Town of Kaukauna

VandenBroek Kaukauna Fire and Rescue

Chief Ron Diedrick called the meeting to order at 7:11 pm.
33 Firemen were present.

The secretary read the minutes from 3/16/2009 meeting, they were approved as read.

The treasurer read the bills for approval.
A motion was made by: Scott Secor
and seconded by: Ron Young to pay all bills. Motion carried.

Checking trucks this month: John Vander Sanden, Kurt and Shane Heid, Bill Calaway, Luke Uitenbroek and Jerry Evers.

FIRE CALLS FOR THE MONTH

Date: April 7, 2009
1) Grass fire at 41 and Wrightstown Road
Discussion

Date: April 7, 2009
2) Grass fire behind N2161 Town Club Road
Discussion:

Date: April 11, 2009
3) Grass/Brush fire at 3101 Green Bay Road
Discussion: This was actually the City of Kaukauna’s fire. Kaukauna would like to train with us on how to get water to their pumper, we could use our 4” hard suction hose with a reducer to 2.5”. The Indian packs we used broke and were sent back to the mfg.

Date: April 19, 2009
4). Transformer fire at W1856 Coonen Road
Discussion

UPCOMING MEETING - EVENT DATES

Appreciation dinner is set for Sunday April 26 6:00 cocktails, 7:00 supper wear your white dress shirts

Fire Commission meeting is Tuesday April 28 at 6:30

Business

If we need water from Freedom call Freedom Fire to ask if they can flow water from the quarry. If no other source is available then hook to a hydrant as a last resort. We do not need to have Freedoms permission to pull water from the hydrant.
Ron and Marv checked with Freedom Fire on where they got their accountability board and found out they made it. Think that the board we liked may have been from Wrightstown, Ron will check with them.

Ron mentioned the on ramp to 41 N from 55 will be closed for construction until sometime in May.
More road work will start on JJ and CC starting in May.

A letter was read warning of the hazards of a new type of suicide, it combines muriatic acid and Bonide which combine to form a lethal gas. Use caution when doing a scene size up and watch for unusual signs for these types of suicide calls.

Ron, Curt and Scott attended a class on new types of air bags. It is getting more difficult to find areas to cut cars to gain access to victims with all the new bags and sensors. There are generally more access points in the rear of new vehicles than there are in the front. It’s a good idea to pull off the headliner and b-pillar covers to see what is underneath before cutting. We are getting a DVD of the program to use for training at a later date.

Chief Ron read the fireman’s prayer.

Motion to adjourn was made by: John Vander Sanden
and seconded by. Everyone

Meeting adjourned at 8:38

Submitted by Secretary Joe Lancour