2008 Minutes Jan-Dec

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=166 BGCOLOR="#000099" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="4a600a90erkqpg.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="membership.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U><IMG SRC="4b171170.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="volunteer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Becoming a Volunteer"><U><IMG SRC="4b261170.jpg" border=0 width="97" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="County Connect"><U><IMG SRC="4b371170.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events Calendar"><U><IMG SRC="4b445170.jpg" border=0 width="69" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="safety.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Safety is the Key!"><U><IMG SRC="4b557170.jpg" border=0 width="87" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contacting VEMSACC"><U><IMG SRC="4b663170.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="minutes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minute Minder"><U><IMG SRC="4b780170.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="membership.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U><IMG SRC="4b171170.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="volunteer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Becoming a Volunteer"><U><IMG SRC="4b261170.jpg" border=0 width="97" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="County Connect"><U><IMG SRC="4b371170.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="calendar.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events Calendar"><U><IMG SRC="4b445170.jpg" border=0 width="69" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><IMG SRC="4b557170.jpg" border=0 width="87" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contacting VEMSACC"><U><IMG SRC="4b663170.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="minutes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minute Minder"><U><IMG SRC="4b780170.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=314 BGCOLOR="#000099" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="4d100c00erkqpg.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>2008 Mintutes</B></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="jan_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> JANUARY 2008</div> <div> MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT MIKE SHAFFER. </div> <bR> <div> MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO START OF MEETING.  DON HOLSTEN MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY PATTY</div> <div>  WILLIAMS TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT GIVEN BY DENISE ALLEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE TREASURER.  THE 2 $5,000 CDs WERE </div> <div> TRANSFERRED TO THE CHECKING ACCOUNT, RECEIVED $689.22 INTEREST ON THE CDs, RECEIVED $2.67 INTEREST ON </div> <div> CHECKING ACCOUNT FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF $18,914.14.   LONNY WARE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY JOE </div> <div> CREE TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS PRESENTED. </div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <bR> <div> OES:  NOT PRESENT. </div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  NEW WEBSITE IS UP.  CHECK IT OUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.</div> <div> 2008 SYMPOSIUM (MARCH 6-9) WILL BE MASH THEME. </div> <bR> <div> RADIO:  NOT PRESENT</div> <bR> <div> MMC:  THE PROXIMITY CARDS ARE ALMOST DONE.  THEY SHOULD PROBABLY BE DONE THIS COMING WEEK.  2 </div> <div> PROXIMITY CARDS WILL BE ISSUED TO EACH AMBULANCE.  ALL STROKE PATIENTS NEED "RANKIN SCALE".  YOU NEED </div> <div> TO GET MORE HISTORY FROM FAMILY. WHAT WAS PATIENT LIKE BEFORE STROKE HAPPENED? WHAT HAS CHANGED </div> <div> ABOUT THE PATIENT SINCE THE STROKE?</div> <bR> <div> UPMC:  CLASSES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO WELLNESS CENTER.</div> <bR> <div> GATOR:  A DISCUSSION WAS HELD.  WHATEVER WE ARE GONNA DO NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOON.  DEPTS WILL SOON BE</div> <div>  WANTING TO USED THE VEHICLE.</div> <bR> <div> TRAINING:</div> <div> 1/28 - EMT CLASS AT CENTERVILLE STARTS (MONDAYS/THURSDAYS)</div> <div> 1/29 - DOCUMENTATION @TOWNVILLE 6PM</div> <div> 1/30 & 31 - ACLS @MMC</div> <div> 2/26 - PALS RENEWAL @UPMC WELLNESS CENTER</div> <bR> <div> OLD BUSINESS:</div> <div> DISCUSSION OF CDs TABLED UNTIL NEXT MONTH.  DISCUSSION HELD REGARDING WEBPAGE. NOVEMBER & DECEMBER</div> <div>  MINUTES AND 2008 MEETING SCHEDULE HAVE NOT BEEN POSTED.  DENISE SENT HER AN EMAIL ASKING IF SHE WAS </div> <div> GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN WEBPAGE.  ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY LARRY GRAY FOR </div> <div> SECRETARY TO SEND DARCY A CERTIFIED LETTER WITH READ RECEIPT. </div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:</div> <div> THE GATOR ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN. NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR THE PATIENT IS PROTECTED FROM RAIN.  WE </div> <div> NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO SOON. MAYBE TRADE GATOR IN TOWARDS KUBOTA AND HAVE TRAILER </div> <div> REMANUFACTURED TO FIT KUBOTA. ERIC WILL SEE TOM ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO THE CURRENT TRAILER TO </div> <div> ACCOMODATE A KUBOTA.  FEBRUARY MEETING WILL BE TARGET DATE TO DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH </div> <div> GATOR/TRAILER. </div> <div> ERIC PROPOSED PRICES FOR 5 YEAR FAIR CONTRACT AS FOLLOWS:  2008 - $4,437.65; 2009 -$4,498.55; 2010 - $4,580.97;</div> <div>  2011 - $4,686.05; AND 2012 - $4,815.30. LONNY WARE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY GENE CALVERT FOR ERIC TO </div> <div> PRESENT NEW 5 YEAR CONTRACT TO FAIR BOARD WITH PRICES AS PROPOSED.  