Nor Cal Fire Prevention Officers Association

Weston Arvin, President

May 21, 2004

Minutes – Monthly General Membership Meeting

University of California at Davis, CA

Alumni and Visitors Center

President Arvin called the May 21, 2004 meeting to order at 0930 hours at the University of California at Davis.

Past President Forrest Craig conducted the pledge of allegiance and was appointed Sergeant of Arms.

Host and President Wes Arvin welcomed the group and introduced Host Chief Joe Perry to further welcome the membership to the University of California at Davis. President Arvin introduced his staff.

The organization recognized the visiting Fire Chiefs and Building Officials.

President Arvin welcomed and introduced the Past Presidents to the meeting.

Self-introductions were made. President Arvin asked Immediate Past President and Judge Advocate Mike Stewart to declare a quorum.

Wes Arvin announced that the May meeting dues for Past Presidents is sponsored by the organization and the cost of the meeting would be donated in their name to the Charlie Gray Fund.

President Arvin asked for a motion to approve the April minutes. Steve Hart requested for a correction to change Russell Fleming’s title to NFSA. A motion was made by Past President Jim McLaughlin to approve the April minutes. Gene Gantt 2^nd, the motion was carried.

Wes Arvin recognized the contributions of Morganna Chan on the Public Education Committee and announced that Jaymae Wentker will be the new Fire Equipment and Devices Co-chair.

A resolution was read by President Arvin, which recognized the career of UCD Fire Chief Joe Perry in honor of his outstanding contributions to Fire Prevention and 32-years of dedicated service to the California Fire Service.

Recognition of the Past Presidents was formally conducted by President Wes Arvin who presented the Past Presidents with a letter of appreciation recognizing their contributions to the Northern California Fire Prevention Officers Association.

SFM Report

Leslie Haberak and Rodney Slaughter provided the membership with the May SFM Report. (See attached SFM report)

Legislative Report

Gene Gantt provided a May 2004 Legislative Report to the Membership. (See attached report)

Badges

Bruce Lecair provided the membership with information about an alternative badge. The badge, as proposed will be provided to members with an imprinted Cal Chiefs label instead of the current glued-on version. The membership responded favorably to the new concept. The board will follow through on the proposed badge if no other comments are received. The approximate cost to the membership will be approximately $2.00 additional per badge.

Exchange of Ideas

• Wes Arvin announced that Larry Larson was unable to attend due to illness.
• Darrel Harguth provided comment on fire extinguisher design (see minutes for the handout).
• Gale Bate announced that Ken Hall is the fire service representative on the DSA fire advisory committee for school-related issues.
• Lorin Neyer announced that Bill Hopple had back surgery and needs support in the manner of cards and phone calls.
• Steve Hart presented a new damn book for the raffle.
• Randy Dysart donated 4 NFPA Fire Extinguisher reference manuals to the raffle.
• Jim Wilburs announced a class on pre-activated fire extinguishing systems in San Mateo and San Francisco.

Adjournment for Subcommittee Meetings

Committee reports

Loren Neyer reported discussion regarding the issue of AHJ’s use of insulation in lieu of fire sprinklers.

Haz Mat/Fire Code

Kent Miller reported that committee discussed selection of NFPA technical committees as per the direction of the board. (See minutes)

Fire Equipment and Devices

Steve Hart reported that the committee discussed changes in the codes for Commercial cooking processes, CSFM new standards and fire pump surges.

Fire Service Ed.

Danielle Stephanie reported that the committee is looking for new classes to sponsor.

Public Education

Jon Johnston reported that the committee would be developing brochures, power point and other resources for use by local AHJ’s.

UWI

Tonya Hoover announced progress on Chapter 7. She reported about the meeting with the board to discuss a resolution for a proposed certification program, which was approved by the board. (see May Executive Board Minutes) Wes Arvin further announced board support of the UWI Resolution.

Executive Board

See May Executive Board Minutes

President’s Report

• President Arvin provided a brief synopsis on the new budget and financial plan.
• President Arvin provided information on the Executive Board agenda items for the last Cal Chiefs Meeting, which included a Cal Chiefs Communication Resolution recently approved by Cal Chiefs at the recommendation of the Communications Task Force. This resolution contains procedures for communicating to the membership. Cal Chiefs has asked that the FPO’s Fire Sprinkler Resolution be the pilot document for the recently approved policy on communicating important issues to the membership.
• President Arvin reported information on the new Cal Chiefs Marketing plan, which is modeled after NorCal FPO’s Marketing Plan.

The meeting was adjourned at 1343 hours.

Respectfully submitted,

Bruce Lecair, Secretary