March 11, 2008

1. ATTENDANCE – Self Introductions

John Durso, Schmidt Fire Mike Moffat, Moffat Group / FireTrol

Raquel Elias, Alpine FPD Toby MacDonald, Western Fire Protection

Mary Tedesco, Alpine FPD Tony Masey, J&M Keystone

Sam Norman, Westmark Ent Ken Wagoner, Parsley Engineering

Sergio Pereira, San Diego Fire Dept. Kevin Read, Bradshaw Eng

Scott Harrison, Viking Supply Net John Rout, San Diego Fire

James Cheney, Paramount Fire Chris Bohon, Ferguson Fire

Paul Johnson, SimplexGrinnell Lyle Hall, Western Fire

Jeff Landon, Lubrizol/Blazemaster David Bilodeau, Bradshaw Engineering

2. TREASURER’S REPORT: Ken Wagoner reports that the Charity Account balance is $358.00. General Checking Account balance is $381.00 All bills are paid.

3. FPO REPORT: FPO information is always available at: www.firepreventionofficers.org. Sam Husoe with NFSA was not able to attend. Of interest, Sam is planning to retire this month. His replacement is Bruce LeCair, formerly with Woodland Fire Dept. He resides in Corona, CA, so maybe we can persuade him to join our group!

4. EDUCATION REPORT: Our First Thursday Classes will resume in next week, on April 3, 2008, at a new location. The class will be held in the training room of Rancho Santa Fe Fire Department Station #2, 16930 Four Gee Road, Rancho Santa Fe, California. The site can be reached by taking I-15 either north or south to Camino Del Norte, and exiting to the west until you reach Four Gee Road, and turn right. The fire station is the first structure on the left. The topic will be Hanging and Bracing. Cost, as always is $15.00, payable at the door for Coffee and stuff. RSVP to Ken Wagoner, ParsleyConsulting “at” cox dot net.

The March class on Fire Pumps was very well attended and received, with over 25 classroom attendees and over 40 attendees at the Fire Pump Test. Special thanks to Deputy Fire Marshal David Parsons of the Oceanside Fire Department for hosting us at their training facility, to Paul Bennett of Starfire for the Pump class and to Adam Boisvert of Epic Fire Protection who provided the equipment and personnel for the live Fire Pump test.

OLD BUSINESS/PAST EVENTS:

- In December, the Association sent out a letter to all of the AHJ’s in San Diego, Imperial, Southern Riverside and Southern Orange Counties explaining the intent of the Fire Department Surveys, and requesting their participation by returning the survey for inclusion on the Association website. This year, the survey is much more user friendly, and can be filled out on line and returned by e-mail. Our webmaster will then convert the file to a PDF file that can’t be changed except by authorized personnel. This month the Association will be contacting those AHJ’s who have not returned the questionnaire to assist them if necessary. We have some volunteers who will be doing follow up calls to the AHJ’s this month to try to get the full participation that we need.

- Burn Institute Events: Fire Ball will be held on 4/4/08, Padres Firefighter Night 5/10/08, Spirit of Courage Awards 5/22/08 and the Annual Burn Run/Expo at Qualcomm will be held on 7/19/08.

6. UPCOMING EVENTS / NEW BUSINESS:

4/8 – SDFPA regular meeting. Nominations for the Board of Directors. Speaker TBA
4/9 – AFSA Southern California Chapter meeting. 1130, Mr. Stox on Katella in Ahaheim
4/10 – SFPE San Diego meeting. 1130 @ Sizzler Steakhouse, Aero and I-15
5/13 – SDFPA General Membership Meeting - Elections
5/17 – SDFPA Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Carlton Oaks Country Club

7. PROGRAM:

Our guest speaker was our own Chris Bohon, in his role as Overall Coordinator of our annual Charity Golf tournament. Chris provided a very informative presentation on Sponsorships available, Tournament organization and costs. It is shaping up to be another very successful event, but it won’t happen without great participation. So polish up the clubs, hit the driving range for some practice, and come on out for a great cause.

Mike Moffat, President

Terri Leyton, Secretary