BOOIE SUGGESTED THAT SECRETARY</div> <div>  REEMAIL MEETING SCHEDULE OUT. </div> <bR> <div> NEXT MONTH'S MEETING WILL BE HELD AT JAMESTOWN CLUB ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH AT 7 PM.</div> <bR> <div> ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. </div> <bR> <div> CHICKEN WINGS AND PIZZA WERE EATEN AFTER THE MEETING. THANK YOU TO MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE </div> <div> CHICKEN WINGS AND PIZZA.</div> <bR> <div>                                                            DENISE ALLEN, SECRETARY</div> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="feb_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> FEBRUARY 13, 2008 </div> <div> MEETING AT JAMESTOWN CLUB</div> <bR> <div> THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT MIKE SHAFFER. </div> <bR> <div> INTRODUCTIONS OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE CONDUCTED.</div> <bR> <div> MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO START OF MEETING. GENE CALVERT MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DON </div> <div> HOLSTEN TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT WAS GIVEN.  WE RECEIVED INTEREST INCOME IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.34 FOR AN ENDING </div> <div> BALANCE OF $18,918.48.  LARRY GRAY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY BRYAN ROBISA TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S </div> <div> REPORT AS GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <div> OES:  KEVIN GAVE REPORT FOR GREG.  THE SOLICITOR ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH NOT DISPATCHING AN</div> <div>  AMBULANCE FOR AN OBVIOUS DOA. CURRENTLY THE AMBULANCE SERVICE AND THE CORORNER ARE BEING </div> <div> DISPATCHED AT THE SAME TIME. RADIO COMMITTEE HAD A MEETING.  AS OF MARCH 1ST WE WILL BE CONDUCTING</div> <div>  A PILOT PROGRAM. THERE WILL BE ONE BEEP FOR A NEW DISPATCH AND 3-5 BEEPS FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE. THIS </div> <div> PROCEDURE WILL BE FOR 90 DAYS. ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE USING THE NUMBERING SYSTEM.  AS OF MARCH 1ST,</div> <div>  AFTER DEPARTMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE CALL, COUNTY WILL BE USING ALL NUMBERS FOR OFFICERS AND</div> <div>  VEHICLES.  AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING THE CALL, DISPATCH WILL INFORM THE DEPARTMENT THAT PSP HAS BEEN</div> <div>  DISPATCHED. NEW EQUIPMENT FROM HOMELAND SECURITY WILL BE INSTALLED APRIL 1ST.  THE NEW SYSTEM WILL</div> <div>  CALL ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA OF AN EVENT TELLING THEM TO EVACUATE THE AREA.  </div> <div> RADIO:  KEVIN GAVE REPORT</div> <div> UPMC:  AL BOLAND WAS PRESENT. THE PROXIMITY CARDS ARE OUT. UPCOMING TRAINING CLASSES ARE CADAVOR</div> <div>  LAB AT SHENANGO AND BASIC DISASTER LIFE SUPPORT AT GREENVILLE.</div> <div> EMMCO: AL BOLAND STATED THERE WAS NOTHING TO REPORT</div> <div> MMC: TODD WAS NOT PRESENT.</div> <div> GATOR:  JOHN GAVE REPORT ON A POLARIS FROM STRET TRACK N TRAIL. A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. THE SUBJECT</div> <div>  WAS TABLED UNTIL NEXT MONTH DUE TO ABSENCE OF ERIC.</div> <div> TRAINING:  TOWNVILLE WILL BE HAVING SOME UPCOMING CON ED CLASSES.</div> <bR> <div> OLD BUSINESS:</div> <div> A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE CDs.  IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE NOT TIE UP MONEY UNTIL WE DECIDE WHAT </div> <div> WE ARE DOING FOR A VEHICLE.  CURRENTLY RATES ARE NOT VERY GOOD.  GENE WILL GET INFORMATION ON RATES </div> <div> FOR NEXT MEETING.  CURRENTLY THE WEBPAGE IS WORKING GOOD. DENISE IS HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE </div> <div> BEING PUT ON WEB.</div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  NONE</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT BLOOMFIELD FIREHALL ON MARCH 12TH AT 7 PM.</div> <bR> <div> GENE CALVERT MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO ADJOURN AT 7:35 PM.</div> <bR> <div> A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS PROVIDED AFTER THE MEETING.   THANK YOU.</div> <bR> <div>                     </div> <div>                     DENISE ALLEN, SECRETARY</div> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="mar_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> MARCH 12, 2008 MEETING</div> <div> BLOOMFIELD FIREHALL</div> <bR> <bR> <div> A MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.  THANK YOU BLOOMFIELD FOR THE MEAL.</div> <bR> <div> THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT MIKE SHAFFER AT 7:05 PM.  AN INTRODUCTION OF THOSE </div> <div> PRESENT WAS HELD.  MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.  DAVE HOOGSTADT, JR </div> <div> MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT WAS GIVEN.  WE RECEIVED $100 IN MEMBERSHIPS AND $4.07 IN INTEREST FOR AN ENDING </div> <div> BALANCE OF $18,969.55.  LONNY WARE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S</div> <div>  REPORT AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <bR> <div> <U>OES</U>:  ON MARCH 1ST THE NEW DISPATCH PROCEDURE WAS IMPLEMENTED ON A 90-DAY TRIAL PERIOD. THE WEATHER</div> <div>  EXERCISE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 13TH AT 9 AM.  ABSENSE OF DON BOVARD NOTED.</div> <bR> <div> <U>RADIO</U>:  WHEN MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NON-EMERGENCY USE THE TALKAROUND</div> <div> CHANNEL.  ALSO WHEN ON THE FIREGROUNDS USE THE TALKAROUND CHANNEL.</div> <bR> <div> <U>UPMC</U>:  AL BOLAND NOT PRESENT.</div> <bR> <div> <U>EMMCO</U>:  THANK YOU FOR USE OF GATOR TRAILER FOR SYMPOSIUM.  350-375 PEOPLE ATTENDED SYMPOSIUM THIS </div> <div> YEAR. $2000 WAS DONATED TO MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION THIS YEAR. EMS WEEK WILL BE MAY 18-24. EMS </div> <div> APPRECIATION DAY WILL BE JUNE 21ST AT PYMATUMING. BOOIE ASKED REGARDING THE DELETION OF PART OF THE</div> <div>  RYAN WHITE LAW AND THE IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON EMS PROVIDERS.</div> <bR> <div> <U>MMC</U>:  TODD WAS NOT PRESENT.