UNITED FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION MEETING MINUTES

TuesdayJune9, 2015

Location: Hamburg Fire Station

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by President Mark Morse

Present: 40attendees representing 16 Departments:Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Excelsior, Hamburg,Hopkins, Mayer,Montrose, New Germany, NYA,Prior Lake,St. Boni,Savage, Shakopee, Victoria, Waconia,and Watertown. Guests were from SFM, HSEM, and MBFTE and Henn. Tech.

Not Present: Representatives fromBloomington,Buffalo,Carver,Chaska, Cologne, Delano, Edina,Jordan,Long Lake, Loretto,Maple Plain, Minnetonka, Mound,andWayzata.

Moment of Silence for deceased firefighters.

ChiefJustin Buckentinwelcomed everyone. HamburgFD has 25 members and response to 45 calls per year. Hamburg has25 paid on call fire fighters. Their first apparatus was a hand pumper purchased in 1901.

Mayor Dick Malz is a retired Hamburg firefighter after 30 years of service. Hamburg has a population of 560. They are the last town in the western metro area. With their location they advised the rest of Carver County of severe weather.

PROGRAM:Responding to Petroleum and Haz-Mat spills.

Jim Stockinger works for the MPCA. He is an Asst.Chief for Lindwood Twp. FD. Who owns a spill or Haz-Mat incident? Public Safety along with the responsible party (RP). The RP reports the incident and is responsible for cleanup. During an incident many State agencies can become involved. The State Duty Officer is contacted and will contact the proper agencies to help with an incident. The local FD is still in charge of the incident.

The two main Statues are SS: 115.061 which is the law on reporting and clean up. SS: 115E is the “Spills bill” which states that business needs a response plan for handling an incident. FD’s should review these plans.

REGULAR MEETING:

Minutes: A motion to approve the minutes from Savage and seconded by Excelsior. Motioned carried.

Treasurer’s Report: The starting balance was $5,603.46. Deposits of $900.Current balance $6,503.46. The account was move to Shakopee.Motion made by Waconia, seconded byMontrose. Motion carried.

REPRESENTATIVES REPORTS

Bob Van Lith: Director Van Lith was tied up at a retire firefighter wake.Nothing to report. Board meeting will be held Wednesday at the conference. Look Bob up if you have questions.. The conference will be held in St. Cloud on June 11th to 13th. Hope to see everyone there.

Contact Dee Dee . or Bob. Bob can be reached by e-mail or 763-276-4203.

Ray Carlson:Out of the area for work. VFBA had two claims this year. Both were heart attacks and they are doing well. Ray will be at the September meeting and give an update on claims. Ray can be reached at

Dale Specken:Chief’s conference will be held in Duluth Oct. 22nd – 24th. Banquet will be different. You will need tickets to eat. Will be able to reserve tables. Will have great classes. New website is up and running. 2016 conference will be in St. Cloud and 2017 will be in Rochester. Two members are running for President, George Esbensen and Mark Hovland. Two are running for VP, Tim Butler and Jay Wood. This year they will have online voting. Sending out RFP to other areas to see if they would like to host the conference. Dale has the Kitchen trailer if you would like to rent it. The Assn is going through an audit. Dale can be reached at .

State Fire Marshall: Fire Investigator Casey Stotts gave the report. 2014 Annual report is online. Fire in Minnesota report will be at the conference. Only 10 FD’s did not report in 2014. One department did not have any calls so they didn’t report. So far 12 FD’s have received AFG grants. The SFM will help with your grant writing. The SFM received a grant for 3 mobile training prop trailers.

Consumer Product and Safety Division should be contacted if you find a product that started a fire. Two main ones are off brand cell phone chargers and e-cigarette chargers. The State Fire Code is almost done. Started in 2011. The SFM conference will be on April 25,, 2016. The Recruitment & Retention is going on and look for results for the next three years. If you have a pipeline that was hit contact the Office of Pipeline Safety. The HSEM is working with the Avian Flu. Sept 14th North Oaks will be hosting the Burn Aid Classic. There have been 25 fatals from fires so far in 2015. Check SFM website for Begining Arson and Advance Arson classes.Any questions contact .

Kathi Osmonson from the SFM reported that they are forming Youth Fire Intervention teams. Info at the Chief’s conference. They have handouts in different languages coming out on website. There website along with Vision 20/20 website are being updated.

Certification:President Morse gave report. See attachment.

MBFTE: Kevin Sedivy is the Fire Training and Licensing Specialist. Kevin retired from Owatonna FD and had 30 years in the fire service. Kevin is meeting with FD’s to encourage them to go for the Training Funds. 3 FD’s in the United Region did not use the funds last year. The goal is to get 600 FD’s to use these funds. The new data base is up and running for the license program. All the MBFTE meetings are on the website. The ISO training will go to July 1, 2016. In 2014, 700 FF’s trained in 1001, hoping to get that to 1200 FF’s. They sent out a sheet to update your FD contact list and how many FF’s you have. The amount of FF’s help with the training fund process. Kevin can be reached at . Steve can be reached at .

Rick Luth: No report. Any questions contact .

Dan Roeglin:Henn. Tech has less staff now and has some changes. Fire Officer 1 class will be held in Savage. Air management class will be held this fall. Community Risk Assessment classes coming up. Online training classes are now available. Contact Dan at .

Chief Esbensen: See Attachment

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

NEW BUSINESS:

State Firefighter Conference this week.

2014 United Firefighter of the Year. Nonominations. Send nominations to Hubie by Aug. 15,

Some regional grants were received. Mdewakanton FD gave $350,000 in grants from 5.4 million in request. Fill out paperwork for an AED.

No changes to the Firework laws.

Chief McColl requested that we support Chief Esbensen for President of the MSFCA.

MAJOR INCIDENTS: None

Upcoming fire department events:

Eden Prairie FD Relay for Life Golf Tourney at Bear Path on June 29th.

Excelsior FD dance on July 17th.

St. Boni FD Summerfest on July 25th.

NYA Stiftungfest August 28th to 30th.

Meeting adjourned at 21:34p.m.motion made by Excelsior, seconded by Montrose. Carried.

Next meeting will be held at Mayer onSeptember 8, 2015.