MID-COUNTY VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD

P. O. Box 355

Heathsville, Va. 22473

May 5, 2004 - General Business Meeting - Wednesday night 7:30 pm.

I - Nancy called meeting to order.

II - Secretary's Report

Minutes posted. Cindi made a motion to accept the minutes and Garfield seconded the motion. They were adopted .

III - Treasurer's Report

Dan T. made a motion and Garfield seconded it to accept the report. All approved.

IV - Captain's Report

  1. 24 calls for April. 147 calls for the year .
  2. Standby: May 8 (Court Day Craft Fair), May 23 (St. Stephens). Sign up sheet circulating.
  3. 12-Lead ECG electrode placement demo at June meeting .
  4. School Emergency Plan. Last month’s EMSAT, on the 5 th anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy, was sobering. Northumberland has no cohesive plan to deal with a similar event here. The captain plans to initiate discussion about it at this month’s Northumberland Emergency Management Team meeting. She is working on getting extra copies of the tape and wants every Mid-Co. member to see it.
  5. EMT instructors: 2 of our members, Jim and Sandi, attended the practical examinations to quality as EMT instructors. We need to start holding monthly drills again, for which EMTs will be able to get CE credit and drivers and thirds will be able to learn things you need to know. We plan to hold 8 sessions a year. The captain asked members if they prefer Saturday or Sunday for this event; members chose Saturday. The time will be from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
  6. RGH BBQ Bash is on Friday May 21, from 5:30-9:30pm at the Beacon  in Topping.
  7. Thanks to the members who turned out for the extrication drill in April. The captain expressed disappointed that most members were unable to attend since this opportunity was so close home .
  8. NN Emergency Response System: An effort to set up such a system is being coordinated by PEMS. The formational meeting is May 27 th at 7 pm, ULVRS in Lively. The captain said she will attend and asked for another member to participate; Ed Gotthardt stepped forward.
  9. Airbag deployment during extrication: According to the Va. Dept. Of Fire Programs, we need to report all unintentional deployments of automotive safety equipment, whether or not one of us is injured, by calling 202-366-2545 or 877-201-3172 .
  10. AED on #41: The battery charger for the AED on #41 has died, so old Marquette is on board again. Remember to swap batteries whenever you run a call as you complete the inspection on your ambulance. Dave Rundall agreed to see if he can fix the HeartStart battery charger.

V - Vice-President's Report

  • None.

VI - 1st Lieutenant's Report

  • The extrication drill held in Callao on April 24 th was a valuable experience. It was a lot of trouble to put on. Please try and go to the next one.

VII - 2nd Lieutenant's Report

  • None.

VIII - Vehicle Officer's Report

  • Production was delayed for the new Mid-County car tags, but they will soon be in.

IX - Auxiliary's Report

  • Bingo 5-7-04, last one until Oct. Chicken Dinner 5-16-04. 12-3pm.

X - Building Committee Report

  • None.

XI - President's Report

  • Coveralls are in. If you haven’t gotten yours, pick them up after the meeting tonight.

XII - Old Business

  • Voted Jean Witenmyer in as a new member. Jean will assume the duty of Treasurer, as an administrative member. She will not run calls.

XIII - New Business

  • None.

XIV - Training Committee Report

  • Sturgis Kidder (from Revivant) came and demonstrated Auto-Pulse CPR System. We will discuss this later.

XV - Cadet Report

  • Amber and Cori Harris applications were turned in and will vote on them in June.

Present

(19) - Cindi, Nancy, Shirley, Dan T., Paul, Garfield, Ed G., Angela, Debra, Herb, Roger, Dave, Nathan, Terry, Arnette, Alice, Amber, Jim Suttles, and Rebekah.

Cadets

None.

Excused

(10) - Wesley, Christy, Michael, Dan G., Allen, Jim, Ron, Sandi, Devin, and Jeff.

Adjourned 7:55pm. Garfield made a motion and Nathan seconded it.

Respectfully submitted,

Rebekah H. Haynie, Secretary

Meeting Attendance
  Unit # Name Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

400 Observer n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
  404 Brown E E E E E E E          
  419 Connell n/a n/a n/a P U P E          
  420 Connell n/a n/a n/a n/a U U E          
  424 Akers U E E U E U U          
  427 Marcon E U E U P U U          
  429 Swann E E E E E E P          
  430 Rundall P P P P P P P          
  434 Johnson P P E E U P P          
  439 Gotthardt E E E E E E E E E E E E
  440 Hunter U U U U U U U          

441 Parker P P P E P P P          

442 Bryant E E E E E E E          
  443 Haynie P P P P P P P          
  444 Boone U U U U P U U          
  445 Hughes P E E E U E E          
  446 Hall, Sr. U U U U U U U          
  447 Loving E E E U E E E          
  448 Yerby U P P P E E P          
  451 Smith E E E E E E E          
  452 Suttles U U U U U U P          
  453 Robinson U U U U U U U          
  454 Coor U U U U U U U          
  458 Smith U U U U U U U          
  459 Townshend P E E E P E P          
  461 Bird P P E E E E P          
  464 deCapiteau P E P P P P P          
  465 Breneman P P P E P P P          
  466 Ryan P P E P P P P          
  467 Fowler P P P P P P P          
  468 Basye, D. E E P E E E E          
  469 Briney U P E E P P P          
  470 Wagner P P P P P P P          
  477 Gotthardt P P P E P E P          
  481 Blackstone U E U P E E P          
  484 Newsome E E E E P E E          
  485 Butler E P U E P U P          
  488 Parker P P U E U P P          
  490 Townshend, M J P J J P P J          
  492 Parr J J J J J P J          
  496 Townshend, B P P J P P P J          
  499 Basye, M. J J J J J J J          

Key: P=present; E=excused; U=unexcused; J=junior squad