</div> <bR> <div> <U>TRAINING</U>:  DON HOLSTEN & 2 DOCTORS ARE WORKING ON SCHEDULING OF ITLS CLASSES.  TIM MITCHAM IS GOING TO </div> <div> BE COLLECTING DOCUMENTATION ON PCRS TO DO A STUDY.  HE IS LOOKING FOR IMPUT FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS. </div> <bR> <div> <U>GATOR</U>:  JOHN MCGLYNN GAVE A REPORT ON THE COMPARISON OF KUBOTA, KAWASAKI, JOHN DEERE AND POLARIS. </div> <div>  THE POLARIS IS THE STEADIER OF THE VEHICLES.  YOU CAN GET AFTER-MARKET PARTS FOR THE POLARIS AND THE </div> <div> KAWASAKI. ERIC ALSO DID HIS HOMEWORK AND PASSED OUT HIS FINDINGS. ERIC SUGGESTED THAT WE UPGRADE </div> <div> THE GATOR. CONNEAUTVILLE CANVAS COULD MAKE THE FRAMING AND THE COVER.  ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, </div> <div> SECONDED BY LONNY WARE TO GET QUOTES TO UPGRADE THE GATOR.</div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  JANE'S HUSBAND DOES INVESTMENTS.  THE WEB PAGE DISCUSSED AND DENISE IS HAPPY WITH IT </div> <div> CURRENTLY.  ERIC SPOKE REGARDING MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER AND DEPARTMENTS BEING TURNED INTO EMMCO </div> <div> FOR PCR REPORTS NOT BEING RECEIVED BY THE HOSPITAL IN 24 HOURS.  LETTERS GET SENT TO CHRIS HEILE FROM</div> <div>  MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER WHEN TRIPSHEETS ARE NOT RECEIVED BY MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER AFTER THE</div> <div>  24TH HOUR. CHRIS HAS TO REPORT ANY COMPLAINTS RECEIVED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.  MAYBE THIS </div> <div> GROUP NEEDS TO TAKE A STANCE ON THIS ISSUE.  MIKE WILL TALK TO TODD ABOUT THIS ISSUE.  THE FAX LINE IS NOT </div> <div> A TRUE DEDICATED FAX LINE.  THE FAX MACHINE IN THAT ROOM IS ALSO NOT SECURE.  PCRs MUST BE COMPLETED </div> <div> WITHIN 24 HOURS. NOTHING SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE RECEIVED AT HOSPITAL WITHIN 24 HOURS.  </div> <div> A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED CONSISTING OF: ERIC, MIKE AND GENE.  THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET WITH TODD </div> <div> REGARDING THIS ISSUE.  LONNY SPOKE ABOUT THE FIREMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA RECENTLY KILLED. LONNY MADE</div> <div>  THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO DONATE $100 TO THE HOLMES FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND. A DISCUSSION</div> <div>  WAS HELD REGARDING NOT BEING ABLE TO REPROGRAM OUR AED TRAINERS. ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, </div> <div> SECONDED BY LONNY WARE TO PURCHASE NEW AED TRAINERS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE </div> <div> TRAINERS.  BLOOMFIELD HAS A 3 YEAR OLD FERNO FLEX COT FOR SALE.  STAT HAS SET UP ANOTHER BASE IN GROVE</div> <div>  CITY.</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT COCHRANTON FIREHALL ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 7 PM</div> <bR> <div> MOTION BY DAN BRESEE, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO ADJOURN AT 8:15 PM</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="apr_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> APRIL 9, 2008 MINUTES</div> <div> COCHRANTON</div> <bR> <bR> <div> A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO START OF THE MEETING.</div> <bR> <div> THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT SHAFFER.  INTRODUCTION OF THOSE IN </div> <div> ATTENDANCE WAS HELD.  MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED. GENE CALVERT MADE A MOTION, </div> <div> SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT GIVEN AS FOLLOW:  RECEIVED MEMBERSHIPS TOTALLING $275.00 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE</div> <div>  OF $18,399.84. RON RILEY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY PATTY WILLIAMS TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT </div> <div> AS GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> <U>COMMITTEE REPORTS</U>:</div> <div> OES:  JANUARY 1, 2013 WILL BE USING NARROW BAND.  THE HAS BEEN A FAXING PROBLEM WITH CAD MACHINE.</div> <bR> <div> RADIO:  NO REPORT</div> <bR> <div> UPMC:  DIABETIC EMERGENCY AT TRANSFER ON 4/29; BURN CLASS AT UPMC MERCY IN MAY; ALS ASSIST CLASS</div> <div>  WILL BE HELD AT TRANSFER ON MAY 27TH; AND A BASIC DISASTER LIFE SUPPORT CLASS IN SEPTEMBER.</div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STAFFING CHANGES MADE. RESCUE TRAILERS ARE BEING RENOVATED. CPAP</div> <div>  CLASS AT CLAAS ON MAY 7TH AT 7 PM, EVOC AT LINESVILLE ON APRIL 26TH; ITLS RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 3,</div> <div>  4 &5.</div> <bR> <div> GATOR:  SOMEONE FROM CENTERVILLE HAS OFFERED TO REDO THE FRAMEWORK ON THE GATOR.  THE NEW </div> <div> FRAMING WILL BE PERMANENT THEREFORE WE WILL NEED A BIGGER TRAILER. ERIC CONTACTED TOM'S AUTO IN </div> <div> HYDETOWN. A CAR TRAILER TO HAUL THE GATOR WILL COSTS $5795 WITH HIM GIVING US A TRADE-IN OF $2100-$2600.</div> <div>  A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. WE COULD SELL ADVERTISING LIKE WE DID ON THE OTHER TRAILER TO HELP RECOUP</div> <div>  SOME OF THE COST.  LONNY WARE MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO TRADE IN THE CURRENT </div> <div> TRAILER TOWARDS THE NEW TRAILER BEING PURCHASED FROM TOM'S AUTO IN HYDETOWN.</div> <bR> <div> OLD BUSINESS:  ERIC AND MIKE MET WITH TODD REGARDING PCR PROBLEM.  TODD HAS AGREED TO EMAIL </div> <div> DEPARTMENTS WHEN PCR IS NOT RECEIVED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME.  PA TREASURY INVESTMENT CHECKING</div> <div>  ACCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MUNICPAL AND NON-PROFIT AGENCIES.  MIKE TALKED WITH MEDTRONICS AND WILL</div> <div>  HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR NEXT MEETING.  </div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  DICK HIBBARD AND JERRY CARLESS WILL BE ATTENDING A MEETING IN HARRISBURG NEXT MONTH. </div> <div>  ERIC MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO PAY FOR THEIR MOTEL ROOM WHILE THEY ARE IN HARRISBURG</div> <div> .  