Public Safety Commission

Public Safety Commission FIRE DEPARTMENT October 21, 2024 **Hybrid Police Department – Community Room -----------Meeting Minutes---------- 1. CALL TO ORDER Commissioner Ford called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. 2. ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioner Darnell Ford Commissioner Anthony Mangiafico Commissioner Tony Gennaro Commissioner Linda Salafia MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Kelly Sweeney STAFF PRESENT: Deputy Fire Chief Dave Albert 3. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Commissioner Ford entertained a motion to approve the minutes from September 16, 2024, Commissioner Gennaro so moved, Commissioner Salafia seconded, and all voted to accept the minutes as presented. 4. PUBLIC HEARING 5. CORRESPONDENCE  Wesleyan University dinner invite 6. MONTHLY REPORT  Deputy Chief Albert gave the monthly report: o 364 calls for the month o Slow month for significant calls  Small fire last night – Yellow Wood  Small structure fire at Uhaul  Wadsworth pond – man sunk over waist deep in quick sand  Few mutual aid calls for assistance – nothing significant Page 1 of 3  o Events:  Attended all required monthly meetings  Council workshop meeting on contract held  Involved & assisting with Middletown Police PAL boxing program  Met with Draeger representative regarding training building – site visit in Pennsylvania upcoming to view their training building which is an exact replica of Middletown Fire’s needs  Meetings held with the Mayor, Chief of Staff, and city attorneys regarding a possible location of a third fire station  Met with area fire departments and the Police as a pre-meeting for the active shooter drill  Met with ISO representative – all submitted  Meeting held with Smeal representative – new fire engine  Downtown Trick-or-Treat held on Main Street – fire headquarters participated  Food panty at Middletown High School participation o Training:  Concluded dive training  Drone training conducted  Company level training done  Active Shooter – two day drill held at Mile Lane  All three fire departments have never done a training together which included the police department – history was made with this training and looking to continue this  Four days of technical rescue training done last week at Middlesex Mutual Parking garage  ISO 300 done for department officers and city leaders  CPR training done for City Hall  Two members of the department attended a grant class  Grand Street – training to be done before building demolition takes place  Peer support brought in for entire department – well received 7. OLD BUSINESS o Overtime  Fill OT slowing down  One member was deployed down south for the last three weeks for hurricane recovery – currently back home with his family o Apparatus updates:  New Engine 3 – specs received & a couple of changes are being made  Came in under $1M with a 2 ½ year build time  Old Engine 3 – out for repair again o $23,000 so far in repairs this year o HQ ARPA project update:  Signing contract to award bid – local company from Middletown - looking to start mid-November o Feasibility study for Station 2  on hold until after the election to know the fate of the dispatch center o Training building update:  Final price is $650,000.00 minus site work  Currently have $375,000.00 in ARPA funds  Will need to decide how to pay the remainder  Heading to Pennsylvania next week to view a training building there Public Safety Meeting – October 21, 2024 minutes Page 2 of 3  o Fire code ordinance  No issues o City Wide EMS:  936 EMS calls with one mutual aid ambulance 8. NEW BUSINESS o Joint Active Violence Training o Large scale event to be done in April o Updates will follow – Commission will be invited to observe o 3rd Fire Station o Meetings have been held this month o Property/location: Old Newfield Rest Home property  Offer has been made & was accepted o Radio Changes: o Dispatch made some changes – trial became effective today o Liberty Bank grant o $1600 received for Matterport Software to be used for fire investigations o Recruitment Committee o Committee to be put together within the department 9. Other Matters Not on the Agenda: 10. Public Hearing Reopened – Other Matters 11. Monthly Summary of Action Taken by the Telecommunications Committee o Staffing currently at 16 with offers pending o Activity for August was approximately 7,025 incidents with 2,298 9-1-1 calls, and 7,764 administrative calls 12. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Ford entertained a motion to adjourn, Commissioner Mangiafico so moved, Commissioner Salafia seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:52 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lori Ruffino Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2024 Public Safety Meeting – October 21, 2024 minutes Page 3 of 3