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FOUR CHIEFS MEETING
6-20-00
KENSINGTON FIREHOUSE
The meeting was called to order by Acting Chairman Chief Mark Lewandowski at
7:15 PM. The meeting started a little late because the majority of Chiefs attended
the Town Meeting.
There were no minutes of the May meeting due to a lack of a quorum.
VOICE OF THE PUBLIC None
ELECTION OF A CHAIRMAN&CO-CHAIRMAN
Chief J. Simons was elected Chairman and Asst. Chief David Jorsey II
was elected Co-Chairman by a unanimous vote.
TRAINING COMMITTEE
It was requested that each department have at least one representative to
serve on this committee. The following names were submitted by
departments : East Berlin—Tim Chicker; Berlin—R. Scalora; South
Kensington—D. Schaller-B. Wolf. Kensington needs to come up with
a name.
RADIOS The Incident Commander and apparatus must use Channel# 1. In case of
a second call while all departments are out,the responding units will use
Channel 2. In case of a third call,the responding units will use Channel 3.
DISPATCHING
A procedure is being put together to confirm that when Berlin dispatcher
sets off our tones and dispatches a request for assistance, Cromwell Fire
Department dispatcher will call Berlin dispatcher to verify that the tones
and message were received loud and clear. At the present time,our
dispatcher has no way of knowing if the tones and message went out over
the radios.
REQUEST A letter was read from C. Haber,Director of Training for Hartford County
requesting permission to contact the Town Manager about obtaining some
of the P-100 radios to be used in Hartford County Training School.
A motion was made by Chief Jorsey and seconded by Chief Folcik to
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grant permission to the Hartford County Training Director to ask the
Town Manager for radios if the Town does not use all the surplus radios.
This motion passed unanimously.
NEW TRUCK Money has been allocated but the Chiefs have a meeting in the Town
Hall on July 6, 2000 to further discuss what other information is
required before any specifications are drawn up.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Chief Simons announced that Asst. Chief Keith Glabau of the Berlin Fire
Department has accepted a full-time firefighter's position with the
Southington Fire Department. Berlin will be electing a new Asst. Chief at
their July meeting.
A motion was made by Chief Jorsey and seconded by Chief Lewandowski to adjourn the
meeting at 8:50PM.
Res ctfully
Ret. Chief Edward F. Haber
Secretary
Berlin East Berlin Kensington South Kensington
J. Simons D. Jorsey M. Lewandowski S. Folcik
K. Morton D. Jorsey II
Absent
K. Glabau F. Magasino
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