SAFER Monthly Meeting Minutes - January 2017

 

SAFER Meeting Minutes

January 20, 2017

SAFER Board Attendees:   Pres Fortman, VP Weise,Past Presidents Dolan,   Seely, Quinn, Gurrola, Vender Liaison Sposato

Los Angeles County  Fire Department

Fire Camp 2   

1010    Meeting called to order -  President B/C Fortman LAFD welcomed SAFER and opened the meeting, Thanks to Los Angeles County Fire Department for use of the facility for morning snacks and coffee.

SAFER will introduce todays program and forego the usual business meeting as the annual Board of Directors meeting will be held immediately after the scheduled monthly SAFER meeting.

Pres Fortman related the importance of SAFER and the relationships it fosters to further safety in the Fire Family”. He congratulated Board Member Scott Quinn on his recent promotion to Battalion Chief with the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Pres Fortman introduced our program presenter, Chief Kirk Owen, relating his appreciation for the assistance he provided in developing the LAFD PPE program.

1015    VP Dick Weise opened the SAFER meeting and led the flag salute and moment of silence to remember our fallen brothers and sisters in the fire, police and military.

SAFER email : SAFER.Members@gmail.com, twitter, facebook etc.

 

  • Program: NFPA 1851

  • Past, Present and Future

Presenter: Chief Kirk Owen, Plano Texas Fire Department (Retired)

            Former Chair of NFPA 1971 / 1851 Committee, Regional Sales Manager, Veridian

  • Insert program PDF

1877 – Selection, Care and Maintenance of Wildland PPE

1851 covers PPE found in the 1971 Standard

 

Vender’s, Manufacture’s and Consultants represented at this meeting:

 

Meeting Attendees (Sign-ins)

 

 

Agency / Co                         NAME                       PHONE #                              EMAIL (s)

Downey Fire (Retired)        Chuck Seely (949) 492-7993    firebiz@att.net

PLYMOVENT/AIR EXCHANGE   steve harris       909-973-8211                steveh@airexchange.com

PLYMOVENT/AIR EXCHANGE   JIM CLEAERY   909-720-7064            jtc1@roadrunner.com

ASTI       Tony Duran  626-590-2991     Firetiger2013-SAFER@yahoo.com

Allstar Fire    Stuart Lovi        626-255-0433        stuartl@allstarfire.com

Los Angeles County Fire          Dick Weise                  951 807-1914

City of Downey Fire                Pete Browne               562.243.3393            pbrowne3473@gmail.com

Municipal Emerg.  Services    Lazaro Martinez          562-320-2385            lmartinez@mesfire.com

CAL FIRE                                  Bob Wood                   951-757-8331            robert.wood@fire.ca.gov

Kern County Fire DepatmentSteven Salkeld             661-645-2020            smsalkeld@co.kern.ca.us

LAFD Retired                           James Dolan                562-400-1298            jsdolan123@aol.com

LAFD                                        John A Cardenas         661-917-7019            john.cardenas@lacity.org

Torrance Fire                        Jon Henderson            310-977-5619            Jhenderson@torranceca.gov

Allstar                                    Joe Sposato                 626-652-0900            joes@allstarfire.com

Bestway Laundry                     Eric Higgins                 951-532-7700            ehiggins@bestwayls.com

Veridian                                  Kirk Owen                   712-260-3547            kirk@veridian.net

CAL FIRE Riverside County      Barry Owens               951-218-4309            barry.owens@fire.ca.gov

CAL FIRE Riverside County      Scott Bethurum           951-575-5391            scott.bethurum@fire.ca.gov

Fillmore City Fire                    Keith Gurrola            805-377-1491            keithg@ci.fillmore.ca.us

Ventura County Fire                Michael Weisenberg805-990-4326            michael.weisenberg@ventura.org

Vernon Fire                             Craig Peltier                661.618.1779            cpeltier@ci.vernon.ca.us

Vernon Fire                             Bob Farrell                  951-741-6695            rfarrell@ci.vernon.ca.us

Curtis                                       Scott Marshall             626-840-7589            smarshall@lncurtis.com

LAFD/SAFER Pres                    Ellsworth Fortman      213-700-0668            ellsworth.fortman@lacity.org

Western States Fire Equip.     Louie Garcia                909-510-4266            lgarcia@vvgtruck.com

Ventura City Fire                     Brandyn Johnson         805-551-6086            bjohnson@ci.ventura.ca.us

Curtis                                       Ashley Silcott               626-250-1772            asilcott@lncurtis.com

Ventura City Fire                     Lou Manzano            805-256-8522            lmanzano@cityofventura.net

Curtis                                       Charles Turansky        818-398-6818            cturansky@lncurtis.com

Tencate                                   Bart McCool                541-221-5002            b.mccool@tencate.com

ECMS                                       Bob Mercurio            562-266-8465            bmercurio@ecmsinc.biz