Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad
General Membership Meeting
8/14/2007
Call to Order: The President called the meeting to order at 20:17 hours, at which time
attendance sheet was circulated.
President’s Report (J. MacDonald):
a.
Budget Line items
b.
Community Service: all agreed that SVRS will no longer participate.
c.
Mac will be covering Larry’s duty officer weeks while he is on medical leave.
d.
Mac will be sharing day/night duty with Scott next week.
e.
Saturday coverage will be posted. Emily and Travis will cover this Saturday.
f.
Sept. 1
st
, Emily will be on medical leave.
g.
SOP’s/ Bylaws being updated: Positions: Full Associate, Associate, Support, Life, and
Honorary members.
h.
Bluegrass festival: Sept. 8
th
and 9
th
. Need coverage. SVRS will get a $500 donation.
i.
EMT Class starting in September.
j.
Mac updated everyone on the Revenue Recovery. Nothing has been decided as of yet.
k.
Joe Jordan has stepped down from RC 7-3. Rita was nominated for RC 7-3 and will be
posted for 30 days. September meeting RC 7-3 will be voted on.
Vice President’s Report ( Jeremy Graybill):
a.
Curt Lawhorne is a returning candidate as driver, and will be attending the EMT class.
b.
Kyle Run is a new candidate, EMT class, CDL and CPR.
c.
Damen Farmer is on a leave of absence for one year.
d.
Barry and Jill Norris is coming back to run.
e.
James and Lisa Napier is on a leave of absence for one year.
Secretary’s Report ( Karen Ward):
a.
Executive Meeting minutes from August as been posted.
b.
Call Sheets: please remember to put all call sheets in drawer in the office and do not
leave them out on the counters.
Treasurer’s Report (Brandis Roman):
a.
Brandis gave a website update. Brandis has designed the website and wants to take
pictures of all crews, and officers. Website was previewed by Executive Committee
and was beautifully done, and agreed upon using her design.
b.
Fall budget was discuss.
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BOD Report (Kevin Quick, Linda Lloyd, Phyllis Johnson, Frances Moore, and Don
Linden): no report
Report by Chief RC 7 (Tammy Johnson):
a.
Building clean-up:
•
Needs to be done by everyone, not just for career staff to do.
•
Clean-up after yourselves. Don’t just take dishes to kitchen and leave them for
someone else to do.
•
Help do the laundry.
b.
New ACFR Staff effective 08/27/2007
•
Kevin Carter – Captain/Medic
•
Eddie Witt- Medic
•
New people in Car 111
•
Car 111 may not be available, due to staffing Tanker 111.
c.
Radio Operations:
•
New SOP
•
Talking on radio: make sure to talk after the talk permit beep.
•
Make sure that you know where you are going before leaving bldg, (check
maps, etc.).
•
Do not move radios out of trucks. They are specifically assigned to apparatus.
•
The extra radios in the charger in the front room need to be rotated out when
the light turns green.
d.
Mailboxes:
•
Need to be cleaned out. There are to be no PPCR’s in them.
e.
Garage floors:
•
Completed: have had some problems.
•
Backing strips, need to pay attention as there are not exactly in the correct
location.
f.
Storage containers:
•
There are 2 new storage containers in the garage, they are to store call sheets
and financial records for 6 years. They are fire and waterproof.
g.
Computers:
•
The computers in the bldg are being cleaned off quarterly.
h.
Stand-bys:
•
Thanks to those for doing stand-bys time at the Albemarle Co. Fair.
•
Bluegrass festival coming in September 8
th
and 9
th
.
•
MSH football will be starting soon. Sign up list will be posted soon.
•
Structure fires: 1
st
due ambulance take case of water and Gatorade out of frig.
Working on updating the equipment, SOP, extra gear, tent, chairs, etc.
i.
Bridges:
•
Albevanna Spring now completed.
•
Rt. 618 will only be 9’0" when they start next side, doubtful ambulances will fit.
Use Albevanna instead.
•
Rt. 6 has 2 bridges out toward 29 under construction; they are only 9’ also.
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j.
Miscellaneous:
•
Thank you to Steven for adding 02 and backboard storage compartments in
EMS room.
•
Thanks to Willie for the pipe to cover the TV cable in front of the last bay.
•
Lockers out by 708: Do they belong to anyone. Looking at removing to put
larger lockers in for ACFR staff.
•
Carport addition of shed coming soon: will house special events trailer and snow
blade.
k.
Training:
•
Congratulations to Jeremy for completing NREMT-I. He is currently precepting
for release.
•
EMT class starts 9/05/07. Call ACFR to sign up. CPR pre-requisite classes
available through ACFR. CE hours available.
•
CPR classes: Everyone is required to update to new CPR. See sign up list:
Thursday Sept. 5
th
, Sunday Sept. 9
th
and Thursday Sept. 13
th
.
•
New Zoll: Training, Sept. 11
th
Zoll rep here at BLS meeting. Attempting to get
Dr. Lindbeck to come down to BLS meeting also. All Zoll’s have now been
updated to new AHA 2005 standards.
•
Symposium: Email sent out about interested parties. September 4
th
deadline.
Currently short 1 room. Members attending must attend 75% of classes EACH
day, copy of the class registration prior to going, copy of EC report after classes
post to OEMS required.
•
SVFD: Teaching a FF1 class starts Oct. 1
st
. Also a Hazmat class will be given.
l.
Budget:
•
All purchases must have receipt provided to Treasurer. They need to be turned
in, in a timely manner. Meal reimbursement: Receipts needed for
reimbursement. $4.50 per person/per 8 hours (no exceptions).
m.
Vehicle and Equipment:
•
Car 701: no EMS equipment.
•
705: Still having some mechanical problems, document and leave for Gene.
•
707 (picture demo), PowerPoint presentation done by Tammy. Hopefully on the
road soon.
•
Old 709: being donated to needed organization. They are coming to pick it up.
•
703: Still need to use for BLS runs, save miles on boxes.
n.
By-Laws/SOP’s updated:
•
Safety vest, communications guideline, out of service.
o.
Membership:
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Where is our organization heading.
•
Members commitment to organization.
Report by Chief RC 7-1 (James Napier): no report
Report by Chief RC 7-2 (Larry Antonacci): no report
Report by Chief RC 7-3 (Open): no report
Report by Chief RC 7-4 (Gene Johnson):
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a.
705 running ok lately.
b.
Suggestion: new EMT’s to look at Fire standby protocols/ SOP.
Call Sheets (Valerie Quick):
a.
Missing fields: please fill out all fields (chief complaints, times and incident numbers)
and sign narratives so she knows who to talk to about call sheet.
b.
Refusals
c.
Peds calls: especially overdose call, document scene, how you found the pt, physical
exam, everything….
d.
Car 111 sheet: do BLS separate call sheet, and put your info. in narrative, then
document turned over to Car 111.
Old Business: none
New Business:
a.
Rita is giving CPR classes.
b.
If interested in helping Rita in the clinical connects- as a patient, please let her
know, Disaster Intervention Life Support Class.
c.
Kim Morris suggested a blood drive but was denied by General Meeting.
Motion for Adjournment: a motion for adjournment was made, seconded and carried. The
meeting was adjourned at 21:58.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen R. Ward
Secretary