Region 8 - North Suburban
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Meeting Dates and Locations
January 25, 2011 at Lexington
April 26, 2011 at Maple Grove
July 26, 2011 at Medicine Lake
October 25, 2011 at Minneapolis
Meetings are held 4th Tuesday, meal at 7:00pm, 7:30 meeting
See Us At: www.nsrmaa.org
MISSION STATEMENT We are committed to building upon our tradition of mutual assistance, and supporting individual departments in achieving excellence. |
VISION STATEMENT We are committed to excellence and professionalism through efficient delivery of services, involvement in community planning, and leadership development. We are recognized as role models for innovative and effective programs. We promote public safety with visionary ideas. We are committed to cooperation, standardization, and mutual assistance between our members while respecting each communities' individualism. |
MSFCA Region 8 Report - April 2011
North Suburban Regional Mutual Aid Association
January 25, 2011 Lexington FD
Anoka County Fire Protection Council
January 25, 2011 Lexington FD
Jim Hansen 612/868-3362 jhansen@sbmfire.com
1. Thank You! All Fire Departments in Region 8, NSRMAA and Anoka County have reported to the State Fire Marshal's Office. It is Fire Marshal Jerry Rosendahl's goal to get 100% participation. We are very close.
2. MSFCA Board Meeting
The MSFCA Board met Saturday, January 22, 20011.
The following subjects are being studied by different committees. Act me If you would like more information on any of them.
);> Fire/EMS/Safety Center information is attached.
);> There will be a new Commissioner of Public Safety
);> We are working on a Employer Recognition Program
);> No new information on the restructuring of the board.
);> We will be working on using Webinars an Video conferencing
);> Continuing Education Programs for Chief Officers
);> More training from Statewide Mutual aid and FAST teams
);> Public Relations for the Fire Service
3. MnFAC Already Hard at Work.
The MnFAC Joint Legislative Committee is already hard a work trying to educate our newest Legislators and the Governor. We have a meeting with the Governors Public Safety Staff this week. Sherry Munyon and Bill Stusinski, our favorite lobbyists, are visiting all of our legislators. There will be some action items that will require us to contact our Senators and Representatives. Watch
the Home page of the MSFCA website regularly for these calls for help. These contacts won't take much of your time and we will provide sample letters/e-mails for you to use. The MnFAC Committee meets weekly during the legislative session.
MnFAC has enjoyed the support of most of the fifteen regions over the last several years. If our organization can show some support with a cash donation it would be appreciated. Your opinion counts. Attached to my last report was an opinion sheet. I hope you filled it out and sent it back to us.
4. MnFAC Legislative Platform
I have attached this form to this report. It is important that this gets in the hands of every firefighter. A full color version is available at MSFCA.org. On the home page look for the legislative report dated December 21, 2010. You can down load this report from there.
5. Fire Service Day at the Capitol
Fire Service Day at the Capitol is Thursday March 10, 2011. Registration information is also available attached to this report or on the MSFCA website.
6. MSFCA Mutal Aid and F.A.S.T. Team
Have you heard the news? There is going to be a flood. The Minnesota Fire Service is ready. Several of you were asked to participate last year and then got cancelled because the waters receded quicker than expected.
What will happen again this year is the command center will call the regional directors and tell them what their personnel and equipment needs are. They will also give us exact dates. The region director will then call our departments and fill these needs and report back to the command center. The command center will then contact the resource direct and give them a response number and contact. They will send you home if you respond without this response number.
If you are interested in a deployment for your department, let me know by e mailing me your departments contact information (name, phone, & email address). My contact information is listed above.
7. Kitchen Fire Training Trailers
Over the next two years there will be two more kitchen fire demonstration trailers available for use in our communities. The first one should be available in about 6 months. These are being donated by the Minnesota Insurance Fair Plan. There will be a cost to rent these and you will have to attend a Train the Trainer
program to learn to operate them safely. The cost will cover the cost of updates,
maintenance and insurance. Watch the website.
8. Minnesota Fire Service Foundation Scholarship
I have attached a copy of the Minnesota Fire Service Foundation Scholarship Application. These scholarships are for $1,000 each. Winners are chosen by lottery.
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