A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE DONATION OF $100 TO THE MIKE CROTTY FUND.  DON BOVARD MADE A </div> <div> MOTION, SECONED BY LONNY WARE TO DONATE $100 TO THE MIKE CROTTY FUND.  </div> <bR> <div> BILLS:  NONE</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MAY 14TH AT EMMCO AT 7 PM.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div>  <A NAME="may_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> MAY 14, 2008 AT EMMCO WEST</div> <bR> <div> A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO START OF THE MEETING.  </div> <div> THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT SHAFFER AT 7:10 PM.  EVERYONE IN </div> <div> ATTENDANCE INTRODUCED THEMSELVES.  MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED.  BOOIE KALKBRENNER</div> <div>  MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DICK HIBBARD TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED</div> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT GIVEN AS FOLLOWS:  RECEIVED $100 IN MEMBERSHIPS AND $4.09 IN INTEREST FOR AN ENDING</div> <div>  BALANCE OF $18,505.98.  CORRY FENTON MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY ERIC HENRY TO ACCEPT THE</div> <div>  TREASURER'S REPORT AS GIVEN.  </div> <div> <U>COMMITTEE REPORTS</U>:</div> <div> OES:  NEW 2008 EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT END OF MEETING.</div> <div> RADIO:  NO REPORT</div> <div> UPMC:   AL BROUGHT EMS WEEK PRESENTS FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.</div> <div> MMC:  SARAH MATTOCKS WAS REPRESENTING MMC.</div> <div> EMMCO:  SHEETZ IN 6 STATES WILL BE GIVING FREE COFFEE OR SOFT DRINK TO THOSE IN UNIFORM ON MAY 21ST. </div> <div>  EMS BREAKFAST AT CROSS CREEK RESORT ON FRIDAY, MAY 23.  J R HENRY WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER. EMS </div> <div> APPRECIATION DAY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST AT PYMATUMING STATE PARK.  EMS LEADERS OF</div> <div>  TOMORROW LECTURE SERIES FEATURING JAY FITCH WILL BE HELD ON MAY 31 AT MERCYHURST.  DOUG WOLFBERG </div> <div> WILL BE FEATURED SPEAKER AT EMS LEADERS OF TOMORROW LECTURE SERIES ON JUNE 11TH IN WARREN </div> <div> COUNTY.  THE NEW EMS ACT COULD POSSIBLY BE INTRODUCED INTOT HE HOUSE NEXT THURSDAY.  THE EMS BIKE RIDE</div> <div>  WIL BE GOING THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA.  JANE WISHED EVERYONE A "HAPPY EMS WEEK".  JOHN LEFT PEDIACTRIC </div> <div> STETHOSCOPES FOR ALL AMBULANCES, ONE PER UNIT. </div> <div> GATOR:  THE GATOR HAS NEW STEP AND FRAMEWORK SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK.  THE NEW TRAILER IS IN AT </div> <div> TOM'S.  THE NEW TRAILER COULD POSSIBLY BE PICKED UP TOMORROW OR NEXT DAY.  TOM IS GIVING $1800-$2100 FOR</div> <div>  A TRADE-IN.   WE WILL BE ABLE TO SELL ADVERTISING SPACES ON TRAILER TO HELP PAY FOR TRAILER.  ERIC WILL</div> <div>  EMAIL DENISE WITH PRICES FOR HER TO FORWARD OUT TO DEPARTMENTS.</div> <div> OLD BUSINESS:  THE INVESTMENTS WILL BE TABLED.</div> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  MIKE IS WAITING FOR A FINAL PRICE ON AED TRAINERS.  DON BOVARD PRESENTED A ROUNDTABLE </div> <div> DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT AT SAEGERTOWN.  DON ATTENDED A N/W DISASTER CONFERENCE AT PENN STATE BEHEND</div> <div>  ON MAY 3 & 4.  ERIC STATED THAT OSHA VISITED MAAS.  OSHA CAN COME TO YOUR DEPARTMENT ANYTIME AND CHECK </div> <div> YOUR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL PLAN.  A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE PRE-ALERT OES HAS BEEN </div> <div> DOING PRIOR TO DISPATCHING FIRE & EMS.  A ROLLCALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN ATTENDANCE WAS HELD REGARDING</div> <div>  KEEPING OF THE PRE-ALERT SYSTEM.  THERE WAS 2 NO VOTES, I ABSTAIN, AND THE REST OF THE VOTES WERE</div> <div>  YESES.  ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DENISE ALLEN TO GO TO THE RADIO COMMITTEE </div> <div> RECOMMENDING THAT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY THAT EMERGENCIES NOT BE SIMULCASTED ACROSS </div> <div> ENTIRE COUNTY.  CLAAS IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH AVL.  IT IS KEYING UP IN MIDDLE OF CONVERSATION.  STAT IS HAVING</div> <div>  THEIR ONLINE RAFFLE. TO REGISTER FOR THE RAFFLE GO TO <U>www.statmedevac.com</U>. </div> <bR> <div> TRAINING:  </div> <div> SCHOOL BUS PATIENT CARE @ CLAAS ON 7/10 AT 6 PM; </div> <div> STROKE CLASS @ CLAAS ON 8/8 AT 6 PM; </div> <div> LANDING  ZONE W/STAT @ TOWNVILLE ON 5/27 AT 7 PM; </div> <div> THE AUTISTIC PATIENT @ TOWNVILLE SOMETIME IN JUNE.  </div> <bR> <div> BILLS:     </div> <div> POST OFFICE BOX RENTAL          $38.00</div> <div> TOM'S AUTO                    $63.99 (NEW GATOR BATTERY)</div> <div> LONNY WARE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO PAY BILLS AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT TOWNVILLE ON JUNE 11TH AT 7 PM.</div> <div> LONNY WARE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DON BOVARD TO ADJOURN AT 7:53 PM.</div> <bR> <div> __________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="june_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> JUNE 11, 2008 MEETING AT TOWNVILLE</div> <bR> <bR> <div> A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO START OF MEETING.  </div> <bR> <div> LYNNE WALICKI & DEBBIE BACHMAN FROM TJ&S INSURANCE EXPLAINED SOME WORKMAN'S COMP ISSUES AND </div> <div> DISABILITY, MEDICAL AND DENTAL BENEFITS AVAILABLE FROM THEIR INSURANCE. TJ&S WILL BE HAVING A RISK </div> <div> MANAGEMENT ROUND TABLE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH AT THEIR FACILITY IN PITTSBURGH AND EVERYONE IS INVITED</div> <div>  TO ATTEND.</div> <bR> <div> INTRODUCTION OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WAS HELD.</div> <bR> <div> MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED. LARRY GRAY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY BOOIE TO ACCEPT </div> <div> THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT WAS GIVEN.  WE RECEIVED $3.95 IN INTEREST FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF $14,326.79.  