Meeting Reports

[report submitted by Kit Cafaro] The final spring meeting was hosted by the East Meadow Fire Department on June 8, 2006. Close to fifty members were in attendance to enjoy the excellent buffet and hands-on, information packed program. Alex Perez and the members certainly earned their Fire Chefs’ Hats.

LIEVT MEETING REPORT – April 20, 2006 – Coram Fire Department, by Kit Cafaro

Approximately sixty members attended the dinner meeting at the Coram Fire Department on April 20. The Fire Chefs hats were certainly well deserved. Steve Justice of Allison Transmission conducted a Preventative Maintenance Class on the 400P Allison Transmission which the membership was waiting for. He also discussed the new electronic transmission and hybrid vehicles as well as the new Allison DOC tool. Everyone learned how they could get any information they might want from Allison's website. Steve and Chris Milani of Drivetrain Truck Parts provided NY Yankee tickets and tickets for the Indy 500 for the raffle.

I received a report from Kit, but I decided to combine it with my own notes for this meeting since my notes had a little more detail about the presentations. Kit's report will appear in Fire News, so you can read it there when it comes out. Attendance was taken during dinner. Perhaps sign in at arrival next time? Steve Velasquez led with the pledge of alliegance. He mentioned that Hale might be doing a class for a full day or two half days at Setauket FD and wanted to get some feedback if this was something others would be interested in. The idea was well received. He thanked Fire Research Corporation (FRC) for their hospitality and excellent Electrical Training Day. The membership has always had electrical training high on their wish list.