Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad
Minutes of the general meeting of 01/09/07
Meeting called to order: President James MacDonald called the meeting to order at 20:02
hours, at which time the Secretary circulated a sign-in sheet for membership roll.
Approval of minutes: There was no motion to minutes of the December minutes. The minutes
were approved by the membership.
President’s Report (J. MacDonald):
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Mac thanked Cyndi Johnson for all her hard work as President.
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Mac gave an update on James Napier – 30 day monitor placed, and will keep us posted.
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Executive and General meetings will be held monthly this year. Executive committee is
working on updating bylaws and SOPs. Mac asked that everyone take a look at them,
and then write their suggestions and give them to someone on the executive committee.
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Email list being updated. Please give Mac any changes.
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Tammy and Mac will be sitting on the board for TJEMS. If for some reason they cannot
make it to a meeting, they will ask someone to go for them to represent Scottsville.
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Saturday day and night crews are posted. Thanks to Emilie, Travis, Thomas, the Sunday
day crew and Friday night crew for filling in for Saturday nights.
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Mac sent a thank you letter to Tim at the Scottsville Fire Dept for appreciation of all the
help they gave us on such a busy New Year’s weekend.
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Contributions over $100, Mac will send a personal thank you letter.
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Phyllis Johnson and Kim Morris are in charge of room rental.
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Recruitment for new EMTs and drivers.
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Jeremy, Brandis, and Sara are working on updating website for squad. Any suggestions
please see one of them.
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Mac reported for Jeremy on candidates: Anna Charlebois from Tuesday night crew will
be leaving because of other commitments. Brad McConnell has joined the Thursday
night crew, along with Nancy Smith who will be taking the EMT class in Crozet, starting
soon. Martha Leahong is a candidate for associate status.
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Mac reported also for Jeremy that he is working on a contract for new candidates to
sign, giving the squad a certain amount of years of service prior to leaving
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Mac asked at the end of this meeting to please give him 5 minutes of time.
Vice President’s report (Jeremy Graybill): no report (see President’s report)
Treasurer’s Report (Brandis Roman): no report
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Secretary’s Report (Karen Ward)
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Karen and Mac are forming the Publicity Committee. Karen asked if anyone is interested
in helping in recruitment, to please come to Mac or herself.
Report by Chief RC 7 (Tammy Johnson)
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Tammy thanked everyone who responded to the traumatic calls that ended 2006 and
started 2007. It was a very stressful time and the calls were traumatic, but everyone
worked very well together.
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Projects: Bylaws and SOPs. Encouraged members to take a look at them, and if
interested, please make corrections/ideas on copy and to give them to one of the
executive members to present to committee.
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Larry and Tammy will be going to North Carolina on February 18
th
and 19
th
. New 707 is
on production line and will be going to look at it. Also, old 707 will be donated to a very
needy organization in NC (as is). New 707 will look something like Charlottesville’s 147
truck.
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Tammy challenged everyone to please stop the talk about others, and the nitpicking, this
is not high school, and to please come together. If there is an issue or concern, to please
go to your Duty Officer or Crew Chief. If there is a complaint, write it down and also write
a solution to the issue at hand.
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Exhaust system at MJH: Don’t turn off units, but keep in mind. Get in and then get out of
the ER.
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Digital Camera in truck. Tammy encourages everyone to use the digital camera to take
pictures of crews, trucks and scenes. Would like to purchase another one. Use pictures
for slideshow and website.
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Albemarle Fire Rescue seals update: Tammy ordered new Town of Scottsville seals for
trucks to represent our Squad.
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Radio traffic on 800 radios: Reminder to keep it short and simple. If you are calling for
something off the road, use the cell phone.
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If responding to other counties, please remember to mark up. List is in trucks.
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Trash: please remember that the dumpster is not for personal trash, only Squad trash.
RC 7-1 Report (James Napier): no report
RC 7-2 Report (Larry Antonacci): no report (See RC 7 report)
RC 7-3 Report (Joe Jordan):
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Line up sheet: please remember to fill out and fax as soon as you are in the building so
fire doesn’t get toned out
RC 7-4 Report (Gene Johnson):
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Time sheets: please remember to fill out on every shift. Albemarle County looks at the
hours, you could lose your county tag and personal tax privileges they give us.
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Units out of service: please let Gene know or line officers, so the unit can get fixed right
away
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706: the switch for the on/off heater is set. Any issues let Gene know.