ERIC</div> <div>  HENRY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY B. ROBISON TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <div>      <U>OES:</U> NOT PRESENT</div> <div>      </div> <div> <U>RADIO</U>: NOT PRESENT</div> <bR> <div> <U>UPMC</U>:  UPCOMING TRAINING: TRAUMA BURNS @UPMC-HORIZON ON JULY 8TH; BASIC DISASTER LIFE SUPPORT</div> <div>  AT UPMC-SHENANGO ON SEPTEMBER 19.</div> <bR> <div> <U>MMC:</U> NOT PRESENT</div> <bR> <div> <U>EMMCO</U>:  NOT PRESENT</div> <bR> <div> <U>GATOR</U>: SHOULD BE DONE SOON.</div> <bR> <div> <U>AED TRAINERS</U>: A PRICE QUOTE OF $275@ WAS RECEIVED.  ALL DEPARTMENTS TURNING IN THE SERIAL NUMBER </div> <div> OF THE OLD TRAINER CAN PURCHASE THE TRAINERS FOR $199.  IF WE ORDER 12 OR MORE WE COULD GET A</div> <div>  BETTER PRICE BREAK. ERIC HENRY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO BUY AED TRAINERS</div> <div>  FOR THE DEPARTMENTS IN GOOD STANDING THAT CURRENTLY HAVE AEDs AND REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENTS </div> <div> THAT HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED NEW TRAINERS. DENISE WILL CONTACT DEPARTMENTS TO GET SERIAL </div> <div> NUMBERS AND CALL MIKE WITH THE NUMBERS.</div> <bR> <div> <U>TRAILER</U>: THE TRAILER COST $3,979.10 TO PURCHASE.  ERIC SOLD ADVERTISING SPOTS ON THE TRAILER.  WE </div> <div> SHOULD RECEIVE $4,275 FOR THE ADVERTISING SPOTS THAT WERE SOLD. THERE IS STILL 1 FT X 3 FT SPOTS </div> <div> AVAILABLE FOR ADVERTISING ON THE TRAILER.  DEPARTMENT NAMES WILL BE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER. </div> <div>  SIGNS BY RENEE DID THE GRAPHICS ON THE TRAILER. THE BILL FOR THE GRAPHICS WILL BE $1,955.00.  ERIC </div> <div> HENRY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO PAY THE BILL FOR THE GRAPHICS.  THE BUSINESSES </div> <div> WILL BE BILLED IDVIDUALLY FOR THEIR ADVERTISING.  A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE RHINO LINING</div> <div>  FOR THE FLOOR.  ERIC HENRY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DENISE FOR ERIC TO FIND THE BEST PRICE FOR </div> <div> THE RHINO LINING AND HAVE IT DONE.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  </div> <div>      FAIR:  THIS YEAR'S FAIR SCHEDULE IS POSTED ON THE WEBPAGE AND DENISE ALSO DISTRIBUTED COPIES </div> <div> OF THE SCHEDULE. ALL DEPARTMENTS SHOULD SIGN UP ON THE WEBPAGE FOR THE FIRST AID STATION AND</div> <div>  CONCERTS UNDER "CCF".  </div> <bR> <div> BILLS:  NONE</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT GIBSON PARK IN SUMMIT ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH AT 7 PM.</div> <bR> <div> BOOIE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY LARRY GRAY TO ADJOURN.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="july_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> JULY 9, 2008</div> <div> MEETING AT GIBSON PARK - SUMMIT</div> <bR> <bR> <div> A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. </div> <bR> <div> AN INTRODUCTION OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WAS HELD.</div> <bR> <div> THE MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.  DAN BRESEE MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY </div> <div> RON RILEY TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT WAS GIVEN.  WE RECEIVED INTEREST IN THE AMOUNT OF $3.09 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE </div> <div> OF $12,374.88.  BOOIE MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <div> RADIO:  GOVT SOUTH IS UP AND WORKING. HOPEFULLY THE WILL ELIMINATE 99% OF THE DEAD SPOTS IN COCHRANTON. </div> <div>  WHEN THE GATOR IS OUT OF SERVICE, 911 MUST BE NOTIFIED.</div> <bR> <div> OES:  NOT PRESENT</div> <bR> <div> UPMC:  AL REMINDED ABOUT UPCOMING CON-ED CLASSES.</div> <bR> <div> MMC:  SARA STATED THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR LEVEL 3 TRAUMA CENTER STATUS.</div> <bR> <div> GATOR:  GOING TO TOWNVILLE THIS WEEKEND.</div> <bR> <div> AED TRAINERS:  GET SERIAL NUMBERS TO DENISE.</div> <bR> <div> TRAILER:  TRAILER IS AT LINE X BEING RHINO LINED.</div> <bR> <div> FAIR:  RON HAS CAMPER LINED UP.  WE WILL BE WEARING SAME SHIRTS AS LAST YEAR.</div> <bR> <div> GATOR:  THE GUY THAT STARTED REFABING THE GATOR DID NOT FINISH THE JOB.  RICK TOOK THE GATOR TO MOODY </div> <div> WELDING TO HAVE THE WORK DONE.  IT WILL COST $225 TO HAVE FRAMEWORK REDONE.  A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. </div> <div>  GENE CALVERT MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY LONNY TO PAY THE $225 TO HAVE FRAMEWORK REDONE AND ALSO </div> <div> TO HAVE THE CANVAS REDONE BEFORE THE FAIR.</div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  EMSOP FUNDING OUT TO SERVICES.  JANE WILL BE AT THE FAIR ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.</div> <bR> <div> TRAINING:  7/28 - IO AT CLAAS @6:30; ALS 3 REFRESHER CON-ED SERIES WILL BEGIN ON SEPT. 9; RECOGNITION AND </div> <div> REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE ON SEPT 24 AT CLAAS; CPR INSTRUCTOR CLASS @CAVAS ON SEPT 27/28; ITLS CLASS OCT </div> <div> 3,4,5 AT CLAAS; PEP CLASS @ CLAAS ON DEC 13.</div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  ECI LEAVING THE CITY OF MEADVILLE ON SEPTEMBER 29 AT MIDNIGHT. MEADVILLE AREA AMBULANCE</div> <div>  SERVICE ASSURES US THIS TRANSITION WILL BE SEAMLESS. MEADVILLE AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE WILL BE THE </div> <div> ONLY ALS IN MEADVILLE.</div> <bR> <div> A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING MISC SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THE FIRST AID BUILDING. DON HOLSTEN MADE A </div> <div> MOTION, SECONDED BY LONNIE FOR DENISE TO PURCHASE NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS NEEDED.</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Calibri" >AT 7 PM. STAT WILL PROVIDE </FONT></div> <div> THE MEAT EVERYONE ELSE BRING A DISH.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div>  <A NAME="aug_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> Crawford County Fair Coverage during this Month.