 $ 61.1 20 1975 Capital as per G. L. 126- 302 -330 $ 549.50 $ 61 70 Credit i_z �W.ler Rural Fire Protection. Balance at errs of 1974 $1127.53 1975 Levy 988,680 at 0.7 mill 692 08 1975 .-penes - no fire calls $1819 61 ,- Balance at end of 1975 $1819 61 Linden -Acme Rural Fire Protection: Balance at the of 1974 Dr. 1,309 93 1971 Ievy 2,370,910 at 0.7 Cr. 1,659.64 341.71 Credit 1975 Expenses as per G.L. #123,302,322 2,883 53 2,533.82 Debit 1975 Fire Call paid by Svend Neilson 25 00 Balance at the end of 1975 2,508.82 Debit f TYophu Mural Fire Protection: Balance at end of 1974 680.61 Cr 1975 Levy 3,554,240 at 0.7 mill 2,487 97 3,168 58 Cr 197$ Payments G L 123 - 302 -321 2,446 48 Balance at end of 1975. 722.10 Cr details of the above expenditures were explained and those in charge of the :c„xs areas checked over the copies of the invoices for payments that had been Trochu Report: They stated that the records the two radios and costs of same should be updated and the Tom Sh0Uld be billed for part of that expense They will check .,...,,.z:....ing this They also stated they only had a few calls in their area in 1975, but had two at ThrringtOn. 2 FIRE OCKU MEETING TLIESDAY JANtJAi2YY 20th,1976 P.2 Their equi.gnent is generally good They have 18 volunteers, of wh.- -h 12 are rural and they are happy with their arrangement. Linden Report They had a t.zt"l of 22 fires in 1975 and a few of them were fairly serious Their radios and base arrangements now are very good Also their equipment is considered good Mr Regehr spoke about the success they had in putting out one big fire in a dairy barn They now have 36 volunteers and this is considered suitable n n-ee Hills Report- Only a few fires during 1975, and none of a major type. They need one main noozle. They have 20 volunteers, which includes three rural. Mr. Bra-m spoke briefly regarding the fire which destroyed the house at the farm of Norman Klassen last year and the fact that the insurance company has placed clahm against everyone they could think of. Zie M.D has referred it to the insurer for their liability, but this does cost money. Mr. 11-)od on the duties and responsibilities of firemen and stated fray the information givc,n him, he could see no way that an- claim could be successful. Mr. Fred V1ood of the Fire Ccrmissio -,ex's office was called on for c L i-P-_nts and he pai-ti cnAar. ly referred to the following- 1 wliat is in the agreerPrit betgeert the M.D. and the Towns and Villages. In reply the ag Lament with Trochu �,as scanned briefly and he was advised that the others are similar 2. Mr. Wood suggested that perlu p. the M D should set out written guidelines or stardards for profic- €_;=-y 3. Designate see one as a kkvdci,.al Fire Chief or co- diUnator, of the three departments to ove=eE: Z:rair -ng This person gild be the go between with thevire Conn- issioner :.or fire training and endeavour to have these arranged the s-me for all areas, so that the same procedure would be followed at fires 4 Get u.- .ifoon equipment. Landed had mentioned getting a probe noozle If I- nden needs it, wh ,,7 not the others. 5 Write down the chain of conw-nd and the responsibilities. 6 rove written suhrdssion of td-,,e needs for 1976 and the reasons for same, so that they can be considered for the budget 7 Training is the best thing in the world v7ith organization perhaps get details of all houses, the locations of the buildings on the farm, etc We appear to have a good org�uzization now, but always look for improvement Mr Wood further stated that Mr Don Graham of the Fire C omussioner's office could give guidelines upon request. NIr Ron Howe of Three Hills asked for a map with the boundaries of the area clearly shown , and also stated that it is very difficult to locate natural gas lines in the farms yards, and this creates a hazard 3 i 11 10 A FIRE CCMIIT7EE MEETING MESDAY, JANLIAM 20th, 1976 P3 Maps will be supplied to each of the areas. It was suggested that a notice be put in the local paper at various intervals, outlining the procedure to be folbwed if making a fire call Mr. Wood stated they now offer 13 courses at Vermillon College and these can handle about 21 persons each. Mere is a need for expansion of the facilities Mr. Ron Howe of Three Hills stated some consideration should be given to a new fire truck at Three Hills. The truck .itself has quite high mileage nova, and was second hand when turned over to the rural area. This is a 1962 model He stated the equipment is quite ample. Mr. Howe suggested that the allowance for wages for volunteer firemen should be reviewed and perhaps increased, in keeping with the times Mr Alex Cunningham was asked to look into the possibility of getting tvn portable radios for each area, as these would be of real. help Sie list of those in attendance was as follows Fred Wood, Fire Cccdssioner's Office, Edmonton, Alberta Ralph W. Brown, Acme, Reeve M D Kneehill T A Ferguson, Three Hills, Councillor M D Kneehill Reg. Campbell, Three Hills, Councillor , M. D. Kneehill Art Bauer, Torrington, Councillor, M D Kneehill Alex Cunningham, Utilities Office, M D Kneehill Three Hills Walter R Meding, Tiochu Kin Wright, Ken Wohl, Trochu Ron Howe , Three Hills �'Y Ad;un Allen Duer, Linden Walt Regehr, Linden B. Regehr, Linden The meeting adjourned at approzim-ztely 10.00 P M i x Bruce Guard Keith Taylor, Councillor, Tmchu Ed Knievel, Trochu , O=Ici.11or G G King,