Wolfskin Volunteer Fire Department
Oglethorpe County, Northeast Georgia
Peace in Wolfskin

wolfskinvfd@yahoo.com


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Send additions, corrections, etc. to wayne@sparkleberrysprings.com.
Please note that as of the beginning of 2015, Wayne's descriptions of training are accurate, but not official. For the official reports along with attendance please contact the new
Assistant Chief and Training Officer, Charleen Foott (foott@att.net).


May 2015

May 5: (Tue 7:00pm): First Tuesday Oglethorpe Firefighters Association meeting (Farm Bureau Office in Crawford).

May 7: (Thu 6:30pm): First Thursday Business Meeting.

May 14: (Thu 6:30pm): Second Thursday Training Meeting. Discussed response responsibilities and tactics, esp in terms of going directly to scene or station, eventually decided should go to station first except: two others have indicated they're headed there; and take a look at scene but only if on way or out of way by less than 1 minutes round trip. No more than 1 minute to check out scene. Also exemption for repeated false alarms from same residence over short period of time. Strongly suggested using number of fire depts called as indicator of potential seriousness.

May 16-17: (Sat/Sun): Firefighter Weekend. Charleen and Glenn left 5:30am on Saturday and returned 6:03pm on Sunday evening. Each took a 16-hour course. CF: Training Operations in Small Departments: This course is designed to provide students with some basic tools and skills to coordinate training in a small fire/EMS organization. A training function in a smaller department typically may include conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or state training function. Exam: Passed. GG: Principles and Practice of Command: This course will present principles and foundations for maintaining a command presence during emergency incidents. In addition, sie ujp, tactics, strategies, and effective communications will be discussed. No exam.

May 21: (Thu 6:30pm): Third Thursday Training Meeting. Thermal Imager was charged while pumper was run for 1 hour. Practiced using booster hose, PTO, and pump.

May 28: (Thu 6:30pm): Fourth Thursday Training Meeting. Chainsaw training: TM and MP went over prepping chainsaw with gas mix and oil, chain blade tightness, starting and safety measures, and fundamentals of cutting up medium diameter trees. (Phyllis arrived and took photos for newsletter, 30 minutes.)


June 2015

Jun 2: (Tue 7:00pm): First Tuesday Oglethorpe Firefighters Association meeting (Farm Bureau Office in Crawford).

NOTE: Jun 3: (Wed 6:30pm): Business Meeting. Changed to Wed night Jun 3 because of unexpected difficulties with attendance on Thu Jun 4 by several members. Sorry! This happens very infrequently.

Jun 6: (Sat 9:00am): County wide training - Search and Rescue. 1096 Elberton Road. See OCFFA Description for details and contact info.

NOTE: Jun 11: (Thu 6:30pm): NOTE: Postponed to 6:30pm Friday Jun 12. Second Thursday Training Meeting. We'll be looking over SalemVFD's brush truck. Sorry about the late notification.

Jun 18: (Thu 6:30pm): Third Thursday Training Meeting.

Jun 25: (Thu 6:30pm): Fourth Thursday Training Meeting.


July 2015

Jul 2: (Thu 6:30pm): First Thursday Business Meeting.


Monday, November 23, 2009

Annual Meeting Time!

The Firefighter Members and the Board of Directors of The Wolfskin Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. will have their December Monthly and Annual Meetings on December 3rd at the Fire Station on Wolfskin Rd. The following is the agenda based on the Notice in The Oglethorpe Echo, the Schedule of Events above, the Bylaws, and records of earlier years. It may not seem logical, but it gets things done more or less in compliance with the Bylaws.

6:30 pm. December Monthly Meetings of the Firefighter Members and the Board of Directors, as a Committee of the Whole

1) Routine Reports
2) Old Business
3) Unfinished Business
4) New Business
5) Adjournment

7:00 pm. Annual Meeting of the Firefighter Members

1) Elect seven of the eight Directors of the New Board for the next calender year. The Nominating Committee will present a slate of candidates and nominations from the floor are welcome. The openings include:

a) Four Directors elected from among the Firefighter Members, serving one-year terms, to replace Ed Frey (presently Chair and Fire Chief), Wayne Hughes (presently Vice-Chair and Assistant Fire Chief), Jim Kitchens, and Brian Mixon

b) One of the two Community Directors, serving a two-year term, to replace Bill Cosgrove (the other Community Director, Alan Kotch, continues the second year of his two-year term)

c) Two Directors from either Firefighter Members or from the Community, serving one-year terms, to replace Cary Fordyce (a Community Member, presently Treasurer) and Lisa Vaughan (a Firefighter Member, presently Secretary)

2) Elect from the Member Directors of the New Board a Chair/Fire Chief (to replace Ed Frey) and a Vice-Chair/Assistant Chief (to replace Wayne Hughes)
3) Elect The 2009 Firefighter of the Year
4) Any other Business that may properly be brought before the Members
5) Adjournment

7:30 pm. Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors
1) Election of Treasurer (presently Cary Fordyce) and Secretary (presently Lisa Vaughan) of the New Board of Directors
2) Any other Business that may properly be brought before the Board
3) Adjournment



Posted by Glenn Galau