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="sept_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> SEPTEMBER 10, 2008</div> <div> MEETING AT LINESVILLE STATION 2</div> <bR> <div> THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT SHAFFER AT 7:13 PM.  AN INTRODUCTION OF </div> <div> THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WAS HELD. </div> <bR> <div> THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO START OF MEETING.  DON HOLSTEN MADE THE</div> <div>  MOTION, SECONDED BY GENE CALVERT TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'R REPORT WAS GIVEN AS FOLLOWS:  RECEIVED ADVERTISING INCOME OF $5,575.00 AND INTEREST OF </div> <div> $2.64 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF $15,390.02.  LONNY WARE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO </div> <div> ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <div> OES:  GREAT JOB @ FAIR.  ECI WILL BE LEAVING THE CITY OF MEADVILLE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH AT MIDNIGHT.  THAT WILL</div> <div>  BE ONE LESS QUESTION FOR DISPATCHERS TO ASK CALLERS SINCE THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE AMBULANCE SERVICE</div> <div>  IN THE CITY OF MEADVILLE.  ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE FOR OES TO NO LONGER</div> <div>  ASK CALLERS IF THEY HAVE A PREFERENCE IN AMBULANCE SERVICES STARTING JULY 1, 2009.  WE NOW HAVE 3 ATVs </div> <div> AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY, AS ERIC HAS PURCHASED A KUBOTA.  THE NEW TOWER IS WORKING BETTER.</div> <bR> <div> UPMC:  AL WAS NOT PRESENT. ANY ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO DON HOLSTEN.</div> <bR> <div> MMC:  SARA NOT PRESENT. ANY DEPARTMENTS WITH ISSUES REGARDING MMC SHOULD BE EMAILED TO SARA.  </div> <div> BLOOMFIELD HAS NOT RECEIVED THE NEW ER ENTRANCE CARDS.  THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHEETS ARE NOT BEING FAXED </div> <div> TO DEPARTMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.  EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN LEFT AT HOSPITAL OVER ONE WEEK IS BEING </div> <div> RETURNED BLOODY.</div> <bR> <div> GATOR:  NONE</div> <bR> <div> TRAILER:  NONE</div> <bR> <div> FAIR:  ERIC WILL WAIT UNTIL NEW BUSINESS.</div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  THERE WILL BE UPCOMING CPR REFRESHER CLASSES HELD, NEW PROTOCOL ROLLOUT, CISM CLASSES,</div> <div>  INSTRUCTOR CLASSES AND PERC FLIERS ARE AVAILABLE. AS OF MONDAY, PHOTO ID EMT CARDS CAN BE DONE AT </div> <div> EMMCO OFFICE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 AM - 4:30 PM.  2009 SYMPOSIUM MEETINGS ARE BEING SET UP. MELISSA </div> <div> AND MICHELLE WERE IN LOUISIANA FOR 2 WEEKS AND CHRIS LEFT TODAY FOR LOUISIANA.  </div> <bR> <div> TRAINING:  SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CLASS WILL BE HELD AT CLAAS ON 9/24; CON-ED REFRESHER </div> <div> CLASS HAS STARTED; ITLS CLASS AT CLAAS ON 10/3, 4, & 5.</div> <bR> <div> A BREAK WAS TAKEN TO EAT THE FOOD PREPARED BY LINESVILLE.</div> <bR> <div> THE MEETING RECONVENED AT 7:55 PM.</div> <bR> <div> OLD BUSINESS:  ERIC STATED THAT STRIKETEAM MEMBERS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY CONSIST OF MEADVILLE, CLAAS </div> <div> AND CAVAS. MAYBE VEMSACC COULD CREATE TEAM TO HAVE A POOL OF MORE MEMBERS.  ERIC WILL TALK TO BILL </div> <div> REGARDING THE LEGISTIC OF SUCH.  CRAWFORD COUNTY TEAMS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED 4 TIMES SINCE THE</div> <div>  STRIKETEAM HAS BEEN STARTED.  MADEIRA STATED THAT CLAAS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT.</div> <div>   A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.  ERIC WILL TALK TO BILL AND GET MORE INFORMATION FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.  WE</div> <div>  HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR AT THE FAIR.  WE DID NOT TREAT AS MANY PATIENTS THIS YEAR AS IN PAST YEARS. </div> <div> ERIC FEELS THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD SET-UP A BUDGET AND TURN OVER SOME OF THE MONEY.  WE COULD BRING IN </div> <div> SPEAKERS OR POSSIBLY SPONSOR PEOPLE TO TAKE EMT CLASS.  A COMMITTEE WAS SET-UP CONSISTING OF ERIC, </div> <div> DENISE AND JANE.  ON WEDNESDAY OF THE FAIR, STAT APPROACHED DIFFERENTLY AND OVERFLEW SEVERAL OF THE </div> <div> BOOTHS.  ALL ISSUES WITH THE VENDERS AND THE FAIR BOARD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.   THERE HAS BEEN NO </div> <div> ADVERTISING DONE IN TWO YEARS FOR ADS ON THE FIRST AID BUILDING.  LONNY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ADVERTISING</div> <div>  ON THE FIRST AID STATION.  THE PORTRAIT GUY ACROSS FROM THE FIRST AID STATION HAS DONATED A PAINTING FOR </div> <div> US TO RAFFLE OFF FOR NEXT YEAR'S FAIR.  LENA MILLER COOKED FOOD FOR THE WORKERS AT THE FIRST AID </div> <div> STATION 6 OF THE 8 NIGHTS OF THE FAIR.  A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING GIVING LENA A DONATION FOR THE</div> <div>  FOOD.  ERIC HENRY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY LONNY WARE TO GIVE LENA $500 FOR THE FOOD SHE</div> <div>  PREPARED.</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT FELLOWS CLUB ON NOVEMBER 8TH AT 7 PM</div> <bR> <div> MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:43 PM.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>                     DENISE ALLEN, SECRETARY</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="oct_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> NOVEMBER 12, 2008</div> <div> MEETING @ CLAAS</div> <bR> <div> A MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.</div> <bR> <div> THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE VOLUNTEER EMS ALLIANCE OF CRAWFORD COUNTY WAS CALLED TO ORDER </div> <div> BY PRESIDENT SHAFFER.  INTRODUCTIONS OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE HELD.  MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR</div> <div>  TO THE START OF THE MEETING.  