Board of Directors Report (Kevin Quick, Phyllis Johnson, Don Linden):
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Kevin stated that the executive board had a wonderful meeting and he is very pleased
with the new members on board. New members had great ideas and is looking forward
in seeing progress. Kevin asked general members to get with the executive members
with their ideas on what they would like to see happen this year.
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Linda Lloyd thanks everyone especially Emilie and Travis (RE: passing of her mother)
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Phyllis reported that rental of room is $40-50 per hour, and there is a clean up fee of
$100 ($75 flat fee for members)
Old Business: none
New Business: Valerie Quick:
- Call sheet review and QA: Valerie is taking the responsibility of call sheet review and QA
with the assistance of Mac and Karen. Please make sure all is filled out, even
male/female, date of birth, complaints. Non-transport and MVA call sheets could
potentially be a big legal concern, so please remember to fill out ALL information, as if
you are having to appear at court. Valerie will be meeting with all crews and going over
their call sheets. Reminder TJEMS also looks at the call sheets. Kevin suggested that at
the general meetings also going over call sheets as a group. Tammy stated that when
Car 111 responds to a call, that we are to do a call sheet and fill our everyone on call
sheet you did and then document that Car 111 took over care. Continue care and
document your own information, and Car 111 will fill out his own call sheet. Do not ask
for a copy of their call sheet.
Rita Krenz:
- PVCC upcoming classes: (2) info below.
1. The PVCC/UVA Paramedic Education Program is pleased to announce
this course and open it to all interested students. This is an in-depth course
covering the DOT National Standard Curriculum for Paramedics Hazardous
Materials objectives, plus additional information on WMD, clan labs, and the
many new challenges that hazardous materials present to all levels of public
safety providers.
Recommended audience:
EMS providers (and students) of
all levels, fire fights (and students) of all levels, ADJ students and police
officers. Instructor will be Katie Rivera, former US Air Force Full Spectrum
Threat Response program manager and instruction in Hazmat and Nuclear,
Biological, Chemical Warfare Defense. This will be a 2 credit course offered
through PVCC. Cost will be approximately $200 (plus tuition and books).
Class starts January 22, 2007 and will meet every Monday from 16-1900 until
April 2, 2007 (10 weeks, Spring Break 3/5/07). Students will receive DFP
certification in
Hazardous Materials Awareness.
There is a distinct possibility
that Haz-Mat Operations certification may also be achieved within this class –
details to be announced at a later date. Class size will be limited to 20
students.
How to register.
Go to
www.pvcc.edu
and register as a PVCC
student (if you haven’t taken classes her recently). Then proceed to register
through PowerWeb for EMT 146. Questions. Contact Rita Krenz at
rkrenz@pvcc.edu
or (434) 961-5227.
2. The PVCC/UVA Paramedic Education Program is pleased to offer this
course, taught by Pegasus Flight Medic Shawn Tevendale. This is a 15 week,
intensive class designed to teach the provider to obtain and, more
importantly,
interpret
the 12 lead ECG. It will include a review of cardiac
anatomy and physiology, treatment of ACS, discussion on AMI imitators and
ACLS review. Recommended audience: EMT-CT, EMT-I (or student), EMT-P
(or student), RN (or student), MD, or PA. Others are welcome; instructor
permission required. Class size will be limited to 20 students. Class dates:
January 22, 2007 through May 7, 2007 (15 weeks). Monday nights 19-2200.
Cost – three hours of tuition (approx $230) plus book (approx $33, available
in class). Questions. Contact Rita Krenz, Paramedic Program Director at
(434) 961-5227 or
rkrenz@pvcc.edu
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Kim Morris: New kind of epi-pens are being used. Kim ran a call where a patient had a
different type of epi-pen than what we usually see. Informing everyone of this.
James MacDonald: Mac took his five minutes of time that was asked at the beginning
of the meeting. Mac asked everyone to take a moment and think of what makes you
most product of Scottsville Rescue. Mac read to the membership a sermon
(Unconditional Friendship) that he wrote and read to his student in chapel at St. Anne’s
Belfield. This acknowledged his friendships here at the squad and members on the
Thursday night crew. It was beautiful. A copy of this will be attached to the general
membership minutes by Karen for your viewing in the crew room.
Motion for adjournment: Mr. Jackie Moore made the motion for adjournment at 20:54
hours. The motion was carried by the membership
Respectfully submitted,
Karen R. Ward
Secretary
01/12/07
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