Meeting Report - Sep. 2005

The first meeting of the fall season was held at East Farmingdale Fire Department on September 28. LIEVT member Artie Shirreffs and Chief Kevin de Vito arranged to have an excellent grilled chicken dinner with all the trimmings before the business meeting.President Steve Velasquez opened the meeting and introduced Brian Roehrich of FIRE RESEARCH CORP. who discussed the electrical training seminar that will be held at 26 Southern Blvd., Nesconset on October 27 at 9 AM. There will be no charge to attendees - lunch and coffee breaks will be provided. The size will be limited to the first 40 who register. If there is an overflow, FRC may do another class at another time. The members were told to go to the web site http://www.lievt.org for information or contact Brian at (973) 256-0026 or RSVP to fax # (973) 256-0387.

SAVE THE DATE –THURSDAY OCTOBER 27 – 9 AM

Steve discussed the Christmas party which will be held on Thursday evening, December 15 at the Thatched Cottage in Centerport. There will be no charge for members in good standing. If all our members become current with their dues for 2005, we may be able to have each member bring a guest at no charge,. Please send a check for membership if you have not paid. We have had a paid membership in the past of more than 100 and this year we have only 84 paid members to date.

Steve is working with Hale Pumps to have a full day class at his Setauket Fire Department early in 2006. He pointed out the article published in Fire News on the anniversary of the Sunrise fires.

Chief Jimmy Baker gave credit to the Fire Mechanics of LI who kept the vehicles working during the crisis. Steve asked the attendees to recommend sites for the next few meetings. We would like to do our calendar in advance – we have many excellent speakers lined up but we need locations. We have tried to commit to the last Wednesday of the month for regular meetings. If there is any doubt, please go to the web site. http://www.lievt.org.

The first presentation was made by Ken Wagner of East West Fire Apparatus Consulting with Jim DiNapoli working with his Power Point presentation. Everything from specifications, writing, bidding, acceptance and familiarization training was covered in detail.

John Haines of C E Niehoff & Co. did an informative program on alternators. He told the attendees to contact him if anyone would like to do testing with their products. The raffles were excellent and numerous. Rescue Vehicles provided a TV/DVD combination and hats, FRC gave a $50 gift certificate as well as shirts and hats. United Plastic Fabricators sent two jackets and Fire News sent theater tickets. Other items included hats, models, vodka, shirts and pens.