GENE CALVERT MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY LARRY GRAY TO ACCEPT THE</div> <div>  MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT WAS GIVEN AS FOLLOWS:  WE RECEIVED $3.52 IN INTEREST INCOME FOR AN ENDING BALANCE </div> <div> OF $14,836.61.  MADEIRA MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY LARRY GRAY TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS </div> <div> GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <bR> <div> OES:  NOTHING TO REPORT</div> <bR> <div> UPMC: AL NOT PRESENT BUT HAD EMAILED DENISE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE WILL BE A BURN CLASS HELD</div> <div>  ON DECEMBER 3 @UPMC HORIZON STARTING AT 6:30 PM.  </div> <bR> <div> MMC:  SARA HAD NOTHING TO REPORT.  TODD STATED THAT PCRs NEED TO BE DONE IN A TIMELIER MANNER.  PCRs ARE</div> <div>  AN IMPORTANT PART OF PATIENT'S CHARTS.  IT IS POSSIBLE FOR HOSPITAL TO GET PCR DIRECTLY FROM EMS CHARTS. </div> <div>  THE PREHOSPITAL FORMS ARE TO BE LEFT AT HOSPITAL UPON TRANSFERRING PATIENT CARE.  RON SPOKE REGARDING</div> <div>  A RECENT INCIDENT THAT TRANSPIRED BETWEEN HIS SERVICE AND ANOTHER SERVICE.</div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  JANE UNABLE TO ATTEND SO CHRIS IS FILLING IN FOR HER.  CHRIS STATED THAT HE AND TODD HAD RECENTLY</div> <div>  SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS THE PCR PROBLEM.  2009 SYMPOSIUM THEME WILL BE "HILLBILLY HEAVEN"</div> <bR> <div> FAIR:  ERIC NOT PRESENT.  THE CHECK FROM THE FAIR BOARD HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED YET. MIKE WILL CHECK INTO </div> <div> THIS.</div> <bR> <div> TRAINING:  </div> <div>      PRIMARY/SECONDARY ASSESSMENTS 11/20 @ MMC</div> <div>      ALS PROTOCOL 11/20 @ CLAAS</div> <div>      BLS PEPS 12/13 @CLAAS</div> <div>      HAZ MAT OPS REFRESHER 12/9 @ VENANGO</div> <bR> <div> GUEST SPEAKERS:  ERIC NOT PRESENT</div> <bR> <div> ADVERTISING:  LONNY WAITING TIL SPRING</div> <bR> <div> RADIO:  NOTHING TO REPORT</div> <div> EPI PEN:  MADEIRA SPOKE WITH THE ONE COMPANY AND THEY DO NOT DO THE EXCHANGE PROGRAM ANY LONGER.</div> <bR> <div> OLD BUSINESS:  NONE</div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  2009 MEETING SCHEDULE IS BEING PASSED AROUND.  BLOOMFIELD WILL BE HAVING THEIR GUN </div> <div> RAFFLE ON NOVEMBER 15TH.  COCHRANTON WILL BE HAVING THEIR FEATHER PARTY ON NOVEMBER 29TH.  LINESVILLE</div> <div>  WILL BE HAVING A SPECIAL BINGO ON NOVEMBER 15TH.  JAMESTOWN WILL BE HAVING A CHRISTMAS AUCTION ON</div> <div>  NOVEMBER 15TH.</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 10TH AT WEST MEAD 1 CO-HOSTED BY MEADVILLE AMBULANCE.</div> <bR> <div> DAN BRESEE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY GENE CALVERT TO ADJOURN AT 8:05 PM.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="nov_08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> NOVEMBER 14, 2007</div> <div> MEETING AT CLAAS</div> <bR> <div> A MEAL WAS PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.</div> <bR> <div> MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED.  DICK HIBBARD MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY LARRY GRAY </div> <div> TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS:  JANE IS IN CHARGE OF EDUCATION NOT MARTIN </div> <div> CARNEY AS STATED, DR RISAVI NAME CORRECTION, SHOULD BE DRIVER NOT DRIVED, AND CLASS AT TOWNVILLE </div> <div> STARTS AT 6 PM.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT GIVEN AS FOLLOWS:</div> <div> NO EXPENSES TO REPORT, RECEIVED $2.13 INTEREST FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF $8,577.73.  BOOIE KALKBRENNER </div> <div> MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <bR> <div> FAIR:  THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT MET YET.</div> <bR> <div> OES:  NOTHING FROM OES TO REPORT</div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  ABL ARE IN RIGS, SHOULD BE GETTING DATA BACK SOON.  2008 SYMPOSIUM WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 6, 7, </div> <div> AND 8.  SOMEONE FROM DISNEY HAS BEEN SECURED TO DO EMS DISNEY.  THERE IS AN INSTRUCTOR CLASS STARTING</div> <div>  IN JANUARY 2008.</div> <bR> <div> RADIO:  NOTHING TO REPORT</div> <bR> <div> UPMC:  NOTHING TO REPORT</div> <bR> <div> GATOR:  IN COCHRANTON</div> <bR> <div> OLD BUSINESS:  THE GATOR/TRAILER ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN.  THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AFTER THE MEETING. </div> <div>  RICK ASKED IF ANY MEMBER DEPARTMENT WAS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE GATOR. RICK HAS AN OFFER FROM </div> <div> AN INDIVIDUAL TO PURCHASE THE GATOR AND TRAILER FOR $100 MORE THAN TRADE-IN OFFERS MADE. POSSIBLY GET </div> <div> OTHER PRICES.  DICK DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET A PRICE ON A PROJECTOR, WILL HAVE BY NEXT MEETING.</div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:  2008 VEMSACC MEETING SCHEDULE COMING AROUND ROOM. DEPARTMENTS SHOULD SIGN UP FOR </div> <div> THE MONTH YOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO HOST THE MEETING. THE TRAINING INSTITUTES MEET IN APRIL AND THE </div> <div> SCHEDULE FOR THE TEST DATES ARE FIGURED OUT THEN. THESE DATES ARE SET-UP 1 YEAR IN ADVANCE.  THERE </div> <div> NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTORS AND THE TRAINING INSTITUTES.  IT WAS SUGGESTED</div> <div>  THAT MAYBE A LETTER BE SENT TO THE REGION REGARDING THE TRAINGING EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PROBLEMS </div> <div> INSTRUCTORS ARE ENCOUNTERING. JANE STATED THAT THERE IS A CHAIN THAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED.  A </div> <div> DISCUSSION FOLLOWED.  INSTRUCTORS RECEIVING INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT NEED TO DOCUMENT THESE FINDINGS </div> <div> PRIOR TO START OF CLASS.  IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WE INVITE COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES TO NEXT MONTH'S </div> <div> MEETING.  