Meeting Reports

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.

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.

The Medford Fire Department hosted the Long Island Emergency Vehicle Technicians on June 7. The main course of the dinner was a great barbeque of assorted meats. The chefs were presented with the LIEVT Fire Chefs Hats. President Steve Velasquez opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. He continues to ask members to fill out the sheets to update our database. He discussed the upcoming FIREHOUSE in Baltimore on July 28-31 and distributed tickets for admission to the exhibit halls. The organization will reimburse members’ airfares on Southwest per details discussed at the meeting.