THE SECRETARY WILL SEND A LETTER TO JILL OBLAK</div> <div> AT CCAC INVITING HER TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.  ERIC HENRY MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO </div> <div> DONATE $100 TO COCHRANTON AMBULANCE IN MEMORY OF FRANK GEHRES AND $100 TO CAVAS IN MEMORY OF</div> <div>  JULIUS RUSSELL.  THE GATOR HAS BEEN HAULED A TOTAL OF 265 MILES THIS YEAR.  ERIC HENRY MADE A MOTION,</div> <div>  SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO PAY RICK ALLEN $128.53 (265 MILES @48.5CENTS).  ERIC COMMENDED COCHRANTON </div> <div> VFD FOR THEIR FUNERAL PROCESSION. ERIC STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VEMSACC FORM AN EMS COLOR </div> <div> GUARD. A DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. ERIC WILL BRING MORE INFORMATION TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TRAINING:</div> <bR> <div> 1ST RESPONDER CLASS @ BLOOMFIELD ON DECEMBER 8TH & 9TH </div> <bR> <div> EMT CLASS @ CENTERVILLE IN JANUARY</div> <bR> <div> STROKE PATIENT @ FELLOWS CLUB ON DECEMBER 18TH AT 7 PM</div> <bR> <div> DOCUMENTATION @ TOWNVILLE ON JANUARY 29th at 6 PM</div> <bR> <div> BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS @  CLAAS  ON DECEMBER 4TH AT 630 PM</div> <bR> <div> PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES @ CLAAS ON DECEMBER 11TH AT 7 PM</div> <bR> <div> HAZMAT R & I REFRESHER @ CLAAS ON JANUARY 8TH AT 6 PM</div> <bR> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT WEST MEAD 1 CO-HOSTED BY MEADVILLE AMBULANCE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER </div> <div> 12TH AT 7 PM.</div> <bR> <div> DAN BRESEE MADE A MOTION, SECONDED BY DAVE HOOGSTADT JR TO ADJOURN AT 8:20 PM.</div> <bR> <div>                      </div> <div> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>                                                                                                                               </div> <div>  <A NAME="dec08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> DECEMBER 10, 2008 MEETING</div> <div> WEST MEAD 1 CO-HOSTED BY MEADVILLE AMBULANCE</div> <bR> <div> A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS PROVIDED BY THE MILLER FAMILY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.</div> <bR> <div> SALES REPRESENTATIVES FROM PHILLIPS ELECTRONICS WERE PRESENT AND DEMONSTRATED THEIR HEART MONITOR.  </div> <bR> <div> MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO START OF THE MEETING. DAN BRESEE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DON </div> <div> HOLSTEN TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.</div> <bR> <div> TREASURER'S REPORT GIVEN AS FOLLOWS:  RECEIVED INTEREST INCOME OF $3.38 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF </div> <div> $14,839.99.  RON RILEY MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DON HOLSTEN TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS </div> <div> GIVEN.</div> <bR> <div> COMMITTEE REPORTS:</div> <bR> <div> OES:  A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY HAD BEEN INTERFERING WITH JAMESTOWN, HOPEFULLY THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN </div> <div> TAKEN CARE OF.  WE CURRENTLY HAVE 3 ATVs IN THE COUNTY.  KEVIN WOULD LIKE TO DISPATCH ONE OF THE ATVs </div> <div> INITIALLY WHEN IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL BE NEEDED FOR TRANSPORTATION OF A PATIENT.</div> <bR> <div> UPMC:  AL NOT PRESENT. DON HOLSTEN WILL REPORT ANYTHING BACK AS NEEDED.</div> <bR> <div> MMC:  EMSCHARTS FAX NUMBER BEING CHANGED.  THE PCRs ARE NOW SARA'S RESPONSIBILITY.</div> <bR> <div> EMMCO:  BILL WAS IN ATTENDANCE.  THERE HAS BEEN A LOT HAPPENING IN EMS.  THE NEW EMS ACT WILL BE </div> <div> REINTRODUCED ON JANUARY 20TH. THE NEW ROLLOUT IS AVAILABLE ON LMS.  "HILLBILLY HEAVEN" WILL BE THE 2009 </div> <div> SYMPOSIUM THEME.  WE ARE STILL DOING PHOTO IDs AT THE OFFICE.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> RADIO:  CALL FOR MORE MANPOWER NEEDS TO BE ON TALKAROUND CHANNEL.  THE DEPARTMENTS NEED TO SPEAK </div> <div> PLAIN ENGLISH WHEN TALKING WITH OES.</div> <bR> <div> OLDS BUSINESS:  DISCUSSION HELD REGARDING THE AED TRAINERS.  DENISE STILL NEEDS LINESVILLE'S SERIAL </div> <div> NUMBER FROM OLD TRAINER.</div> <bR> <div> NEW BUSINESS:</div> <bR> <div> GOOD OF THE ORDER:  THE PRESIDENT STATED THAT DURING MEETINGS ALL PORTABLE RADIOS SHOULD BE KEPT ON </div> <div> LOW VOLUME AND CELL PHONES SHOULD BE KEPT ON VIBRATE.  IF YOU NEED TO ANSWER YOUR CELL PHONE, </div> <div> PLEASE EXCUSE YOURSELF FROM THE ROOM.  ANY ISSUES NEEDING DISCUSSED PLEASE CONTACT THE SECRETARY</div> <div>  TO GO ON AGENDA.  IF SOMETHING ARISES URGENTLY THAT NEEDS DISCUSSED, PLEASE CONTACT SECRETARY OF</div> <div>  PRESIDENT PRIOR TO START OF MEETING.  ANY DEPARTMENT HAVING ANY ISSUES NEEDING RESOLVED NEED TO BE</div> <div>  ADDRESSED BETWEEN DEPARTMENT AND NOT DURING GENERAL MEETING.  ANY DEPARTMENTS NOT BEING ANY TO</div> <div>  RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES BETWEEN THEMSELVES CAN CONTACT THE PRESIDENT TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE ANY</div> <div>  ISSUES.  ELECTION OF 2009 OFFICERS WAS HELD AS FOLLOWS:  DAN BRESEE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY </div> <div> PATTY WILLIAMS TO NOMINATE THE CURRENT SLATE OF OFFICERS.  DAN BRESEE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY </div> <div> PATTY WILLIAMS FOR THE SECRETARY TO CAST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT FOR THE CURRENT SLATE OF OFFICERS. A </div> <div> ROUND OF APPLAUSE WAS GIVEN TO THE MILLER FAMILY.  ERIC EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR WHAT ALL EMS </div> <div> PERSONNEL DO.</div> <bR> <div> NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 14TH AT MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER AT 7 PM.</div> <bR> <div> DON HOLSTEN MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY DAN BRESEE TO ADJOURN AT 8:15 PM</div> <bR> <bR> <div>                     DENISE ALLEN, SECRETARY</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>